Brian May Or Roger Taylor Solo, Who's Better?

For fuck's sake - we're trying to have discussion here.

Ban this moron, please.

[QUOTE] [b]The Real Wizard wrote:[/b]

[QUOTE] [b]The King Of Rhye wrote:[/b]

Just listen to something like Always With Me, Always With You..........[/QUOTE]
That is indeed a gorgeous piece. Loved it for years. But even on that one he still doesn't have May's gift for melody.

[QUOTE]or Flying In A Blue Dream[/QUOTE]
No. There's absolutely no melody. It's him noodling in lydian mode and then aimlessly shredding for three minutes.

The 80s guitar movement ran the instrument into the ground, after centuries of building up to becoming the dominant instrument by the 60s. Eddie Van Halen was the peak, and it all went downhill from there. Eddie made being technical cool and accessible, and nearly everyone after him missed the point. They built on the chops, but lost the audience. Everyone likes Eddie, but with rare exceptions, only guitarists listen to Satch and his ilk. This easily paved the way for grunge, in the same way prog paved the way for punk 15 years earlier.[/QUOTE]


Eh.........I still wouldnt say Satriani 'missed the point'.........heck, he's been definitely the most successful of those instrumental guitar guys...........Surfing With The Alien was actually a hit album...

Maybe I just have a higher tolerance for guitar wankfests than you..........lol............heck I listen to stuff like Mahavishnu Orchestra and Yngwie Malmsteen...........(tell me Black Star aint some melodic shredding........)

I listened to wank music for years. I've heard enough fast guitar solos for several lifetimes.

I just get so much more pleasure from listening to guys like Chet Atkins and Tommy Emmanuel - and trying to figure out what they're doing !

http://digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_guitar-all.html

^ I'm not normally one for lists, since (unlike most people who comment on youtube videos) I don't think music should be a contest - but this one is excellent. The top 20 guys are what tend to interest me these days.

I get the argument about guitar masturbaters, but Steve Vai does have a lot of soul. This is a great song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3ENqn26X1o

If there were a Brian May & Roger Taylor collaboration of local people performing this music, one would suffice for May & Taylor to decide their fate after Adam Lambert & Europe 2015?


London Town C'mon Down
Driven By You
Racing In The Street
Back To The Light
One Rainy Wish
Foreign Sand
Business
Man On Fire
Why Don't We Try Again
Laugh Or Cry
Let Your Heart Rule Your Head
Last Horizon
Resurrection
Let's Get Crazy
Strange Frontier
Rolling Over
Working Class Hero
Love Token
Airheads
Say It's Not True
On My Way Up
Good Times Are Now

any particular song in mind say a top ten to work with, what would YOU do to this song if you could?

Business
Laugh Or Cry
Driven By You
Why Don't We Try Again
Let Your Heart Rule Your Head
Strange Frontier
Airheads
Good Times Are Now
On My Way Up
Let's Get Crazy

but seriously,

if anyone has forgotten the near 20 minute eddie van halen - brian may solo note for note riff for riff jam?

[QUOTE] [b]The Real Wizard wrote:[/b]

The 80s guitar movement ran the instrument into the ground, after centuries of building up to becoming the dominant instrument by the 60s. Eddie Van Halen was the peak, and it all went downhill from there. Eddie made being technical cool and accessible, and nearly everyone after him missed the point. They built on the chops, but lost the audience. [/QUOTE]

Nuno Bettencourt of Extreme is a guitarist who I've always though succeeded very well with combining technical excellence with clever melodies and a rhythmical way of playing. I literally have everything by those guys - III Sides to Every Story is superb if you're not familiar with them already.

[QUOTE] [b]Oscar J wrote:[/b]


Nuno Bettencourt of Extreme is a guitarist who I've always though succeeded very well with combining technical excellence with clever melodies and a rhythmical way of playing. I literally have everything by those guys - III Sides to Every Story is superb if you're not familiar with them already. [/QUOTE]


Heheh.............III Sides to Every Story..............I remember getting that for Xmas in 92......(probably along with some Queen cd, but I forget which one)...:D..............very good album...........kinda Queen-ish in places actually......

[QUOTE] [b]WKMahlerMahlers.Com wrote:[/b]


if anyone has forgotten the near 20 minute eddie van halen - brian may solo note for note riff for riff jam?


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It's 12 minutes and 48 seconds, not 'near 20 minute'...........

[QUOTE] [b]The Real Wizard wrote:[/b]


http://digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_guitar-all.html

^ I'm not normally one for lists, since (unlike most people who comment on youtube videos) I don't think music should be a contest - but this one is excellent. The top 20 guys are what tend to interest me these days.[/QUOTE]


Interesting list..........(I love lists........lol)...............I would have thought Clapton would have been a LOT higher!


(also followed a link on that site to the 'Greatest Rock Instrumentals'.........now theres some good songs.........)

[QUOTE] [b]Oscar J wrote:[/b]

Nuno Bettencourt of Extreme is a guitarist who I've always though succeeded very well with combining technical excellence with clever melodies and a rhythmical way of playing. I literally have everything by those guys - III Sides to Every Story is superb if you're not familiar with them already. [/QUOTE]

Yup, Nuno's a great player. That's why I said "nearly" everyone ;-)

Buckethead really has the goods too.

And players like Andy McKee and Kaki King have taken the Michael Hedges thing to wonderful places.

[QUOTE] [b]The King Of Rhye wrote:[/b]

[QUOTE] [b]The Real Wizard wrote:[/b]

http://digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_guitar-all.html

^ I'm not normally one for lists, since (unlike most people who comment on youtube videos) I don't think music should be a contest - but this one is excellent. The top 20 guys are what tend to interest me these days.[/QUOTE]
Interesting list..........(I love lists........lol)...............I would have thought Clapton would have been a LOT higher!

(also followed a link on that site to the 'Greatest Rock Instrumentals'.........now theres some good songs.........)
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Not me. The 49 guys ahead of him can all play circles around him. But he's #50 because he has been profoundly influential on countless rock and blues players. I think it's exactly accurate.

My only beef with that list is the glaring omission of Frank Zappa. The guitar was an extension of his brain, and he did such incredible things with his chops that he described as merely "functional". His solos in Willie the Pimp, Holiday in Berlin and Watermelon in Easter Hay are out of this world.

But still, that website seriously deserves hours of any serious music fan's attention.

[QUOTE] [b]Holly2003 wrote:[/b]

I get the argument about guitar masturbaters, but Steve Vai does have a lot of soul. This is a great song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3ENqn26X1o
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Damn, yes it is !

Indeed, Vai gets it right now and again. Liberty rocks my world too.

And who can forget his work on Eat 'Em And Smile !?

Yikes, Knopfler is too far down. And Reinhardt at #2? Pretty good for a two finger guitarist.

[QUOTE] [b]Oscar J wrote:[/b]

Yikes, Knopfler is too far down. And Reinhardt at #2? Pretty good for a two finger guitarist. [/QUOTE]

Let's call it 3.

He did use the other two fingers, but just not for soloing !

[QUOTE] [b]The Real Wizard wrote:[/b]



But still, that website seriously deserves hours of any serious music fan's attention.[/QUOTE]


I must agree.............kinda cool to see that they have AOBTD listed as the top rock bassline :D