Brian May is the most fantastically emotive guitar player in the world

There's a great little solo in this that I for some reason just recently came across: [url=http://youtu.be/cufxjlHSNlw?t=1m54s]http://youtu.be/cufxjlHSNlw?t=1m54s[/url]

He's my biggest influence as a guitarist. People say I sound more like Knopfler though. I'm happy with either. :)

Hear hear! My pick of the week would be the great solo in Eddie Howell's Man From Manhattan, all the classic hallmarks with the freshness he seemed to have in the 70's.

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

There's a great little solo in this that I for some reason just recently came across: [url=http://youtu.be/cufxjlHSNlw?t=1m54s]http://youtu.be/cufxjlHSNlw?t=1m54s[/url]

He's my biggest influence as a guitarist. People say I sound more like Knopfler though. I'm happy with either. :)[/QUOTE]

That solo always just kills me.........the NOTW version should have had that on it.........:)


Sounding like Knopfler is no bad thing!

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


Playing the right music in the right company is about as much fun a guy can have with his pants on.[/QUOTE]


Absolutely right! I used to play guitar myself........one of these days I will take it up again..............

I dont know if he is the most emotive, but you sure dont find people like him in the history of music...

His list of achievements inside AND outside the music are amazing...!

As my favorite solo, well, there are lots of them, but if I had to choose one, I think it could be White Queen. As backing track, I think Mother Love is the most beautiful, sad and impressive piece of music (and lyrics) he has ever made.

[QUOTE] [b]Mr.QueenFan wrote:[/b]

The song is the live version of "Why don´t we try again" premiered on VH1 in June 1998. And on top of it, Brian delivered great vocals for this song. .
Here´s a link:

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

Others may know this better than me, but i think this is the first time he used this tone live, and it seems to me that this is the same tone as "A Winter´s Tale". But since in the AWT he played through the Deacy amp, i´m not sure if this is the same set up. Either way, it´s very beautiful playing by the maestro.[/QUOTE]

Indeed, it sounds like he used the Deacy amp there. The one and only time, I think. Just gorgeous guitar work. He gives himself twice as long in the instrumental break and just does wonderful things. Haven't seen this clip in over a decade - thanks for that reminder of why I love his playing so much.

And yes, he was a damn good singer in the mid 90s. His vocals on Another World are excellent - particularly on the title track and Wilderness. And he does a great job on the ballad you linked to.

Too bad he only did this round table setup the one time. I really suits him well.

I love Brian's guitar solos in almost every song he's played one. if there's no guitar solo in a Queen song, it kinda feels "something missing" or "incomplete" to me. this is what I felt especially when I first heard No One But You.

It is really hard for me to select one favorite solo as there are too many that I like from Bohemian Rhapsody to The Show Must Go On, and even Let Me In Your Heart Again.

The ending of In the Lap of the Gods (#7) and the simple playing in She Makes Me are really emotional, I think.

Whilst on his solo work, the main guitar solo in 'On My Way Up' is some of his best of 'recent' years; lovely interplay between the different harmony parts - kinda 'Killer Queen-esque' in that regard.

RE: TSMGO... where'd you guys get the clean isolated guitar parts? ....I hadn't heard that so clearly in the mix before.

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[b]cmsdrums wrote: [/b] Whilst on his solo work, the main guitar solo in 'On My Way Up' is some of his best of 'recent' years; lovely interplay between the different harmony parts - kinda 'Killer Queen-esque' in that regard.[/QUOTE]

Yeah! Cheesy song, but great solo.

[QUOTE] [b]matt z wrote:[/b]

RE: TSMGO... where'd you guys get the clean isolated guitar parts? ....I hadn't heard that so clearly in the mix before. [/QUOTE]

Multitrack ;-)

The first BM impressive work for a kid in the 90's: "Friends will be friends" an eighties song with atypical approach because it revolves around melodious guitar parts that cover the whole length of the song, with the distinct RS sound.
Too bad multitracks haven't showed up.

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

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[b]cmsdrums wrote: [/b] Whilst on his solo work, the main guitar solo in 'On My Way Up' is some of his best of 'recent' years; lovely interplay between the different harmony parts - kinda 'Killer Queen-esque' in that regard.[/QUOTE]

Yeah! Cheesy song, but great solo.[/QUOTE]


Totally agree..............("I've got positivism to give 'em" has to be the cheesiest lyric written by any member of Queen)..........

Wow @bucsateflon someone else who likes Friends Will Be Friends. I thought I was alone in that. :-)