What did John, Freddie and Roger think of Brian's live guitar solos?

One segment of the live show which was played at nearly every show from September 1973 to the last in August 1986 was one of Brian's guitar solos. Often varying in length some of the early ones just 90 seconds long whereas some of them excelling pass ten minutes. So, was it Brian who demanded that he does a guitar solo at every show or was it the rest of the band wanting a break in the middle of the show or so they change their outfits.

I prefer the solos where the band jam in the middle like the one on Live Killers. I think the ones where it's just Brian for something more than eight minutes is too extreme. And, am I right that Freddie lost his patience at one particular show where Brian was still playing but Freddie wanted to returned to the stage.

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>One segment of the live show which was played at nearly every show from September 1973 to the last in August 1986 was one of Brian's guitar solos.

Can't imagine any of them ever bothered to listen to or watch them more than just a few times as they were so unerringly repetitive and dull. They probably looked forward to them as an opportunity to ram a bit more charlie up their hooters at certain times.

Zeppelin as a band made a career on there being just one member on stage for the majority of the show; can't think of anything deivering less value for money, personally.

The Who had live performance absolutely spot on - play the songs, as a band, as intensely as possible in the allotted time. Keep encores for bands that can't deliver from the start of the show.

I'd say I like solos - when they're interesting. Blackmore and Page were great at taking the spotlight. Brian wasn't.
he played the same f**king solo over and over and over.

Freddie and Brian never were friends. Just working partners. And Brain annoyed the hell out of Freddie from time to time. Thats why May takes revenge now with QAL, the movie, Bigging QAL up instead of Freddie. Poor taste bust hey Its May.

[QUOTE] [b]runner_70 wrote:[/b]

Freddie and Brian never were friends. Just working partners. And Brain annoyed the hell out of Freddie from time to time. Thats why May takes revenge now with QAL, the movie, Bigging QAL up instead of Freddie. Poor taste bust hey Its May.[/QUOTE]

You are talking complete bollocks as usual.

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[QUOTE] [b]runner_70 wrote:[/b]

Freddie and Brian never were friends. Just working partners. And Brain annoyed the hell out of Freddie from time to time. Thats why May takes revenge now with QAL, the movie, Bigging QAL up instead of Freddie. Poor taste bust hey Its May.[/QUOTE]

You are talking complete bollocks as usual.[/QUOTE]

Just the truth you moron. You Believe in your Bohemian Crapsody movie storyline dont ya? Stupid idiot

Don't know. Maybe his solo was the reason John started drinking.

Don't know. Maybe his solo was the reason John started drinking.

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[QUOTE] [b]runner_70 wrote:[/b]

Freddie and Brian never were friends. Just working partners. And Brain annoyed the hell out of Freddie from time to time. Thats why May takes revenge now with QAL, the movie, Bigging QAL up instead of Freddie. Poor taste bust hey Its May.[/QUOTE]

You are talking complete bollocks as usual.[/QUOTE]

Just the truth you moron. You Believe in your Bohemian Crapsody movie storyline dont ya? Stupid idiot[/QUOTE]

Of course I don't. A lot of the film was put together as fiction. I know that and so does everyone else. You are a troll. All you know is trolling. The only idiot here is you.

Please, let's all club together to get this clown banned.

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[QUOTE] [b]runner_70 wrote:[/b]

[QUOTE] [b]stevelondon20 wrote:[/b]

[QUOTE] [b]runner_70 wrote:[/b]

Freddie and Brian never were friends. Just working partners. And Brain annoyed the hell out of Freddie from time to time. Thats why May takes revenge now with QAL, the movie, Bigging QAL up instead of Freddie. Poor taste bust hey Its May.[/QUOTE]

You are talking complete bollocks as usual.[/QUOTE]

Just the truth you moron. You Believe in your Bohemian Crapsody movie storyline dont ya? Stupid idiot[/QUOTE]

Of course I don't. A lot of the film was put together as fiction. I know that and so does everyone else. You are a troll. All you know is trolling. The only idiot here is you.

Please, let's all club together to get this clown banned.
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That worked great with de-dop. Usually trying to be an armchair moderator is a reason for banning. so watch out what you are writing.

[QUOTE] [b]dudeofqueen wrote:[/b]

Zeppelin as a band made a career on there being just one member on stage for the majority of the show; can't think of anything deivering less value for money, personally.[/QUOTE]

That is patently untrue.

Sure, by 1977 there was a lot of Page soloing - but it was nowhere near the majority of any show, even at his most drugged up. Jonesy's piano solo in No Quarter and Page's White Summer and noise solo spots, even at their most self-indulgent, were less than an hour of the 3 1/2 hour show combined.

But there was nothing of the sort before or after that. Zeppelin improvised plenty, but almost always as a band. This is why they were one of the best live acts in the world at their peak around 1970-73.

But no matter what they did, most of the audience was high too. It just didn't matter. When they sucked later on, people still thought they were great.

You can love The Who all you want, but no need to slam Zeppelin and spew bullshit about them to defend what you love.

[QUOTE] [b]runner_70 wrote:[/b]Freddie and Brian never were friends. Just working partners. And Brain annoyed the hell out of Freddie from time to time. Thats why May takes revenge now with QAL, the movie, Bigging QAL up instead of Freddie. Poor taste bust hey Its May.[/QUOTE]

I disagree. They had to be friends, you can't stay in a band with someone for 19 years and not be friends (even if only a casual friendship).
Admittedly, they didn't always see eye-to-eye - often falling out, but that's what friends do. You don't have to be close to be friends - there are degrees of friendship. Theirs was probably nowhere near as close as Freddie's and Roger's or later on Freddie and John's - but it was a friendship nonetheless.

Officer Clawhauser, re:

>there was a lot of Page soloing - but it was nowhere near the majority of any show, even at his most drugged up. Jonesy's piano solo in No Quarter and Page's White Summer and noise solo spots

Jonesy? That's very familiar....... You're conveniently forgetting the cardboard box thumping of the drummer being a "Moby".........

>You can love The Who all you want, but no need to slam Zeppelin and spew bullshit about them to defend what you love.

I will, but there's absolutely no need to defend them against anything, let alone an unoriginal combo such as Zeppelin. Their work ethic and consistently stunning live shows stand on their own above any other band.

@brENski I see what you mean but it all boils down to what would be considered a friendship. Sure Freddie and Roger were good friends that's well known but how the others viewed each other through the years and if that would be classified as friendship is a matter of opinion. They got along and sometimes they didn't. They respected each other because otherwise the band would have fallen apart I would reckon. But what can be called a friendship? Subjective.

[QUOTE] [b]Stick wrote:[/b]They got along and sometimes they didn't. They respected each other because otherwise the band would have fallen apart I would reckon. But what can be called a friendship? Subjective. [/QUOTE]
That implies a complete lack of self-respect on Brian's part. I'm sure everyone would (at some point) wring the neck of the "Golden Egged Goose" if it were pissing you off to distraction.

You can be friends with someone, without being utterly dependent on each other. I think the Freddie/Brian friendship was one born out of mutual respect and admiration.

They were friends - as I said, not great friends, but friends.