danwhite89 29.10.2014 21:01 |
I mean the really high pitched ones that start to descend down like a staircase in his solos. Live at Wembley has a good one, the best one on the official releases is Live Killers, which is quite an amazing one. They used to really give me a chill down my spine when I first discovered Queen's live stuff. Are there any better examples? Hopefully people know what I mean. |
mooghead 30.10.2014 02:50 |
I don't, but when you have heard one Brian May guitar solo you have heard them all. |
Hoopsie 30.10.2014 06:28 |
mooghead wrote: I don't, but when you have heard one Brian May guitar solo you have heard them all.Blasphemer. |
tomchristie22 30.10.2014 08:37 |
He means the extended live solos |
matt z 30.10.2014 09:28 |
Ah... The BLAG/Brighton Rock solo. Bleah. ;) This one's one for the collectors of live music. Off hand I'd say the one where he incorporates Bijou. Some good ones from the ANOTHER WORLD tour. Bits of China Belle Chinese Torture and Gimme the Prize. (Take note. I like the ones that have tunes in em) |
Wiley 30.10.2014 09:57 |
mooghead wrote: I don't, but when you have heard one Brian May guitar solo you have heard them all.That's a bit too harsh! When you've heard one Brian May solo you have heard 95% of every single one of his solos out there... Now that's more like it. :) It's that 5% which makes us obsessing fans keep returning over and over again. |
master marathon runner 30.10.2014 13:07 |
Long live the 'flick of the wrist' solo. Still the best after 40 years. |
ANAGRAMER 30.10.2014 15:07 |
mooghead wrote: I don't, but when you have heard one Brian May guitar solo you have heard them all.That's a bit harsh! There is a certain phrasing that pops up from time to time but Brian's solos tend to be melody driven (especially in Freddie tracks) which is quite exceptional in the field of rock guitar He rarely slips into cliched As artist in his field, he is up there with the best of them, the guitar is essentially his voice and just there's not a lot you can do about vocal tone, guitarists are no different |
The Real Wizard 30.10.2014 15:29 |
mooghead wrote: I don't, but when you have heard one Brian May guitar solo you have heard them all.Absolute horse shit. Compare his solos from Earls Court 77 and Milton Keynes 82. They are 100% different, other than the fact that he's using the same delay technique. Musically they could not be more different. |
The Real Wizard 30.10.2014 15:32 |
danwhite89 wrote: I mean the really high pitched ones that start to descend down like a staircase in his solos. Live at Wembley has a good one, the best one on the official releases is Live Killers, which is quite an amazing one. They used to really give me a chill down my spine when I first discovered Queen's live stuff. Are there any better examples? Hopefully people know what I mean.I know exactly which part you mean. Live Killers and Wembley are the two official releases that come to mind, but I can't think of any other shows off hand. He did some nice variations of it in 1984 for sure. Actually, in Manchester 75 he does a similar thing that's a combination of ascending and descending lines. Just gorgeous in few spots. He does it for about a minute: link That's really the joy of collecting the hundreds of live shows - there are great moments all over the place. You just have to find them. |
mooghead 30.10.2014 16:49 |
"They are 100% different, other than the fact that he's using the same delay technique" His guitar solo is different, but he is doing the Brian May thing... I love the guy but the delay thing is on Queen at the Beeb ffs... shred the fuck out of your guitar!!!! |
master marathon runner 31.10.2014 07:40 |
Any Brian cynics out there, just play 'mustapha' and 'flick of the wrist' in succession and isolate, audibly, Brian's guitar bits, you'll realise your'e in the presence of genius. |
The Real Wizard 31.10.2014 09:51 |
mooghead wrote: "They are 100% different, other than the fact that he's using the same delay technique" His guitar solo is different, but he is doing the Brian May thing...But that's why a lot of people go to see Brian May. It's his trademark, just like Ian Paice doing the one-handed drum roll, Steve Howe doing fingerstyle acoustic, Pete Townshend smashing a Les Paul, or Keith Richards actually being alive. This is what people pay to see. People didn't go to see Zeppelin and say, "Oh god, Page is doing the stupid violin bow thing again" during Dazed and Confused. They were seeing the centrepiece of the show. While Brian's calling card may not be as iconic as Page's, it's the thing he has done for ages and always will do because it's HIS. |
The Real Wizard 31.10.2014 11:08 |
mooghead wrote: I love the guy but the delay thing is on Queen at the Beeb ffs... shred the fuck out of your guitar!!!!Shred solos are boring. Brian tried to make it into something musical. And he obviously is doing something right, because of all the guitarists in this world it's he who was chosen to do a guitar showcase at the closing ceremony of the Olympics. |
AlbaNo1 01.11.2014 06:02 |
Hmmm, but I think the short list for that slot was probably famous British guitarists who had played on Bohemian Rhapsody. |
Holly2003 01.11.2014 06:20 |
They could've asked (maybe did ask?) Mark Knopfler, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Tony Iommi, Richie Blackmore, Hank Marvin, Francis Rossi etc., as well as Brian. Of course, we don't know what went on or if anyone else as asked and refused. But Brian has an album and tour to promote ... |
AlbaNo1 01.11.2014 07:42 |
Yes theres a lot of other top British guitar players but I think with the ubiquity of WWRY/WATC in some of the events, the use of Bo Rap , and Muse doing the offiical theme Brian seemed an obvious follow on for a big celebratory stadium event. How many of the other guys would be populist enough to work with Jessie J after laying out a somewhat indulgent solo slot? But of course we dont know the ins and outs. The closing ceremony didnt get quite the same plaudits as the opening though..... |
Holly2003 01.11.2014 07:46 |
Oops sorry I meant the slot on the BBC single just released. For the Olympic ceremony, Brian seemed the logical choice, although Jimmy Page might've pulled it off too by playing some Zep riffs. Blackmore would've been interesting, if he somehow discovered the fountain of youth and locked his wife in the attic for the evening. |
Vocal harmony 01.11.2014 10:19 |
BM's delay solo developed as a show case for the technique, it features in a number of Queen songs played live. The solo it's self has changed greatly in content, style and length of the delays through the years. What's the point of BM shredding? There are a small number who do so brilliantlywhile still having melodic content. The rest just look and sound like they're speed typing. |
The Real Wizard 02.11.2014 11:11 |
Holly2003 wrote: Of course, we don't know what went on or if anyone else as asked and refused. But Brian has an album and tour to promote ...I'm sure such things are completely irrelevant to the IOC people. |
musicland munich 02.11.2014 11:35 |
The Real Wizard wrote:Come on... both above mentioned are ( slightly) better than thatmooghead wrote: "They are 100% different, other than the fact that he's using the same delay technique" His guitar solo is different, but he is doing the Brian May thing..., Pete Townshend smashing a Les Paul, or Keith Richards actually being alive. This is what people pay to see. |
The Real Wizard 02.11.2014 14:24 |
^ and that makes me so sad that most people (even Queen fans) feel that way, because Brian has given just as much to the evolution of music as these guys have, if not more. |
musicland munich 02.11.2014 16:07 |
Oh, maybe I misfired here...I wasn't talking about Brian at all....Pete Townshend ( has more to offer than just smashing a guitar) Keith Richards ( has more to offer than just beeing alive) Actually I wouldn't compare them. |
The Real Wizard 02.11.2014 18:43 |
Oh !! Ha ... of course there's much more to them than that, just like there's more to Brian than his delay solos. But you can bet your life that people went to see The Who to see things getting smashed. They sure didn't go to see the symphony for that. |
Oscar J 03.11.2014 01:57 |
Thank god there's more to Brian than delay solos. In fact, the part of his live solos I usually enjoy the most are probably when he turns the delay off and just pulls som licks with the freedom of not having to harmonise with himself. I always considered his multipart harmonies his main trademark to be honest. Townshend is a stunning rhythm guitarist by the way. |
tomchristie22 03.11.2014 16:19 |
Oscar J wrote: I always considered his multipart harmonies his main trademark to be honest.You're right on that, and I think the solo with the delay might have been the closest way he could really emulate multi-layering in a live setting. |
matt z 03.11.2014 21:06 |
Holly2003 wrote: Oops sorry I meant the slot on the BBC single just released. For the Olympic ceremony, Brian seemed the logical choice, although Jimmy Page might've pulled it off too by playing some Zep riffs. Blackmore would've been interesting, if he somehow discovered the fountain of youth and locked his wife in the attic for the evening.Blackmore yes. Page no. His "style" is American blues (sometimes including complete theft of. ...). Nothing would be further removed from BRITAIN than that. But I suppose Blackmore 's Night was already booked at O'levin's Pub and Distillery that night (of the Olympics). Get some farking sense. "Queen" caters to the regal thing AND is absolutely world renowned. It wouldn't have been anyone other than Brian May |
winterspelt 03.11.2014 21:12 |
matt z wrote:Page already played at the previous olympic location, at the closing ceremony where it appeared in a bus, playing Whole Lotta Love, I cant remember who was singing but it was a lady.Holly2003 wrote: Oops sorry I meant the slot on the BBC single just released. For the Olympic ceremony, Brian seemed the logical choice, although Jimmy Page might've pulled it off too by playing some Zep riffs. Blackmore would've been interesting, if he somehow discovered the fountain of youth and locked his wife in the attic for the evening.Blackmore yes. Page no. His "style" is American blues (sometimes including complete theft of. ...). Nothing would be further removed from BRITAIN than that. But I suppose Blackmore 's Night was already booked at O'levin's Pub and Distillery that night (of the Olympics). Get some farking sense. "Queen" caters to the regal thing AND is absolutely world renowned. It wouldn't have been anyone other than Brian May |