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.
Para 1: Yep agreed
Para 2: Complete and utter "Zep-hating" rubbish.
Para3: The Who's refusal to do encores is nothing to do with delivery, and more to do with being tight-fisted.
and why is this thread going twice?
"What did John, Freddie and Roger think of Brian's live guitar solos?"
Probably the same as the audience.. 'Great! 20 minutes to go for a piss and a drink'
From Peter Hince:
"and the extended guitar solo that worked… some of the time. (I was a young man when Brian started his solos…)
Time to take a break: Roger would come down off his riser and into the Dolls House for a rest, a drink and maybe a hit of oxygen. Fred would be relaxing in there too, removing his shirt, towelling down, changing outfit, taking refreshment and then having a suck on a Strepsil antiseptic throat lozenge. John would stroll off, take the cigarette I had lit for him and go behind his speakers for a quick puff, pausing only to throw peanuts at Brian, who would be lost somewhere in his extended solo." link