| jasen101 13.04.2004 11:22 |
Question for all you Queenzoner musicians out there: Which Queen song has the hardest/Trickiest solo to play? Here's my top 5 Tricky Queen solos: 1. Dead on Time 2. The Invisible Man 3. Stone Cold Crazy 4. Tapping intro to Gimme the Prize 5. Chromatic run on Innuendo (the spanish guitar by Steve Howe) How bout yours? |
| The Prize 13.04.2004 12:04 |
Mine are probably: 1 The Invisible Man 2 Bohemian Rhapsody – The part just before the operatic bit 3 Dead On Time 4 Death On Two Legs 5 Seven Seas Of Rhye |
| Lord Blackadder 13.04.2004 13:16 |
defo the invisible man. doesnt seem to be anything but bri just going nuts. |
| wstüssyb 13.04.2004 13:34 |
Anything he plays, cuz I cant play guitar worth a shit ^^ |
| PD. 13.04.2004 14:16 |
Death On Two Legs Gimme The Prize Stone Cold Crazy Put Out The Fire Bijou Leroy Brown Dead On Time It's Late Princes Of The Universe Brighton Rock ... Brian told once in an interview which one was the most challenging guitar solo for him. Can't remember which, but it was not a in Queen song. The trickiest solos I were able to learn (so-so) was "You And I" and "...Black Queen" |
| David Jones 13.04.2004 14:23 |
Princes Of The Universe Gimmie The Prize Dead On Time Bijou (really hard to get the feeling) Its Late Invisible Man (with a sixpence) Didn't Brian have trouble playing one of Eddie Van Halen's tapping greats, whereas Ed struggled with Its Late? |
| 7Innuendo7 13.04.2004 15:02 |
Headlong, Flick of the Wrist, Brighton Rock, Dragon Attack (especially where the rythm & lead tracks switch), Hammer to Fall, I Go Crazy |
| Brian_Mays_Wig 13.04.2004 15:27 |
I always thought Breakthru was pretty complex. |
| Somebody to loveeeee 14.04.2004 01:34 |
PD: I think the solo Brian mentioned was from "Garden of sound(s?)". Don't know what it is, so it could be a song or a band. |
| Hitman 14.04.2004 08:21 |
the invisible man solo for me it's the trickiest |
| Hank H. 14.04.2004 08:30 |
PD and STL: I also remember that interview, and I'm sure that the song / solo he mentioned as being the most complex he ever played was never released. Quite a clever reply, because now no-one can judge how demanding his most difficult solo really is. |
| Brian_Mays_Wig 14.04.2004 09:43 |
He said he always had problems with the first Bo Rhap solo :) |
| jasen101 14.04.2004 11:38 |
YEah, there is those ascending guitar runs in Breakthru which you have to be quick at playing. Those gave me some trouble when i first tried to play it with the record. The hard part to brian's playin is that he hits every single note dead on by playing with the sixpence! |
| iGSM 14.04.2004 11:45 |
Bijou for sure..and Gimme the Prize..the end part where it sounds like he's playing along side bagpipes..I'm sure it's just Roger breathing. |
| The Real Wizard 14.04.2004 11:58 |
"He said he always had problems with the first Bo Rhap solo :)" You mean, the runs before the "nothing really matters" part, I assume? Almost every live version has a perfect solo before the opera section. It's surprising that nobody's mentioned Was It All Worth It. That solo has some great major runs that go right across the top 5 strings, doing a F, D/F#, G, E/G#, A... walking bass kind of progression. Always loved that one. And I've always loved the double-tracked tapping bit in I Was Born To Love You. |
| David Jones 14.04.2004 14:41 |
I think it was Somebody To Love which he had trouble with. The GHIII version is great, just a shame that it is overdubbed over the true FM tribute version :-( The very first solo I learnt to play aswell! |
| jasen101 14.04.2004 16:39 |
Does anyone know which soundgarden song brian played on? I haven't heard it, but apparently it was a kick ass solo. |
| jasen101 14.04.2004 16:40 |
kick arse solo i mean |
| deleted user 14.04.2004 16:49 |
Invisible Man. Tricky one! |
| FriedChicken 14.04.2004 22:04 |
"I think it was Somebody To Love which he had trouble with. " are you sure? Thats one of the easiers ones |
| Bohardy 15.04.2004 09:52 |
Last night I was listening to the Scandal 12" remix for the first time in years, and not only is there a bit of extra guitar which I never remembered hearing before, but in that extra bit Bri does an incredible run that I would definitely rank in the top 3, if not the top, of the technically most difficult things he's done. Check it out - it was around the 5 minute mark I think. |
| Fenderek 15.04.2004 10:18 |
You're right, I love this one! |
| Bohardy 15.04.2004 11:14 |
It's a beauty isn't it Fenderek? There's something quite un-Brian-like about it, and it's the closest he's come to just shredding on the guitar. It's such a little treat to have that one quality bit of guitar hidden away on that shitty 12" version. |
| Fenderek 15.04.2004 11:17 |
< It certainly is! Suddnly the shitty mix is not so shitty anymore, just because of those few awesome seconds... |
| Bohardy 15.04.2004 11:30 |
Exactly. And I see you resurrected Fenderek somewhat. I had to call you that rather than The Grim Reaper, because obviously in my head I consicously have to think 'Fenderek' when I read your new name. |
| Fenderek 15.04.2004 11:37 |
< How about playing These Are The Days Of Our Lives" with the same feeling...? |
| Bohardy 15.04.2004 11:54 |
I've always thought that Brian's technically most accomplished playing was on The Miracle. Does anyone know if he spent a lot of time practicing prior to/during the recording of that album? |
| Fenderek 15.04.2004 12:16 |
I always thought that his playing on that album was more obvious, because of production- the guitars are really sharp and straight in the ears, whereas on ,let's say, AKOM, even when he was playing some great licks, they were somehow burried in the whole mix... And the album is I think 'rockier', heavier- so is his playing... Even the worse songs on "Miracle", like "Party" or "Khashoggi's Ship" or "Hang On In There" had great guitars, better than anything since... 1980 maybe? |
| The Real Wizard 16.04.2004 00:22 |
"Last night I was listening to the Scandal 12" remix for the first time in years, and not only is there a bit of extra guitar which I never remembered hearing before, but in that extra bit Bri does an incredible run that I would definitely rank in the top 3, if not the top, of the technically most difficult things he's done." Is there any way I could download this somewhere, assuming it's not an official release? I haven't found it anywhere, official or not. "I've always thought that Brian's technically most accomplished playing was on The Miracle." Yeah, I agree. I dunno if he practiced any more, but you can tell he put in long hours to make his playing sound incredible on that record. |
| Fenderek 16.04.2004 04:33 |
"Is there any way I could download this somewhere, assuming it's not an official release?" 12" single "Scandal" (or CD)- that's where it is. Where to download- unfortunatelly don't know... the whole mix is absolutelly terrible (like most of extended ones...), but the extra solo is really cool |
| Virtuoso 16.04.2004 15:17 |
I got mine in Kazaa |