Arrrgghh... make it stop [warning: shoddy guitar content]

[UglyDog]

So, this tune popped onto the radio this morning. Now I've never been a fan of the Byrds by any stretch, and so I'm fairly unfamiliar with much of their catalogue... but when it reached 1:43 and the 'guitar solo' started, I was transfixed and not in a good way. I mean, whose idea was it to keep it? Did nobody think to say "actually Rog, could you do another take mate, I'm errm not sure about that one"? Or were they all too stoned to care?
Have a listen if you can stand it. 1:43 to 2:20, and then remarkably he has another go at around 2:58 with similarly stunning results.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J74ttSR8lEg[/media]

Does anybody know of a worse guitar solo? And I don't mean just one you don't like in an "anything by Yngwie, I can't stand him" way, I mean something that is truly awful, dreadful by anyone's yardstick. Real car crash stuff.

ps. for some reason I can't get this video to embed.

Edited July 17, 2014 by charic
embedded the vid for you :)

[throwoff]

[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Anything by Yngwie, I can't stand him[/font][/color]

[throwoff]

Oh... sorry.

[Dad3353]

What..? Great classic..! Marvellous stuff. Pre-punk, too..! Certainly somewhat 'dissonant' at times, and lacking technicity, but harmonic rules can be stretched on occasion; it helps 'expand one's conscience'..!
I would add that you are perhaps unaware of some Frank Zappa works, or the good Capt. Beefheart..? You might find the Byrds to be Mozart in comparison..! Chill out, man..! Peace..! Love...

[BigRedX]

Well the obvious one is this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkQ0tpQmobc

Although being the Bonzos the guitar solo is supposed to be bad.

And then there's the Swell Maps:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmqO4cUISkY

The reason why your URL won't bed is because you are using the secure (https) link to YouTube. Why are you doing this?

[ahpook]

[quote name='UglyDog' timestamp='1405586083' post='2503210']
Have a listen if you can stand it. 1:43 to 2:20...
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Stand it ? I love it...it's an amazing guitar break. Inspired by John Coltrane's "India" apparently.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSViN6lwGKU

Edited July 17, 2014 by ahpook

[Hobbayne]

The [i]Rain grey town known for its sound[/i] is London apparently. Having arrived from sunny California during the summer of love, The lyrics speak for themselves.

[r16ktx]

[quote name='throwoff' timestamp='1405586548' post='2503217']
[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Anything by Yngwie, I can't stand him[/font][/color]
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Anything by inkvee, I can't spell him

Everything has its context, and that guitar solo's context was a time when people couldn't play guitar :-D

The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there...

[flyfisher]

Perhaps he was eight miles high at the time? As mentioned above, it's of its time.

Could have been worse . . . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g17-ajFXNS8

Edited July 17, 2014 by flyfisher

[discreet]

Eight Miles High is one of my favourite songs of all time and the guitar solo is a classic of the genre.
You're obviously not taking the right drugs!

My favourite, er... 'unusual' guitar solo is in You Really Got Me by The Kinks - another belter!

[quote name='UglyDog' timestamp='1405586083' post='2503210']
...for some reason I can't get this video to embed.
[/quote]

Delete the 's' from 'https' - the forum software doesn't like it for some reason.

[Dad3353]

[quote name='UglyDog' timestamp='1405586083' post='2503210']...ps. for some reason I can't get this video to embed. [/quote]

Copy the link provided by U-Tube by using the 'Share' button, rather than the URL. Works every time, no bother.

[Beer of the Bass]

I like that Byrds example, though it's very much of its era. I think it was meant to be as wigged-out as that, and why not?
I think my favourite not-really-a-guitar-solo happens at about 2 minutes into this live Bo Diddley song. It's kind of awful but great at the same time. Also, he must have been stupidly loud as he's standing in front of two Fender Showman stacks and you can hear the speakers farting out on the low end!
[url="http://youtu.be/nFpv1LKrA9s"]http://youtu.be/nFpv1LKrA9s[/url]

[discreet]

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1405590930' post='2503288']
I think my favourite not-really-a-guitar-solo happens at about 2 minutes into this live Bo Diddley song.
[/quote]

Now THAT is a PROPER racket!!

[Beer of the Bass]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1405592006' post='2503305']
Now THAT is a PROPER racket!!
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Yeah, the only problem is that instead of thinking "make it stop", I just break out in a massive grin and want to listen to it again!

[hollywoodrox]

[quote name='UglyDog' timestamp='1405586083' post='2503210']
So, this tune popped onto the radio this morning. Now I've never been a fan of the Byrds by any stretch, and so I'm fairly unfamiliar with much of their catalogue... but when it reached 1:43 and the 'guitar solo' started, I was transfixed and not in a good way. I mean, whose idea was it to keep it? Did nobody think to say "actually Rog, could you do another take mate, I'm errm not sure about that one"? Or were they all too stoned to care?
Have a listen if you can stand it. 1:43 to 2:20, and then remarkably he has another go at around 2:58 with similarly stunning results.

[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J74ttSR8lEg[/media] I know it sounds like a hodge podge of wild ramblings on guitar , but as a piece of west coast psychedelia I think it fits the song quite aptly and conveys the message in the song

Does anybody know of a worse guitar solo? And I don't mean just one you don't like in an "anything by Yngwie, I can't stand him" way, I mean something that is truly awful, dreadful by anyone's yardstick. Real car crash stuff.

ps. for some reason I can't get this video to embed.
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[Allie]

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1405592130' post='2503310']
Yeah, the only problem is that instead of thinking "make it stop", I just break out in a massive grin and want to listen to it again!
[/quote]

Oh! you're well hooked man

[Jus Lukin]

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Edited February 22, 2022 by Jus Lukin

[MB1]

'flyfisher'
Perhaps he was eight miles high at the time? As mentioned above, it's of its time.

Could have been worse . . . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g17-ajFXNS8

MB1.
The Scissor Sisters have let themselves go?

[BigRedX]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1405590441' post='2503275']
Delete the 's' from 'https' - the forum software doesn't like it for some reason.
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That's because https is a "secure" protocol. You're not supposed to able to share anything while surfing like this. Quite why anyone needs to be looking at YouTube in this mode is beyond me though...

[discreet]

[quote name='MB1' timestamp='1405594396' post='2503337']
Could have been worse...
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Classic. This is what a combination of massive self-delusion and lack of proper rehearsal with get you...
...1,302,000 hits on YouTube.

[bartelby]

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1405594648' post='2503343'] That's because https is a "secure" protocol. You're not supposed to able to share anything while surfing like this. Quite why anyone needs to be looking at YouTube in this mode is beyond me though... [/quote]

I think if you're logged into YouTube it runs in the secure mode.

[EliasMooseblaster]

[quote name='ahpook' timestamp='1405587370' post='2503229']
Stand it ? I love it...it's an amazing guitar break. Inspired by John Coltrane's "India" apparently.

[/quote]

Yeah, I'm going to stick up for it too - it is rather Coltrane-esque, just executed on a (12-string?) guitar and played in the context of a rock song rather than jazz. I'll admit my ignorance having not been born 'til about 20 years after this came out, but I get the impression jazz and rock shared a lot of common ground at the time, as opposed to these days when a lot of rock musicians refer to "the 'J' word" with a mix of disgust and fear.

[Cosmo Valdemar]

I like the Eight Miles High solos. very dificult to replicate! I remember some guitar magazine transcribed it and had theri version on the CD. If played 'straight' it sounds diabolical.
The solo that makes my skin crawl with embarassment is, without a doubt, Hi Ho Silver Lining. Double-tracked, but it's as if he can't remember what he played the first time, so the second take is this awful, fumbling thing. It's truly wretched!
I won't post it as I respect you all far too much. And I'm at work and can't access Youtube.

Edited July 17, 2014 by Cosmo Valdemar

[MB1]

discreet'


Classic. This is what a combination of massive self-delusion and lack of proper rehearsal with get you...
...1,302,000 hits on YouTube.

MB1.
...Does look like he'll be returning the Dave Gilmour signature pedal?

[ahpook]

[quote name='EliasMooseblaster' timestamp='1405595374' post='2503354']
Yeah, I'm going to stick up for it too - it is rather Coltrane-esque, just executed on a (12-string?) guitar and played in the context of a rock song rather than jazz. I'll admit my ignorance having not been born 'til about 20 years after this came out, but I get the impression jazz and rock shared a lot of common ground at the time, as opposed to these days when a lot of rock musicians refer to "the 'J' word" with a mix of disgust and fear.
[/quote]

I also think it's prefect bit of psychedelic music- it's disorienting, unexpected and just plain weird...all of which [i]I'm told[/i] fit the bill.

Edited July 17, 2014 by ahpook