BigRedX Posted July 17, 2014 Posted July 17, 2014 [quote name='bartelby' timestamp='1405594946' post='2503345'] I think if you're logged into YouTube it runs in the secure mode. [/quote] So you are. I'm only ever logged in to YouTube when I'm actually making changes to the Terrortones channel so I'd not noticed before. Quote
MoonBassAlpha Posted July 17, 2014 Posted July 17, 2014 I think some or all of the 8 Miles High solo is reversed anyway, so trying to "play" it right is a fruitless task. I love it for its chaotic sound and feel and have done the same on some of my recordings, with results I really like. I think the Hi Ho solo is probably the laziest effort I can recall on a single, from a supposed guitar legend, worra load of crap. Quote
bertbass Posted July 17, 2014 Posted July 17, 2014 It's better than this! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZI9YNIB2YI Quote
discreet Posted July 17, 2014 Posted July 17, 2014 (edited) [quote name='bertbass' timestamp='1405601624' post='2503489'] It's better than this! [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZI9YNIB2YI"]https://www.youtube....h?v=iZI9YNIB2YI[/url] [/quote] Now that is just very bad indeed. Edited July 17, 2014 by discreet Quote
Allie Posted July 17, 2014 Posted July 17, 2014 [quote name='bertbass' timestamp='1405601624' post='2503489'] It's better than this! [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZI9YNIB2YI"]https://www.youtube....h?v=iZI9YNIB2YI[/url] [/quote] Well it [u][b]wasn't[/b][/u] out of tune - was it? Quote
Dad3353 Posted July 17, 2014 Posted July 17, 2014 A couple of decades ago, I was listening to a programme on R4 celebrating the n-th anniversary of Status Quo (25th, or 30th or something; I forget what, exactly...). The group were chatting away nicely when, towards the end, the animator announced a parting gift: he played the pasage on TOTP of the first SQ hit single, Pictures of Matchstick Men. This was followed by an embarrassed silence from the band, and the show was quite hurriedly wrapped up. I, too, was cringing at the 'proficiency' displayed. It didn't seem quite so bad at the time of its release, but if you can bear it, here it is. You have been warned; contains (very brief...) JS content... http://youtu.be/3D4YYI8G5EM Quote
paul_5 Posted July 17, 2014 Posted July 17, 2014 [quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1405586805' post='2503219'] 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... [/quote] ? Granted, some of Zappa's work may be considered 'unaccessible' to some, but to suggest that the guitar playing was ever less than outstanding? I'll see you at dawn with those antique pistols, sir!!! Quote
paul_5 Posted July 17, 2014 Posted July 17, 2014 Back on topic, I consider the EVH solo on Michael Jackson's 'Beat it' to be one of the worst examples. http://youtu.be/oRdxUFDoQe0?t=3m1s I mean, it's not even it TUNE!!! Quote
discreet Posted July 17, 2014 Posted July 17, 2014 [quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1405605151' post='2503548'] Back on topic, I consider the EVH solo on Michael Jackson's 'Beat it' to be one of the worst examples. [/quote] Whaa!!? That's one of the best guitar solos ever in the history of pop music!! Quote
paul_5 Posted July 17, 2014 Posted July 17, 2014 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1405605568' post='2503556'] Whaa!!? That's one of the best guitar solos ever in the history of pop music!! [/quote] yes, it's a brilliant solo, but in places it sounds like it belongs in a different song. Quincy Jones must have been off that day... Quote
discreet Posted July 17, 2014 Posted July 17, 2014 [quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1405605726' post='2503562'] yes, it's a brilliant solo, but in places it sounds like it belongs in a different song. Quincy Jones must have been off that day... [/quote] Well that is at least partly true. I'm guessing VH turned up for his bit, did one take and then left the building. Quote
skankdelvar Posted July 17, 2014 Posted July 17, 2014 Me, I'm in the '8 Miles High solo is as cool as f**k' corner. For those who have been living on Mars for fifty years the song also refs the Small Faces. Anyway, more 60's extended widdling in this live version of Neil Young's 'Down By The River'. The solos start at 1:40 and the drummer does a 'kissy-face' at 2:15 but listen to the whole thing - it grooves along nicely. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0NjZrPX-l0 Quote
Dad3353 Posted July 17, 2014 Posted July 17, 2014 Oh no..! Not Neil Young..! The person that first suggested he use an electric guitar deserves... Well, probably even worse than a Very Bad Fate. Good gracious, and for such a long career, too..! OK, I can bear a few of his offerings, and grudgingly allow a certain respect for some writings, but electric..? Never..! Turn it orf, it's offal..! Quote
yorks5stringer Posted July 17, 2014 Posted July 17, 2014 I'm in the boring old farts camp of "Its a classic,son", being old enough to remember it being released and marvelling at the psychedelic solo..... Quote
skankdelvar Posted July 17, 2014 Posted July 17, 2014 [quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1405606755' post='2503582'] Turn it orf, it's offal..! [/quote] Just for that, you can fit Link Wray's 'Jack the Ripper' right up your bracket. Solo starts about 00:30 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExsrSCeplXk Quote
Leonard Smalls Posted July 17, 2014 Posted July 17, 2014 If you want proper no-tune guitar, there's only one man for it (RIP!): [MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOGdAFxe9_0[/MEDIA] Quote
discreet Posted July 17, 2014 Posted July 17, 2014 [quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1405605987' post='2503569'] ...more 60's extended widdling in this live version of Neil Young's 'Down By The River'. The solos start at 1:40 and the drummer does a 'kissy-face' at 2:15 but listen to the whole thing - it grooves along nicely. [/quote] Who's the very young-looking person on bass? Quote
kerley Posted July 17, 2014 Posted July 17, 2014 Another fan of Eight Miles High here. Bought the 5th Dimension LP when I was sixteen and still have it 30 years later. I like their version of Hey Joe on the same album too but you better not listen to it as you may not like the guitar work.... Quote
discreet Posted July 17, 2014 Posted July 17, 2014 [quote name='kerley' timestamp='1405610016' post='2503633'] ...you better not listen to it as you may not like the guitar work.... [/quote] [size=4] Yes, I hardly listen to anything these days just in case I don't like it.[/size] Quote
Jus Lukin Posted July 17, 2014 Posted July 17, 2014 (edited) - Edited February 28, 2022 by Jus Lukin Quote
skankdelvar Posted July 17, 2014 Posted July 17, 2014 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1405609954' post='2503631'] Who's the very young-looking person on bass? [/quote] I think it's [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Reeves"]Greg Reeves[/url]. Fired from CSNY by Stills for behaving oddly: "[he] suddenly decided he was an Apache witch doctor." [size=3][b]Reeves[/b]: 'Erratic'[/size] Quote
discreet Posted July 17, 2014 Posted July 17, 2014 (edited) [quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1405610990' post='2503650'] I think it's [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Reeves"]Greg Reeves[/url]. Fired from CSNY by Stills for behaving oddly: "[he] suddenly decided he was an Apache witch doctor." [/quote] Thanks for this, Skank. Though I would have thought deciding to be an Apache witch doctor would have been quite normal for the time... Edited July 17, 2014 by discreet Quote
discreet Posted July 17, 2014 Posted July 17, 2014 (edited) [quote name='Jus Lukin' timestamp='1405610461' post='2503642'] Are we denigrating or celebrating the raw power of rock music here?!! [/quote] CELEBRATING!! CLANG, HONK, TWEET!! Edited July 17, 2014 by discreet Quote
skankdelvar Posted July 17, 2014 Posted July 17, 2014 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1405611410' post='2503657'] CELEBRATING!! CLANG, HONK, TWEET!! [/quote] More mids for that authentic 60's tone: WOOBLE-WOOBLE-WOOBLE-WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Quote
Beer of the Bass Posted July 17, 2014 Posted July 17, 2014 I love it when a band manages to shoehorn something really out-there into an otherwise accessible three minute pop song, whether it comes from a guitar or any other sound source. It's like putting a dollop of some sort of really pungent pickle on an otherwise ordinary meal! Some of the songs posted are excellent examples of that. Quote
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