One heck of a Guitar Solo

[Rob_In_MO]

Starts at about 3:30 in the video and goes until 7:00.
Fans of the movie 'Heavy Metal' will recognize the song right away.


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If I could play a guitar like that, I wouldn't be broke. 8)

 

[kaiser83]

Blue Oyster Cult is AWESOME

 

[Dutch]

Awesome guitar solo Rob! Back in the late 60's, 70's and 80's, guitar solo's were usually always part of any live show, as well as a treat on most albums, since they couldn't get any airplay otherwise.

Nowdays, it is rare to be treated to a great guitar solo. I can't help but wonder if it is due to most of the market being saturated by studio creations.

 

[Rob_In_MO]

Nowdays, it is rare to be treated to a great guitar solo. I can't help but wonder if it is due to most of the market being saturated by studio creations.

When you do something like that live - you're at the mercy of your talents and abilities. If you screw up, everybody knows it. Back then, Live Albums were recorded Live and not retouched/altered/fixed in any way. These days, if your show is recorded live and prepared for an album any mistakes can be fixed with a simple copy/paste from a studio version to cover up a mishap. Add to that a few layers of distortion, and nobody would know the difference.

Not so back then!


I'm sure that studio wizardry and computers make it easier in today's world. You just don't often see long-extended versions of songs like you did back in the day. Not sure if it's marketing or what...

 

[riff raff]

I remember that gold shirt, saw BOC with Sabbath on their "Black & Blue" tour (81-82?). Sadly, I wasn't smoking tobacco back then and remember little else of that show.......

That is a favorite BOC album, Fire of Unknown Origin. Loaded with great tunes, Joan Crawford, etc.

I just downloaded the album, I only had it on Vinyl.

 

[Rob_In_MO]

I just downloaded the album, I only had it on Vinyl.

If you like their earlier & heavier stuff, check out 'On Your Feet Or On Your Knees' - it's their 2-record Live Album that came out right before Agents Of Fortune.

Also worth noting is 'Extra Terrestrial Intelligence', another 2-record Live Album from the early 80's.

 

[riff raff]

I just downloaded the album, I only had it on Vinyl.

If you like their earlier & heavier stuff, check out 'On Your Feet Or On Your Knees' - it's their 2-record Live Album that came out right before Agents Of Fortune.

Good one, I have that on vinyl as well.

 

[Rob_In_MO]

Here's another one for you guys who like the Guitar work in the earlier video I posted... 8)

The first guitarist to solo is Allen Lanier, who was actually their Keyboardist.
Then, of course, Buck puts the icing on the cake. The Master at work. :twisted:


The guitar works start at about 2:30 and goes for quite a while.

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[Anthonyx2b]

eh, needs more cowbell

 

[Rob_In_MO]

eh, needs more cowbell

Funny at the time, but that skit got old after a while.

If you watch the videos, Buck is one hell of a guitarist. They don't make 'em like that anymore, that's for sure. On the fly key and chord changes while playing at incredible speeds and never missing a lick.

It's simply amazing to see a guitarist take off in a particular direction and 5 or 6 minutes later come back and continue the song. That's a talent that many of today's big guitarists don't have. If you watch different youtube videos of theirs - of the exact same song - the solos change regularly. It's not just one particular solo being played over and over, it's kind of 'whatever they feel like at the time'.

Being able to do that is what separates a Master from a good guitarist.

 

[Anthonyx2b]

eh, needs more cowbell

Funny at the time, but that skit got old after a while.

If you watch the videos, Buck is one hell of a guitarist. They don't make 'em like that anymore, that's for sure. On the fly key and chord changes while playing at incredible speeds and never missing a lick.

It's simply amazing to see a guitarist take off in a particular direction and 5 or 6 minutes later come back and continue the song. That's a talent that many of today's big guitarists don't have. If you watch different youtube videos of theirs - of the exact same song - the solos change regularly. It's not just one particular solo being played over and over, it's kind of 'whatever they feel like at the time'.

Being able to do that is what separates a Master from a good guitarist.

That's for sure, soloing isnt always easy, especially to that extent