thesweetscience Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 QUOTE (Pound of Obscure @ Mar 19 2007, 02:28 PM) QUOTE (1-0-0-1-0-0-1 @ Mar 18 2007, 09:02 PM) QUOTE (thesweetscience @ Mar 18 2007, 10:01 PM) QUOTE (1-0-0-1-0-0-1 @ Mar 18 2007, 09:54 PM) It's amazing how few are noticing that Alex's solo sounds like storm sirens. That's not an accident. Alex knew EXACTLY what he was doing. Read the lyrics. Look at the artwork. That solo is perfect for the theme of this song. So, to those people who are so stuck on how many notes Alex is playing -- get over it! http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f72/rushgoober5/rushgoober6/farcryfrontjpg.jpg I don't think it sounds like sirens, I never pay attention to neils lyrics and It still sounds like something is missing. It sounds incomplete. If that is what he was going for then so be it. Too to my ears though, it makes that particular part stand out as "off". The rest of the song is awesome though. See, that's the whole point -- Alex DOES listen to Neil's lyrics! That's why that solo sounds the way it does! Do we really need lyrics? They are just background noise. Eventually I pick up most of them from listening to the music 3,000 times. For example.... "A funeral dirge, my minds gone by." I frankly have no idea what it says. "I knew he was different, yada yada" Could have been I love pork chops, yummy, yummy. Backgound noise is background noise. Now we find out when Alex listens to lyrics we get no solos. Lyrics=BAD. Very funny!! I do love geddys vocals yet I seldom hear the lyrics. Vocals are just like another instrument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-D-RocK- Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 Exactley........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeahawkRush Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 Real Rhapsody version is the Long One Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the masked drummer Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 QUOTE (drew2112 @ Mar 18 2007, 08:35 PM) The best solos are "nonsolos" aka Fripp/summers etc. be appreciative, this isnt 80's metal. cHeers Actually, some actual Fripp solos woulda been nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancient Ways Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 QUOTE (1-0-0-1-0-0-1 @ Mar 18 2007, 09:54 PM) It's amazing how few are noticing that Alex's solo sounds like storm sirens. That's not an accident. Alex knew EXACTLY what he was doing. Read the lyrics. Look at the artwork. That solo is perfect for the theme of this song. So, to those people who are so stuck on how many notes Alex is playing -- get over it! http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f72/rushgoober5/rushgoober6/farcryfrontjpg.jpg I think we are assuming too much to believe that this was necessarily the effect that he was going for. It isn't about the quantity of notes. It's about another interesting melody played over the riffs in the song. We might as well decide that one and only one riff should be played per song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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