presto123 Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 So many good solos on this record. Which is your fav? I would have to say Clockwork Angels with runner ups going to Anarchist and The Garden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D3strukt Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 The Garden for sure. It's his best sounding solo since the 80's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Presto-digitation Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Hard to say which, but The Garden, Clockwork Angels, and The Anarchist all contend for me. Probably the title track by a hair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUP1771 Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 QUOTE (Presto-digitation @ Jun 6 2012, 12:35 PM) Hard to say which, but The Garden, Clockwork Angels, and The Anarchist all contend for me. Probably the title track by a hair. My thoughts exactly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormtron Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 When Alex comes in with the solo on The Garden, the song just goes to another level. Beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shreddy Lee Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 I need more time with all the solos to really choose, but I will say that none of the other solos have made me as giddy as the one in Headlong Flight, just for how wild it is. When all that manic wah-wahing starts up I am just overtaken by it. It's the solo-iest solo around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenken Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Well its so short, but I think the most badass one is at 5:09 in Anarchist, those 2 little solos he does on top of that mean music under it. Wish that was longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 (edited) What about Halo Effect and The Wreckers? I have no idea what songs have solos myself, because I'm not a dirty downloader or a fanpack fanboi! Edited June 6, 2012 by treeduck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
presto123 Posted June 6, 2012 Author Share Posted June 6, 2012 I have a hard time fathoming how Caravan got 2 votes. My least fav solo on the record. I was hoping they were going to change it actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Presto-digitation Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Weird to think that The Garden was just a placeholder/throwaway solo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdFireYYZ Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Its easily The Garden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedro2112 Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Wish them Well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUP1771 Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 QUOTE (Presto-digitation @ Jun 6 2012, 07:35 PM) Weird to think that The Garden was just a placeholder/throwaway solo. So was the title track I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gedneil Alpeart Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 QUOTE (GUP1771 @ Jun 6 2012, 11:17 PM) QUOTE (Presto-digitation @ Jun 6 2012, 07:35 PM) Weird to think that The Garden was just a placeholder/throwaway solo. So was the title track I believe. Will request Alex to go through the solo trash can hes been filling up the last many years and dig up some more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUP1771 Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 (edited) Edited June 7, 2012 by GUP1771 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltimoGuitarist Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 The Garden? Really? Ugh....Amateurs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltimoGuitarist Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 (edited) QUOTE (presto123 @ Jun 6 2012, 06:57 PM) I have a hard time fathoming how Caravan got 2 votes. My least fav solo on the record. I was hoping they were going to change it actually. I voted Caravan. That solo rips face. Do you not play guitar? Edited June 7, 2012 by UltimoGuitarist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
presto123 Posted June 7, 2012 Author Share Posted June 7, 2012 QUOTE (UltimoGuitarist @ Jun 7 2012, 12:29 AM) QUOTE (presto123 @ Jun 6 2012, 06:57 PM) I have a hard time fathoming how Caravan got 2 votes. My least fav solo on the record. I was hoping they were going to change it actually. I voted Caravan. That solo rips face. Do you not play guitar? I play drums and I could care less how complicated or fast a solo is. As EVH says the ultimate test is the goosebump test. That's the only test I need. Caravan solo just doesn't do it for me. I find it kind of weird and almost sounds clumsy at the end. Like it was a demo version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltimoGuitarist Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Well I'll agree that live it sounds like a cluster f**k, but the studio recording of it is outstanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losingit2k Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Clockwork Angels. I remember screaming " Now this is RUSH" at the top of my lungs when that lead/ Break came in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greyfriar Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 First 'The Garden' followed by the screaming wahwah in 'Headlong Flight'!!! This may change from time to time, it's very early in the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmotionDetector Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 QUOTE (trenken @ Jun 6 2012, 06:49 PM) Well its so short, but I think the most badass one is at 5:09 in Anarchist, those 2 little solos he does on top of that mean music under it. Wish that was longer. Agreed...definitely METAL. Though I love the one in the title track as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadlongMark Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 All of Big Al's solos are great, but The Garden goes right to the heart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadlongMark Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 To add, I am glad Alex has a solo on almost every track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dscrapre Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 (edited) Right now it's Caravan. I just love how "wrong" the solo is. The other solo's are pretty textbook fare for the most part as far as I'm concerned, where as Caravan is challenging, chaotic, mean, and a little sarcastic sounding. Reminds me of the Trees. Although Alex's soloing on this record has really grown on me. Edited June 8, 2012 by Dscrapre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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