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SoCalCoug · 11-03-2006, 10:37 PM

I saw a performance by Prince (with Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame) of George Harrison's "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" that was an amazing solo.

mpfunk · 11-04-2006, 12:39 AM

In the rock area I submit two that are better than this.

1) Eddie Hazel: Maggot Brain
2) Prince: Joy in Repitition from his live album. Sounds like he is channeling Eddie Hazel.

mpfunk · 11-04-2006, 12:41 AM

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Originally Posted by SoCalCoug

I saw a performance by Prince (with Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame) of George Harrison's "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" that was an amazing solo.

Here is the Prince solo. Prince does not get nearly the respect he deserves as a guitarist.
http://www.amazon.com/Innocence-Red-...e=UTF8&s=books

il Padrino Ute · 11-04-2006, 05:03 AM

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Originally Posted by creekster

AN excellent solo to be sure, but having this debate is like choosing between supermodels. It just depends on what you like the most, and there are very few wrong answers. So I will refrain from entering the fray.

Agreed; however, if I had to nominate anything, it would be Peter Frampton on guitar in "Do You Feel Like We Do" on Frampton Comes Alive.

OhioBlue · 11-04-2006, 04:40 PM

Clearly, none of you have seen "Crossroads." Granted, it's Ralph Macchio pretending to shred, but if you watch the end where the two guitarists battle it out with alternating solos, and watch the winning solo (performed in actuality by Stevie Vai), you will know the greatest guitar solo ever performed.

Anyone else seen it?

RockyBalboa · 11-04-2006, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by OhioBlue

Clearly, none of you have seen "Crossroads." Granted, it's Ralph Macchio pretending to shred, but if you watch the end where the two guitarists battle it out with alternating solos, and watch the winning solo (performed in actuality by Stevie Vai), you will know the greatest guitar solo ever performed.

Anyone else seen it?

Is that the one where one of them is actually The Devil?

creekster · 11-04-2006, 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by OhioBlue

Clearly, none of you have seen "Crossroads." Granted, it's Ralph Macchio pretending to shred, but if you watch the end where the two guitarists battle it out with alternating solos, and watch the winning solo (performed in actuality by Stevie Vai), you will know the greatest guitar solo ever performed.

Anyone else seen it?

Sure, I watchred the silly movie just for that scene. STeve Vai is an awesome talent, but we still need to define the elements we are looking for. Stevie V. can be amazing, but if you want an impressive and soulful guitar experience (and want to hear the guy the crossroads idea is about) listen to Robert Johnson. On some of his stuff ou will swear there mus eb two guys playing, unless he did sell his soul to the devil.

tooblue · 11-04-2006, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by creekster

Sure, I watchred the silly movie just for that scene. STeve Vai is an awesome talent, but we still need to define the elements we are looking for. Stevie V. can be amazing, but if you want an impressive and soulful guitar experience (and want to hear the guy the crossroads idea is about) listen to Robert Johnson. On some of his stuff ou will swear there mus eb two guys playing, unless he did sell his soul to the devil.

It wasn't one of those cheesy the Devil went down to Georgia moments was it?

mpfunk · 11-04-2006, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by OhioBlue

Clearly, none of you have seen "Crossroads." Granted, it's Ralph Macchio pretending to shred, but if you watch the end where the two guitarists battle it out with alternating solos, and watch the winning solo (performed in actuality by Stevie Vai), you will know the greatest guitar solo ever performed.

Anyone else seen it?

Yes I saw Crossroads, but that is certainly not what I got out of that movie. I seem to remember in the end that Britney gave up her virgniity after driving cross country with her friends. I don't remember any guitar music, but I do remember Britney sitting with the guy who deflowered her at the piano singing the song she wrote "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman."

11-03-2006, 10:37 PM	#11
SoCalCoug Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Orange County, California Posts: 3,059	I saw a performance by Prince (with Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame) of George Harrison's "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" that was an amazing solo. __________________ Get your stinking paws off me, you damned, dirty Yewt! "Now perhaps as I spanked myself screaming out "Kozlowski, say it like you mean it bitch!" might have been out of line, but such was the mood." - Goatnapper "If you want to fatten a pig up to make the pig MORE delicious, you can feed it almost anything. Seriously. The pig is like the car on Back to the Future. You put in garbage, and out comes something magical!" - Cali Coug

11-04-2006, 04:40 PM	#15
OhioBlue Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Ames, IA Posts: 469	Clearly, none of you have seen "Crossroads." Granted, it's Ralph Macchio pretending to shred, but if you watch the end where the two guitarists battle it out with alternating solos, and watch the winning solo (performed in actuality by Stevie Vai), you will know the greatest guitar solo ever performed. Anyone else seen it? __________________ On the other hand, you have different fingers. -- Steven Wright

11-04-2006, 12:39 AM	#12
mpfunk Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 2,619	In the rock area I submit two that are better than this. 1) Eddie Hazel: Maggot Brain 2) Prince: Joy in Repitition from his live album. Sounds like he is channeling Eddie Hazel.