this is the greatest solo ever!

I wouldn't say best, but he is dammn good, especially since he looks about 16-17 maybe, which is impressive as well.

Before I was kicked outta my last school (heh) I met a kid a lot like that. He was a biiig pothead too, would always come to class stoned outta his mind. I would hop on the drums and we jam the fuck out and play hendrix, nugent, skynyrd, dire straights, w/e... it was probably the funnest I ever had in school.

BTW it was an instrumental class and it rocked. 1st hour of the day, just come in w/e, stoned if ya want the teacher didnt mind and just rock out for the hour.

 

as far as a solo goes its decent

 

If we are going to think outside of the box and span genres, one of the best guitar solos of all time is West Montgomery's Unit 7. Tone, technique, melodic lines; it's all there. I couldn't find a video of that song, but this is still an amazing solo to.

Wes Playing John Coltrane's "Impressions":

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I am thoroughly unimpressed. A teenager doing his rendition of a Pink Floyd song is the greatest guitar solo youve ever heard?? You need to listen to some more music man. Check out the solo for Fat Old Sun by Floyd, off of the album Atom Heart Mother.

 

I love this video, I watch it all the time.

As far that other video goes, I thought it was okay, not great. The kid has alot of huge holes in his playing.

 

Meh, it was kind of cool but not all that great.

 

Yeah... I can't get my head around that exactly being the best solo ever

Especially considering the solo's you already mentioned. Have you ever heard Sir Gilmours version of Comfortably Numb on the Pulse tour?

I mean, it's cool and all... but the vocals sound a whole lot better lol. There's just certain things in music you can't or shouldn't convert in to other forms... like a guitar not transcribing well for the Sax, perhaps. This is a good example of it. It works and all... but it doesn't do the original justice.

I also think it would have sounded better with a more mellow, or less gritty tone.

 

A teenager playing the "greatest solo ever" is an oxymoron in itself. Even with the nicest tone, great chops, and great feel, experience is one thing that you can only master with time. The kid definitely lacks experience, and can't even play a melodic line. I don't see the point in learning a solo just to learn it...you should use the ideas that the original soloist had and create your OWN solo based on that.

But maybe that's just the jazz speaking.

 

Rock has always had more of a blurred line between musical talent/prowess, and what sounds cool, than many other genre's, anyway.

And I wouldn't have it any other way...

 

I tried to do this exact same thing with Televators, by The Mars Volta.

I started trying to get it down about a year and a half ago and have more or less given up by now, but I haven't lost the ambition to keep trying. As you said Floydian, probably should never have fucked with it.

But then again, look at what Hendrix did with the National Anthem.

As far as the video goes that's pretty cool but I mean I could play that, and probably have better tone too.

not to be a dick, but it's just eh.

 

That's not what I meant by my statement. I meant that the kid should've figured out a Gilmour solo and then used the things that he liked from the solo in his own playing.

Check out Wayne Krantz. He's proof that knowledge of theory doesn't get in the way of becoming a great rock musician. If anything, it only helps you out.

 

That's not what *I* meant, etiher. All I meant was, rock seems to be more open to things, less willing to judge them harshly, if they aren't technically wonderful, as long as they still sound good. And not just in the context of music theory. No matter what, every musician uses music theory, so the arguement of wether it's nescessary or not is a moot point; You need to use possibly the most rudamentary degrees of theory, just to tune your instrument.

Mr. Gilmour is a great example of that; He himself has said numerous times, of himself and the band, that they are not exceedingly technically talented musicians at all. Specifically to him, his solo's are rather simple (and still rooted in theory), and in accordance with his own views, it was his lack of technique that brought about his own style which plenty consider genious. He's also remarked how he literally relies on effects to make some of his works sound good.

Which might not bode well with the likes of Eric Clapton, if'n it can't just be played on an acoustic and sound fine.

*poke*

 

As long as your compositional skills are good and you play with emotion, you'll be fine.

I gave up trying to shred quite a while ago and my songs and playing have never been better.

 

Its not the best but..

It's better than i could do.

 

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nuff said

 

You obviouly have a biased view of jazz. Not all jazz is chord changes and swing.

I'm not denying that rock players aren't good musicians. I'm just saying that many kids who try to play rock never try to write their own songs or improvise; they just try to imitate their idols.

 

I agree completely and I also have nothing against rock musicians.

 

I'm not touching that one with a ten foot pole