I know concerts are meant to be watched live and not just listened to so this might make my point totally invalid but whatever. I was listening to the entire concert today at university and I thought the solos really weighed things down.
From about LALD onwards the show just seems to lose all its steam as it gets bogged down in a bunch of excessive solos.
Dont get me wrong - the solos are technically impressive and Fortus' in particular was amazing. Initially I was wowed by each solo, but I quickly got quite bored.
The only person who really should be doing solos IMO is Ron Thal because he is "the nuke" and needs to establish himself to fans.
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So yeah, in summary, the solos are good but they needlessly slow the whole show down.
Solos are annoying, especially in this case. Sorry for all the Finck/Fortus/Foot fans, but it's not like we're hearing Slash, Metallica or AC/DC solos... What we have in GNR right now are the most boring guitar solos I've ever heard. Just my opinion.
Unfortunately, Axl needs some time to catch his breath meaning we'll still have these, and given the energy he displays on stage, it's not surprizing that we get 5 or 6 of them. If only they could cut that down to a couple, that's be much better. I like the instrumental suggestion someone talked about. That'd be more interesting.
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