Just a pro topic about the jams and solos

[cyllan]

am i the only one here who liked matts drumsolo? i know him inside out (the one from the pay-per-view paris show) and love to play it on drums as well.

No, you're not the only one!? I saw quite a few shows during the 91-93 tour and always enjoyed them, especially the part when Duff came back on stage and joined in.? ??

[The Prez]

I perfectly follow your point!...but
I love solo's and love spontaneous jam's during the set, but during this tour I do not love them as they are boring, they really pull the speed out of the concert, instead of listening to solo's and watching the magic, I get bored... I cannot help it.
Also I feel like the solo's are not 'hanging together', its like: song done, some silence, a solo, silence, another song...
What I liked back in the UYI tour solo's was that the solo's were like part of the songs or they put 2 songs together....it was magic.
The solo from Dizzy though and then going to The Blues is a bit what I mean...

anyhow, my opinion: solo's OK and a must! but if they are boring...please leave them home.

[kaasupoltin]

I perfectly follow your point!...but
I love solo's and love spontaneous jam's during the set, but during this tour I do not love them as they are boring, they really pull the speed out of the concert, instead of listening to solo's and watching the magic, I get bored... I cannot help it.
Also I feel like the solo's are not 'hanging together', its like: song done, some silence, a solo, silence, another song...
What I liked back in the UYI tour solo's was that the solo's were like part of the songs or they put 2 songs together....it was magic.
The solo from Dizzy though and then going to The Blues is a bit what I mean...

anyhow, my opinion: solo's OK and a must! but if they are boring...please leave them home.

I totally agree with you. They should do the solos more intro-kinda-way.. Double Talkin' Jive -> Solo / Voodoo -> Civil War is a great example IMO. Or '92-'93 when Matt did a drum solo which went straight to YCBM and Slash did a solo right after that. It kinda kept the music going.. Last week in Helsinki I liked the way Finlandia turned in to SCOM and Dizzy's solo in to The Blues.

[CD2006]

Been finally watching all these shows since hammerstien boots, and thinking about concerts I have seen over the last 20 yrs, since I was 15, and a thought and a truth came to light for me. As a musician myself in a capacity, and listening as the shows have been goin on and seeing and hearing, this band is gellng nicely. OR rather like fine wine reaches its perfection with care and time and such, so is GNR.

My point is that what these guys are doin every night , are perfecting the ingredients , and if you ever played in a band , its the jamming that brings the comradarie and brotherhood. Its not like hey lets go out there play tunes rehearsh them and thats that. What Ive been seeing is fucking beautiful band interaction. And pisses me off when people complain about the band doin what a band should do band do.? Its feelthe music , crete the vibe , keep it sponmtanious for themselves as well as give the tunes tat fans want to hear jsut the right punch.

zi think back to the 80s, and before my time, early 70s and late 69s, and back then this is what bands do, they fuckng play, they play music, it might not make sence to some cause its not the hit or the tune you wanna hear, case in point any zep fans ? Listen to any liv boots or such. They were a band that jammed!. TO many others to lsit , but my point is. And my analasis of some people that are "bored easy" is that if you want hits and tunes, go see a fuckng pop concert, whre its all laid out, complete with coreographe, and dancers. If you want RNR see GNR, Im sorry the sotes lost thier edge , they now cater to the single minded hits orientated folk, . You wanna hear and see great RNR, look for it in your local rock night club, where all thje bands jam, have fun and interact as ands should. OR hey better yet, SEE GNR, Caue they are basically doin the kinda shows you would see other hungry bands doin who would want so much to be whre GNR are at great rock clubs.

And After all this time I have to laugh at what people complain about, , shit I watched MEtallica show atr Download, and all I got from it was , ok rehersed , and blah, not to knock em cause hey I like em but the fire isnt thier in the band like it is for GNR, and as the band jams more and has fun and gels, as it has been all I see is numerous awesome shows on the horizon. If you et bored tell ya what, go take a piss go get a beer, if its only tunes you want than you are missing so much of what GNR are!

 

fucking awesome post, man!
couldn't agree more!
this band is gelling perfectly, they are hungry and finally out there playing, and for anyone complaining about guitar solos and jamming, do like this poster told you, go see nickelback!