Best Lindsey solo outros on Mirage

[DownOnRodeo]

Love In Store
I find this outro as tepid as the song, but it's a nice guitar tone, and I like the low notes.
BTW although Can't Go Back also has a slight guitar outro, I excluded it because poll options are limited to 10 songs.

Book Of Love
This is an absolute standout in my "book"--very glad to see it get some votes despite the hot competition! A searing sound like that heard in Countdown. Guitar acrobatics, beautifully integrated into the rhythms of the song.

Gypsy
Was tempted to exclude this from the poll since I feared its popularity would be a fait accompli and was curious to see how the other tracks would fare without it. But it's an iconic outro and deserves the acclaim. As I recall, Lindsey recorded it using two separate recordings played on top of each other, a technique I think he often uses for outros.

Only Over You
Agree 100% with WalkAThinLine.

Empire State
Short and punchy, though no masterpiece. A little bit erratic, like the oddball, jangly song that precedes it.

Straight Back
I find this outro to be a bit hazy, like Lindsey is "playing on top of the music" rather than the guitar forming a part of the structure, his preferred approach. Then again, the entire song doesn't do anything for me and I guess that colors one's opinions of its discrete elements as well.

Hold Me
This probably should be 3 stars. It's a virtuoso outro that kind of gets shadowed by the strong catchy song; they're still singing the chorus over the outro so it doesn't fully get the limelight it deserves. Also I more heavily associate the song as a whole with piano, due to the start and that piano interlude.

Oh Diane
Deceptively simple yet memorable, like the outro of Trouble, but too short to amount to much.

Eyes Of The World
Has to be my favorite. Fun, boisterous, and searing. And are there many other FM songs that have such a loud and definitive full stop at the end of the outro? (Compare Sisters of the Moon, where we can hear it grind to a halt but only after it has faded considerably.)

Wish You Were Here
Never been a fan of the song, but what an outro--and not just the guitar but a classic FM full-band effort, as mentioned by others.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by DownOnRodeo

[B]
Straight Back
I find this outro to be a bit hazy, like Lindsey is "playing on top of the music" rather than the guitar forming a part of the structure, his preferred approach. Then again, the entire song doesn't do anything for me and I guess that colors one's opinions of its discrete elements as.

The original CASSETTE version I bought of Mirage didn't have all the guitar soloing at the end of SB. Years later, when I bought the cd, I was so shocked to hear those parts I'd never heard before.

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

The original CASSETTE version I bought of Mirage didn't have all the guitar soloing at the end of SB. Years later, when I bought the cd, I was so shocked to hear those parts I'd never heard before.

I bought the album on release then recorded it. I believe it had the solos. Can't quite remember.

[Macfan4life]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

I bought the album on release then recorded it. I believe it had the solos. Can't quite remember.

My album also had the solos. When I bought the CD 12 years later I did not notice a difference.

This thread is fascinating because you could not limit this to Mirage. Some of his endings are frustrating because once he starts to get cooking, the song fades out. Songs like Tango In The Night, Family Man, The Smile I Live For, Isn't It Midnight - I wish there were at least 30 more seconds of his play. Even solo songs like Doing What I Can just fade out this incredible guitar playing that just starts. Its always been a frustration of mine. My favorite songs are when Lindsey jams.

[DownOnRodeo]

Originally Posted by Macfan4life

This thread is fascinating because you could not limit this to Mirage.

I plan to do more in the future.

[aleuzzi]

I’m the one person who picked Empire State. The song is trash (entertaining trash) but the outro guitar solo is hot stuff.

But I think most of Lindsey’s Mirage guitar work is pretty tasteful. Gypsy, Only Over You, Eyes, and Book of Love all feature distinctive guitar. And the baroque guitar figures in Hold Me are inspired.

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by aleuzzi

I’m the one person who picked Empire State. The song is trash (entertaining trash) but the outro guitar solo is hot stuff.

But I think most of Lindsey’s Mirage guitar work is pretty tasteful. Gypsy, Only Over You, Eyes, and Book of Love all feature distinctive guitar. And the baroque guitar figures in Hold Me are inspired.

Countdown has a great solo at the end too. Weird chicken squawky sound.

[David]

Originally Posted by aleuzzi

I’m the one person who picked Empire State. The song is trash (entertaining trash) but the outro guitar solo is hot stuff.

Yes, indeed.

I went with GYPSY because I really don’t think I would like that song as much if the banjo line weren’t part of it. With all the other songs, I would still love them without an outro — the outro is gravy. But the banjo part (not played on an actual banjo) is indispensable to Gypsy.

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by Macfan4life

My album also had the solos. When I bought the CD 12 years later I did not notice a difference.

This thread is fascinating because you could not limit this to Mirage. Some of his endings are frustrating because once he starts to get cooking, the song fades out. Songs like Tango In The Night, Family Man, The Smile I Live For, Isn't It Midnight - I wish there were at least 30 more seconds of his play. Even solo songs like Doing What I Can just fade out this incredible guitar playing that just starts. Its always been a frustration of mine. My favorite songs are when Lindsey jams.

His fade outs on the above are maddeningly painful. Just play!

[Macfan4life]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

His fade outs on the above are maddeningly painful. Just play!

A-men
Bingo
Ding ding ding
Winner winner chicken dinner

My biggest frustration with the band. This is what made their live concerts pre-Dance so spectacular. Its still there but not at the same level pre-Dance.

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by Macfan4life

A-men
Bingo
Ding ding ding
Winner winner chicken dinner

My biggest frustration with the band. This is what made their live concerts pre-Dance so spectacular. Its still there but not at the same level pre-Dance.

Christine's shows were the best of the three because they JAMMED!!!

[mylittledemon]

Originally Posted by DownOnRodeo

Book Of Love
This is an absolute standout in my "book"--very glad to see it get some votes despite the hot competition! A searing sound like that heard in Countdown. Guitar acrobatics, beautifully integrated into the rhythms of the song.

Went with this one in the end (vs. Hold Me). I love Gypsy of course (who doesn't?) but I prefer the longer/unedited version from the deluxe set rather than the standard release.