Lindsey's best solos on record...

chiliD · #1 08-31-2006, 01:09 PM

...ok, "best" is a misnomer...

MY FAVORITES is more like it.

For me:

1) Isn't It Midnight
2) Sisters Of The Moon
3) Go Your Own Way (dropped to #3 because it is actually a pastiche of many solos mixed together)
4) Book Of Love (yeah, great, just as he gets going the friggin' song fades)
5) (tie) I'm So Afraid, Murrow, Tango In The Night (the redundancy factor keeps that one solo from being ranked higher)
6) Blue Letter
7) I Know I'm Not Wrong
8) Eyes Of The World (the abrupt end drives me nuts, though)
9) Gold (yeah, the John Stewart song from his Bombs Away Dream Babies album)
10) Hot Summer Night (the Walter Egan song on Not Shy)

This is my "Buckingham props thread, dedicated to Gerald"

wondergirl9847 · #2 08-31-2006, 02:26 PM

I'm not going to rank them as that is too difficult. Here are my faves...as of today:

I'm So Afraid (Dance) -The solo that will always bring me to tears
Isn't It Midnight - Makes my heart smile

GYOW - Come on folks! It's frickin' GYOW!

Crank that beyotch up!!
Doing What I Can - I think most people don't care for this, but I adore it.
Over and Over (Live album) - I heart this.
Midnight Wind - It's just messed up...and I love it!
SOTM - It screams!
Only Over You - Another one not many like...but I love it to death.
Come - If I had a car...I'd crank this beyotch up...along with GYOW anytime I went anywhere.

Countdown - Breezy and fun.

I know I left out COUNTLESS others though.

shackin'up · #3 08-31-2006, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by chiliD

This is my "Buckingham props thread, dedicated to Gerald"

I bow deeply......

AND DISAGREE WITH YOUR LIST!

...ok, "best" is a misnomer...

MY FAVORITES is more like it.

For me:

1) Johnny Stew ....cranky **** hits the fan!
2) Ï'm so afraid-live 80...Friggin perfection
3) Go Your Own Way ....Best fit in perfect popsong
4) Book Of Love (yeah, great, just as he gets going the friggin' song fades) I totally agree here for once Chili!
5) Over and Over-live...yeah Christy, I can cry just thinking about it, maybe his most heartfelt guitarpiece
6) Bleed to love her....what an outtro!
7) I Know I'm Not Wrong...because it's the solo in I know I'm Not Wrong

8) Eyes Of The World...the abrupt end is totally fantasic.
9) Shut us Down ... Wow, just WOW!!!
10) Mary Lee Jones I just adore the ****ty crapsolos from law and order....well, I just adore all of his ****ty crapsolos

11) Not That Funny.....eehm...well, I just adore all of his ****ty guitarcrapmishmash

Peestie · #4 08-31-2006, 04:41 PM

Wow, I didn't know Isn't It Midnight's solo was so highly regarded by other people as well

My list (in no order)

Book of Love - Same as Chilli and Gerald. One of my favourite Linds songs and great solo to boot. I was actually thinking of adjusting the volume of this song when I was tabbing it to keep it loud until the end!
(BTW, if anyone has the chords for the chorus I'd appreciate some help. It'll save me having to figure them out

)

I'm So Afraid(all versions)/Murrow/Tango In The Night - These are probably my favourite ones. Gotta love those moody solos!! ISA is the best of the bunch, though Murrow has some really nice overdubbed parts that make it really intense.

Go Your Own Way - It's just cool!

Go Insane - Does the interlude in the middle of the acoustic version count as a solo? I just love playing it, so I had to put it in.

Come - The Hard Rock fan in me rates this one highly, though I guess as I've listened to it more I like the live version better. Awesome song though, even if it is just a repeat of Tango and This Is The Time.

Second Hand News - Little more than a lick played twice but I could play this all day long. Just really fun. It may be short, but that just adds intensity IMO.

And lastly Oh Well -

Only kidding Chilli! I don't hate it like you do, but he never sounds comfortable playing IMO. I've nothing against it really.

chiliD · #5 08-31-2006, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by shackin'up

10) Mary Lee Jones I just adore the ****ty crapsolos from law and order....well, I just adore all of his ****ty crapsolos

Ok, since you named a couple of Law & Order tunes, I just happened to have it with me here at work today, so I took a listen.

The cool thing about the sound of the "Mary Lee Jones" solo is that he recorded it backwards (flipped the tape over). Obviously, he didn't have either the same patience or technique as George Harrison when George did the same thing for the Beatles' "I'm Only Sleeping", but it does have an interesting feel to the solo.

But, after listening through, I heard one solo I forgot to mention in my previous list, which also made me think of another one and so on & so on...so here are my "Honorable Mentions":

11) Trouble (the SECOND solo is awesome...the first is wimpy)
12) Family Man (the guitar fills throughout are amazing...and actually what "make" the song)
13) You Make Loving Fun
14) Loving Cup (always been a fave)

I know some of you are mentioning live versions...I guess I should've been more specific. The ones I meant were STUDIO versions.

Peestie · #6 08-31-2006, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by chiliD

12) Family Man (the guitar fills throughout are amazing...and actually what "make" the song)

I never understood the hate that there is for this song on this board. It's not one of his best, but compared to some songs on that album (*cough*Stevie's*cough*) it's a great song. The Spanish guitar-esque feel is great, something Lindsey never really used anywhere else.

shackin'up · #7 08-31-2006, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by chiliD

14) Loving Cup (always been a fave)

I'm such a moron. That one belongs in my top 5.

Since liveversions are not allowed: I'll try these:

Gift of Screws....weird...and HARDrock.
Twist of fate: just when you think: enough!!!, he rips off a screaming one over the screaming ones. Ilovitlovitlovit
Shuffle riff.

Houseonthehill · #8 09-01-2006, 12:20 AM

I can't believe no one said Play in the Rain Pt. 2.

I just go crazy during that solo.

PS. Agree with everything above.

shackin'up · #9 09-01-2006, 02:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Houseonthehill

I can't believe no one said Play in the Rain Pt. 2.

I just go crazy during that solo.

PS. Agree with everything above.

me neither, hillhouse. i forgot that one too!In my list I forgot The whole GI-album. Unbelievably stupid. That play in the rain part 2 - solo is beyond discussion one of the best he ever recorded.

BTFLCHLD · #10 09-01-2006, 02:53 AM

Maybe it would be simplier to list those that are disliked?

amber · #11 09-01-2006, 03:07 AM

I know it is softer, but I have to do it because it is no less brilliant.

Gypsy
Tango
Big Love, Live

GDW - an odd choice, I'm sure, but if you think more about his guitar work in this, you'll see I am right. Very innovative, so perfect for the song. Wait, maybe it can't be called a solo....hmmmn...the vocals are really spare during his thing, does that make it okay for a solo?

In addition to what everyone has already said, of course. These are adendums to those choices.
My favorite, embarassingly obvious, is GYOW.

It's not too noodly, it fits perfect with the song.
Also, just a note, though I love Lindsey's thing during SOTM, I love John's thing even more.
And Family Man is amazing. Oddly.
Umm... it looks like no one else said Live Big Love. To me that is the pentultimate. It sounds like three different guitars are going on. I would actually probably put it ahead of GYOW.
As an all around, not soleley Lindsey fan, I'm curious as to why others think the Big Love live solo isn't totally brill. I was mesmerized and dumbfounded the first time I saw/heard him do that.

I'm still amazed, it really warms my cockles.

CarterNix · #12 09-01-2006, 03:37 AM

Running Through the Garden. A good solo in the middle of the song, but the outro solo is a killer!

-Tom

**mylittledemon** · #13 09-01-2006, 04:44 PM

I'm picking some "non record" solos as well...

I'm So Afraid (any version pretty much, but I'm partial to the one on The Dance)
The Chain (Love this solo...the record version and the Dance version)
Big Love (The Dance)
Go Your Own Way (just classic)
Sisters of the Moon (the record, and the ending on the Mirage tour video)
This is the Time (on Out of the Cradle...very weird, but cool)
Frozen Love (from buckingham nicks...an early indication of his style)
Murrow (love the SoundStage and SYW versions equally)
Book of Love (I agree Chili...its great...and easy to play)
Gypsy (on the extended version from The Chain box set)
Isnt It Midnight (very moody...love it)
Tango in the Night (Very much like So Afraid, but I love it still)
Eyes of the World (mirage tour version)
Silver Springs (from the Dance, the solo in the middle of the song has KILLER tone)
You make Loving Fun (classic solo in the middle, great tone)

Lindsey Jr. · #14 09-02-2006, 06:56 AM

Running through the garden
Eyes of the world
Go your own way
Countdown

Great stuff

DavidMn · #15 09-02-2006, 02:41 PM

My favorite is from I'm So Afraid from the Fleetwood Mac Live cd's that came out in 1980.