Members badhabit Posted March 17, 2011 Members Share Posted March 17, 2011 Alright. You're young and just getting to start sounding decent on your instrument. Most of us had older, popular musicians we looked up to and aspired to be able to play like them. What was your most memorable solos or songs you learned , note for note, by one of your musical "heroes" when starting out. I'll list two: 1) The opening solo and the middle solo Mike Bloomfield played on "Killing Floor" for The Electric Flag's "A Long Time Comin'" album. [video=youtube;Tq3NwCHm-4U] 2) "All Your Love" by John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers with EC. [video=youtube;rUUEtCBhn_Q] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members troyguitar Posted March 17, 2011 Members Share Posted March 17, 2011 The live version of Mr. Crowley from Randy Rhoads on the Tribute CD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dan88z Posted March 17, 2011 Members Share Posted March 17, 2011 I was between 8th and 9th grade and the movie "Rollerball" was on HBO all the time, and it had Bach's Toccatta and Fugue in Dm as the theme. I bought a record by E Power Biggs and spent the entire summer learning the song, page by page, bar by bar. It's not a transcribed rock solo or song, but I definitely used the record to help me along with the music. [video=youtube;GVu0auaZu7s] I can't remember really learning anything else note for note, except maybe "Come Sail Away" by Styx, around 9th/10th grade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RupertB Posted March 17, 2011 Members Share Posted March 17, 2011 Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FitchFY Posted March 17, 2011 Members Share Posted March 17, 2011 Metallica's entire black album - I bought the drum book and everything! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bnelly428 Posted March 17, 2011 Members Share Posted March 17, 2011 Metallica's entire black album - I bought the drum book and everything! +1 that and And justice for all....then load.... then reload.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Funkwire Posted March 17, 2011 Members Share Posted March 17, 2011 [video=youtube;cah4f8OKmDY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cah4f8OKmDY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SeniorBlues Posted March 17, 2011 Members Share Posted March 17, 2011 My first piano recital . . . a piano transcription of the chorus of "Stout Hearted Men" by Sigmund Romberg. Fourth grade. Later on, there were a few rock songs that had piano parts that weren't buried in the mix, but they didn't sound right on a Farfisa organ. I suppose "Light My Fire" qualifies. "Green Onions" never did sound right on anything other than a Hammond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BlueStrat Posted March 17, 2011 Members Share Posted March 17, 2011 My first note for note solo was the Dickey Betts solo on the breakdown section of "You Don't Love Me" on the Live at the Fillmore album. Next was Clapton's "Crossroads"; learned it on a stereo with the speed turned down to 16. And then I learned all the solos for Hotel California. Weird, too, I can still play all of them pretty much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vanlatte Posted March 17, 2011 Members Share Posted March 17, 2011 Hoo boy, where to start! Back in the day I was into all the wankery I could find; Ingwie, Steve Morse, etc. The first real solo I learned note for note (that I can recall) is this (cant find the studio version online) [video=youtube;6Zu4DiD5Irw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zu4DiD5Irw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vanlatte Posted March 17, 2011 Members Share Posted March 17, 2011 My first note for note solo was the Dickey Betts solo on the breakdown section of "You Don't Love Me" on the Live at the Fillmore album. Next was Clapton's "Crossroads"; learned it on a stereo with the speed turned down to 16. And then I learned all the solos for Hotel California. Weird, too, I can still play all of them pretty much. I have forgotten so much it's painful. These days if I do not play something every friggen day it will be gone within a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jeff42 Posted March 17, 2011 Members Share Posted March 17, 2011 Still Water by Fates Warning was a fun accomplishment. I couldn't wrap my head around alot of the drums on this album when it came out but a few years later... It clicked. [video=youtube;45quw73uYJA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45quw73uYJA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tucktronix Posted March 17, 2011 Members Share Posted March 17, 2011 Believe it or not, my crowning achievement was the beginning part to "Changes" by Yes. I actually did a MIDI sequence of the tune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members klrbee03 Posted March 17, 2011 Members Share Posted March 17, 2011 I remember as clear as day, sitting in my bedroom in high school with my Japanese LP copy (probably worth a ton today) when I realized that if I tuned my E to the E on Led Zeppelin I that I could play along to the record, and that I could practice soloing using the blues scale on the 12th fret to any one of those songs. The first note-for-note solo that I tried to learn was Stairway to Heaven, and I still remember it today (although I've picked up a few things since I was 13). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members riversitter Posted March 17, 2011 Members Share Posted March 17, 2011 My first note for note solo was the Dickey Betts solo on the breakdown section of "You Don't Love Me" on the Live at the Fillmore album. That's one of the solos I first learned as well. I don't think I ever got the whole thing down though. If I wanted to play it today I'd have to relearn it. The other solo I learned first starting out was Clapton's "Tribute To Elmore". I thought I had really done something important. [video=youtube;qc7WG4CrDOQ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members riversitter Posted March 17, 2011 Members Share Posted March 17, 2011 I have forgotten so much it's painful. These days if I do not play something every friggen day it will be gone within a week. I'm the same way. I'm a "use it or lose it" guy. But I can normally re-learn a song by sitting down and playing around with it for a few minutes. On the other hand I have a friend that remembers note for note every song he's ever played since the mid 70s. Seriously, you can pull out the most obscure thing he hasn't played since high school and he'll play it for you without stumbling. I figure that's just a gift I wasn't given. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vanlatte Posted March 17, 2011 Members Share Posted March 17, 2011 I'm the same way. I'm a "use it or lose it" guy. But I can normally re-learn a song by sitting down and playing around with it for a few minutes. On the other hand I have a friend that remembers note for note every song he's ever played since the mid 70s. Seriously, you can pull out the most obscure thing he hasn't played since high school and he'll play it for you without stumbling. I figure that's just a gift I wasn't given. GAH, that frustrates me to no end. I know exactly what you mean, somewhere along the line I must have killed the cells that retain things like that for more than 48 hours I have even had to relearn my OWN creations. Seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vermoulian Posted March 17, 2011 Members Share Posted March 17, 2011 "Sultans of Swing". I wore out my 45 of that song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members matt greeno Posted March 17, 2011 Members Share Posted March 17, 2011 "Looks that Kill" by the Crue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members riversitter Posted March 17, 2011 Members Share Posted March 17, 2011 GAH, that frustrates me to no end. I know exactly what you mean, somewhere along the line I must have killed the cells that retain things like that for more than 48 hours I have even had to relearn my OWN creations. Seriously. Lol. I have another novice guitarist friend that I used to jam with. He'd say, "Hey, let's play that original song of yours". I'd be messing around trying to remember the riffs and he starts showing me how it went. He did this even on some originals that he'd only heard once. Fortunately when the necessity arises in a live situation, if I don't think about it, I can usually pull things out of my subconscious and pull off the song. If I think about it all bets are off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ggm1960 Posted March 17, 2011 Members Share Posted March 17, 2011 I suppose I can go back to being 6 or 7 and learning the Beatles songs Penny Lane and Michelle but that was via sheet music and instruction from my piano teacher and not necessarily songs I was overly inspired about. Later in high school after I'd picked up guitar, learned barre chords and began to understand the neck a little I really got excited about learning Aerosmith and Ted Nugent songs. Probably a couple of the first I learned were Same Old Song And Dance and Hey Baby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members melvinspeed Posted March 17, 2011 Members Share Posted March 17, 2011 [video=youtube;wlTvWvfEMxE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mumpfic1 Posted March 17, 2011 Members Share Posted March 17, 2011 The solo for "Double crossing time" by Eric Clapton on the bluesbreakers album. The Sky is crying by SRV and Crazy train Solo and No More Tears solo. Those were the early ones where I thought "Hey maybe Im getting the hang of this guitar thing" 20 yrs later Im still trying to get the hang of this gutiar thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mumpfic1 Posted March 17, 2011 Members Share Posted March 17, 2011 The live version of Mr. Crowley from Randy Rhoads on the Tribute CD. I just love that solo. One of my favorites.How long did it take ya to remeber it lol thats a long solo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jamieb Posted March 17, 2011 Members Share Posted March 17, 2011 ...Still Water by Fates Warning... +1 LOVED the Parallels album! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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