Wizard of Wailing
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Whenever I talk to a non-musician (specifically a guitarist), about a song and I bring up something about a guitar solo they usually get a confused look and say, "I don't remember how that guitar solo went." I asked my wife (who listens to way more music then I do), if she could think of how any guitar solo in any song went. The only two she could come up with were "Buddy Holly" and "Say It Ain't So" by Weezer. So I guess it's high praise for a solo if a non-guitarist finds it memorable. Even Chuck Klosterman (a great writer and huge music fan who writes a lot about rock 'n' roll), said in his book "Fargo Rock City" that he found guitar solos "boring as S***. Doesn't everyone?" The one exception he made was Randy Rhoads. That makes me think Rhoads isn't overrated due to his untimely death.
On a side note in "Fargo Rock City" Klosterman has a great section where he lists how much someone would have to pay him to never listen to certain 80's hair/hard metal albums for the rest of his life. The highest value goes to "Appetite For Destruction", which he says someone would have to pay him $5000 (in year 2000 dollars) to never listen to again.
On a side note in "Fargo Rock City" Klosterman has a great section where he lists how much someone would have to pay him to never listen to certain 80's hair/hard metal albums for the rest of his life. The highest value goes to "Appetite For Destruction", which he says someone would have to pay him $5000 (in year 2000 dollars) to never listen to again.