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Thread started 05/07/09 9:51pm

Flow3rChild

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Favorite Guitar Solo

I know this has probably been done umpteen-million times here, but since I'm new, I wanna do it too!!!

I dig the one he does in Morning Papers, and of course, Purple Rain... damn, I gotta think about this one my damn self...

close my eyes, what's it like, what's it like inside your tamborine?
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Reply #1 posted 05/07/09 10:00pm

ThreadBare

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These aren't limited to the solos but extend to the "soloing" guitar parts themselves. In no particular order:

Just my Imagination

Graffiti Bridge

Joy in Repetition

Purple Rain (Syracuse '85)

Diamonds & Pearls (Special Olympics ceremony version)

Pink Cashmere

The Ride (Crystal Ball version, among others)

Empty Room (video version)

Colonized Mind (he's killing it throughout, but especially after 4:00)

God (instrumental)

Alexis de Paris

Mountains (12" -- jazz runs toward the end)

A Love Bizarre (jazz solo)

Crucial (guitar version)

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Reply #2 posted 05/07/09 10:07pm

squirrelgrease

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Today I will say One Of Us has my favorite Prince guitar solo.

Purple Fact #542: Prince can make a Weebleâ„¢ fall down.
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Reply #3 posted 05/07/09 10:07pm

1BAND1SOUND

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squirrelgrease said:

Today I will say One Of Us has my favorite Prince guitar solo.

solo in lady cab driver

The TUBAS are the most important section in this band!
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Reply #4 posted 05/07/09 10:15pm

EmeraldSkies

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Purple Rain,and Just My Imagination

Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. ~Berthold Auerbach
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Reply #5 posted 05/07/09 10:35pm

Flow3rChild

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ThreadBare said:

Pink Cashmere






eye was gonna type this... soon as he says "come on back to your lil man"... and the strings come in... eye'm just wound up cuz eye KNOW it's coming!!!!!

close my eyes, what's it like, what's it like inside your tamborine?
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Reply #6 posted 05/07/09 11:23pm

tricky2

The Scandalous Sex Suite - "The Passion" That six minute solo is nuts
Get Some Solo - Bonus Track From "Cream" CD Single
House Quake - 7 mins Mo Quake

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Reply #7 posted 05/07/09 11:35pm

MajesticOne89

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Joy In Repetition ONA Live
Smallclub is filled with great guitar work, not just Just My Imagination.
Dreamer, although many non-fans will dismiss it as boring simple pentatonic work, I think that solo is really why I dig Prince's style so much, his emotion and phrasing is just phenomenal (and he can be flashy and show off some good speed frequently) and I'd put him right up there with "Guitar Gods" like Gilmour and Clapton, IMO.

pout Prince use to have balls....now he has religion. - Nothinbutjoy
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Reply #8 posted 05/07/09 11:38pm

MajesticOne89

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MajesticOne89 said:

Joy In Repetition ONA Live
Smallclub is filled with great guitar work, not just Just My Imagination.
Dreamer, although many non-fans will dismiss it as boring simple pentatonic work, I think that solo is really why I dig Prince's style so much, his emotion and phrasing is just phenomenal (and he can be flashy and show off some good speed frequently) and I'd put him right up there with "Guitar Gods" like Gilmour and Clapton, IMO.


That said, When Doves Cry is what made me pick up the guitar. That's probably my favorite intro to a song. God also has good guitar work.

pout Prince use to have balls....now he has religion. - Nothinbutjoy
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Reply #9 posted 05/08/09 6:42am

nyse

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joy in repitition

shhhhh

purple rain

3 chains o gold

the passion

colonized mind

why u wanna treat me so bad

when doves cry

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Reply #10 posted 05/08/09 7:10am

datdude

Bambi
Electric chair
Dreamer
Fury

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Reply #11 posted 05/08/09 7:29am

soainst

computer blue

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Reply #12 posted 05/08/09 7:39am

MajesticOne89

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datdude said:

Bambi
Electric chair
Dreamer
Fury


thumbs up!

pout Prince use to have balls....now he has religion. - Nothinbutjoy
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Reply #13 posted 05/08/09 7:54am

thedance

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When Doves Cry!

the intro + in the middle: 3:36 to 4:22,

heart

Hello... I'm Come funkateer 'Danceelectric'
from Housequake.com wink
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Reply #14 posted 05/08/09 8:02am

OldFriends4Sal
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2 second riff in Sexuality
Momma R U listening?

Computer Blue
Darling Nikki after Your darling Prince wants 2 grind
all throught the long version of America
Temptation

777-9311

It
Alphabet St
Bob George

Batdance

I Hate U

Now where I come from
We don't let society tell us how it's supposed 2 be
Our clothes, our hair, we don't care
It's all about being there...
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Reply #15 posted 05/08/09 9:11am

ForbiddenFruit

purple rain - the best
just my imagination
crimson and clover
live 4 love
when doves cry
batdance

in this order wink

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Reply #16 posted 05/08/09 10:03am

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1. Just my Imagination (small club live)
2. Joy in Repitition (ona live)
3. Bambi (the undertaker)
4. The Ride (the undertaker)
5. Wall of Berlin
6. Dreamer

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Reply #17 posted 05/08/09 10:05am

pjcath

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probably the weirdest and therefore the one that sticks in the memory is the solo in the 'Guitar' Demo, which is by the way infinitely the finer version of the song in my opinion.

I'm testing postive 4 the funk
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Reply #18 posted 05/08/09 12:13pm

Love2tha9s

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Either Gold or The Morning Papers.

And oh yeah Just My Imagination is killer!! eek
[Edited 5/8/09 12:14pm]

"Why'd I waste my kisses on you baby?"
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Reply #19 posted 05/08/09 12:19pm

Dave1992

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I Hate U.

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Reply #20 posted 05/08/09 1:46pm

xtraloveable

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Sister (live Lovesexy-Tour 1988)
While My Guitar Gently Weeps

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My Name is Dita...I'm your mistress tonite...
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Reply #21 posted 05/08/09 2:40pm

pricy503

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I'm yours
Bambi
Why you wanna treat me so bad
Alexa De Paris

Broadcasting live from yo momma's house.
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Reply #22 posted 05/08/09 2:55pm

PatricioRey

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Something In the Water (Does Not Compute) - Neon Rendezvous '84

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Reply #23 posted 05/08/09 3:50pm

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xtraloveable said:

Sister (live Lovesexy-Tour 1988)
While My Guitar Gently Weeps



Hell yeah 2nd that !!!
Sister -lovesexy tour...try playing that real loud...BAD-ASS !!!

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Reply #24 posted 05/08/09 5:07pm

ravein2thejoy

Why has no one mentioned the minute long one in Interactive

I love that one

Also most of the Undertaker ones

And i kinda like the sound of the guitar in Orgasm smile

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Reply #25 posted 05/08/09 5:17pm

Tame

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I gotta give some love to the classic, "Let's Go Crazy." cool

A One in a Million chance of a lifetime...And life showed compassion and sent to me a stroke of love called U. A One in a Million U.~Larry Graham
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Reply #26 posted 05/08/09 5:27pm

xenon

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I could never take the place...

Some people are like Slinkies...

They're good for nothing but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs.
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Reply #27 posted 05/08/09 7:07pm

jolina

THE RAPTURE From the Scandolous Sex Suite! Or is it THE PASSION?

I didn't even know last night was the ten year anniversary of Prince Night. I'm sure glad I went! I've been going off and on since 1997.
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Reply #28 posted 05/08/09 7:21pm

xpertluva

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One of my favorites that I don't think has been mentioned is "I Will".

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Reply #29 posted 05/08/09 11:11pm

Flow3rChild

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xtraloveable said:


While My Guitar Gently Weeps




YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES!!!!!

close my eyes, what's it like, what's it like inside your tamborine?
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