controversy99 said:

I like when his solos have mistakes or soundkinda sloppy/spazzy/frantic... I thought he was sort of going for that? It's like an unchained carnalaggression vibe... similar to what others posters are saying about the "Eye Hate U" solo.

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WhisperingDandelions said:

I like when his solos have mistakes or soundkinda sloppy/spazzy/frantic... I thought he was sort of going for that? It's like an unchained carnalaggression vibe... similar to what others posters are saying about the "Eye Hate U" solo.

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Yeah, Hendrix was the same. It was more about the emotion than the technical perfection for him and Prince's guitar style is heavily influenced by Hendrix.

WhisperingDandelions said:

I like when his solos have mistakes or soundkinda sloppy/spazzy/frantic... I thought he was sort of going for that? It's like an unchained carnalaggression vibe... similar to what others posters are saying about the "Eye Hate U" solo.

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If you talk about how Prince played during the 1982 1983 period during1999 era i agree

but those were not mistakes.he just experimented with disonant structures.

on The Word he was just careless its like let me stick this solo on

and master the track for release.

embmmusic said:

WhisperingDandelions said:

I like when his solos have mistakes or soundkinda sloppy/spazzy/frantic... I thought he was sort of going for that? It's like an unchained carnalaggression vibe... similar to what others posters are saying about the "Eye Hate U" solo.

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Yeah, Hendrix was the same. It was more about the emotion than the technical perfection for him and Prince's guitar style is heavily influenced by Hendrix.

I think Prince was way more influenced by Santana than Hendrix.

Not a "solo" but my least favorite Prince "guitar" song is "I like it there". Its like "look a me! I'm so "grung" "indy" "alternative" and "lo-fi", meanwhile he'd been there done that much better in 1980.

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

Prince was a great guitarist obv He played many great solos However there are times when I wasn't totally sure the song needed one I'm all in favour of disrupting a style or genre of a song, but still not totally sure some axe murdering is what Lady cab driver needed Eye hate u is one of his best ballads and one of his great spiteful attacks but did it need that kind of guitar whiplash? I'm going to say no.

Omg yes those two songs in particular!! lol

Those two solos were a releasing of the angst and pain non vocally, the screams he could not do vocally

These remind me of the little ax scream in Sexuality "Momma, are you listening...(ax scream)"

and Planet Earth

thebanishedone said:

WhisperingDandelions said:

I like when his solos have mistakes or soundkinda sloppy/spazzy/frantic... I thought he was sort of going for that? It's like an unchained carnalaggression vibe... similar to what others posters are saying about the "Eye Hate U" solo.

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If you talk about how Prince played during the 1982 1983 period during1999 era i agree

but those were not mistakes.he just experimented with disonant structures.

on The Word he was just careless its like let me stick this solo on

and master the track for release.

Are you referring to his guitar solo on The Word from 3121?? If so, you must be joking. It's one of the most blistering and fitting peices of guitar work in the entire output.

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jasminejoey said:

embmmusic said:

I feel like the one at the end of Cosmic Day really doesn't fit the vibe of that song at all

Yeah, that song is rather all over the place but that's the only part I really like about it.

To answer the thread, the first one that jumped in my head is the outro from "IN This Bed I Scream". Not because I didn't like it (I ioved it) but it just kind of fades out as soon as it gets going. I'd bet anything it was added in (or more likely cut down) to make the CD exactly 1 hour long.

thebanishedone said:

jasminejoey said:

Are you referring to his guitar solo on The Word from 3121?? If so, you must be joking. It's one of the most blistering and fitting peices of guitar work in the entire output.

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I am glad you like thats solo but Prince played it much better the first time he did it on The Everlasting Now

Similar "latin" feel, very similar tone (probably used the same axe) but quite different solos. I feel like the solo in The Word, in the context of the song/lyrics, just pushes it to a new height. It's economical yet powerful.

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jasminejoey said:

thebanishedone said:

jasminejoey said: I am glad you like thats solo but Prince played it much better the first time he did it on The Everlasting Now

Similar "latin" feel, very similar tone (probably used the same axe) but quite different solos. I feel like the solo in The Word, in the context of the song/lyrics, just pushes it to a new height. It's economical yet powerful.

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Dont get me wrong.it is a good solo.but i really think it was more of an afterthought than something Prince invested a certain amount of effort.

both songs have a minor dorian solo influenced by Santana.

But you can hear that Prince thought more about The Everlasting Now solo .

I also think that not a single guitar solo fit on Rave 2000 dvd. he was so emotionally

detached from guitar during this period and he didnt recover until Hitnrun tour next year.

thebanishedone said:

thebanishedone said:

WhisperingDandelions said:

I like when his solos have mistakes or soundkinda sloppy/spazzy/frantic... I thought he was sort of going for that? It's like an unchained carnalaggression vibe... similar to what others posters are saying about the "Eye Hate U" solo.

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If you talk about how Prince played during the 1982 1983 period during1999 era i agree

but those were not mistakes.he just experimented with disonant structures.

on The Word he was just careless its like let me stick this solo on

and master the track for release.

"The Word" specifically I don't get castigating. To me it sounds great, and one of his most successful Santana-inspired solos... actually probably in my Top 5 Prince solos ever.

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To me the only solo he did truly worthy of your criticism is that blatantly out-of-tune solo in the Purple Rain Super Bowl performance. That's gotta be his worst solo of all time, bar none.

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Shockadelica and Joy In Repetition guitar solos are the best.