Beautiful Licks

[Earth Breather]

Licks that once you hear them, they are so beautiful and so incredible, you cannot stop playing them. For me, it is definately the shredding part of Altitudes by Jason Becker and the solo in Technical Difficulties by Racer X.

 

[bball_1523]

I can't play it yet, but I love the solo in the song "used" by Pain Of Salvation.

 

[Eternal Dragon]

PoS is great . I've been digging iter impius..... but I wouldnt say there are any classic licks in that song.

I've been playing jordan rudess licks lately..... and well thats about everything that ive played lately apart from improv.

 

[Kenneth R.]

Riverside - Acronym Love, Stuck Between

 

[bball_1523]

I also can't play this one, but Evergrey has a sweet lick in "The Encounter." It's a really nice and soothing sweep lick after the verse riffs.

 

[Anonymous]

Anything wacky Zappa does. At least I try to play them

 

[<-Warheart->]

Sunlit Nights solo by Racer X.

 

[Earth Breather]

I guess I should have made it more clear. By playing them, I meant playing them on a stereo or something. Just licks that are so beautiful, you cannot stop listening to them.

 

[Anonymous]

I guess I should have made it more clear. By playing them, I meant playing them on a stereo or something. Just licks that are so beautiful, you cannot stop listening to them.

OK then, I stick with my original answer. FZ FTW.

 

[NegativeVolume]

Most anything played by Steve Vai.
Always With Me, Always With You and Midnight by Satch

 

[Horus]

The lick right before the chorus of Pull Me Under always makes me cry, as does the 32nd note part in the interlude in Metropolis 1.

Pull Me Under:
"Danaaaa, danaNAAA NaanaaNaa dldldldldlDdldldldWaddlaWAAAAAHHH!!!!!"

Metropolis lick:
"Dan, dan, dandan, DDDDDDDDdddddd Dan, dan, dandan DDDDDDDDdddddd Dooo dooo do Daaa naaa ddddooo NAAA NAAA!!! etc..."

 

[Anonymous]

Metropolis lick:
"Dan, dan, dandan, DDDDDDDDdddddd Dan, dan, dandan DDDDDDDDdddddd Dooo dooo do Daaa naaa ddddooo NAAA NAAA!!! etc..."

Ever notice those DT unisons are inspired by Zappa? Go, young one, and listen to Zappa at once!

 

[ABQShredHead]

The tapped licks at the start of the guitar solo on Tony MacAlpine's The Stranger. I listened to it over and over and over again on the way to work today.

 

[theVikingR]

the short licks in the thundercats theme