I have to say its Two Minutes to Midnight. Dave, who usually plays fast and loose, was a little more restrained, and Adrian, who is usually more bluesy and structured, let it hang out more during his turn.
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Best solo in a Maiden song?
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In my opinion it would have to be PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. Just amazing soloing and guitarwork throughout that song! 
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SavaMaidenRay
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I would have to go with Seventh Son. Not only is the bass bridge addictive, but if you can't appreciate the guitar work/over musicality of this song, as far as I'm concered, your crazy.
Metallicat180
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RouxBodine
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RuntoHills
Lightside of Aquarius
The ending series of solos of "7th Son title song". That is the best guitar work I have ever heard from anyone, not just MAIDEN.
I have to agree on Seventh Son. The Maiden England version of that song was excellent. I would love to see them do that today, now that they have three guitarists, and most of that section of the song requires three guitar parts.
On that note, I have to give a nod to The Wicker Man, just to hear Adrian's style again. His lead part in the song showed not only that he was back, but also how he had matured as a guitarist. Not to mention I love his vibrato and always have.
On that note, I have to give a nod to The Wicker Man, just to hear Adrian's style again. His lead part in the song showed not only that he was back, but also how he had matured as a guitarist. Not to mention I love his vibrato and always have.
RoboCaster
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This is a subjective point of view, but hell yea Wicker Man and Power Slave demonstrate the two approaches.
Its all about rhythm as it is about note picking legato or sweeping, with Maiden you get soloing thats made rhythm in or melody, unlike some other shredders who really just make some long noodling fast solo thing then wrap a song around that, so it just becomes technical without feeling, therefore, fitting the solo to a good rhythm is the best way to go, because soloing alone is not good enough. But Maiden also applies with finesse, or clarity and cleanliness which make it sound fast but leaves a bit of room for the imperfection and energy in order to create attitude or feeling.
Its all about rhythm as it is about note picking legato or sweeping, with Maiden you get soloing thats made rhythm in or melody, unlike some other shredders who really just make some long noodling fast solo thing then wrap a song around that, so it just becomes technical without feeling, therefore, fitting the solo to a good rhythm is the best way to go, because soloing alone is not good enough. But Maiden also applies with finesse, or clarity and cleanliness which make it sound fast but leaves a bit of room for the imperfection and energy in order to create attitude or feeling.
spideyjg
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Very well stated Robo.
Just because you can play 10 billion notes a second doesn't mean that it works for every solo in every song. It is like listening to an auctioneer as opposed to a great speaker. Everything has its place and speed does not belong everywhere.
Steve Harris said a long time ago that what makes a bass player great is not what you put in, but what you leave out.
Many of the shredder guitar players IMHO need to learn this. Dave, Adrian and Janick do know.
Powerslave is to me a great example of solos that really fit in the song structure perfectly.
Jim
Just because you can play 10 billion notes a second doesn't mean that it works for every solo in every song. It is like listening to an auctioneer as opposed to a great speaker. Everything has its place and speed does not belong everywhere.
Steve Harris said a long time ago that what makes a bass player great is not what you put in, but what you leave out.
Many of the shredder guitar players IMHO need to learn this. Dave, Adrian and Janick do know.
Powerslave is to me a great example of solos that really fit in the song structure perfectly.
Jim
Rendclaw
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Ha ha!! I got my original screen name back!!
But to continue, yes, it all comes down to what fits the song.... A lot of bands back in the "golden age" of metal would just masturbate with the guitar instead of doing something that made sense.... going for the shred instead of laying back and actually playing along with the song..
Dave and Adrian respresented to two best guitarists that played along with each other, in my view. Their rhythm styles were just as different as their lead styles. Dave had the massive chord sounds, using a lot of flanger, while Adrian had the melodic rhythm technique... The Evil That Men Do and Ghost of the Navigator and two classic examples. Watch Live After Death (any news on the re-release of that, btw?) and you will see tons of examples.
But to continue, yes, it all comes down to what fits the song.... A lot of bands back in the "golden age" of metal would just masturbate with the guitar instead of doing something that made sense.... going for the shred instead of laying back and actually playing along with the song..
Dave and Adrian respresented to two best guitarists that played along with each other, in my view. Their rhythm styles were just as different as their lead styles. Dave had the massive chord sounds, using a lot of flanger, while Adrian had the melodic rhythm technique... The Evil That Men Do and Ghost of the Navigator and two classic examples. Watch Live After Death (any news on the re-release of that, btw?) and you will see tons of examples.
RoboCaster
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Rendclaw said:
Well that first thing you described doesnt sound like itll make ya grow hair in your palm, but well as far as wanking is concerned, I think half of playing the guitar is wanking.., because its all about attitude and style. It would be very boring otherwise.
darthrya
Maiden fan since I was 9
Although I haven't heard the solo, I'd have to say it's the missing second solo from Gangland. My theory is that since the band thought the original Number of the Beast artwork was so good that they had to keep it for themselves (later released as the NOTB single cover), they probably thought the same thing about Adrian's solo in Gangland and probably just kept it for themselves.
I've got to go with the solos on Caught Somewhere in Time and Seventh Song of a Seveth Son. Maiden solos in that era had a very distinctive sound in the rock world, and those are the two best examples, by my ears.
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