What a weird solo...

Bucket

Ché said:

I like it, every change makes my ear go "Ooo".

Exactly. Some people have said they think it sounds clunky, I don't think that's really the case. It's ear-catching, and the changes/leading notes are jarring enough to be interesting but not enough to sound unpleasant. I like it a lot.

Blueingreen

It doesn't sound all that surprising to me.  Without transcribing or analysing it, it's broadly 4 bars of one mode, 4 bars of another and so on through 5 modes. A slightly unusual device to sneak into a piece of 80s electro-pop, but familiar enough territory for the kind of 80s session guys who dabbled in a bit of modal jazz or jazz-rock fusion in their own time.  And there were a fair amount of people at the time - I think of Nik Kershaw, or Level 42 or Ian Dury's Music Student's live performances - trying to incorporate that kind of fusion-ey sophistication into pop.

stefjudd

Thanks for sharing, like it!

DLM

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The solo doesn't sound odd at all to me, but there's the usual caveat that I grew up with jazz on at home *all* the time. It just sounds like big shifts in the harmony, which of course it is.

Teetonetal

ohhh some of those are car crash key changes, some of them are really nice.. interesting solo

Bucket

Well - I worked the solo out, and I've uploaded my first solo cover to YouTube for about two years:

It's not exact but you'll get the idea.

Handsome_Chris

I am loving the touch of Brad Gillis at about 0:20.  I love a bit of flappy Floyd work.

GoldenEraGuitars

I really liked that, got to love those 80s solo's and their key changes.... although, this one had quite a lot of changes in it. Still cool to me

PolarityMan

Man those key changes are naff.

bingefeller

PolarityMan said:

Man those key changes are naff.

yeah they are awful.  I made a backing with Band in a Box and it's just horrible to play over. Not because they are particularly difficult to navigate, it's just because I think they sound bad.  

DrJazzTap

I do like that, It's naff but very 80's sounding. I do need to get a looper pedal at some point. It would be good to solo over something like this, rather than a two chord vamp :P

viz

Bucket said:

Well - I worked the solo out, and I've uploaded my first solo cover to YouTube for about two years:

It's not exact but you'll get the idea.

That was great, Bucket.

Aidanspaghetti

It's very Alan Parsnips but I prefer AP.. Cool though. Prob a huge hit over on hugeracks....