Stairway to Heaven solo redone

koneguitarist

https://youtu.be/1cOosnkWj2g
found this quite interesting, preferred the Frampton solo, most in keeping with melody and feel of song 

LPManic

Really enjoyed this. Actually thought Phil X played it too safe and respectful. Eric Johnson sounded like Jimmy Page playing like Eric Johnson playing like Jimmy Page. Haha. Interesting stuff.

gubble

Phil X - awesome player, plays in one of the world's biggest bands, his solo band is great and also seems like a properly nice chap !

The world needs more Phil X

Redlester

Interesting as an academic exercise. Musically? Unsuccessful IMO. 

Frampton seems a decidedly left field choice, but then I only know him for that talkbox song and a Frank Zappa parody. 

Probably  the best, yes, but it ain’t Jimmy Page. 

The Van Halen one just doesn’t seem to fit in the context at all, and that’s not a dig at anyone, it’s just how it comes over. I mean that brown sound is glorious in context, but here it doesn’t fit so well with the other instrumentation on the track. 

Eric Johnson? I admit I gave up after the first few bars. I mean he leaks all over the breakdown/ ‘fanfare’ section, which stands alone as a discrete part of the song and was intended to be kept deliberately spare. And then he just starts throwing in a few Joe Bonnamassa licks . 

Thanks for posting mate but none of em are for me. 

Balrog68

Agree with Redlester.... Interesting but pointless. The Framptonesque solo was the most fitting but doesn't count because it was an impression of his style, as was the EVH solo. Jimi got it right first time round... Leave it be! 

Eviltwin14

Balrog68 said:

Agree with Redlester.... Interesting but pointless. The Framptonesque solo was the most fitting but doesn't count because it was an impression of his style, as was the EVH solo. Jimi got it right first time round... Leave it be! 

I enjoyed the first two but the Eric Johnson was a mess. I found it slightly blasphemous. Shows how good the original was, totally appropriate, feel, melody and not overpowered by technical prowess. Page nailed it.

DrCornelius

Really enjoyed that , I liked the Frampton one , laughed through Van Helen and was really excited for EJ but that was the only one that didn’t grab me

Sassafras

What was that song Eric Johnson was playing?

TINMAN82

I liked the first half of the EJ solo but felt he lost it and started to ramble (no pun intended).

The Beato/Frampton one was most like the original, which is probably why it sounded best.

Ben_McCarthy

In my opinion it really highlighted how great the original is, I agree with @DrCornelius, the EJ one did not do it for me surprisingly. 

not_the_dj

Just been watching this and came to see if there was a thread yet. 

Don’t know enough of Frampton’s playing to really comment on that. 

I’ll admit I liked the Phil X/EVH one best, but sort of like a show-off guy turns up at a jam session and puts all his tricks over anything and everything. 

I thought the EJ one would be interesting, but it was a nicely played mess. 

monoamine

Phil X - killing it as per usual. Love that man.

mudslide73

I think I liked the Phil X When Push Comes to Shove (down the stairs) one best. I'm a massive EJ fan but it needed a bit more focus in the 2nd half. I think Rick just Framptonised the original solo lick by lick although I don't think the progression shows off his style particularly. 

Very enjoyable video though. I wouldn't be surprised if Satriani or Vai did one of these with him also. 

simonhpieman

Phil X has his tongue firmly in his cheek. I liked that one best, it was fun.

The Frampton one was the original Page solo with extra widdly ornaments.

I've never listened to Johnson but is he always like that? He sounds like his guitar was drunk.

Philly_Q

I just don't see the point.  Everyone - the players in the clip, you, me - knows the original too well, they're not playing anything like what they would have played if they were presented with a totally new backing track.  Add in the fact that two of the three players are pretending to be other people and it's even more nonsensical.

usedtobe

Other than the original, my personal favourite stairway solo, would be the one Paul Gilbert puts in his cover of 2 become 1
Ffw to 3.15 for the start of the song, and more for the solo:
https://youtu.be/k-sy62EIeVo

koneguitarist

For all those saying it’s pointless, yes it is, it’s just a bit of fun as guy intended. 

To be honest I thought the Phil X was worst by far

monquixote

I think you have to think of it as a bit of fun rather than something that expected to produce something genuinely innovative.

I thought Rick did a great job recreating the backing track.

DrCornelius

I think we ought to do that here - does anyone have a backing track ?

bacchanalian

Enjoyed that, thanks for posting.
EJ was astonishing as usual. 
Did not know much about Phil X until I listened to his No Guitar is Safe podcast.  Seems like a really nice bloke and 'brings it'.
I was left with the impression that he was far too good for Bon Jovi 

Because the solo is one of  the best known solos in history it would be pretty difficult to 'reimagine', but they did a great job
  

Redlester

koneguitarist said:

For all those saying it’s pointless, yes it is, it’s just a bit of fun as guy intended. 

To be honest I thought the Phil X was worst by far

koneguitarist said:

For all those saying it’s pointless, yes it is, it’s just a bit of fun as guy intended. 

To be honest I thought the Phil X was worst by far

Point taken, which is why I skipped all the natter and heard the music. 

Did Beato give a reason for focussing on Frampton? Surely it’d have made more sense to focus on one of Pagey’s higher profile mates/ contemporaries. 

Agree on the  backing track- great job.