7) Metallica: One
Finally I have gotten over my laziness and would finally start posting on the countdown again. One of the things keeping me from posting on the countdown is because how hard it is to write about a solo, so I think I won't go into as much detail as I once did. Well here we have the great work of Kirk Hammett, one of my favorite guitarists. It's not only the guitar work that makes this solo so great but the machine gun drumming of Lars Ulrich, he really utilizes the double bass so well. Before the solo Hammett also has a machine gun type guitar playing as well which fits in extremley well with the theme of the song. The solo is quick and just amazing to say the least. The thing to note about this solo is the speed and that is really the greatness of it. Like I said I would keep the details to a minimum now because writing about a guitar solo is tough and I am just too lazy to write about something on command. Like always I love comments, so maybe less writing will lead to more comments, so feel free to post!
posted by Jeff at 7:46 PM
6 Comments:
Yeah it's really hard to write well about music when you don't know the ins and outs of how music is made. You did a pretty good job here, though. Usually guitar solos are supposed to be "beautiful" but this one shows that solos can also be powerful and intense.
Jeff you need to do the top 10 worst bands.
Haha, my list would look something like this.
1. New Found Glory
2. Yellowcard
3. Fall Out Boy
4. Story of the Year
5. My Chemical Romance
Just a bunch of whining girls with no talent that all sound the same. Emo must be stopped at all costs, it is plaguing the great reputation Punk has created, and I sure know that bands like The Sex Pistols and The Dead Kennedy's can't be happy with Emo getting labeled as a form of Punk. Personally I can't stand their whiny voice and their lyrics which consist 99% of the time about their girlfriends breaking up with them. Sorry for the rant, this is one issue that bothers me more than nearly anything in the world.
Jeff, do you think Elvis Presley is overrated? I think so along with the Rolling Stones.
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I'm not a Metallica fan by any stretch of the imagination, but I LOVE this particular song by them. The music video was also excellent and I consider this and Master of Puppets to be the 2 best songs Metallica ever recorded. And my enjoyment of One, much like with you, largely comes from Hammett's guitar solo.
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