'79 was the year I gave everything away and lived 'off-the-grid' for seven-years. By that, I mean counter-culture hitch-hiking and all. But, ah, yes...I do recall this riff. You might, too.
But it wasn't until tonight that I was entirely blown away by the solo at the end of the song and how unbelievably good it is. Even at my best when I was young I doubt I could play it. It's just such a well-structured solo and so precise with incredibly riffing. And what's odd is the song itself is quite ordinary riffing away in a G-minor groove but then it transitions into a key change to C-major with a solo that looks incredibly constructed. Yes, there is something spooky about it. I'll link a live video where many others are commenting on the odd camera work that omits any shots of the lead guitar playing. WHY?
It's funny that I can't find any official logging of who played that particular solo. It's assumed that Berton Averre did. I'm not saying he didn't--just something spooky about how the whole section seems constructed. Of course, it can be played by a virtuoso as illustrated here:
It's odd, too, that the solo doesn't make it to any top 100 solo lists as it's clearly one of the top ten ever written. Very odd, indeed...Where is Miles when you need him:)
And here is the official video release and some fun lyrics to boot:
Ooh, my little pesky one, my pesky one
When you gonna give me some slime, Corona
Ooh, you make my sinus run, my sinus run
Got a fever coming down the line, Corona
Never gonna stop, give it up, such a dirty case
I always get it in my eye, when I touch my face
My, my, my, eye-eye, whoa!
M-m-m-my Corona
Wow thanks for the lyrics!
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It's all Rockn'Roll Hootchie Koo Sketchy Gaga Goo-goo now:)
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