Tournament of Maiden Solos: the Top 10 video!

[JudasMyGuide]

Well, scotophobia, of course. There's a reason Stratton's not in the band anymore.

 

[Forostar]

Careful now, I wasn't joking. I rather not tolerate (anti-)guitarist bias. Let's just compare the solos and cut the crap.

 

[mirtilo]

Mirtilo, maybe I shouldn't count your vote?

Please compare these two solos. Leave out all the (anti-)bias and other distractions.

And for the record: SW is a solo.

Take it easy. These two reasons were just tiebrakers for me. Cheers!

 

[Saapanael]

Fear of the Dark because I like Dave Murray more than Dennis Stratton...

Spoiler

 

[CriedWhenBrucieLeft]

Sorry!

What the fuck, I didn't get to vote either. What's the hurry?

 

[Forostar]

Within 24 hours 15 people had voted for Stranger and 1 for Rainmaker. I did not have faith in a comeback.

 

[CriedWhenBrucieLeft]

Yeh, but I thought this whole thing is about discussion too?

 

[Forostar]

That's true.

 

[Brigantium]

Fear of the Outcome

 

[Edu_Smith]

Stratton world

 

[Lampwick 43]

Strange world, because it's better.

 

[tarikz]

I never expected this amount of love for FOTD solo - I always thought Dave had at least ten better solos...
In this match up SW solo is vastly superior and it gets my vote.

 

[mirtilo]

FOTD solo is like a Dave's Murray signature.

 

[Lampwick 43]

I'm fairly certain that the winner of this battle will get slaughtered in the next round, no matter the opponent.

 

[Dr. Eddies Wingman]

After some thinking I have decided to go with Strange World. Both are fine examples of the style of soloing they represent, but Dave has better soli in the "fast and fluid" category. Thus I choose to honor a solo in the category that doesn't have so many representatives left - a slow, melodic one with much feeling and a great tone.

Ahh ... now I realize I was too late! Bugger.

 

[Forostar]

Round 4 has ended. 8 solos are left.

Iron Maiden, Virtual XI, Brave New World & Dance of Death join the albums that were eliminated in round 3 (Killers, The Number of the Beast, Piece of Mind, A Matter of Life and Death & The Final Frontier) and round 2 (Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, No Prayer for the Dying & The X-Factor). All these albums have no active solos anymore.

All solos by Dennis Stratton and Janick Gers are eliminated.

Before we start with the Quarter Finals, we're going to decide which solos will become the #9 and #10 in the top 10 from this game.

 

[SixesAlltheway]

What are the 8 solos left?

 

[Srogyy]

All solos by (...) Janick Gers are eliminated

It's weird that all these albums are gone but FotD is still in the game. I don't think any solo from that record stands out to me in the context of the whole discography.

 

[Forostar]

It's weird that all these albums are gone but FotD is still in the game. I don't think any solo from that record stands out to me in the context of the whole discography.

I definitely find Dave's leads on Fear of the Dark significant: the album has many nice Dave Murray solos. I have 6 of them in my 23 favourite Murray solos and in my top 10 there's no other album with the same number of solos (3) as Fear of the Dark. These solos do not only sound very well but some of them also have more structure than usual and strong melodies, as if he had prepared himself more.

What are the 8 solos left?

I like to keep you in the dark a bit, but I'm sure several people can and may (of course!) tell you here.

 

[CriedWhenBrucieLeft]

Uh. Powerslave, SiT, and... FotD solos must be the only ones left. Shit. So much quality has gone...

It's now a full-on Dave vs. Adrian battleoff!