Tournament of Maiden Solos: the Top 10 video!

[MrKnickerbocker]

I'm voting for The Wicker Man SIASL

 

[CriedWhenBrucieLeft]

I genuinely can't decide.

 

[Forostar]

Keep playing the vids. After a few days you'll know.

 

[CriedWhenBrucieLeft]

I just played the video ten times in a row. Still not sure.

 

[Cat Milk Supreme]

Ditto Cried here. I like the aforementioned tempo shift on Stranger compared to Powerslave and agree with Wingman RE its evocative nature. But Powerslave is class, definitive dave, the flow of the notes and a great atmosphere and it instantly conjures up the image of Dave on LAD. If it makes sense, i think Stranger is better but i prefer Powerslave. I think.

Aye, fuck it, one more vote for Dave the Rave.

 

[Mosh]

Going to give SIASL the nod because it feels the most complete of the two. Powerslave is a really great start, but isn't as effective without H taking over and finishing it.

 

[adrian fn rules]

If this ends in a tie I would be OK with that.

 

[Edu_Smith]

Stranger Adrian

 

[The Mid-Distance Runner]

This one could go to a penalty shootout.

The only way I can split the two is that if Adrian's SIASL solo replaced both Dave's (first) and Adrian's solos in Powerslave the song would still be killer. This idea of hearing this excites me and I may even edit Powerslave and give it a listen.

So I give SIASL the win for giving me a project to do next weekend.

 

[Deleted member 7164]

What Mosh said.
And, on those loudwire top 10 videos Powerslave is listed as one of the 10 best metal solos (somewhere near the middle, AFAIR). As whole instrumental section, not just the beginning.

 

[Spaniard in the Works]

Going to give SIASL the nod because it feels the most complete of the two. Powerslave is a really great start, but isn't as effective without H taking over and finishing it.

That is not complete either. The real McCoy is when Dave re-takes over and hammers it home

 

[Forostar]

So, Mosh has returned.

 

[Deleted member 7164]

That is not complete either. The real McCoy is when Dave re-takes over and hammers it home

Nope, Nicko hammers it home

 

[adrian fn rules]

That is not complete either. The real McCoy is when Dave re-takes over and hammers it home

I prefer Adrian's PS solo to Dave's last solo.

 

[Spaniard in the Works]

I prefer Adrian's PS solo to Dave's last solo.

Me too, but Dave's fiery conclusion to the whole instrumental section works better as a whole than if Adrian's solo led directly to the riff.

 

[Dr. Eddies Wingman]

If we consider the entire instrumental passage, I would also say Powerslave is greater. But the SIASL solo is greater than each of the three solos in Powerslave on their own.

 

[adrian fn rules]

If we consider the entire instrumental passage, I would also say Powerslave is greater. But the SIASL solo is greater than each of the three solos in Powerslave on their own.

I agree.

 

[Forostar]

Believe it or not, we still do not have a winner (some of you may remember there's one person whose votes I am not counting because of unprecedented bias).

Less then nine hours to go.

 

[Saapanael]

Stranger

As much as I don't want SIASL to win, Powerslave is not complete without the other two solo sections accompanying it.

 

[Ariana]

Thank you, Saap!