Tournament of Maiden Solos: the Top 10 video!

[JudasMyGuide]

I still played the video, even though I knew what would I vote for beforehand. BNW and DOD, of course.

OTGDY, however, gets a special mention. I like it a lot too.

 

[Forostar]

Good. But always play the video @JudasMyGuide
And I urge everyone to read the first page of this thread if you haven't yet.

 

[JudasMyGuide]

Yeah, I know, I know, but I deed, deedn't I? This wasn't a case of a "song or guitarist bias", this was an unashamed solo bias.

 

[Forostar]

(NOTE: If this game is new for you, and if you would like to participate, please check the opening post of this thread)

081 advances directly to round 2.

R1B: 13th group:

 

[tarikz]

The Thin Line and The Final Frontier. Dave's solo on TFF is bloody brilliant, although it's short...

 

[Night Prowler]

First one is garbage. Voting for last two.

 

[Forostar]

I think it's very good. Janick delivers the goods in an unusual manner. Less dirty (garbage!) sounding than the majority of his solos. I like the way he chooses for more structure and consistent pace. Usually he's slow and melodic or fast and aggressive (and at times messy). This song and its tempo asked for something else. A most fitting job, lifting the song to a higher level.

 

[Srogyy]

The Fugitive solo is not very good... Sounds quite uninspired. Voting for TFF and Thin Line with the emphasis on TFF. It's so cool. I like the opening lick in particular. Great transition from Adrian's godlike solo.

 

[rgba]

TTLBLAH and TFF

 

[MrKnickerbocker]

TTLBLAH and TFF

Janick's TF solo is fine, it just doesn't do anything for me. It is pretty restrained for him, though, which I appreciate.

HCW sounds uninspired to me. Just improvised noises to fill a lot of time.

 

[Srogyy]

I don't like HCW solo, because it ends the best 'woo-oo-oo' in the history

 

[Saapanael]

Heaven Can Wait has a speical aura to it, soundas special. TFF is also alright..

 

[adrian fn rules]

Crap Forostar!! I thought I was voting for group 12 but must have missed it. Can you change my vote to Thin line and HCW for group 13? Thanks

 

[Forostar]

Alright!

 

[Lampwick 43]

Once again I could only bring myself to vote for one choice.

TFF it is.

 

[Black Bart]

"Heaven Can Wait" and "The Fugitive". Dave Murray remains my favourite guitar player of the three but too many of his solos are botched ("The Thin Line..." starts well and then nothing; "The Final Frontier" could have been great but is too repetitive)

 

[Edu_Smith]

Haven and thin line

 

[Naty]

HCW and TFF

 

[mirtilo]

How could this group be formed at the second stage of this tournament? I mean, all of the guitar solos here are just "ok".

TTLBLAH sounds amazing, but it's too, too short. All in all catchs my vote because it always gives me goosebumps and I have to choose at least one.

 

[CriedWhenBrucieLeft]

How could this group be formed at the second stage of this tournament? I mean, all of the guitar solos here are just "ok".

This is still round one, mirtilo. These are the solos that didn't make the first cut. It's a second chance round; a second sweep past to make sure nothing decent was missed in round one proper. Some of these might have been unlucky & been in a strong first group. There's been plenty of solos in this round which could have won their group outright the first time around...