Some songs appear only to exist to allow the band's guitarist to properly show off. But is this a good thing or a bad thing?
What happens when the bit of the song with singing and whatnot is pitifully short, but the solo is far too long? Join Dr Sam and Andrew as we dig into our favourite tracks that are 'more solo than song'.
For this episode, we are excluding Prog Rock from our choices, mainly because there are sub-genres of Prog full of bands who write tracks that are 99.9999992% guitar solo.
Have a listen and get in touch to let us know if you agree or disagree with our choices. Let us know if there are some amazing examples of songs that are 'more solo than song'.
Please email us at beatmotel@lawsie.com
SAM'S PICKS
Melvins - Skin Horse (0.47)
Minutemen - Cut (anywhere!)
Super Junky Monkey - Telepathy (opening)
Dinosaur Jr. - What Else Is New? (opening)
ANDREW'S PICKS
The Isley Brothers - Who's that lady (2.30)
Santana - Black magic woman (3.32)
Stone roses - I am the resurrection (3.35)
Dinosaur Jr - Start chopping
RIFFS OF THE WEEK
Sam - My Chemical Romance - Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na) (2.16)
Andrew - Fu Manchu - Grendle, Snowman
BANDS MENTIONED
Hurra Torpedo - https://youtu.be/ysUjYAi0WcQ?si=aihoP1oR5Zb6385P
Slayer
Queen
No Means No
Megadeth
Funkadelic
This episode image was created by Dall-E using the prompt 'never ending guitar solo laughing fish on a pie'
