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    Posted: August 05 2013 at 17:44
1. Limelight
2. La Villa Strangiato
3. The Necromancer
4. Working Man
5. The Fountain of Lamneth (No One at the Bridge)
6. Freewill
7. By-Tor and the Snow Dog
8. Subdivisions
9. Tom Sawyer
10. Natural Science
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Points: 2549 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 05 2013 at 20:12
Isn't The Necromancer just one big long guitar solo? Wink

Agreed on The Fountain of Lamneth; surprised to see Subdivisions in your list but he does have a very tasteful solo in there.

Eh...top 20:

1. La Villa Strangiato (especially the Exit Stage Left version)
2. 2112 - Soliloquy
3. Red Sector A
4. Ghost of a Chance (especially live version from Retrospective III)
5. The Fountain of Lamenth - No One at the Bridge
6. The Pass
7. Leave That Thing Alone
8. Natural Science (Different Stages version)
9. The Trees
10. Earthshine
11. 2112 - Discovery
12. YYZ
13. The Analog Kid
14. Limelight
15. Fly By Night
16. Freewill
17. 2112 - Finale
18. Open Secrets
19. The Larger Bowl
20. Seven Cities of Gold

Er...One more, can't miss

21. 2112 - Overture
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Points: 20 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 05 2013 at 20:34
Great list!! Yes, Subdivisions works for me!! Glad you liked No One at the Bridge.
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the fadeout on Different Strings, very Jeff Beck
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Either Freewill or La Villa Strangiato would be top of my list if I could come up with one. Great performer Alex. I've only seen Rush once but he stood out a mile for me.
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Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

the fadeout on Different Strings, very Jeff Beck


Oooooh yes! So awesome! You just want it to keep going but... yeah
Strangiato is ranked in my top guitar solos of all time.
And I love the weird solo in Turn the Page. So strange but so... right. Turns out, a lot of his 80's solo's rocked, but in a completely different way than the 70's ones.
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I thought there were several solos on Villa. In may be wrong though my memory is poor. I presume we mean  the quiet section that build up?

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Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

I thought there were several solos on Villa. In may be wrong though my memory is poor. I presume we mean  the quiet section that build up?

Precisely. THE solo in my opinion.
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Originally posted by CKnoxW CKnoxW wrote:

Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

I thought there were several solos on Villa. In may be wrong though my memory is poor. I presume we mean  the quiet section that build up?

Precisely. THE solo in my opinion.


There are three: the intro classical guitar solo, the long build-up few couple minutes into the song, and then the weird one a bit afterwards, during the section when the tone switches to being more playful/Klezmer like.

The Exit Stage Left version of that intro solo on electric guitar, by the way, is incredible and probably should have been included on my list.
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La Villa Strangiato
Freewill
The Weapon
Farewell To Kings
Limelight
Anthem
The Analog Kid
By-Tor
YYZ
2112 (Discovery)

I always take solos for granted this helped me sort them out and really figure out the ones i love (besides the obvious ones).
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Chemistry
Kid Gloves
Tom Sawyer
A Farewell to Kings (the classical guitar intro)
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Anthem........wow, you've got me thinking now!!
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Points: 16952 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 06 2013 at 15:31
Originally posted by Todd7 Todd7 wrote:

Anthem........wow, you've got me thinking now!!

LOL

What do you mean by that?
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What do I mean? I think Anthem has an awesome solo, perhaps a bit better than some songs on my list.
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Originally posted by Todd7 Todd7 wrote:

What do I mean? I think Anthem has an awesome solo, perhaps a bit better than some songs on my list.
Aah I see haha.

Anthem best part is the solo section, give or take a couple of seconds :3
I like the other songs more.
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Points: 2673 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 07 2013 at 11:25
Favorite Lifeson solo? That's a good one. I'll have to think about it.
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Ghost of a Chance
Kid Gloves
Marathon
Emotion Detector
Cut to the Chase
The Anarchist
The Garden
The Camera Eye
Mission
2112 VII Grand Finale
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