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Originally Posted by boo boo
To be fair, that is a very broad criticism that's often directed towards prog rock in general.
Granted Yes are one of the most solo oriented prog bands, but while long solos can ruin songs, IMO it doesn't for Yes. Long interchanging solos work for them because they keep it fresh and interesting, it's not by the numbers and Howe, Squire and Wakeman especially know how to surprise and capitvate me with their solos. They tend to bring about the best moments in songs.
Genesis don't dabble in long solos quite as often but they do have them, but again Banks and Hackett are so original that they never bore me, Rutherford/Collins aren't as virtuostic and showy as Squire/Bruford but they know how to suit the songs perfectly.
So I detest the idea that long solos are automatically boring.
If there's any prog band who ruins their material with long, boring by the numbers solos, it's Dream Theater.  |
Agree completely, automatically assuming that solos are boring or simply to show off virtuosity is so incredibly unfounded. Of course bands like Dream Theater are a perfect example of solos done wrong, a lot of extended solos in progressive rock fit so well in the songs. If you're good enough to play a solo and make it sound good, then they should certainyl be allowed to do so.