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We're getting snowed in today and they're calling for up to 24" in some places around here.

I say bring it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWKXccFB8wY

Some good Monday morning listening:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OFjCrX0npY

Some footage from where I grew up. I was 10-11 when this was recorded and had no clue who the hell they were, but apparently they played the Night Gallery in Waukegan in 1977.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxKm5PjFMHQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGZj4sHZ-sc

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Originally Posted by Plankton (Post 2200824)

I've heard that tune many times. Chicken Train is new to me though:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSkN9m7kh9A

...as is just about every other tune they've made. Where's the widdly diddly doo's though? I can't even without some widdly diddly doo's.

Like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuJVbTZDQ7g

Since the conversation was diverting from the topic of 10cc, I thought I could continue here? I don't want to spam the 10cc thread. So ... What do you mean by "widdly diddly doo's?" Is it riffing or soloing? Is It sweeping? Is djent or related to it? Is it the amount or type of distortion?

I didn't make it through the whole Marc Rizzo video. Flamenco Djent or Salsa Sweeping (or whatever it's called) isn't my thing, sorry. I hope you don't become disjointed by me saying that ... or should I say 'disdjented?'

Anyways, I recently found this video and thought I would share. I'm not saying it's better than Rizzo's song. It's just that the video showcases some of the things I prefer. Guitar playing-wise: I think this is a good example as any of using clean guitar sound. To me it could easily be The Ventures doing a cover of a Mason Williams song but it's her own composition AFAIK.
Alyona Vargasova - Faster Than Mercury

No problem buddy.

From just a quick skim through that vid, it's sounds a bit stiff and sterile. There's no meat to it and she seems to be phoning it in. Sure it's nice, but it just doesn't 'do it' for me musically. I'm weird, jaded, and set in my ways though.

When I say widdly diddly doo's (a term coined by Frownland), I'm talking about sweeping arpeggio's with tremolo picking. The kind that Malmsteen brought into the spotlight and now so many others have mastered like Guthrie Govan. I was also being a bit facetious, but there's still some truth to what I was getting at.

I think I've seen you mention that you play guitar, but I'm not sure, so I have no clue if you know what it feels like to play heartfelt solo's and technically brilliant passages like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k07j7LcLqw

Short and funky jams are just what the Dr ordered on this fine Monday morning:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OOKM_oh4fw