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publicReally long intro and buildup on this song! The guitars, bass and drums all layer up very well
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publicThe live version of Andy playing this at a guitar clinic is incredible: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV14OgmngJw&ab_channel=PunchyDollgyStudio
He plays the solo in such an animated but dignified manner, almost like a political orator giving a speech. His face maintains a fairly neutral expression throughout (compared to the really cheesy "guitar face" you get sometimes) but his body language really follows the flow of the music.
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publicOnly here do the drums break into a standard rock beat. The bass begins to play root notes. Finally breaking into a rock rhythm creates this triumphant feeling, fitting after such a long buildup.
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publicHere the song enters a bridge like section, the chords change slightly, a flute enters with a new melody, the bass begins to play more traditionally, and some light percussion begins, mostly cymbals.
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publicThis song's structure is quite interesting - the chords don't change at all throughout the song, save for some slight deviations in the middle.
For the first half of the song, there aren't any drums, and the #bass plays quite melodically - in a higher range, and it doesn't outline the root notes very strictly.
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publicThis is simply one of my favorite songs of all time, it fills me with feelings of peace and tranquility, but also a feeling of yearning and sadness. It's bittersweet.
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publicListening to this solo again, I can't help but notice how well delay is used to maintain interest in a 10 minute long guitar solo. Things do get a little repetitive, but the use of delay to create a more atmospheric during the slow middle of the song is really nice.
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It has a nice #build-up too, and some cool triplet licks I want to #transcribe
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publicThis song is a 10 minute #guitar #solo with no vocals other than a few verses at the start and end. To maintain interest, it does multiple #build-up s and wind downs throughout the song, where the playing becomes louder or quieter to reach peaks and troughs. In that sense, it's very similar to 
Voodoo Chile. Voodoo Chile is somewhat different in that there are more instruments - the guitar gives way to the organ and what sounds to me like a bagpipe at certain points, which makes it easier to keep things interesting.
Voodoo Chile. Voodoo Chile is somewhat different in that there are more instruments - the guitar gives way to the organ and what sounds to me like a bagpipe at certain points, which makes it easier to keep things interesting.
I think the guitarist does a good job at building up to peaks multiple times in this song, but the lack of varied instrumentation does make the song a little boring towards the middle.
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publicAnother song that feels like a prolonged meditation on human suffering and wretchedness that gives me a similar vibe would be 
Human Sadness
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publicI think this is one of the few songs I could cry to if I tried hard enough. I read somewhere online that the song came about when someone put the guitarist on shrooms then told him to play as if he'd been told his mother just died, and honestly I believe the story because the song gives exactly that vibe.
It sounds like a reflection on human suffering.
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publicThe #chinese name for this band translates to "Omnipotent Youth Society", which has to be one of the sickest band names ever
