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alexis
December 17, 2007, 6:22pm Report to Moderator

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I haven't done a poll, because I'm sure I'd leave some key ones out.

I'll start off - I like his solo on  Get Back a lot. He's very busy there, doing quick transitions between lead and rhythm. But the lead even by itself is nice!


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i have no idea which solos are johns so i'm not telling.
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"You Can't Do That" has a great solo. He always got a great groove, playing rhythmic chords rather than just a single line. I think he was underrated as a guitarist; he was certainly better than George until about '67, at least in the studio.


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Quoted from blackmath
i have no idea which solos are johns so i'm not telling.


Here's some I know about:

1) You Can't Do That, as mentioned by Chris, above.
2) Long Tall Sally
3) Yer Blues (the first one, rhythmic chords, etc.; George does the high piercing one)
4) Get Back
5) Ballad of John and Yoko? Not sure about that
6) Something, and While My Guitar Gently Weeps   (kidding!)


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Good call on #5 -- in the interview at the beginning of Recording Sessions, Paul says that he didn't play any guitars on "Ballad," so it must have been John overdubbing those extra parts. (Or perhaps Mal. )


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i will go with Get Back & You Can't Do That.
he could play when he wanted to!
It's interesting to note how many solo's John
& Paul did throughout the Beatles recording career.
But of course George was the main man!



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Quoted from alexis


Here's some I know about:

1) You Can't Do That, as mentioned by Chris, above.
2) Long Tall Sally
3) Yer Blues (the first one, rhythmic chords, etc.; George does the high piercing one)
4) Get Back
5) Ballad of John and Yoko? Not sure about that
6) Something, and While My Guitar Gently Weeps   (kidding!)



Oh, and of course I should add his guitar solo on "The End"! The first part of that solo always sounded a bit like his solo in Get Back, and the second part like in Yer Blues...


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Didnt John play the lead on 'Hey Bulldog' also? If so, thats my favorite.


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Didnt John play the lead on 'Hey Bulldog' also? If so, thats my favorite.


i'm sure that was George.



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Quoted from alexis


Here's some I know about:

1) You Can't Do That, as mentioned by Chris, above.
2) Long Tall Sally
3) Yer Blues (the first one, rhythmic chords, etc.; George does the high piercing one)
4) Get Back
5) Ballad of John and Yoko? Not sure about that
6) The End (3rd and 6th ones)
7) Something, and While My Guitar Gently Weeps   (kidding!)



Would it be correct to also add the solo in "Honey Pie"? Someone mentioned in one of these threads a while back that John did that solo. It seems far too restrained for the typical John solo IMO, but if others know better, I'll put it on the list!

Thanks!


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I don't think John would've contributed to that song if Paul had put a warm gun to his head.


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That voice on A Day In The Life is John's best solo sends shivers down my spine ?


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Quoted from Chris
I don't think John would've contributed to that song if Paul had put a warm gun to his head.


Well apparently he may have! ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_Pie , courtesy of another poster who also found this supported in Lewisohn.

It is a pretty solo, John must have been very pensive at the moment!


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How strange....he always said he hated it. (Of course, he said he hated a lot of his own songs as well, so maybe that's not saying much.)


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Didnt John play the lead on 'Hey Bulldog' also? If so, thats my favorite.



this was George
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SavoyTruffle
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How strange....he always said he hated it. (Of course, he said he hated a lot of his own songs as well, so maybe that's not saying much.)


if John would've put a solo on one of Paul's more "cutesy" songs like Honey Pie he would've tried to mess it up purposely like he did when he played an atrocious bass line on macca's "long and winding road"

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I love the growly distorted licks John gets in during the segue from Carry that Weight to The End.
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