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I love that song!

I know we've mentioned Neil Young in terms of ALL his solos (not true or fair, yet still funny), but I love his one note solo on "Vampire Blues" from On The Beach.

For that matter, Lennon's two-tone solo on "Yer Blues" is a good kick in the head. Or the opening to "Revolution." Sometimes it doesn't take much to say it all.

Gotta agree with the Neil solo; personally, I love his approach to solos.

Mark: I was waiting for someone to mention John's 'Revolution' and 'Yer Blues' guitar bits. As far as two-note solos go, The Buzzcocks were very fond of playing little anti-solos. One of my favorites is on 'Boredom'.

Boredom was one of the first songs I learned on the guitar. The Clash did a lot of that kind of stuff, too. The middle verses of Tommy Gun (where it goes quiet) Mick Jones plays 1 note through the entire verse. My band plays a song called Your Future where I did the same thing after the solo. Coincidence?

I started listening to The Clash when 'London Calling' came out. I thought they were great, so I collected all of their albums and singles up through 'Combat Rock' and played them to death. At some point around 1983, I suddenly decided that they were "uncool", so I sold off every Clash record I ever bought. I haven't listened to them since. I've never had that reaction to any other band. Very odd...

Randy,
they are one of the handful of bands that I always return to, no matter where my taste in music goes. I hated Sandanista and Combat Rock when they came out, but now I argue the merits of those two albums with my friends. Joe Strummer is one of my all-time heroes.

Hey, my favourite band!

Greg, I can't explain why I stopped liking their music. I thought 'Sandinista!' was indulgent with only a few good tunes. I enjoyed 'Combat Rock', even though 'Rock The Casbah' has to be one of the worst songs of all time (with an even worse MTV video in heavy rotation). Then one day I decided I couldn't listen to them anymore. Weird.

iNdulgent is the "N" in Rock 'N Roll.

- Washington Bullets
- Lightning Strikes (Not Once But Twice)
- The Magnificent Seven
- Lose This Skin
- Rebel Waltz
- Hitsville U.K.
- The Leader
- Let's Go Crazy
- The Sound of Sinners
- One More Time
- Police On My Back...just for starters

ahh, great stuff! Dare I say, it's their "White Album".

Zactly, Mick. When I was younger I was 'this isn't punk, what a load!' Now, listening to that album, the number of good songs on it is surprising. If it had been a double LP, it would have been lauded like London Calling. I read recently that they had already promised fans a triple album, before they had written a note, so they knowingly put some experimentation (ie: filler) on there.

There's some one note biz on "Getting Better" as well as Fleetwood Mac's "Chain" and "Don't Stop"

Speaking of Strummer, does anyone have "Elgin Avenue Breakdown" by the 101ers? Is it any good?

REM's "Finest Worksong" intro.

They opened the show with this on the "Document" tour in '87. I remember there was a giant screen behind them, alternating the words WANT and NEED to the drumbeat. It was pretty cool!

Dan,
Elgin Ave Breakdown is OK, no great shakes. I haven't listened to it in a long time, but if you've heard Keys to Your Heart, you've heard the best song on it IIRC.