Anirban
Acrobat
I wanted to see what everyone's favorite guitar riffs were from the album ... both guitarists and non-guitarists. here are my favorite (in no particular order):
- harmonics in the bridge in vertigo
- the high melody guitar in oots -- gorgeous
- the rhythm guitar distortion in the final chorus of vertigo (very cool effect ... a full sound that seems to cover three octaves of notes on the guitar)
- The note edge plays at 4:31 in lapoe ... a nice bridge from minor to major in the melody guitar due to the bass/simple chord driven music instead of the full minor/major chords.
- the bridge in cobl where bono is singing "time...time...time..." -- i love the melody guitar there. similar to the "hickup" solo in electrical storm
- in the intro of aboy there's this rapid repetition of two notes with a cool effect on it in a cool rhythm. i think he layers it in a later part of the song too
- the solo and "pre-solo" in aboy are pretty badass ... kind of a blues pattern with an edge kick at the end. 3 repetitions of the bluesy riff and then edge with his signature sustained/reverb solo
- the bridge in sycmioyo is brought on with a very smooth transition ... and the melody guitar is a lot more prominant from that point onward. gives it a great "epic" feeling
- the riff beginning at 00:23 in crumbs is really pimp ... i love when edge writes songs with two part intros. i consider that point the beginning of the "second" intro
- one step closer ... beginning at 2:09 ... gives me chills
i'm sure there are many more. but i think my favorite guitar part of the whole album is the chilling high part during the chorus of oots. gives me goosebumps every time...
- harmonics in the bridge in vertigo
- the high melody guitar in oots -- gorgeous
- the rhythm guitar distortion in the final chorus of vertigo (very cool effect ... a full sound that seems to cover three octaves of notes on the guitar)
- The note edge plays at 4:31 in lapoe ... a nice bridge from minor to major in the melody guitar due to the bass/simple chord driven music instead of the full minor/major chords.
- the bridge in cobl where bono is singing "time...time...time..." -- i love the melody guitar there. similar to the "hickup" solo in electrical storm
- in the intro of aboy there's this rapid repetition of two notes with a cool effect on it in a cool rhythm. i think he layers it in a later part of the song too
- the solo and "pre-solo" in aboy are pretty badass ... kind of a blues pattern with an edge kick at the end. 3 repetitions of the bluesy riff and then edge with his signature sustained/reverb solo
- the bridge in sycmioyo is brought on with a very smooth transition ... and the melody guitar is a lot more prominant from that point onward. gives it a great "epic" feeling
- the riff beginning at 00:23 in crumbs is really pimp ... i love when edge writes songs with two part intros. i consider that point the beginning of the "second" intro
- one step closer ... beginning at 2:09 ... gives me chills
i'm sure there are many more. but i think my favorite guitar part of the whole album is the chilling high part during the chorus of oots. gives me goosebumps every time...
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