miércoles, 22 de octubre de 2014

Highway Star (Deep Purple)

"Highway Star" is a song by the English band Deep Purple. I love its guitar solo, at 3:45 min. by Ritchie Blackmore. Blackmore’s solo on ‘Highway Star’ was well planned. “I wrote that out note for note about a week before we recorded it,” says the guitarist. “And that is one of the only times I have ever done that. I wanted it to sound like someone driving in a fast car, for it to be one of those songs you would listen to while speeding. And I wanted a very definite Bach sound, which is why I wrote it out—and why I played those very rigid arpeggios across that very familiar Bach progression—Dm, Gm, Cmaj, Amaj. I believe that I was the first person to do that so obviously on the guitar, and I believe that that’s why it stood out and why people have enjoyed it so much.

Free Bird (Lynyrd Skynyrd)

Free Bird is a power ballad by Lynyrd Skynyrd. It is their longest song, often going well over 14 minutes when played live. "Free Bird" is included in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll and at number 193 in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.