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Started by kartmaze2, October 31, 2010, 06:22:34 PM

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What's your favourite Rudess DT solo?

Overture 1928
Fatal Tragedy
Beyond this Life
Beyond this Life ("Zappa")
Home
The Dance of Eternity (Ragtime)
One Last Time (piano intro)
The Glass Prison (both solos)
Blind Faith (piano)
Blind Faith (organ)
Blind Faith (lead)
The Great Debate
The Test that Stumped them All
Solitary Shell (piano solo)
About to Crash - Reprise (short square lead solo)
This Dying Soul (intro)
This Dying Soul (piano)
This Dying Soul ("main solo")
Endless Sacrifice (organ)
Endless Sacrifice ("main solos")
Honor thy Father
Stream of Consciousness (piano)
Stream of Consciousness (lead)
Stream of Consciousness (outro part)
In the Name of God
The Root of All Evil
Panic Attack
Sacrificed Sons
Octavarium (intro)
Octavarium (end of Medicate/start of Full Circle)
Octavarium (Full Circle)
In the Presence of Enemies pt 1
Constant Motion
The Dark Eternal Night (outro)
The Ministry of Lost Souls
In the Presence of Enemies pt 2 (The Reckoning)
In the Presence of Enemies pt 2 (Salvation)
A Nightmare to Remember (lead)
A Nightmare to Remember (continuum)
A Rite of Passage (lead)
A Rite of Passage (iPhone)
The Shattered Fortress
Other (live stuff etc...)
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kartmaze2

October 31, 2010, 06:22:34 PM
So, I tried to set up a list of every solo Jordan Rudess has done in Dream Theater. Sorry if this has been done several times before, but I couldn't find any. And I had already made the list, so I stopped searching early...  :P
I both included and excluded some solos in the grey area, but tried to stay away from "background" arpeggios and unisons. Please tell me if you think that some solos has been wrongly excluded.

What did surprise me a bit, was that I didn't find a real solo in TCoT, only arpeggios and unisons.

I voted for the solo in Octavarium "between" the Medicate and the Full Circle part. That one is so awesome!  :metal

LieLowTheWantedMan

#1
October 31, 2010, 06:33:09 PM
Honor Thy Father.

Why? I don't know. I just enjoy it the most.

dethklok09

#2
October 31, 2010, 06:55:05 PM
ragtime all the way. the octavarium medicate one is godly though

ScioPath

#3
October 31, 2010, 06:58:38 PM
Medicate definitely. Followed by all the piano ones.

pmahoney1337

#4
October 31, 2010, 07:06:56 PM
Blind Faith piano solo got my vote. That has always blown me away.

kartmaze2

#5
October 31, 2010, 07:11:17 PM
Quote from: pmahoney1337 on October 31, 2010, 07:06:56 PM
Blind Faith piano solo got my vote. That has always blown me away.

Yeah, I was torn between that one and Medicate.

skydivingninja

#6
October 31, 2010, 07:19:03 PM
It was almost a tie between the Blind Faith Piano solo and the Octavarium solo between Medicate and Full Circle.  Then I came to my senses and remembered that the Blind Faith piano solo is what I want to see more of in DT than anything else.  So yeah.

tri.ad

#7
October 31, 2010, 11:45:41 PM
Toss-up between the Home lead, the The Glass Prison solos and the Blind Faith lead for me.

In The Name Of Rudess

#8
November 01, 2010, 01:58:50 AM
Solitary Shell piano, at Score.

The Blind Faith piano part would have been awesome if they'd chopped off the first half.

nikatapi

#9
November 01, 2010, 02:03:15 AM
Blind Faith piano solo gets my vote. I wish we could hear more piano work by Jordan instead of some wanky (imho) solos.

?

#10
November 01, 2010, 02:24:51 AM
Home definitely! The piano part in Blind Faith is great too.

Laddenvore

#11
November 01, 2010, 02:30:31 AM
Piano solo during Hollow Years Live at Budokan?

erik16

#12
November 01, 2010, 02:42:15 AM
I like the short About To Crash solo, very nice and good sound.

jsem

#13
November 01, 2010, 03:09:23 AM
Ragtime solo - epically excecuted, I only wish it was longer :(

Mladen

#14
November 01, 2010, 03:11:07 AM
Beyond this Life is just too awesome. But the one from Octavarium was really close as well.

BRGM

#15
November 01, 2010, 04:59:50 AM
I can't....it's to hard to choose one, it's between Medicate, and octa intro, and Blind faith...and AROP Bebot solo, seriously. And all the piano solos are Great as well

Infinite Cactus

#16
November 01, 2010, 05:11:13 AM
I chose the Root of All Evil. But the Octavarium solo is nice tits as well.

ZKX-2099

#17
November 01, 2010, 06:33:50 AM
Stream of Consciousness (piano)

Blind Faith would have been my other pick.

antigoon

#18
November 01, 2010, 06:42:21 AM
Octavarium analog solo. Fucking. Awesome.

Jarlaxle

#19
November 01, 2010, 08:34:50 AM
Solitary Shell. By lightyears.

Amoniz

#20
November 01, 2010, 09:48:13 AM
Octavarium (end of Medicate/start of Full Circle)

kartmaze2

#21
November 01, 2010, 10:28:02 AM
Quote from: Laddenvore on November 01, 2010, 02:30:31 AM
Piano solo during Hollow Years Live at Budokan?

Well, I only went through studio albums that JR has been a part of, and I'm not going to go through every live album also. I guess you can put that one under "Other"...  ;)

RoeDent

#22
November 01, 2010, 10:41:58 AM
Gotta be the ragtime solo.  :hefdaddy

kartmaze2

#23
November 03, 2010, 05:55:21 PM
So, with 61 votes in total, and only 2 votes from the last 2 albums, I'd say it's safe to conclude that Jordan's solo quality has decreased during the last couple of years. However, this has been a frequent topic on the forum, so no surprises...
On the flipside, I'm looking forward to DT's new album filled with killer Rudess solos!  :)

Seventh Son

#24
November 03, 2010, 06:02:17 PM
Quote from: antigoon on November 01, 2010, 06:42:21 AM
Octavarium analog solo. Fucking. Awesome.
This.

Fuck the haters.

toro

#25
November 03, 2010, 06:06:03 PM

sneakyblueberry

#26
November 03, 2010, 06:18:18 PM
The ragtime thing gets a lot of crap from everyone here, but no-one can deny its awsomeness.

No-one.

Seventh Son

#27
November 03, 2010, 06:26:27 PM
Quote from: sneakyblueberry on November 03, 2010, 06:18:18 PM
The ragtime thing gets a lot of crap from everyone here, but no-one can deny its awsomeness.

No-one.
:neverusethis:

sneakyblueberry

#28
November 03, 2010, 06:29:00 PM
Get an avatar you creep.



:-*


Seventh Son

#29
November 03, 2010, 06:30:48 PM
Quote from: sneakyblueberry on November 03, 2010, 06:29:00 PM
Get an avatar you creep.



:-*



I'm too lazy!

What would I choose as one anyway?

toro

#30
November 03, 2010, 06:35:28 PM
Quote from: Seventh Son on November 03, 2010, 06:30:48 PM
Quote from: sneakyblueberry on November 03, 2010, 06:29:00 PM
Get an avatar you creep.



:-*



I'm too lazy!

What would I choose as one anyway?
SSOASS cover  :P

Seventh Son

#32
November 03, 2010, 06:37:17 PM
Quote from: toro on November 03, 2010, 06:35:28 PM
Quote from: Seventh Son on November 03, 2010, 06:30:48 PM
Quote from: sneakyblueberry on November 03, 2010, 06:29:00 PM
Get an avatar you creep.



:-*



I'm too lazy!

What would I choose as one anyway?
SSOASS cover  :P
That's too expected though. I need something a bit more obscure.

sneakyblueberry

#34
November 03, 2010, 06:45:35 PM
My personal collection.
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