Worst DT Solos

[adastra]

I think Jordan's experiments with different instruments and sounds are a double-edged sword: they can be really interesting and cool, but sometimes they are just awful (the Bebot solo in AROP, the horns in Beyond This Life).

I'm shocked it took 3 pages to mention the Beyond This Life horns solo.  I still don't understand how on earth someone hears that and goes "sweet solo!"

Jordan's solo in Beyond This Life is one of my all-time favorite DT solos 

Mine too. BTL is one of my favourite songs off SFAM because of that whole instrumental section. The sleazy keyboard solo is one of my all time favourites from DT (along with JP's Vegas one after that), and I love the wacky drowsy horns and carnival unison. That's the stuff I love.

Yeah, I think so too . BTL keys solo is great!

[BlobVanDam]

Don't get me wrong, I get that it's not for everyone, but that's the kind of stuff I love from DT. I find those sections to be fun, memorable, and unique, and it's part of what hooked me on DT in the first place.

[ZKX-2099]

I think Jordan's experiments with different instruments and sounds are a double-edged sword: they can be really interesting and cool, but sometimes they are just awful (the Bebot solo in AROP, the horns in Beyond This Life).

I'm shocked it took 3 pages to mention the Beyond This Life horns solo.  I still don't understand how on earth someone hears that and goes "sweet solo!"

Jordan's solo in Beyond This Life is one of my all-time favorite DT solos 

Mine too. BTL is one of my favourite songs off SFAM because of that whole instrumental section. The sleazy keyboard solo is one of my all time favourites from DT (along with JP's Vegas one after that), and I love the wacky drowsy horns and carnival unison. That's the stuff I love.

2nded.

[wolven74]

Why do I get the feeling that if Myung ever did a solo we'd all be like  and every other solo ever done would be on this list??

[Mosh]

I dunno, Myung's Metropolis solo is really cool. His Dance Of Eternity solo is not.

[LBC.]

I dunno, Myung's Metropolis solo is really cool. His Dance Of Eternity solo is not.

I disagree. Both are f...ing cool.

Mankind needs more Myungness.

[wolven74]

I think Metropolis I is more concise and clean, but damn..... Dance has some fuckin balls for a bass solo.

[?]

I think Jordan's experiments with different instruments and sounds are a double-edged sword: they can be really interesting and cool, but sometimes they are just awful (the Bebot solo in AROP, the horns in Beyond This Life).

I'm shocked it took 3 pages to mention the Beyond This Life horns solo.  I still don't understand how on earth someone hears that and goes "sweet solo!"

Oh, I would've mentioned it on the first page if I had considered it a solo! I just can't stand that section at all...

[Lucidity]

I dunno, Myung's Metropolis solo is really cool. His Dance Of Eternity solo is not.

I agree.

[commanderbob]

The Beyond This Life Trumpet-y-ness-ish solo

The Bebot solo 

Misunderstood ending 

Other than that I'm very pleased

[Lucien]

I think Metropolis I is more concise and clean, but damn..... Dance has some fuckin balls for a bass solo.

[serrano]

JP's The Best of Times solo.




















The fact that i probably will never see it being performed live 

[Podaar]

Don't get me wrong, I get that it's not for everyone, but that's the kind of stuff I love from DT. I find those sections to be fun, memorable, and unique, and it's part of what hooked me on DT in the first place.

Ditto.

[Ruba]

JP's The Best of Times solo.




















The fact that i probably will never see it being performed live 

Umm... is it one of your favourite solos then?

[mrjazzguitar]

Keyboard solo from A Rite Of Passage!
Worst Dream theater solo and propably the worst keyboard solo I've ever heard 

first thing that came to mind when I saw the thread title haha

[wolfking]

WTF, Myungs Dance of Eternity solo is legit!

[Sycsa]

JP's The Best of Times solo.




















The fact that i probably will never see it being performed live 

[Mladen]

The Ministry of Lost Souls... Just stop playing the same thing over and over, and end this terrible song already!

Been lurking for a long long time now, but I had to login just to comment on this. Wut? I think it's just an emotional climax to the song, and it works out beautifully for me... Hell, the whole song is in the top 5, maybe even top 3 for me. Oh well.

This.

I think Jordan's experiments with different instruments and sounds are a double-edged sword: they can be really interesting and cool, but sometimes they are just awful (the Bebot solo in AROP, the horns in Beyond This Life).

I'm shocked it took 3 pages to mention the Beyond This Life horns solo.  I still don't understand how on earth someone hears that and goes "sweet solo!"

Ooh, that's one sweet solo.   

Anyway, if I had to pick my least favorite DT solo, there's a rather long one in the middle of The Shattered fortress that doesn't do a whole lot for me, so that one gets my vote.

[wolven74]

I've never liked Jordan's continuum solo at the end of TDEN... not sure why, it just has no structure to it. Ad-libbing isn't always the best way to go.

[wolfking]

I've never liked Jordan's continuum solo at the end of TDEN... not sure why, it just has no structure to it. Ad-libbing isn't always the best way to go.

I agree, I think he ruins the atmosphere and mood of that heavy ass riff.

[AngelBack]

JP's The Best of Times solo.




















The fact that i probably will never see it being performed live 

Sad that we may never see this live.  It is just beautiful.

[BlobVanDam]

I've never liked Jordan's continuum solo at the end of TDEN... not sure why, it just has no structure to it. Ad-libbing isn't always the best way to go.

I agree, I think he ruins the atmosphere and mood of that heavy ass riff.

I just don't understand.


I just don't understand.

It fits perfectly with the mood of the riff.

[fibreoptix]

I've never liked Jordan's continuum solo at the end of TDEN... not sure why, it just has no structure to it. Ad-libbing isn't always the best way to go.

I agree, I think he ruins the atmosphere and mood of that heavy ass riff.

I just don't understand.


I just don't understand.

It fits perfectly with the mood of the riff.

Got to agree on this one. Best decision Jordan could have made for the song. Totally appropriate and a bit more interesting than one of his run of the mill lead tones he was using at the time.

[SnakeEyes]

Basically, every guitar solo, keyboard solo and guitar/ keyboard unison that has appeared on a DT album in that order (or, in the order of keys-guitar-unison) since SFAM.  They have ALL been redundant and terrible. 

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Before the flames begin, read what I said carefully.  I didn't say every SOLO since SFAM, I said every solo that has come before a unison.  Both guitar and keys.  Usually terrible. 

[Lucidity]

Basically, every guitar solo, keyboard solo and guitar/ keyboard unison that has appeared on a DT album in that order (or, in the order of keys-guitar-unison) since SFAM.  They have ALL been redundant and terrible. 

edit

Before the flames begin, read what I said carefully.  I didn't say every SOLO since SFAM, I said every solo that has come before a unison.  Both guitar and keys.  Usually terrible.

Do you have any specific examples?

[Sycsa]

Basically, every guitar solo, keyboard solo and guitar/ keyboard unison that has appeared on a DT album in that order (or, in the order of keys-guitar-unison) since SFAM.  They have ALL been redundant and terrible. 

edit

Before the flames begin, read what I said carefully.  I didn't say every SOLO since SFAM, I said every solo that has come before a unison.  Both guitar and keys.  Usually terrible.

Like the Blind Faith solo section? 

[wolven74]

Basically, every guitar solo, keyboard solo and guitar/ keyboard unison that has appeared on a DT album in that order (or, in the order of keys-guitar-unison) since SFAM.  They have ALL been redundant and terrible. 

edit

Before the flames begin, read what I said carefully.  I didn't say every SOLO since SFAM, I said every solo that has come before a unison.  Both guitar and keys.  Usually terrible.

Like the Blind Faith solo section? 

Please tell me you're joking. The whole instrumental section of blind faith is killer. Unison is my favorite part of the whole song.

[PwnsomeWin]

As mentioned before, the stupid keyboard thing at the end of A Rite Of Passage sucks IMO.

[Sycsa]

Basically, every guitar solo, keyboard solo and guitar/ keyboard unison that has appeared on a DT album in that order (or, in the order of keys-guitar-unison) since SFAM.  They have ALL been redundant and terrible. 

edit

Before the flames begin, read what I said carefully.  I didn't say every SOLO since SFAM, I said every solo that has come before a unison.  Both guitar and keys.  Usually terrible.

Like the Blind Faith solo section? 

Please tell me you're joking. The whole instrumental section of blind faith is killer. Unison is my favorite part of the whole song.

Who, me? Blind Faith is one of my favorites as well (easily top 10 material), but the op apparently labeled it as "redundant and terrible", hence my (yeahright) emoticon reaction.

[Lucidity]

Almost no guitar solos mentioned in this thread, so I figured I'd add that I don't like JP's solo in The Dark Eternal Night. I also don't like JMX's solo in The Dance of Eternity 

[The Boomr]

The Ministry of Lost Souls... Just stop playing the same thing over and over, and end this terrible song already!

Leave. Leave and never come back.

[Lucien]

The Ministry of Lost Souls... Just stop playing the same thing over and over, and end this terrible song already!

Leave. Leave and never come back.

That's pretty harsh... 

[The Boomr]

I've never liked Jordan's continuum solo at the end of TDEN... not sure why, it just has no structure to it. Ad-libbing isn't always the best way to go.

I agree, I think he ruins the atmosphere and mood of that heavy ass riff.

I just don't understand.


I just don't understand.

It fits perfectly with the mood of the riff.

loving that TCOT reference ^_^

[The Boomr]

I dunno, Myung's Metropolis solo is really cool. His Dance Of Eternity solo is not.

Ummmmm sir, please explain yourself? The Dance solo is AMAZING. I actually do get a little peeved every time I listen though because I personally think it was mixed Terribly and you can thus you can barely hear what he's doing unless you have the perfect audiophile setup...I could see that as being a reason to not like the solo, if you can't quite hear what's going on. But it's amazing. Shame on you.

[The Boomr]

That's pretty harsh... 

Sorry....The song is just one of my all time favorites and for someone to not see the absolute beauty in the end (and the rest!) of the song is mind-bottling (you know, like when your mind's in a bottle). And to go so far as to say it's actually a terrible song is a complete injustice. Admittedly I am a trained musician and this makes the song even better for me as the structure behind the chords in the end and the continuous modulations is BRILLIANT. But even for a casual music listener....I can't understand how this song could be viewed as terrible.