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The song's instrumentation is tasteful, yet lush, reminding me of Prince's '80s records. It isn't a pop ballad, but a pean to his love for his wife, which because of Joe's previously mentioned innocence and earnestness has a kind of sweet sincerity that was certainly severely lacking in the power ballads that dominated the radio airwaves at the time this came out in '86. But it has an otherworldly quality to it that lifts it above his other ballads. Named after his wife, Joe's first ballad is not as melodically sweet as some of his later ones ("Always with Me, Always with You" or "Love Thing," among many others). They seem to be removing all studio versions of Ozzy Osbourne songs.) (Don't be surprised if they take this video off of YouTube soon. Still, nothing could ever destroy the angelic air which clung closely around Rhoads. Obviously Ozzy's wild ways had rubbed off a little bit on his small, blond friend. Very adept at creating finely-crafted and melodic solos, "Over the Mountain" displays a side of Randy not seen very often-reckless, a Dionystic lack of inhibition.
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This is a rather different solo, since it seems full of a kind of spontaneity and wildness that Rhoads wasn't especially known for.
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He opens it up with a very unusual-sounding, and yet still completely catchy, repeating riff, before diving headfirst into a series of frightening, dissonant passages in which he plays completely alone, the rest of the band stepping back in awe to the majesty that was Randy Rhoads. Randy absolutely tears the shit out of this solo. The two need not be mutually exclusive, which sometimes people seem to think is the case. One thing that Joe and Steve proved over all other shredders is that a solo can be both technically well-constructed and still be emotionally expressive. Speed flows together deftly with precisely-phrased licks and a sense of purpose, as if this solo could never have been constructed differently than how it sounds on the final cut. Almost overdriven on treble, with a sort of squawking sound, it veers on grating, but somehow Joe is able to save it with his defiantly expressive soloing chops. Joe had a very unique tone on his first album. But from here on out, I'll talk about the studio version. I based "Memory"'s place on this list off the studio version from Satch's first LP Not of This Earth, but I had to include the live version from the Dreaming #11 EP on here just because of how slamming it is. How many people on this list died too young? Way too many, that's for sure. What can you really say about this song? It's beautiful. I would probably also say this is Sublime's best song. I'm glad he decided to keep an incredibly clean tone for this.Ībsolutely and completely one of the most tuneful guitar solos ever. Guitar playing need not be loud or absurdly fast to be impressive. For a long time, this was probably my favorite track on the album. The opening measures are haunting because of the combination of rhythm and melody made possible through tapping multiple parts at once. Joe had several of these tapping pieces on his early albums, but this is by far the best. Similarly to Eddie Van Halen on "Mean Streets," Joe finds new ways here to use finger-tapping to expand the boundaries of the guitar's vocabulary.
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