Agree with you that guitar solos are not stupid. Soloing is an art and not as easy as musiciams make it look; I'm learning to play guitar and I'm having trouble with some of the riffing, and cannot imagine the mess I'll make when I get to the solo parts. Also, agree with you that, maybe, not every song needs a guitar solo as it can become a cliche as it's expected. However, it would be interesting if bands did more solos with other instruments be that bass, drums, keyboards, etc. The sax solo in the song Urgent by Foreigner smokes. Also, it would be interesting to see what the songs from all these grunge/alt rock and metal bands would soumd like with a guitar solo. A good example would be Pearl Jam's Alive; the guitar solo on that song is fire.
Agree with you that guitar solos are not stupid. Soloing is an art and not as easy as musiciams make it look; I'm learning to play guitar and I'm having trouble with some of the riffing, and cannot imagine the mess I'll make when I get to the solo parts.
Also, agree with you that, maybe, not every song needs a guitar solo as it can become a cliche as it's expected. However, it would be interesting if bands did more solos with other instruments be that bass, drums, keyboards, etc. The sax solo in the song Urgent by Foreigner smokes.
Also, it would be interesting to see what the songs from all these grunge/alt rock and metal bands would soumd like with a guitar solo. A good example would be Pearl Jam's Alive; the guitar solo on that song is fire.