This was a change for me. Often when I'm writing for class or working on my thesis, I prefer listening to music which doesn't have hooks, or other elements that distract. My playlist tends to favor instrumental, long-form music, such as Satie, Ravel, Segovia, and Tool.
But tonight I was in edit mode, not writing mode. I was revising the first draft of my thesis and incorporating the suggestions of my thesis director. It was more relaxing work, as most of the heavy lifting (research, and writing from scratch) had already been completed. I therefore had some leeway in my music choices, and put on some great old and (relatively) new rock, including the following songs which I think have the best guitar solos in the Western rock pantheon:
- Stone Temple Pilots - Coma (Shangri La Dee Da
)
- Bob Mould - Wishing Well (Workbook
- Dukes of Stratosphear - Shiny Cage (Chips from the Chocolate Fireball
- Husker Du - I Will Never Forget You (Zen Arcade
- Weezer - Take Control (Maladroit
- The Who - Young Man Blues (Live At Leeds
- ZZ Top - Jesus Just Left Chicago (Tres Hombres
Ideally, this should be a top ten list, but I didn't have time to go through all of the songs in my iTunes collection.
Anyone else have recommendations, to fill out the list?
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