This I Love - Finck, Slash or Ashba?

[AxlRoseCDII]

Finck wins this for me, one of the best Guns solo ever...but what do you think? I thought Slash's solo was going to blow me away, and whilst it's good and shows great skills, Finck's composition won it for me.

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[IkaruFunk]

Definitely Finck. Ashba is just a more shitty version of the same solo and Slash's take doesn't hold the same emotional weight for me. There's something about the melody and phrasing that's missing imo, but it's still really good.

[trev]

Yeah Finck by far.  Surprised Slash's wasn't better than it was, really forgettable.

[cooker]

Finck Album, Slash live

[theconspirator]

I think you need a more recent one of Slash. With a lot of the CD stuff, he's seemed to change the solos as the tour has gone on. He kind of had a general idea but improved them a lot. 

[BorderlineCrazy]

Hard to judge Slash's version because he hasn't stuck to the same thing, it changes every night. Overall, I like Robin's more.

Don't consider it to be one of the greatest solos or something like that, though, but I really like it.

[Silent Jay]

Nobody on earth can bend these strings like Finck does. This I Love is arguably one of the greatest guitar solo this band has to offer.

Ashba struggled a bit, but he certainly brought the feeling and did what he could to sound as close as the original with melodies on his own too. Slash brings the magical aspect. Sadly there's not much structure to it, while I can see the technicity, to me it sounds like someone noodling dozen of random notes at times, I can't hum that.

[soon]

Finck.  Im surprised that Slash hasn't impressed me more with it as I think Finck did an amazing job of playing his own style as informed by GNR sound.  Like a deconstructed Slash solo.   

[ZoSoRose]

Slush

[Nosaj Thing]

Slash

[rocknroll41]

Finck by a fucking landslide. 

Slash's take wasn't bad though. Just kinda meh (and for what it's worth, I like his versions of the CD and Better solos more than the original versions that Finck did).

ashba's version was horrendous. Seeing that video reminded me how much of a shitshow Axl's 2009-2014 band was.

Edited March 17, 2017 by rocknroll41

[maynard]

If Slash took the time he could come up with the best version for sure. But Finck takes the cake (sorry Axl) this time. Song is complete shit tho.

[Spaghetti Guy]

none, that song is awful

[bucketfoot]

Finck easily. Slash put his own spin on it. Ashba's was hopeless.

[Top-Hatted One]

I've expressed my thoughts on this subject many times here. Slash's take on these CD solos is one of the most disappointing aspects of this reunion for me. 

Finck by a Landslide. It's not even close

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[Gibson87]

Finck by a long shot. When I heard Slash's take on it, it was cool at first but upon a second listen and several videos, he's pretty much noodling around. Still better than Ashba's version

[Top-Hatted One]

Finck by a landslide on BETTER too.

and Finck by a landslide on The Blues if they ever play it again 

[SoundOfAGun]

Another vote for Finck, the album version of this solo smokes all other attempts.

[Top-Hatted One]

Fincks doesn't step all over the perfect orchestration behind the solo. A rare moment Axl's over production and tinkering with a song worked! Patent Finck bends and quirkiness. Saying less is more is the biggest understatement of all time on this tune 

Edited March 17, 2017 by Top-Hatted One

[Sunset Gardner]

slash.  slash.  slash.  had slash been in a studio like finck his solo would pop more.  finck is an employee who was just impersonating the solo slash would have himself played. it sounds like axl said in the studio "play what slash would play."

dj ashba belows in vegas magic show.   

[WhazUp]

Slash by far IMO, Finks is good but Slash's tone and phrasing always sounds great with a GNR piano ballad even the versions where the improv isn't as good as other nights.  It has more of the GNR feel and sound

[EvH]

Finck, obviously. Perfect phrasing, that guitar just screams too.

 

Slash is just noodling away. It's like he doesn't even listen to what they are playing.

 

Ashba, like always, was just a meh copycat.

[Silent Jay]

Slash pretty much sucks on every Chinese tunes anyway. Sorry, Catcher, This I Love etc. Probably on purpose, but he seemed to have at least rehearsed There Was A Time, and it was underwhelming.

[Top-Hatted One]

Yea none of the takes sound good or suit the song. 

And yes Slash's take on TWAT was his only take with a resemblance to the actual solo. He probably has more respect for Bucket than Robin. Maybe cos Robin directly replaced him alongside his slash's favorite person in the world Paul Tobias. 

Being a huge horror buff, Slash probably appreciates Bucket. I still get a kick out of the VR Halloween gig when Slash came out dressed as Buckethead

Edited March 17, 2017 by Top-Hatted One

[cqleonardo]

People that say Slash, they say Slash because they really think the solo is better or because is Slash on the subject? I think his solo on TIL sucks big time, I was singing so happy the song in Rio last year, when the solo kicked in it was like being hit in the balls