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Well nearly everything from those albums is "blues based" in the sense that rock n' roll was an inherent evolution from blues whether it is a "pentatonic" solo or a more melodic solo that incorporates more that just the 5 notes in the pentatonic style

It's like how can you listen to Appetite and NOT hear the blues influence in the solos? I can't possibly see how anyone can miss the "blues based" influence in that album (I don't mean that as an insult to you)

Even on Chinese there was a lot of blues influence but it was incorporated in different ways. The second solo in Better, If The World, and Sorry all have bluesy solos in them

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slash doesn't have a blue guitar.

i think he got a red one though. its ugly. i think you see it in ycbm vid.

White people always say that "it doesn't matter if someone is blue or not," when they are pretending not to be racist. Apollo, you've been reported!

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Serious question.....Slash is always described as having a blues bases rock guitar style.

What are the five best examples of that on appetite, lies and illusions????

It's a blend of things. On the lead guitar side(mainly Slash), you have to predominant(but not exclusive) use of the pentatonic and hexatonic(pentatonic scale with an added flat-five note), also the bends give a bluesy feel to the solos also. The fact that the solos hinge toward the melodic side also give a more bluesy sense, in contrast to a shredding solo for example which would have very fast bends or no bends at all. The rhythm side is not really blues rock per se. The use of powerchords with some distortion(but not full on metal distortion) gives the music a 'crunchy' bluesy feel. But there are no 12-bar blues riffs to be found, or any derivatives or it. The example of Paradise City being akin to a gospel song is iffy also. The opening chords are basically G, C and F add9, pretty commonly used chords. I'm not saying it is not used in gospel music, but that chord combination is used in alot of music that is not gospel. I do hear similarities in the beat and timing though.

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Paradise City is almost a gospel song. Tis akin to a sermon you would hear at "black church." Stones' Satisfaction also.

That's the single dumbest thing ever said on a GN'R messageboard.

Now how can you say that? I have seen a plethoria of many much stupid posts.

It may be an unpopular view but I agree with Sunny on this.,I don't agree with "satisfaction" inserted into this genre,but "you can't alawys get what you want" wouldv'e been an excellent choice.

I'm not being racial,but I totally get the "black church" terminology.It's a bit like Pentacostal Holy Rollers,their choirs Rock!

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Well nearly everything from those albums is "blues based" in the sense that rock n' roll was an inherent evolution from blues whether it is a "pentatonic" solo or a more melodic solo that incorporates more that just the 5 notes in the pentatonic style

It's like how can you listen to Appetite and NOT hear the blues influence in the solos? I can't possibly see how anyone can miss the "blues based" influence in that album (I don't mean that as an insult to you)

Even on Chinese there was a lot of blues influence but it was incorporated in different ways. The second solo in Better, If The World, and Sorry all have bluesy solos in them

I think its a very legit question for someone who thinks blues as only a bunch of black guys playing harmonicas and guitar really slow.

Three of the CD solos you mentioned were by Buckethead, which proves all those who say he has no soul wrong.

Its Five O'Clock Somewhere is the most dead on blues record Slash has ever done.

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