Originally posted by educatedfilm
The problem with solos is that they become absoloutly paramount at the expense of the rest of the song... and genuinly dont understand guitarists who love bands who are poor songwriters at best, but can play your bloody bog standard 4/4 , 8/8 solo... but hardly any have listen to the truly surreal stuff on sitar (i've been lead to believe some of it is done in 5/3, my mind boggles, it's certainly something i'd quite like to try)...

This is stupid. 'Bloody bog standard 4/4?' What the heck is that supposed to mean?! Some of the most influential and impressive solos are written in 4/4 time.

5/3?! Your mind boggles?! Is this a wind-up? That isn't such a crazy time signature!

Time signatures aren't what solos are about anyway man, and I think most musicians would take offense to you calling any solo in 4/4 'bog standard'.