Originally Posted by WaoBand
Totally disagree with solos being "a relic from the last millennium" as they always add dynamics to the whole piece. I don't think I've ever heard a song with a solo that was unneeded. I've also previously commented on this forum that some songs with no breaks in the vocals would be dynamically improved if there was one. I can think of oodles of songs offhand which just wouldn't be half of what they are if the solo was taken out. Just one corking example is Hendrix's cover of "All Along the Watchtower" - though Johnny Winter just sprang to mind: imagine his songs without solos. Dynamics will never be "a relic from the last millennium".

That said, this is a brilliant song in all aspects, plus it has great dynamics. Even though I don't like Synth V vocals it works in this song, though when it started and I immediately recognised the voice I thought I wasn't going to like it. In this song it has the right feel, when I usually find all SV vocals bland, soulless and less good than even average human singing when the song is truly felt.
Thanks, Wao, for listening and your positive feedback, especially if you expected not to like the vocals.
That means a lot to me!

As for instrumental solos, as I wrote in my reply to Dave above, the days of solos being a natural and obvious (rather than forced) part of a song are more or less over, at least in music that's in the charts.

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