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Originally Posted by rolo_tomachi
Whatever Captain_Jovi meant, there is one thing that cannot be denied, songs now lack guitar solos. WAN was a poor guitar album, and still had more solos, and better than THINFS or the last two last songs of the new album 2020.
Jon (or J Shanks) cut the guitar solo on What Do You Got, and I don't understand why he did that, since it felt abrupt and unnatural.
If you listen to the demo of What Do You Got or how Richie always played the song live, you will notice that it was longer, repeating itself once more and having more feeling.
I thking Jon is simply allergic to guitar solos, I've observed him on shows, most of the time he wants that moment to pass quickly.
I no longer just miss Richie in this band, I miss a decent guitar job that raises the song a bit.
Fingerprints and WWYDF were the only surprises and were in a disposable album.
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I go so back and forth on whether or not the solo should be played twice on the final version. Side note, this isn't a Shanks move. It was produced by Howard Benson. Debatable how much involvement Jon had in the final final version since Phil did overdubs on it a year or so before he covered for Richie and both camps say they haven't run into each other since the Aldo Nova days (I can see Jon lying about this but back when Phil said it he had nothing to gain. He easily could have said he ran into Jon in the studio once).
I've always disliked when solos just repeat the same part twice if it's not something that's truly special.