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I remember George Graham said that when he went to manage Leeds, the first thing he asked was how much is the highest-paid player on. And then George demanded more than that guy because he couldn't be the boss of players who get paid more than him.
But aside from his unwanted inclusion here, let's talk guitar solos!
1. Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower. This song has three guitar solos and all are great. The first is great, classic Jimi. The second is a bit better because I love his phrasing on it (and has the slide and wah wah stuff, so it feels like three solos). But my favourite is the last one (at 3:23) is my favourite as it's just so strained and simple. It's so raw.
2. Pixies - Hey. From 1:26. Kim's bassline is so perfect as a backdrop and Joey's phrasing is just so nice. Nothing fancy at all. And those unison bends at the end are gorgeous.
3. The Cure - A Forest (live). This isn't even the best live version of this (I've got a tape from a BBC Radio concert in the '80s where Robert's solo is just amazing) but holy shit what a great solo. Again, not technical at all but Rob just drags out so much feeling on it and it goes through so many stages. This is why Rob is my joint favourite guitarist (with Geordie from Killing Joke who never soloed).
4. Exodus - Like Father Like Son. While Rick Hunolt is my favourite thrash lead guitarist, it's actually Gary Holt's solo at 6:33 that's my favourite solo by them. This is more technical. It's so heavy. The note choices are great too. Oddly, Gary was taught guitar by Kirk Hammett which is weird because Kirk Hammett is dogshit compared to Gary.
5. Pete Haycock - Dr. Brown I Presume. Took me years to learn this tune. He's so slick with it. Makes it look easy. It's not easy, it's a beast.
Self-taught here. The thing for me was concert videos of bands and trying to figure out what they were doing. And here's the thing, even if you're only 70% correct, you're still basically playing the tune. And learning easier songs by bands like The Cure got me into playing and figuring stuff out and then that gave me the skills to start attempting harder stuff. I think I first heard Metallica and Hendrix when I was 14/15ish and that was me good for a few years in terms of having stuff to figure out.
Footie is a good example. If you wanted to play, you could get a game somewhere even if it's just a kickabout with friends or five a side at work or something. Or some local walking football group or something. There's options. You're not going to be Pele but you can have fun.
Likewise you're not going to be Eddie Van Halen but you just learn bits here and there.
Look at that. You could just listen and try to play along, or try to watch his fingers. Or you could look at the notation which is telling you what fret to play for each note.
Just watch a few seconds at a time or even slow the video down (it won't lower the audio). It's all there now. Anything you want to learn probably has something like this for it.
I see far too many kids wearing PSG tops now. In fact, there's a PSG club shop around Leicester Square.
That's just a lack of character.
My best mate is a staunch Palace fan and so is his son, that was non-negotiable even though the kid was growing up in Cheam which is basically Chelsea c(o)untry now.
If I had a kid and they were like 'Dad, I now support PSG' I'd be like 'Great! You now also support yourself financially, you little c*nt.'
When I think of Arsenal, I think of blokes in their 30s and 40s wearing the Arsenal shirt while out shopping with the missus. But on match day when there's a home game for them.
I knew a woman once who went out on a first date and the guy had an Arsenal top on. Unforgivable if you ask me.
Learning an instrument can mean a few things. For example, you could just learn a basic song or two. Something like Wonderwall for example is probably within the reach of most people within a few days/weeks/months.
Most songs have some guy on YouTube showing you how to play it.
But I think of it as being in steps. If you learn a song, that's step one. If you like that, you can learn more songs, which will in turn give you more chords, more techniques.
Then you can start looking into how chords work, how to do some lead guitar. But one step at a time.
Think of it like trying to run a marathon if you've never exercised before. You just need short term goals and that could just be learning progressively more tricky songs. You're not trying to be Hendrix here, just trying to have fun.
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