Favorite Guitar Histrionics

[Grox]

-the fuckin nut bend during the first solo in Hummer, wtf.. how does he do that
-the pinched harmonics right before "destroy the mind..." in Fuck You live
-the flanged drop-in solo during Jellybelly live right before the last bridge leading into the chorus (see brixton)
-making james play barre chords so he can play open chords and reach out and close his eyes and touch his heart and shit, god i hate you bill

[Disco King]

I love when the solo kicks in in "Mercury."

doot doot doodoo dooo BWARPH doot doot DUNNA DUNNA DUNNA

[Bread Regal]

Originally Posted by Grox

-making james play barre chords so he can play open chords and reach out and close his eyes and touch his heart and shit, god i hate you bill

made me laugh

[Shallowed]

Originally Posted by Disco King

I love when the solo kicks in in "Mercury."

doot doot doodoo dooo BWARPH doot doot DUNNA DUNNA DUNNA

http://www.90bpm.sk/uploads/SuperSiz...0-F-S18697.jpg

[Ram27]

Originally Posted by Grox

-the fuckin nut bend during the first solo in Hummer, wtf.. how does he do that

fuck yeah

I love that in Porcelina live too, during the outro

Originally Posted by Grox

-the flanged drop-in solo during Jellybelly live right before the last bridge leading into the chorus (see brixton)

also @Brixton Jellybelly, Jimmy plays the snare pattern as rimshots the third measure of the main riff to double James' part and it sounds amazing, 1:06

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__SDMJ1BHHg&t=1m6s

[Shallowed]

Rocket outro - the way Billy goes from the pick scrape into the G chord by upstroking over the frets really high up on the neck.

In fact the whole outro, ritardando, dual guitar solos, the upward bend, the aforementioned pick scrape and G chord hit, into tremolo picking, glissando and crescendo.

[Shallowed]

I love that sustained unison squeals at the end of Porcelina, and when it finally pulls off to the major seventh harmony.

I guess I'm an outro man.

[Shallowed]

Also a major seventh man. A lot of my favourite songs feature them.

[Ram27]

Originally Posted by Shallowed

I love that sustained unison squeals at the end of Porcelina, and when it finally pulls off to the major seventh harmony.

I guess I'm an outro man.

Pumpkins outros are the best. No singing, just jamming

Rocket, fucking Hummer, Ruby (studio and live), Porcelina, Drown, Starla, Rhinoceros, etc

[Bread Regal]

for martha

[slunken]

Originally Posted by Bread Regal

for martha

fuck you go toe bed old old man

[Bread Regal]

the outro on this is awesome

[Shallowed]

I love the banter in that recording

Can't seem to shake it off, like a cancerous disease

oh yeah, CRANK IT UP

[Lt_Beans_McGood]

Hello Kitty Cat where it goes "deenaneenaneenaneedaneeneeneenee" a lot

[run2pee]

Not sure if it's properly characterized as "histrionics" or even who's playing what parts but the exuberantly silly explosion of guitar squeals and flanging that close the last few seconds of the studio Jellybelly has always dropped my jaw

[T&T]

the hi-hat hit in set the ray is actually billy who played it..

[T&T]

starla solo effects. he yaw.

the scooby doo running sfx at 9:51

[Ram27]

That little jam at the end of Starla is so cool

[redbreegull]

Pumpkins outros are so good. It's hard to take a song in a new direction effectively after the climax, but classic Pumpkins pulled it off amazingly all the time. All the guitar noodling at the end of Hummer. damn

[teh b0lly!!1]

Originally Posted by Grox

-the fuckin nut bend during the first solo in Hummer, wtf.. how does he do that

first he bends the string (dropped to D), hits it, and then releases, so that it sounds like a dive

[teh b0lly!!1]

for what a great guitar player bill is, there are surprisingly few guitar schtick moments on the entire massive SP catalogue

i could easily list lots of personal favourite moments but when i think about it, they're mostly just about clever and creative usage of the guitar and not "histrionics"

[DemonUnicorns]

Originally Posted by teh b0lly!!1

first he bends the string (dropped to D), hits it, and then releases, so that it sounds like a dive

Well at least live he actually starts with the bottom string tuned E. Then he hits the bottom string and tunes it down to D.

[Sonic Johnny]

I almost never listen to post-reunion SP these days but the dual octaver solo in Bring The Light RAWKS SO HARD.

[redbreegull]

Originally Posted by Sonic Johnny

I almost never listen to post-reunion SP these days but the dual octaver solo in Bring The Light RAWKS SO HARD.

probably the best moment on the album

[dreams of glass]

[dreams of glass]

his·tri·on·ic
ˌhistrēˈänik/
noun
plural noun: histrionics

1.
exaggerated dramatic behavior designed to attract attention.
"discussions around the issue have been based as much in histrionics as in history"
synonyms: dramatics, theatrics, tantrums; More
affectation, staginess, artificiality
"how about a little more plain-talking sincerity and a little less histrionics?"
dramatic performance; theater.
2.
archaic
an actor.

[dreams of glass]

also

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[whir]

The harmonic chord in Zero at ~2:29 is pure genius.

[grape]

All of Why Am I So Tired. The last solo in Bury Me. The gonzo solo in a live version of Jesus, I here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfcjR2A4PzQ starting around 3:45 and going to about 7:45.