Epic bass drops or sick guitar solos?

[TigerGeekGuy 4,662]

These are two high points in a song that make me feel like dancing. Both can be rather intricate and complex. One belongs to rock and heavy metal music, the other belongs to "brostep." If I feel energetic, I prefer "bass drops" to solos. If I feel rather drained, a good guitar solo often energizes me.

 

If you listen to both these genres, do you have a preference? Or does it depend on your mood?

 

EDIT: Don't forget to vote on the poll.

Edited August 16, 2015 by AnotherTigerGeekGuy

[Guest]

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The guitar solo in Fantasy, by Earth, Wind & Fire from their 1990 tour in Japan.

 

 

4:21 for solo 

 

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tots means I'm for solos.

Edited August 16, 2015 by Guest

[Discordian 6,015]

I can barely hear the bass in anything I listen to so guitar solos all the way. A couple of my favorites:

 

 

It's a great way to finish off that song.

 

 

The guitar in this song in general is just amazing.

[rarity1 461]

Both but sometimes I prefer music to be technical from beginning to end.  This song has amazing bass and guitars.

 

[Discordian 6,015]

@,

 

The guitar solo in Fantasy, by Earth, Wind & Fire from their 1990 tour in Japan.

 

 

4:21 for solo 

 

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tots means I'm for solos.

The way he finished that solo was amazing. I've always been a fan of bluesy guitar solos. They have a certain...je ne sais quoi.

[Firedusk 37]

As you can infer based off my profile pic, I prefer the bass drop. It fits my every mood. I love techno and dubstep because they both are intricate and have astounding sound to them that seem to be uplifting in any case. Dj Pon3 is best pony.

[Kyoshi Frost Wolf 41,377]

Ooh, now THIS, this is a surprisingly difficult decision. Guitar solos are incredibly fun to listen to and require quite a lot of skill to pull, making them rather impressive. Bass drops are not as skill taxing, but they are intense and can really pack a punch for whatever style the song has.

 

I think I will go with bass drops on this one, but only by a tiny tiny margin. It seems to fit my mood more often.

[Haven Celestii 9,385]

Well, considering that drops are apart of EDM as a whole and not just Brostep or Dubstep, contrary to popular belief, and since I listen to EDM a majority of my time, Ill have to go with drops. Though, I wouldn't say they energize me more so than at least prepare me for what's next since that's their job.

[Blackened 512]

Guitar solos absolutely rip.

 

On a side note, metal has breakdowns which remind me of bass drops, here's some examples.

 

(3:50)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYPFrXvc2rE

 

(3:40)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mWPPBW4DU8

This one in particular is unbelievably heavy.

Edited August 16, 2015 by Blackened

[Kiri 7,288]

As a dubstep lover, it's bass all the way for me, hooves down.

 

 

[Vox 870]

As a bass player, i'm going to be biased, but bass solos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=594WLzzb3JI

But you can't meet a godlike guitar solo from Mark Knopfler or Andy Summers 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Bsd6829dDM

[Steel Accord 6,660]

Not a fan of dubstep. So bring on the "Won't Get Fooled Again," and the "Free Birds," and the "Bohemian Rhapsodies." \m/

Edited August 16, 2015 by Steel Accord

[Grepper 3,192]

I like both bass drops and guitar solos.

I haven't done both at the same time, though.

[Castle Bleck 19,334]

Guitar solos stand out more, IMO.

 

And while this whole song has nice riffs throughout, 2:19 is when they really get going:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx0ggYm1nm0

[Envy 6,156]

What even is a "bass drop"? I'm completely unfamiliar with that concept.

[Gaviera 52]

Yes.

 

Any bass drops. That's  Dubstep,D&B, Hip-Hop, (less trashy Hip-Hop), Electro, anythin'!

 

And guitar solos are also cool. Power Metal (my fav for guitar solos), Rock, Blues, any genre is good. MUSIC IS GENERALLY COOL, SHIT IS AWESOME

Edited August 17, 2015 by Gaviera

[20_cooler 122]

BASS DROPS IS BEST PONYY

[Binary Blast 27]

As a bass player, i'm going to be biased, but bass solos.

But you can't meet a godlike guitar solo from Mark Knopfler or Andy Summers 

wooo, lovers of the bass guitar, and also the who fans unite!

[Omega Centauri 317]

Why not a BASS SOLO?

 

 

 

The idea of an actual musician improvising on a guitar is a lot more appealing to me than someone carefully compiling music together on a computer.

[Adri 52]

 

Probably the solo in this 

Edited August 21, 2015 by AdriCrow

[IronM17 5,368]

I like EDM, but for me, nothing is better than a epic guitar solo. I love guitar solo. My favorite is the second Solo from Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb, especially the Live version from Pulse. It's music on the highest level in my opinion.

 

Here the Pulse version. 

 

 

[Cyandashie 128]

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