Pianst plays Mr.Crowley solo......highlights just how great Randy was

[Floyd Eye]

As brilliant as Randy was, credit needs to be given to Don Airey, whom I believe created the chord progressions within Mr. Crowley. Especially the chord foundation during the solos.

He wrote the keyboard intro. He didn’t write the chord progressions in the song. That was Randy and Bob. Other than that I agree. And that keyboard intro is bad ass.

 

[skoora]

Stop crashing my posts with your Debbie downer wokeness, biotch.

 

[braintheory]

As brilliant as Randy was, credit needs to be given to Don Airey, whom I believe created the chord progressions within Mr. Crowley. Especially the chord foundation during the solos.

The chord progression on its own though isn't that interesting/special musically. It's the leadwork Randy plays over it and how it functions harmonically with the chord progression that makes it what it is and that is all Randy

This is sort of like saying for Handel's Sarabande in D Minor the guy that wrote the folia chord progression for it deserves the credit, but again the chord progression on its own isn't that interesting. Handel was able to use it and turn it into a masterpiece just as Randy did to the chord progressions. Sort of like using lemons to make lemonade in a way

 

[67mike]

The chord progression on its own though isn't that interesting/special musically. It's the leadwork Randy plays over it and how it functions harmonically with the chord progression that makes it what it is and that is all Randy

Diary of a Madman is an absolute masterpiece of a song.

 

[braintheory]

Diary of a Madman is an absolute masterpiece of a song.

Yeah it's another classic, but for me the 1st solo of Crowley was Randy at his very best followed by the Crazy Train solo. The intro to Diary of a Madman btw was taken form Brouwer's 6th Etude in classical guitar. Check it out:

 

[67mike]

Yeah it's another classic, but for me the 1st solo of Crowley was Randy at his very best followed by the Crazy Train solo. The intro to Diary of a Madman btw was taken form Brouwer's 6th Etude in classical guitar. Check it out:

Thanks, yes I had read that Randy based some of Diary off of a classical piece. Makes sense, as that was a world he was intimate with.

Also there are videos of Randy in Quiet Riot ( I used to have a few bootlegs on cassette)...you can hear bits and pieces of songs that he would later use on Ozzy's albums.

 

[dcburn mk.ii]

Very moving indeed. 2:23 hit me like a ton of bricks.
Randy’s musicality and emotion are why I always much preferred him to EVH.

Definitely!