The CRAZY TRAIN SOLO ANOMALY (Why it always sounds off when we play it)

-Be sure to stick around for the Full-Band Examples at the end.
Thanks!!!

[TheArtofGuitar]

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[chazbutcher]

Not only did Randy play different notes on different takes. He also played the solos differently live.

[butterknight]

I always knew that the solo was double tracked but never realized that some of the notes were different. I always thought he was just off on timing by a few milliseconds.
thanks for bringing it to my attention

[Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

Max Norman has said Randy actually triple tracked his solos. in addition to being an all time A leaguer, he was incredibly precise and could replicate his solos in just a few takes. Randy did not play the songs live the way he did in the studio, in fact at the famous guitar clinic he died shortly before he died, he could not remember exactly how he played the solo on the album and chorus since he had changed it so much live.

[biruboto]

what are you, some kinda rhoads scholar?

[UncertainEarth]

lmao "Randy never makes a mistake", reminds me of his live 'Dee' performance, where he messes up a bit and says "It's not as easy as it looks" lmao

[mistertv]

My new excuse for not being able to play fast is “copyright reasons.” 😄

[TweedSuit]

Randy was a perfectionist. You can be assured what you hear on the recording is EXACTLY what he approved.

[musefan]

I think if you’re learning a Randy solo, and you’re getting down to this level of detail, it’s fair to say that you’ve already mastered it.

[numbers]

Are we not gonna address how great his guitar tone is...? 💯💯

[justinkarnes]

TAoG: "Isn't it interesting how dissonance can sound good in the context of the solo"

Literally all of Jazz Music: "Am I a joke to you?"

[davidsperduti]

I could be wrong, but I think Randy did this to create a dissonant sound that’s reminiscent of a freight train. It’s heavy and has that unstoppable and unpredictable vibe. it fits the idea of the song perfectly. Randy goes for the same kind of freight train ambience at the very beginning as screaches into his first riff.

On purpose? Yes. And I’ll tell you why. It’s easy enough to say the descending 3 notes in the solo were played differently by accident.. But that repeating pull off run that follows show he’s absolutely relying on a whole different pattern. And in total that goes on for more than a full bar. that’s on TOP of loose overdubs. He’s literally taking the solo off the rails by varying it right in our faces.

I bet Ozzy never even noticed any of this lol.

[MisterRorschach]

When I was in senior year of highschool I couldn’t sleep because of the prescription pain killers I was prescribed and I stayed up all night and learned the entire solo perfectly. I was so excited. I finally fell asleep for 1-2 hours before class and when I woke up I was no longer able to play the solo perfectly.

[Grumplefut]

I learned about this from dimebag, he was talking about how he doubled his tracks and tweaked each track a bit to give it that tone. He even said he learned these tricks from Randy. RIP to both legends!

[TheArtofGuitar]

Just hit a million views on this one. Thanks to all of you who watched it.

[briangisler]

THAT WAS FREAKIN AWESOME!! Randy was a true musical genius!! Light years ahead of his time.

[somnibus]

When you push dissonant notes through one signal, you get that sharp contrast that almost muddles the notes together. But, when separated by recording over each other, they both come through clear, even if both signals are centered in a recording. Even in high gain, they ring clear. But like I said, if playing dissonance through a single signal (especially with higher gain), it becomes muddled.

[adamschlinker]

When you played the D and the E at the same time my first thought was "sounds like a choo choo train horn." New unintended level of genius unlocked in this solo.

[xnetpc]

When I was learning how to play Crazy Train, I was told I was better off learning the solo from the live version because it is almost impossible to make studio version's solo sound right. I was a teenager at the time, so I just took the person who told me this at his word and never asked why.
Great job figuring out such a small, but very interesting, detail. Thank you for sharing.

[CattleRustlerOCN]

If you look into Randys musical education history you'll see there's no way the differences in the solo tracks are accidental or mistakes. He was that good.