genuinely great shouts for the guitarist by the vocalist

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Agnostic Front live at CBGB .....STIGMA!!

― chad (chad), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 08:43 (twenty-one years ago) link

Ringo again, before the solo in 'If You've Got Troubles', desperately trying to salvage something from the mediocre take:

"Ah, rock on...ANYBODY!"

― harveyw (harveyw), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 09:19 (twenty-one years ago) link

Van Halen, "Could This Be Magic?" ("Ah, EDWARD!")
Not a shout out per se, but in Saxon's "Denim & Leather" he says "Maybe you can learn to play the bass!" followed by, duh, one-bar BASS SOLO

― dave q, Wednesday, 26 February 2003 10:23 (twenty-one years ago) link

"Show 'em, Stevie!" Mudhoney, "Overblown"

― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 12:13 (twenty-one years ago) link

In Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians' "Tell Me About Your Drugs": "Tell me, Morris!" (This is exceptionally hilarious because Morris Windsor 1. is normally the drummer and playing guitar for this one song only, 2. is pretty much straightedge, apparently, and 3. keeps on playing exactly the same thing he had been playing, only without the bass).

― Douglas (Douglas), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 12:45 (twenty-one years ago) link

On the bonus edition of "Forever Changes" you get to hear Arthur Lee give Johnny Echols a load of shit..."Echols man, I don't understand your trip man..."

― Chris V. (Chris V), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 13:06 (twenty-one years ago) link

Spinal Tap in "Gimmie Some Money": "Go Nigel Go!"

The Jazz Butcher in "The Devil Is My Friend": just a simple "Guitar!" call

― Chris Barrus (xibalba), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 13:19 (twenty-one years ago) link

five months pass...

"C'mon girlfriend, shook me!" Celine Dion to Anastacia in the middle of their cover of "You Shook Me All Night Long". Or maybe it was to the guitar player, I think she was a Meredith Brooks type.

― Arthur (Arthur), Saturday, 2 August 2003 14:33 (twenty years ago) link

I always smile when Angelo says "play it Goldfinger" to Kendall on "Party At Ground Zero".

― Bryan (Bryan), Sunday, 3 August 2003 05:52 (twenty years ago) link

three years pass...

She's calling for a harmonica solo instead of guitar. But--

Chrissy Hynde on "Middle Of The Road": "brrrrrrrrRRREOWWRR!!!!"

― Jon Lewis, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 16:54 (sixteen years ago) link

Andrew Beaujon to Rob Christiansen in Eggs' "The Government Administrator": "Okay, Rob, play GUITAR now brother..."

― Douglas, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 18:22 (sixteen years ago) link

"Rock 'em back, Sonic!" in "American Ruse" by MC5.

...and of course, "Brother Wayne Kramer...Brother Wayne Kramer..." in the 5's "Rama Lama Fa Fa Fa"

― Sara Sara Sara, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 18:53 (sixteen years ago) link

We shouldn't be limiting this to shout-outs for guitarists. One that always sends chills down my spine is Big Joe Turner's "Blow, Joe!" before the saxophone solo in "Shake, Rattle and Roll."

― Jazzbo, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 19:08 (sixteen years ago) link

surely, "move over, rover, and let jimi take over" is the genuinely greatest such shout of all time. (assuming we're allowing for shouts where the vocalist and guitarist are the same person.)

― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 19:26 (sixteen years ago) link

What Mekons song is it, off the ROIR Live: New York record, where Jon Langford says "Mr. Robin Trower, ladies and gentlemen," and there proceeds the most haltingly half-assed slide guitar solo ever heard?

I crack up every time at that.

― Jon Lewis, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 19:27 (sixteen years ago) link

We shouldn't be limiting this to shout-outs for guitarists. One that always sends chills down my spine is Big Joe Turner's "Blow, Joe!" before the saxophone solo in "Shake, Rattle and Roll."

If we're including non-guitarists, gotta include Iggy shouting "Blow, Steve! Bloowwwwwwww!" to saxophonist Steve McKay in the Stooges' "LA Blues." And of course every single James Brown shout-out ever.

― Sara Sara Sara, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 19:35 (sixteen years ago) link

and every bob wills shout-out ever

― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 22:16 (sixteen years ago) link

"MISTER Zoot Horn Rollo: Hit that long lunar note and let it float."

I can't believe I was the one who got to mention this one. Zoot said in his book that it was one of his proudest moments.

― ellaguru, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 00:12 (sixteen years ago) link

"Come on, now. Rock and rollllll!!" (Dr. Hook - "Cover of the Rolling Stone")

"Guitar!!" (The Darkness - "I Believe in a Thing Called Love")

― Mr. Snrub, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 00:58 (sixteen years ago) link

Not on record, unfortunately, but I once saw David Thomas point to a guitarist before a solo and say: "Make me regret every decision I've ever made!"

― AKA Mr. Jaq, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 01:49 (sixteen years ago) link

All Day and All of the Night:

Ray Davies: Oh, come on!
Dave Davies: Heh heh heh heh!
Guitar: Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow!

― AKA Mr. Jaq, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 01:52 (sixteen years ago) link

"Aaaaahhhhhh PLAY IT FOR ME STUBBY FINGERS!!" - Adrian Belew to Fripp on the live Heavy Construkction version of "The World is My Oyster Soup Kitchen Floor Wax Museum".

― Cliftonb, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 04:36 (sixteen years ago) link

"MISTER Zoot Horn Rollo: Hit that long lunar note and let it float."

I can't believe I was the one who got to mention this one. -- ellaguru, W

I can't believe you beat me by 4 hours!

― Myonga Vön Bontee, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 06:38 (sixteen years ago) link

― factcheckr, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 10:29 (sixteen years ago) link

"Tell me how you want it,
That's how I'll have our guitar player,
Roger Steen play it, listen to him!! [sitar fill]"

The Tubes, "Up from the Deep"

― Joe, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 12:13 (sixteen years ago) link

Ray Davies is saying 'Oh Get Em Off' in that one apparantly.
So i'm told.

― pisces, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 12:49 (sixteen years ago) link

Thank you for the opening; Mr Thelonious Monk to Mr John Coletrane, who alledgedly nodded off during the session, "COLETRANE! COLETRANE!", at which point you can hear him whirl back into conciousness as he tarts his solo.

During "Super Bad" James Brown would frequently shout "Coltrane!" at his saxophonist to egg him on.

― Sara Sara Sara, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 14:01 (sixteen years ago) link

Macca shouting to Jimmy McCullough, "Take me BACK, Jimmy!" on "Junior's Farm."

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 14:05 (sixteen years ago) link

Julian Cope on "No why no where no way no when"

"Do it, Donn-eye!"

However on the first line of the next verse he sings:

"Man that was shitty crap, go back and try it a-gain....."

― Mark G, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 14:09 (sixteen years ago) link

I think my favorite of these is still Shanice's "Blow, Branford, blow!" during "I Love Your Smile". There's something really awkward about the way she says it, like half playful and half sexual. It's... weird.

― Vinnie, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 14:37 (sixteen years ago) link

No mention of the fantastically simple call for "Guitar!" by Rod Stewart on "Stay With Me"? Love that.

― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 15:15 (sixteen years ago) link

A bit like the "Guitar" shoutr on "Fascist Dictator" by the Cortinas.

― Mark G, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 15:17 (sixteen years ago) link

Gram Parsons gives the love to James Burton on the "Medley Live from Northern Quebec" from Grievous Angel. Also love it when he introduces "Hickory Wind" saying "Here's an ol' song from a long time back."

― ellaguru, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 15:40 (sixteen years ago) link

two months pass...

Not on record but a live memory - Glastonbury 1979, an 'all star' jam with Alex Harvey and Steve Hillage and I forget who else; they're doing Small Axe -the Marley song - and after the second chorus El Vambo goes 'Take it away Steve' - minutes turn into apparent hours........ eventually Alex, thinkly Glaswegian ' Bring it back Steve'

― sonofstan, Friday, 20 July 2007 07:57 (sixteen years ago) link

"thickly"

― sonofstan, Friday, 20 July 2007 08:00 (sixteen years ago) link

"Rub it on me, Duane!" -- Jesus Lizard, "Nub"

― xero, Friday, 20 July 2007 22:16 (sixteen years ago) link

On "Super Bad," it's: "Blow me some Trane, brother!"

― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Friday, 20 July 2007 22:38 (sixteen years ago) link

twelve years pass...

Gram Parsons's shoutout to James Burton in 'Cash on the Barrelhead' is a classic of this genre. it's funny how on one level he's introducing James to his (patently fake) live audience, but on another level he's bragging to his actual audience about how lucky he was to have gotten the great James Burton to play on his record.

I'm not sure if I'll ever figure out exactly what he's saying, though. "James Burton and his hot ẗ̸̰͉̹́̿'̵̱̣̅͠ç̵̿ͅḫ̵̭̯̈̆'̵̦̀͐j̶̖̾̓'̵̢͛̚͝r̵̨̉̂ả̸͈͙̕i̵̡͔̓̕ṇ̴̟̽g̸̭̩̟͑l̴̙̅i̶̫̱͒͊n̵̘̜̈̈́g̴̨͇̼̏̌̐ guitar"???

― anatomy of a buttless wonder (unregistered), Saturday, 28 March 2020 03:41 (four years ago) link

"Judah Bauer, step up to the stand!" Jon Spencer, JSBX - Attack

― Deflatormouse, Saturday, 28 March 2020 05:19 (four years ago) link

Latinamerican people surely recall this one:

“Echale vampiro”

The opening shoutout on Mana’s “Me Vale” which is one of their biggest stadium anthems.

Not a song I love but It’s the most popular shoutout I can think of.

― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 28 March 2020 06:15 (four years ago) link

As Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash stumble through their Nashville session (Bootleg Series v. 15), Cash repeatedly shouts out Carl Perkins, not so much to incite Carl, it would seem, as to make sure listeners know who's playing guitar

― Brad C., Saturday, 28 March 2020 16:41 (four years ago) link

C'MON JAMES! from Lulu obv

― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 28 March 2020 17:08 (four years ago) link

Was gonna mention two, then I found I already mentioned BOTH! TWELVE YEARS AGO!

― Mark G, Saturday, 28 March 2020 17:39 (four years ago) link

No mention of "guitar hero!" from U2 at Red Rocks?

― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 28 March 2020 17:44 (four years ago) link

'genuinely great'

― Mark G, Saturday, 28 March 2020 17:45 (four years ago) link

I dunno, I think the singer making fun of his guitarist on a live album is pretty great.

― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 28 March 2020 17:49 (four years ago) link

― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 28 March 2020 17:49 (four years ago) link

A less cheeky one is Neil Young's "Speakin' Out." "Alright Nils, alright," goes Neil, right before Nils's (second) masterful guitar solo.

― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 28 March 2020 17:53 (four years ago) link

“C’mon Steve, get it!”

― calstars, Saturday, 28 March 2020 18:00 (four years ago) link

This is right before Steve’s (first) masterful guitar solo.

― calstars, Saturday, 28 March 2020 18:03 (four years ago) link

Steven Tyler screams "Look at this, Brad!" as he falls offstage

― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Saturday, 28 March 2020 18:05 (four years ago) link

"Judah Bauer, step up to the stand!" Jon Spencer, JSBX - Attack

― Deflatormouse

This is actually the most substantial lyric in the entire song.

― Deflatormouse, Saturday, 28 March 2020 19:43 (four years ago) link

"Give us some wah-wah, Dirty!" on the Cosmic Psychos' "Custom Credit".

― Why, I would make a fantastic Nero! (PBKR), Saturday, 28 March 2020 21:30 (four years ago) link

"C'mon Steve!" from Def Lep's Armageddon It

― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 28 March 2020 21:37 (four years ago) link

^this is the one that comes immediately to my mind.

― morrisp, Saturday, 28 March 2020 21:42 (four years ago) link

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