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WIN A PAIR OF TICKETS TO TOMORROW NIGHT’S LIVING COLOUR SHOW IN NYC!

 Thursday, October 29th, 2009 at 1:00pm by

LClive

Living Colour, one of the best live bands on the planet right now in pretty much any genre, are playing the Highline Ballroom here in NYC tomorrow night, and we just came upon a pair of tickets to give away! We’re gonna make this real simple because we have less than 24 hours to unload these babies, so all you hafta to do to win is:

TELL US WHICH LIVING COLOUR SONG HAS YOUR FAVORITE VERNON REID GUITAR SOLO, AND WHY

We’ll read through all the answers and choose a winner in the morning. The tickets will be at will-call under your name. The only requirement to enter is – duh – that you have to live in NYC, or near NYC, or be willing to get your ass to NYC by 8 pm tomorrow night, when the show starts.

This contest ends on Friday, October 30 at 6 am EST.

The show is nearly sold-out (actually, by the time you read this it might be totally sold-out) and is sure to be killer, so definitely go ahead and give it your best shot! And don’t forget that Living Colour’s awesome new album, The Chair in the Doorway, is out now on Megaforce.

Good luck everyone…

-AR

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  • RockOutWithMy…YouKnow

    I’ll be way too high at the Mastodon show to give a fuck about Living Colour. Can’t wait for that!!!!!

    • MARY SIERRA

      I have so many favorites I love Chair in the Doorway as a whole Vernons solos? Id have to say off the top of my head i love Bless Those guitar solo reminds me how versatile Vernon is and i can hear his Muddy Waters Hendrix influence i just love it !

    • Your Motha!

      SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!! Thank you. :)

    • Your Motha!

      Oh, Mary, that wasn’t for you, by the way. :) It was for our friend, RockoutWDushbag.

      • RockOutWithMy…YouKnow

        You’re not my mother! She’s smart enough to spell douchebag.

  • Toxteth O’Grady

    The solos from Cult of Personality
    Sure, it’s almost too easy to pick that song because it flat-out rules, but we need to dig a bit deeper. Cult of Personality is a song warning of the dangers of state power and abuse at the hands of your political “betters.” These are the best because it is more than just sheer guitar skill that makes them the best. The structure and placement of the solos reinforce the central message of the song: beware state control.

    Cult of Personality has not one, but two solos. Yes, I know that there is one big solo, but only by viewing both in relationship to each other and the theme of the song that we can see how much effort was put into this song. As a side matter, I doubt that the acronym of the title (COP) is insignificant.

    Solo #1 starts at 1:45. Though short, it serves as your warning of things to come. Small encroachments at first seem innocuous, though looking back it is hard to miss the warning signs. This short, frenzied solo hints at what comes from state power: insanity. Alternatively, you could view it as the freedom that the masses have before that freedom is lost to state control.

    Solo #2 starts just past the 3-minute mark, and is nothing more than Vernon kicking your teeth in. At its core, Living Colour is telling you that this is what happens when you let the government run things for you. It goes from seemingly-indecipherable noodling to a more restrained and standard solo. View the start of this solo as the initial frenzy and reaction of the populace at the new intrusion by the state. As the solo progresses, the solo seems more restrained by comparison. Why? As time passes, people grow accustomed to the new intrusion, and it is within the acquiescence of the new standard where we find the greatest danger from the state.

    As metalheads, we value our independence and individuality. Living Colour speaks directly to that point in what is easily one of their best songs. But it is more than just a killer riff that makes this song great, or that it calls out political leaders of all stripes. This song becomes truly great because of both of its solos. These solos show that Living Colour not only uses words to express a message, but also uses the structure of the song to convey meaning.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Michel-Giroux-Burroughs/574086565 Michel Giroux-Burroughs

      That’s what I call pure inspiration.

  • Awful Offal Carnage

    Yeah, it’s too bad I’m gonna see Dethklok and Mastodon.

    Besides I’m, not that into Black Metal.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jeff-Bilello/36410152 Jeff Bilello

    Cult of Personality because its the only Living Colour song that I know

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jeff-Bilello/36410152 Jeff Bilello

      Well until I heard their new Album

      Interesting fact: Vernon Reid used to work at a medical lab with my father

  • Kuranes

    Maybe they’ll play Glamour Boys.

    Seriously though, I appreciate this site’s editorial bias towards this band. But Glamour Boys may be the gayest song I have ever heard.

    BTW, after that Toxteth O’Grady entry, all others need not apply.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Christopher-Gatti/1351389766 Christopher Gatti

    #1 V Reid solo?

    I would say the solo in Go Away off of the Stain album. Maybe because there are some sick bass lines underneath that solo, or the fact that Corey sounds so pissed off the solo reflects his feelings in the lyric, or perhaps it feels like a firehose in your face. But mostly, it kinda reminds me of Godzilla marching through downtown Tokyo: Really Big. Really bad. Really ugly.

    Love it.

    • MARY SIERRA

      Oh your right on the money with that one .. I thought it was off Chair only … thats a whole other question!

  • JW

    My song of choice would have to be Solace of You. Not only is his solo beautiful but the whole guitar is just peaceful. Sometimes, everything doesn’t have to be hard to be rock and roll. I love everything they do!! :)

  • Austin Milbarge

    “Glamour Boys” because its FIERCE!

  • MARY SIERRA

    who won the contest> ?