Ask An Expert: What Was The First Guitar Solo In Icelandic History? By Andie Sophia Fontaine 12. október 2020 16:45 Doctor Arnar Eggert tries to find the first guitar solo. Arnar Eggert Thoroddsen Iceland has certainly made a name for itself as a seemingly boundless source of great music, starting with its full-armed embrace of the rock revolution of the late 1950s. The early days of Icelandic pop music are sometimes a bit murky, though, so we turned to sociomusicologist Dr. Arnar Eggert Thoroddsen to ask a question that had been burning in our minds for years now: what was the first guitar solo in the history of Icelandic music? Turns out, it’s not as straightforward as you might think: “There is an Icelandic wiki-page which states that the first Icelandic guitar solo was performed by guitar virtuoso Óli Gaukur on the track ‘Vegir liggja til allra átta’, which Elly Vilhjálms sang in 1963. And a great solo it is; drawn out and tasteful, replicating the song’s melody. “If only it was so simple. It’s hard to nail the exact date of the first appearance of a bona fide Icelandic guitar solo, but in rock terms, they came flooding in – naturally – with the advent of rock’n’roll. Icelanders were just a tad behind developments in the U.S. For instance, Erla Þorsteinsdóttir’s polite rocking up of ‘When the saints go marching in’, released in 1957, does feature a brief, stinging guitar solo, as was the wont with rock’n’roll numbers of the time. “So, dear readers, this is as close as we get to dating the first Icelandic guitar solo and any challenges to these oh-so-scientific results are welcome at the usual address. Next up: The first use of cowbell in Icelandic heavy metal.” The post Ask An Expert: What Was The First Guitar Solo In Icelandic History? appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine. Note: Due to the effect the Coronavirus is having on tourism in Iceland, it’s become increasingly difficult for the Grapevine to survive. If you enjoy Grapevine’s content and want to help it’s journalists do things like eat and pay rent, please consider joining the High Five Club. You can also check out Grapevine’s shop, loaded with books, apparel and other cool merch, that you can buy and have delivered right to your door. Mest lesið Fjölskylda flugmanns Icelandair vill að lögregla rannsaki andlát hans Innlent Kona réðst að sjö ára dreng við Smáraskóla Innlent Kona á níræðisaldri sá björninn í þriggja metra fjarlægð Innlent Eiginmaður íslenskrar konu lét sig hverfa rétt eftir brúðkaupið Innlent Fundu lík karlmanns í Reynisfjalli Innlent Hvítabjörninn felldur: Forðaði sér inn og sendi skilaboð á dóttur sína Innlent Hafa „góða hugmynd“ hvar og hvenær stúlkunni var ráðinn bani Innlent Reyndist ekki faðir stúlknanna Innlent „Það er ódýrast og best og fljótlegast að kála þessum dýrum“ Innlent Rafrettukóngur og eigandi Drekans sakaðir um 740 milljóna brot Innlent
Iceland has certainly made a name for itself as a seemingly boundless source of great music, starting with its full-armed embrace of the rock revolution of the late 1950s. The early days of Icelandic pop music are sometimes a bit murky, though, so we turned to sociomusicologist Dr. Arnar Eggert Thoroddsen to ask a question that had been burning in our minds for years now: what was the first guitar solo in the history of Icelandic music? Turns out, it’s not as straightforward as you might think: “There is an Icelandic wiki-page which states that the first Icelandic guitar solo was performed by guitar virtuoso Óli Gaukur on the track ‘Vegir liggja til allra átta’, which Elly Vilhjálms sang in 1963. And a great solo it is; drawn out and tasteful, replicating the song’s melody. “If only it was so simple. It’s hard to nail the exact date of the first appearance of a bona fide Icelandic guitar solo, but in rock terms, they came flooding in – naturally – with the advent of rock’n’roll. Icelanders were just a tad behind developments in the U.S. For instance, Erla Þorsteinsdóttir’s polite rocking up of ‘When the saints go marching in’, released in 1957, does feature a brief, stinging guitar solo, as was the wont with rock’n’roll numbers of the time. “So, dear readers, this is as close as we get to dating the first Icelandic guitar solo and any challenges to these oh-so-scientific results are welcome at the usual address. Next up: The first use of cowbell in Icelandic heavy metal.” The post Ask An Expert: What Was The First Guitar Solo In Icelandic History? appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine. Note: Due to the effect the Coronavirus is having on tourism in Iceland, it’s become increasingly difficult for the Grapevine to survive. If you enjoy Grapevine’s content and want to help it’s journalists do things like eat and pay rent, please consider joining the High Five Club. You can also check out Grapevine’s shop, loaded with books, apparel and other cool merch, that you can buy and have delivered right to your door.
Note: Due to the effect the Coronavirus is having on tourism in Iceland, it’s become increasingly difficult for the Grapevine to survive. If you enjoy Grapevine’s content and want to help it’s journalists do things like eat and pay rent, please consider joining the High Five Club. You can also check out Grapevine’s shop, loaded with books, apparel and other cool merch, that you can buy and have delivered right to your door.
Mest lesið Fjölskylda flugmanns Icelandair vill að lögregla rannsaki andlát hans Innlent Kona réðst að sjö ára dreng við Smáraskóla Innlent Kona á níræðisaldri sá björninn í þriggja metra fjarlægð Innlent Eiginmaður íslenskrar konu lét sig hverfa rétt eftir brúðkaupið Innlent Fundu lík karlmanns í Reynisfjalli Innlent Hvítabjörninn felldur: Forðaði sér inn og sendi skilaboð á dóttur sína Innlent Hafa „góða hugmynd“ hvar og hvenær stúlkunni var ráðinn bani Innlent Reyndist ekki faðir stúlknanna Innlent „Það er ódýrast og best og fljótlegast að kála þessum dýrum“ Innlent Rafrettukóngur og eigandi Drekans sakaðir um 740 milljóna brot Innlent