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which do you think is the song that best displays his skills/ talent whatever????
i think between holy light, kiss of judas (visions of europe), or learning to fly

hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, Hooded Strangers!!!

Elements. No doubt about it. It's got so much feeling in it, as well as being a display of incredible technique over a strange chord progression. His absolute best Stratovarius solo IMO

Jens' solo in Legions is the most uplifting thing ever, makes me laugh every time.

on Sonata Arctica's stuff he plays great solos, Victoria's Secret for ex. is absolutely outstanding.

But Hooded Strangers is great too

Well, if counting speed, then i would say "Find your own voice".

loafmaster wrote:Well, if counting speed, then i would say "Find your own voice".

Disagree. In terms of speed it has to be either I'm Still Alive, Babylon or Glory Of The World. Maybe Freedom as well...

In Twilight symphony on visions of Europe album there is a small "solo" made by Jens and Timo...difficult with guitar...much more difficult with keyboad...but it's simply perfect...

"Find your own voice" is what I think is the hardest because it is runing up and down all the time. But is it so difficuld that it sound like...

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Learning to Fly, Will the Sun Rise?, Find Your Own Voice, Season of Change, Black Diamond and of course: Destiny.

what do you guys think of know the difference??
which albums is the one with hooded stranger??

Know The Difference almost made my cry the first time I payied attention to it. . .

Glory Of The World too.

stratoplayer wrote:what do you guys think of know the difference??
which albums is the one with hooded stranger??

Hooded strangers is from Jens's work, not a Strato song.

Check out album like, Heavy Machinerie or Fission....not power metal but fiuuuuu impressive....fusion/rock in my opinion. And an impressive Jens.

Jaakko wrote:Jens' solo in Legions is the most uplifting thing ever, makes me laugh every time.

why thanks!!!!! i don't even remember how that went, i have to check it out

NeonVomit wrote:Elements. No doubt about it. It's got so much feeling in it, as well as being a display of incredible technique over a strange chord progression. His absolute best Stratovarius solo IMO

It's funny, I did all of those solos (elements 1 and 2) in something like half a day. I remember I was happy with most of them.. I spent like a month and a half playing on this slightly heavier controller, so my fingers got used to that. Then for the solos I used Tolkki's "Yamaha EX-7" controller. Playing that felt like cutting butter with a hot knife somehow! Good trick I think. I'm not sure, but I think all the solos were one of the last things I did on the E1/2 records. I was a bit hung over, just perfect amount of melancholy hangover, and it was in the Hotelli Helka.. so, for best keyboard solos, make sure your fingers are used to heavier keys, drink a bunch, check into the Helka, borrow Tolkki's EX-7, and just hit record!!

mm dont know he has a lot of good solos...
elements 1 album has great solos... also on hes solo carrer he has good ones, strange but good ones...

I like in the will the sun rise when timo and jens make this melody in the solo and then the duel

will the sun rise ranks as one of my fave songs (especially the first solo which is very uplifiting and FUN) but i do not think is that hard
how about kiss of judas in the visions of europe album

Jens; how about you telling us which solo is the hardest one to play?

Jens best songs for Strato:
TOP 3 IMO
-Courtains are falling
-Glory of the world
-Keep the flame

In his solo carreer:
-In the mirror
-We all pretend
-Lullaby (Ten seasons)

Actually, I do find Why are we here? to be Jens greatest work. It may not be a "I got 20 fingers" song, but it is one of the best songs I've ever heard.

Jens rules in Ride Like The Wind!

I think it's his best song, he composed!

I think that the best song of Jens is Why Are We Here

EDIT: So that is his OWN song, but the best solo isn't so easy...

My favorite Jens solos are on Yngwie's Odyssey. It always gives me this tremendous feeling inside. Krakatoa is amazing.

As for Elements, the song Elements has an awesome solo.

I enjoy all his solos. I wish I could play keyboard! I'll just stick with guitar.

Krakatoa is amazing as well.. its a very 'Stratovarius' sounding song actually! especially the slower part when the acoustic chords come in...

I wish i could play keyboard really well too! I play some basic keyboard/piano as part of my music course at university, but that's about it.

I'll stick to bass

Krakatau.....

The spelling always gets me.