"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"

You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.

For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.

Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.

The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.

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What are your favorite guitar solos?

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My favorite solos:
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1.Hanger 18 - Megadeth
2.Blackened - Metallica
3.Sixpounder - Children of Bodom
4.No boundaries - Michaelangelo
5.Sweet child of mine - Guns and Roses
6.Domination - Pantera
7.Painkiller - Judas Priest
8.Hallowed be thy name - Iron Maiden
9.Hotel California - Eagles
10.One - Metallica
11.Tornado of Souls - Megadeth
 

"She's Out of Your League"

You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.

Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.

She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.

Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.

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Tool - Jambi, Reflection, Lateralus, Push1t, H, Jimmy.
G n' R - Estranged, Civil war
Rush - Subdivisions
Boston - Foreplay/ Longtime, Don't look back, More than a feeling
The Doors - The End
Bob Seger - Main Street
Tenacious D - Beelzeboss
Metallica - Breadfan, Hero of the day, Whiskey in the jar, Fade to black, Harvester of sorrow
Black Sabbath - Children of the grave, N.I.B., Sabbath bloody sabbath
Ozzy - You can't kill rock n' roll, Mother Earth/ Revelation, I don't know, Goodbye to romance
 

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I'm assuming you are also including leads.

Black Sabbath - Snowblind
Black Sabbath - Supernaut
The Crown - Blitzkrieg Witchcraft
Enslaved - Inngang-Flukt (Entrance-Escape)
The Haunted - 99
Megadeth - High Speed Dirt
Megadeth - Ashes in Your Mouth
Megadeth - Poison was the Cure
Megadeth - Tornado of Souls
Metallica - Battery
Metallica - Fight Fire with Fire
Opeth - When
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Rush - Red Barchetta
Rush - The Analog Kid
Testament - Electric Crown
Testament - Return to Serenity
(I'm sure I forgot some ... edits to follow)

And the winner is...
Rush - Here Again (an epic two minute bluesy lead - you owe yourself a listen if you consider yourself a fan of rock music)
 
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Corona said:
Rush - Here Again (an epic two minute bluesy lead)
A-fvcking-men! Lifeson fvcking kills it! That's a pretty deep cut and not something a casual RUSH fan would even spend time with.

Good job!
 

"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"

She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.

Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.

The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.

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Dragon Force - Through Fire and Flame
 

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KarmaSutra said:
A-fvcking-men! Lifeson fvcking kills it! That's a pretty deep cut and not something a casual RUSH fan would even spend time with.

Good job!
Yeah, I was actually surprised that you chose Subdivisions as your favorite solo from Rush, because I consider it a rather weak song.

Good picks on your Sabbath choices, I was considering "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" but Supernaut got the best of me with some of the most solid metal drumming ever. I obviously had a hard time limiting my thrash selections.
 

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Sh!t this could take awhile...

Marillion - Easter
Marillion - Go!
Dream Theater - Scarred
Dream Theater - The Spirit Carries On
Red Hot Chili Peppers - I Could Have Lied
Roine Stolt - Three Stories
Rush - La Villa Strangiato
Rush - Ghost Of A Chance
Sepultura - Desperate Cry
Spock's Beard - My Shoes (Revisited)
Yes - Sound Chaser
Yes - Awaken
Porcupine Tree - Shesmovedon
Porcupine Tree - Where We Would Be
Pantera - Floods
Metallica - Fade To Black
Megadeth - Tornado Of Souls
Iron Maiden - Alexander The Grrrrrreat!
Goo Goo Dolls - Naked
Dimmu Borgir - In Death's Embrace
The Beatles - Something
Death - Trapped In A Corner

Awesome choices here! I didnt know anyone here leaned to the progressive/metal bands
 

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KarmaSutra said:
A-fvcking-men! Lifeson fvcking kills it! That's a pretty deep cut and not something a casual RUSH fan would even spend time with.

Good job!
BOOO, I can't stand Rush, I hate them with a passion. Looks like we've got some opposite tastes Karm.
 

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Randy Rhoads - Mr. Crowley (live version)
Randy Rhoads - Tonight (song end solo)
EVH - Eruption
George Lynch - In My Dreams (won solo of the year back then)
Yngwie Malmsteen - Black Star
John Sykes (Whitesnake) - Still of the Night (original version)
Nuno Bettancourt - Get the Funk Out
Adrian Vandenberg - Burning Heart
Vito Bratta (White Lion) - Hungry
Warren Di Martini - Wanted Man
Neil Schon - Line of Fire (live)
 

"She Liked You in March. It's October Now."

Attraction runs on a clock.

She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.

The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."

One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.

Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.

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Coheed and cambria - welcome home.
 

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Dread and the fugitivie mind - Megadeth
Don't talk to strangers - Dio
Fear of the dark - Iron maiden
Touch of evil - Judas Priest
Magic - Axel Rudi Pell
Trapped in a corner - Death
The old oak - Mercyful Fate
Tornado of souls - Megadeth
Just a Shadow - King diamond
Power of thy sword - Manowar
Battle Hymns - Manowar
Catacomb - king diamond
Cemetary gates - Pantera
Expect the unexpected - Control Denied
Altitudes - Jason Becker
The clown is dead - Axel rudi pell
Zero Hour - Joey Tafolla
Truce of kings - Joey Tafolla
Mind Storm - satriani
Overactive imagination - Death
Hotel California (both acoustic and plugged) - Eagles
Faster than the speed of light - Yngwie
cold hate warm blood - Cryptopsy
November rain - Gun's and roses
Invisible guests - King diamond
April sky - Vinnie moore
Mansion in darkness - King diamond
Master of puppets - Metallica
Desert island - Cacophony
Thunder march - Marty friedman

better stop before I get carried away
 

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Rollo Tomassi said:
Randy Rhoads - Mr. Crowley (live version)
Randy Rhoads - Tonight (song end solo)
EVH - Eruption
George Lynch - In My Dreams (won solo of the year back then)
Yngwie Malmsteen - Black Star
John Sykes (Whitesnake) - Still of the Night (original version)
Nuno Bettancourt - Get the Funk Out
Adrian Vandenberg - Burning Heart
Vito Bratta (White Lion) - Hungry
Warren Di Martini - Wanted Man
Neil Schon - Line of Fire (live)

Dude, you rock. You actually know who the **** Yngwie Malmsteen and Nuno Bettancourt are... among others listed there :up:

Damn, this thread has some really good music listed!

Personally, I like the solo in "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" by Blue Oyster Cult. This is actually my favorite song(I've got the fever and theres' only one thing that can cure it).
 

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In no particular order

Led Zeppelin - Stairway
Van Halen - Eruption
Clapton - Key to the Highway (from Layla)
Clapton - Crossroads (Cream)
Beatles - While my guitar Gently Weeps (performed by E.C.)
Van Halen - Right Now
SRV - Mary had a little lamb
Clapton / B.B. King - 3 O'Clock Blues (Riding with the King)

Ok, so I have a bias, but at least it's a good one.

Also it's an instrumental but a good one, Mason Williams - Classical Gas
 

"I'm Not Looking for Anything Serious Right Now"

When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.

Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.

Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.

The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.

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I was going to ad some blues and flamenco players too, but I figured the OP was for guitar heros.
 

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Joe Satriani- A secret prayer
Rush- Time stand still
Rush- Subdivisions
Tool- Intension
Tool- Disposition
Tool- Jambi
Megadeth- Tornado of souls, many others
Iron Maiden- Somewhere in Time
Iron Maiden- The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner

Too many to list!!
 

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Hendrix-Izabella (woodstock version)
Hendrix-Machine Gun
Hendrix-Little Wing
Hendrix-Woodstock Improvisation (although it's really an instrumental)
Hendrix-The Stars That Play with Laughing Sam's Dice
Hendrix-Red House
Hendrix-Hear My Train a comin' (both acoustic and electric)
Cream-Tales of Brave Ulysses
Cream-White Room
Cream-Born Under a Bad Sign
Cream-Deserted Cities of the Heart
Allman Brothers-Don't Want You No More/It's Not My Cross to Bear
Allman Brothers-Blue Sky
Allman Brothers-In Memory of Elizabeth Reed
Clapton-Old Love (Acoustic Version)
Derek and the Dominos-Have You Ever Loved a Woman?
Derek and the Dominos-Why Does Love Got to be So Sad?
Derek and the Dominos-Layla
Roy Buchanan-Sweet Dreams (and a lot of his other stuff, but I don't know the names)
 

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Randy Rhoads - Mr Crowley
Anything by Al DiMeola
Van Halen - Spanish Fly
Anything by Ritchie Blackmore
 

"I just moved here from Florida."

That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?

She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."

She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.

I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.

Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.

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