"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?

"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"

Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.

You've been "getting ready" for two years.

She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.

Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.

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wootapotky said:
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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Ain't that the truth. :up:
 
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I like the ones that get to the point, and don't overstay their welcome. A few that come to mind are:

Roger MCGuinn (Byrds): "Eight Miles High," and especially "Thoughts and Words" (most frighteningly intense backwards guitar solo I've ever heard)
Dave Davies (Kinks): "I Need You," "Til The End of the Day"
Pete Townshend (Who): "Our Love Was," "Young Man Blues" (London Coliseum, 1969 version on The Kids Are Alright film)
Dave Gregory (XTC): "Ball and Chain" (actually an ensemble w/Andy Partridge, most likely).
Roy Wood (Move): "The Last Thing On My Mind" (brilliant overbubbed ensemble)
Richard Thompson (Fairport Convention): "Poor Will and the Jolly Hangman"
Robert Fripp (w/ Bowie): "Heroes" (w/King Crimson): "Starless" (both nothing in terms of notes, but devastating in terms of musical sense) (w/King Crimson):"Epitaph"
Martin Barre (Jethro Tull): "Aqualung," "With You There To Help Me".

And yeah, Hendrix and Clapton (early on) knew how to jam without too often falling into drawn-out ass-wanking.
 

"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"

You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.

And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.

Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.

The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.

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Joe Pass- Joy Spring
Kurt Rosenwinkel- Zhaivago
Wes Montgomery- West Coast Blues

Jazz guitar > women
 
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***tornado Of Souls By Megadeth!!!! The Solo Is A Work Of Art!***
 
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A few more that come to mind:

Will Sergeant (Echo & the Bunnymen): "My Kingdom," "The Killing Moon"
Emma Anderson (w/Lush): "Kiss Chase," (w/ Sing-Sing): "Tegan"
Justin Clayton: "Miles Away"
George Harrison: "Something"
James Williamson (Stooges): "Search and Destroy"
 

"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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