Many excellent rock songs contain exclamations that precede the solo. Some of my personal favorites:
"Take me!"- T.Rex, "Mambo Sun"
"Guitar" (pronounced "gee-tar")- The Faces, "Stay With Me" (also, Aerosmith, "Tell Me What it Takes.")
"One more time..."- Matthew Sweet, "Sick of Myself"
"Make me cry"- Pearl Jam, "Yellow Ledbetter"
"Welcome back now!"- Bruce Springsteen, "Growing Up"
"OK, Edge. Play the blues!"- U2, "Silver and Gold" (off Rattle and Hum)
"Well pick it, now."- Todd Snider, "Statistician's Blues" (and on the live album, he follows his own exhortation with a response of "Alright.")
An honorable mention to Pavement, who did not blurt anything random prior to a solo but did inform listeners in "Gold Soundz" that "we're coming to the chorus, now."
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