UFO ~ Profession Of ~ The Wild, The Willing & The Innocent

[diemutha666]

SO much better than the so-called ballads out there today!!!Rock is a lesson,not just a genre.

[mpfaley]

Best song with Paul Chapman on Guitar and his Best solo.

[faridbia2]

its great man

[icthar]

I've never heard any UFO besides the Schenker stuff before. I'd always been lead to believe that it wasn't worth bothering with, and that Paul Chapman was crap. I can see now what an idiot I was for believing that. This song is great, and the solo is superb. Why on earth isn't he considered one of the greats?!

[Thurzotron]

I had the immense privilege of studying with tonka every week for 9 years. The funniest, most charismatic down to earth chap I've ever met. I'm the guitarist I am today because of him. This is top 5 best solos of all time as far as I'm concerned, Long Live Paul Chapman

[rogoldomedonfors]

I can't understand why this song isn't famous and on all those crappy rock compilation albums along with Bachman Turner Overdrive and other inferior stuff. Even if you'e not a rock fan it has such crossover appeal you have to love it. The lyrics rank amongst the best ever written in English rock of that era and the guitar is so incredible you don't even register it as a solo, it hits so many levels. I guess the band were just past their commerical sell by-date when it came out.

[tubellarbells]

No other like this beautiful and powerful ballad.

[pikeasaurusrex]

The solo is arguably Paul Chapman's finest moment with UFO. Very nice arrangement and played with feeling.

[GreenandWhiteArmy02]

Down the halls of justice, the echoes never fade, notches on my gun, another debt is paid

[genxxxersize]

What an incredibly Beautiful tune, it still gives me shivers! Thanx for digging out one of my all time favourite UFO songs, so kewl indeed! :o)

[bluegreenius]

UFO....live hammersmith 1980 something...just awesome.....so many really fine songs. I love the slow melodic ones as well as too hot to handle and natural thing.

[diemutha666]

Can't get enough of this Masterpiece...Last heard it in '82 'til a friend played it again last year.Memories......

[yoshibax]

Just checked out the bio on Kray Twins. Now the song makes sence. The guitar is so awesome. Tonka rules!

[garfield2279]

Apparently Mogg wrote this song after reading about the life and times of the Kray twins.

[MrThegedd]

Listen to the song ten times in a row now........

[queenhunter2009]

I have said it b4- 1 of my favorite albums

I seen UFO on my 16th B-day-(1984)

Along with waysted Save your prayers

[banditou812]

Go check out Paul Chapman Project

[42francois]

The best song of UFO.

[sshivapandey]

wuf..... superb number..... miss u rock

[1lhotstuff]

join the club! been listening since i bought FORCE IT on 8-track! since 1977!!!!

[filramil]

I love how paul chapman didn't try to do too much with the solo...kept to a melodic approach and good feel. Vinnie Moore just goes crazy and overplays on it.

[garfield2279]

Yes Moores effort is horrible,Tonka's "less is more"approach rivals that of Schenkers solo on "Try Me"

[waystedkiss]

Carter deserves alot of cred on this song also.

[waystedkiss]

Chapan UFO, not better, but as good as the best !

[ofermatar]

agree best song ever ,great voice by phil mogg

[1040north]

the best ufo song ever

[schiaffer]

Paul Chapman is an average pro. You certainly cannot compare him to Schenker or to the Vinman. They are both guitar heros. Yes, Paul can hold his head high. But to say that Vinnie executed a dog's breakfast on this tune for the Showtime DVD is untrue. He takes it from average to excellent.

[scottishmountaineer]

This is one of the best ever UFO songs - the words mean something, it has beautiful chords underpinning it, and that solo! Man, that solo rocks. Chapman doesnt "overdo" it - there is real restraint as well as passion - the octave jump for the second part is sublime. He manages to bring it to a climax that is a sign of sheer genius. This solo should be a guitar lesson for all budding axemen - its not the "notes per second" that is important -it's what you eave out as much as what is there. ACE!

[nickjuan]

I play bass for the Paul Chapman Project and his guitar work is amazing.You are absolutely right-it's not the only the notes you play-it's what you say with with

[scottishmountaineer]

nickjuan - thats interesting - must be great to work with Paul. The guitar work on TWTWATI - is briliant. That's one of my favourite albums of all time. From the heavy riffing on the title track to the melodic intensity of "Profession" - the man's a genius! Some of his stuff with Waysted was pretty ace as well - The Good the Bad the Waysted has some seriously good heavy moments on it. "Manuel" stands out as a gem of a track. That's it - I am going to fire it up right now!!!

[Ocelot59468]

My favourite guitar solo of all time, still sends a chill down my spine 29 years after first hearing it.

[yoshibax]

Can you post the lyrics. I think I know them. The lead guitar on this is so beautiful.

[emadmadi]

my friend he always speak about music,someday i gave him this song...while he didnt speak about it,thats all.

[Philmacrakken]

Well put.

[liltonka86]

dad i love you ...i can sing this better than phil lets record it for ourselves i love pops!!! beautiful guitar solo

[aromabiru]

one of the best ballads ever written and one of the tastiest solos too. tonka nailed it perfectly on this one. bring tears to me at times

[billythehoople]

if its a ballad 2 cry 2 u want, check out 'she's gone' by black sabbath, u will cry ur eyes out, if u dont cry, u aint human !!! enjoy

[rinacath]

The goosebump making guitar solo. How about that last note!!!

[etde4]

I do agree with you Paul! :)

[littleboz]

Actually, they were recently doing Letting Go, and on the last tour they added Long Gone. I agree that I'd love to hear Mystery Train or Chains Chains.

[littleboz]

I certainly hope so too; if nothing else there should at least be the Japanese and European bonus tracks added on to those.

[dockaiser]

Great song great solo

[sevendeadlysins69]

maaan!!...dis brings back a lot of memories,wish i was young again...hehehe

[GypsyFairy69]

I'm so with you there.

[MetallicBill]

Neil Carter (Wild Horses), Paul Chapman (Lonestar/Waysted),Phil Mogg, Pete Way, Andy Parker, 1980. MOST excellent follow up to the departed Schenker (hope he stays off the sauce!)

[seniorbaru]

katowice-spodek-1982

[fidelity68]

I haven't heard this for over 20 years - such a beautiful song. Takes me back....

[goldenageofmusic]

hi

i love this song so powerfull yet so beautiful

phil mogg should be up there with the great songwriters

it takes me back as well to the 70s when i first saw them (those where the days) true musicians a class act

[schiaffer]

Great, great song. An example of Mogg's ability to write "unassuming" ballads that, really, become classic "sleepers", just because his voice is so down-to-earth... This album did not fair that well in America (along with the other Chapman era releases). The loss of Schenker made a lot of people in this part of the world look away. However, some good stuff was produced during this time. I do like the Vinnie Moore version better; not huge on Chapman-does good here, but Moore does it great.

[MetallicBill]

I got into UFO at this point and would love Chapman to sign my BC Rich, but only got Michael's signature so far!

[scottishmountaineer]

Brilliant, just briliant song. And that guitar solo... sheer perfection - are ally good example of "feeling" rather than sheer speed. I love that octave jump in the middle of the solo - Chapman was one of the best. I saw UFO on their "no place to run tour" - great band - managed to combine hard rockin' with great melodies.

Thanks for posting this - love it 5*

[jimizul]

one of my favourite songs..yeah..it must be tonka's greatest solo, (though u can hear some hints of michael schenker there). thanx for posting.

[MetallicBill]

I think Tonka has only good things to say of Schenker, he filled for a time in the mid 70s too

[ell9uk]

This track was written about the Kray Twins rise and fall in the 1960's

[littleboz]

Yep. A certain frontman had been reading their autoboigraphy just before this was written...

[MetallicBill]

What was the movie they made on that? I was unfamiliar until that was made.

[anadib73]

i love this original old version..not the new one..:)

[timothybender]

Cool song! I think it's Paul Chapmans best solo with UFO, very moving. Anyway, thanks for posting this song, it brought back some great memories.

[littleboz]

You're quite welcome, thanx for watching! This is definitely an underrated epic.

[BillSchwenke]

Paul Chapman wrote out the TAB for this at his website as well as has some instructional tape. I got into UFO in 1980 as WWAI was a new release

[littleboz]

Yes, he had pretty much the whole album written out; I wish his site would come back online! There were some rare video clips, 'zine interviews and pics too. Those guitar college things look interesting, but kinda pricey... ah well. Thanks for watching!

[AXEFLYERFV]

Thank you for posting,very cool song!

[littleboz]

You're quite welcome! Thanks for watching.