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

As per request, here is Profession Of, taken off UFO's The Wild, The Willing & The Innocent (1981).

Enjoy!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• UFO
• Phil
• Mogg
• Pete
• Way
• Paul
• Chapman
• HardRock
• ClassicRock

[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...

[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.

[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

[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!

[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.

[Ocelot59468]

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

[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