Give me your favorite guitar solo ever…

[kutulu 1,707]

Top 40!

 

1. Comfortably Numb - David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)

2. Stairway To Heaven - Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin)

3. All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix

4. Freebird - Allen Collins (Lynyrd Skynyrd)

5. Maggot Brain - Edie Hazel (Funkadelic)

6. Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughan

7. Eruption - Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen)

8. Highway Star - Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple)

9. Cause We've Ended As Lovers - Jeff Beck

10. Hotel California - Don Felder/Joe Walsh (Eagles)

11. Mr Crowley - Randy Rhoads (Ozzy)

12. Little Wing - Jimi Hendrix

13. Time - David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)

14. Layla - Eric Clapton/Duane Allman (Derek & The Dominos)

15. Sweet Child O' Mine - Slash (Guns N Roses)

16. Cliffs Of Dover - Eric Johnson

17. Nottingham Lace - Buckethead

18. For The Love Of God - Steve Vai

19. Voodoo Child (slight return) - Jimi Hendrix

20. November Rain - Slash (Guns N Roses)

21. Shine On You Crazy Diamond - David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)

22. Blue Sky - Duane Allman/Dickey Betts (Allman Brothers Band)

23. Satch Boogie - Joe Satriani

24. Cortez The Killer - Neil Young

25. Lazy - Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple)

26. Crazy Train - Randy Rhoads (Ozzy)

27. White Room - Eric Clapton (Cream)

28. Sultans Of Swing - Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits)

29. One - Kirk Hammett (Metallica)

30. No More Tears - Zakk Wylde (Ozzy)

31. Since I've Been Loving You - Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin)

32. Floods - Dimebag Darrel (Pantera)

33. Black Star - Yngwie Malmsteen

34. Atom Heart Mother - David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)

35. Red House - Jimi Hendrix

36. Big Sur Moon - Buckethead

37. The Rocker - Eric Bell (Thin Lizzy)

38. Those Were The Days - Eric Clapton (Cream)

39. Bohemian Rhapsody - Brian May (Queen)

40. While My Guitar Gently Weeps - Eric Clapton (The Beatles)

 

according to some fly by night internet site.

[SUXBNME 1,596]

Only one mention of SRV? SUXBNME wins this thread, Newbie gets silver by default, and the rest of you clowns get third.

10000+ posts, and I finally win a thread

 

 

Vote for Sux on monday

[rallo 138]

i always like the solo from killer queen about 1:22

 

and some of this trippin on a hole in a paper heart at about 1:51

 

then system of a down has

at about 1:55

 

i mean... i guess none of these are your classic 2-5 minute classics like free bird or stairway... but i kinda dig em...

 

if you mean like "classic" such as that i'd have to say all along the watchtower by jimi

[ZeroTolerance 584]

Last song played: Metallica - Fade To Black

[Big Blue 06 196]

Last song played: Metallica - Fade To Black

 

[kutulu 1,707]

Last song played: Metallica - Fade To Black

 

41. Fade To Black - Kirk Hammett (Metallica)

 

linky

[Electric Mayhem 35]

In the 'wow that's impressive' category:

 

Paul Gilbert - Frenzy (with Racer X)

Steve Vai - The Audience in Listening solo

 

In the 'fits the song' category:

 

Iron Maiden - Wasted Years solo

Queensryche - Eyes of a Stranger solo

 

In the 'the main riffs are basicaly a solo' category:

 

Joe Satriani - Satch Boogie (my HS band did this. Our guitar player could play the whole thing at age 16).

Eddie - 5150 (one of my fav songs of all time)

Alter Bridge - One Day Remains

[WahooJim 4]

U.F.O.

 

Love To Love

 

Right band, right guitarist, wrong song. "Rock Bottom" holds the top spot here. Love to Love is a great tune though. Underappreciated band.

 

#2 for me would be a tie between two Frank Marino solos, "Something's Coming our Way" off of What's Next and Poppy off his second live album.

[kozmiq 70]

I don't have time to read these in case it's been mentioned but there's a 2 plus minute section of Let It Rain starting at the 2:30 point where Clapton plays 3 different guitars (overdub) that's hard to beat. JMHFO

[RLLD 4,275]

Anything from Danny Bonaduce....

[surferskin 31]

it's gotta be slash from sweet child O'mine.

 

[zona98 0]

Eddie Van Halen- Hot for Teacher

[mayhem39 3]

I can't say it's my favorite...but it's right up there.

 

For you so-called "Satch" fans.....here's one most people have never heard.

It's got a great groove to it, and it's awesome live.

 

Satch rocks...what can I say.

 

It's worth the 8mins.

 

 

 

Man, that dude is awesome...

[shake_a_leg 0]

Personally, I think the solo in RHCPs "Dani California" is incredible. Short and too the point but leaves you wanting more.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just like me.

[RLLD 4,275]

Always loved that solo in Working Man by Rush

 

Dueling banjo's in Deliverance...

[BlackClouds 24]

Part 1 Scarlet

Part 2 Fire

[BirdBrain 0]

[Guest _my_2_cents_]

It's unpossible to pick just one.

 

One that comes to mind is The Who, in the song "Join Together". At exactly 1 minute in, Pete Townshend plays the perfect 30 second solo. It's concise, raw and perfect for that moment in the song.

 

It's a masterful little 30 seconds.

 

Don't get me wrong - I'm not a Who fanatic. My tastes are more like that guy who won that cool album draft topic on here some time ago, ...blues, jazz, metal, classical, bluegrass, R&B and everything in between.

 

But that one solo in that one song is just perfect. If you have Who's Next or one of the compilations laying around, put it on and check it out.

[kutulu 1,707]

It's unpossible to pick just one.

 

One that comes to mind is The Who, in the song "Join Together". At exactly 1 minute in, Pete Townshend plays the perfect 30 second solo. It's concise, raw and perfect for that moment in the song.

 

It's a masterful little 30 seconds.

 

Don't get me wrong - I'm not a Who fanatic. My tastes are more like that guy who won that cool album draft topic on here some time ago, ...blues, jazz, metal, classical, bluegrass, R&B and everything in between.

 

But that one solo in that one song is just perfect. If you have Who's Next or one of the compilations laying around, put it on and check it out.

 

Ban this homo.

[Guest _my_2_cents_]

Ban this homo.

 

Didn't like the solo?

[kutulu 1,707]

Didn't like the solo?

 

CHEATER!

[Guest _my_2_cents_]

CHEATER!

 

Way I heard it that guy won fair & square.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Rusty Syringes 478]

I've always been partial to Page's solo in "Communication Breakdown."

 

It's pretty wacky.

[jets24 6]

I am so disappointed in each and every one of you. This thing makes two pages and nobody says the obvious answer of............................

 

 

This guy--------->

 

 

shame on all of you.

[Big Blue 06 196]

Great thread guys. I just wasted an hour of work time today.

[kutulu 1,707]

Great thread guys. I just wasted an hour of work time today.

 

You throw enough crap at the wall, something is bound to stick.

[vuduchile 1,947]

My top 5:

 

Voodoo Chile - Hendrix - Mind blowing tone for it's time, and it still holds up.

 

Hotel California - Two guitars, incredible bends, far more to this one than your average blues based solo.

 

Do you feel like we do - The second lead break in the song, right before the talk box part.

 

Sweet Child O Mine - Excellent use of the Wah pedal really makes this solo scream.

 

Little Wing (SRV) - Best cover tune of all time. The entire song is a solo, and the tones are unbelievable.

[SUXBNME 1,596]

My top 5:

 

Voodoo Chile - Hendrix - Mind blowing tone for it's time, and it still holds up.

 

Hotel California - Two guitars, incredible bends, far more to this one than your average blues based solo.

 

Do you feel like we do - The second lead break in the song, right before the talk box part.

 

Sweet Child O Mine - Excellent use of the Wah pedal really makes this solo scream.

 

Little Wing (SRV) - Best cover tune of all time. The entire song is a solo, and the tones are unbelievable.

 

Skid Row covering Little Wing

[BLS 314]

OK...it's Van Halen pop, but IMO this album was when Eddie had finally mastered his guitar. It was fluid, effortless, and wasn't just speed and technicality. He began to feel it more (to me), and this solo contains almost all of his signature licks and tricks.

 

Fast foward (if you must) to 2:40.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0jP4HY1GiY

 

Another Van Hagar song....it's live...but Eddie is just awesome in this whole video. The original video "live without a net" has some fantastic guitar on it.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZTYYusUl6M

 

God, Sammy is a ######.

[SUXBNME 1,596]

but IMO this album was when Eddie had finally mastered his guitar. It was fluid, effortless, and wasn't just speed and technicality. He began to feel it more (to me), and this solo contains almost all of his signature licks and tricks.

 

This is why I have allways liked Van Hagar better then Van Halen.

Eddie seemed to really elevate his playing, and looked like he was having a great time with Sammy.

[BLS 314]

This is why I have allways liked Van Hagar better then Van Halen.

Eddie seemed to really elevate his playing, and looked like he was having a great time with Sammy.

 

 

If you go back to 1984 and listen to the whole album you can tell he really was just starting to reach the point of mastery. His work on that album is SICK.

In the past I tried to learn music from tablature, and I bought 1984, VH II, and VH I. I and II were both obviously tough, and getting down his picking was what was SO hard.

 

On 1984, I looked at the tab like it was written in freaking russian. Sh1t was backwards and sh!t. It was so focked up, I tried Drop Dead Legs for about 2 weeks, and never got past the first verse. It's insane how hard it is...and then you listen to him play it like it ain't sh!t. That's when I came to the realization that regardless of how long my hair was...I was never gonna be Eddie.

[SUXBNME 1,596]

That's when I came to the realization that regardless of how long my hair was...I was never gonna be Eddie.

 

There is always hope, my friend