Its been a while....Bestest Guitar Solo's???

[Sweaty Betty]

For me at the moment its....

gilmour - shine on you crazy...

moore - out in the fields


What gets you in the crotch???

 

[Jambooboo]

Freebird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Hotel California - The Eagles

 

[Sweaty Betty]

Hotel California - The Eagles

oh hell yes!!!

have you seen the live version? , reunion i think, all of them in a line....

orgasmic it is....

 

[DotCommunist]

Say what you like about Mark Knob-flour, the guitar solo's in 'Brothers in arms' make me want to cry cause they're so beautiful

 

[Kaka Tim]

Freebird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Hotel California - The Eagles

oh please god no.

 

[chazegee]

The stumble by Peter Green, the whole song is one great solo, rip of from Fred E King, but moves it on some.

I love the voice box / guitar solo play off on G'n'R's anything goes too.

Zep's communication breakdown was the proto type best rock solo ever.

I think one of Hendrix's best solo's was his first on Hey Joe, not counting Voodoo Chile, which is all one long brilliant solo.

The best riff ever, is Howling Wolf's killing floor, but that's another thread.

And of course, Mr Bigg's "One who wants to be with you", love them Harmonics.

 

[milesy]

i love the solo in "vanish without a trace" by restless.

 

[The Groke]

My current fave is "At Least That's What You Said" by Wilco.

Brilliant song - two brief, quiet, poignant verses and then a crunchy, exiting, swelling solo for the entire rest of the track.


as fuck.


Oh - and here it is !


Fuck fret wanking, this is what a solo should be.

 

[May Kasahara]

Some I'm particularly fond of:

Steely Dan - Kid Charlemagne
Nomeansno - Tired Of Waiting
PJ Harvey - 50 Ft Queenie - a few brief seconds of scorching noise

 

[killer b]

maggot brain, just like last time.

and freebird

 

[aylee]

Jonny Greenwood's solo on Radiohead's "Just".

 

[g force]

The unholy racket that is "freak scene" by Dinosaur Jr

 

[Dead Cat Bounce]

Slash - Paradise City
The Knack - My Sharona

 

[Flashman]

Some not strictly solos but;

Squire's Resurrection wank.
Brighton Rock - May
Another Brick in the Wall - Gilmore
Sultans of Swing - Why aye
Purple Rain - Prince
Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others - Marr

 

[Spion]

James Gurley's solo in Ball and Chain on Big Brother and the Holdings Company's Cheap Thrills. For me, it sounds like it's coming out of 100ft high speakers on an acid-soaked sunny afternoon in California

 

[ohmyliver]

another girl, another planet by the only ones

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Pussy Galore - Teen Pussy Power
The Loft - Over the hill and down the slope

 

[Doctor Carrot]

Easy - The Commodores

 

[bouncer_the_dog]

Freebird

But I enjoy getting a bit of air guitar out for November Rain

 

[jontz01]

Jonny Greenwood's solo on Radiohead's "Just".

The Eagles - Hotel California

Seconded....


Again Jonny Greenwood, Maquiladora - Ideally the live version from the Astoria video late 90's.

 

[skyscraper101]

Some of my faves...

Purple Rain - Prince
Nightrain -GNR (Slash)
Get The Funk Out - Extreme (Nuno Bettencourt)
Underdog (Save Me) - Turin Brakes
Beat It - Michael Jackson (Eddie Van Halen)
Steve Vai - For The Love Of God

 

[rutabowa]

Television's "Marquee Moon" has 2 excellent solos particularly the last one.

 

[rhod]

Jimmy Page's guitar solo on Tom Jones' "It's not unusual" - short, sweet & to the point

 

[boing!]

James Gurley's solo in Ball and Chain on Big Brother and the Holdings Company's Cheap Thrills. For me, it sounds like it's coming out of 100ft high speakers on an acid-soaked sunny afternoon in California

Thats definitely one of my favourites too. Sounds like it could all just fall apart at any minute but they just manage to pull it off beautifully.

I also really love the solo in the crockets 'will you still care'- anthemic without being too widdly.

 

[starfish2000]

Any Dave Gilmour
Any Django Rheinhart
'La Villa Strangiatio' by Alex Lifeson
Any Thin Lizzy
Most Slash etc etc

 

[lights.out.london]

Glenn Tipton, Judas Priest - Beyond the Realms of Death

KK Downing, Judas Priest - Sinner

 

[Lisarocket]

Any Dave Gilmour
Any Django Rheinhart
'La Villa Strangiatio' by Alex Lifeson
Any Thin Lizzy
Most Slash etc etc

And any Angus Young

 

[SpookyFrank]

Mick Ronson, Hang on to yourself by David Bowie

 

[damnhippie]

'super stupid' - funkadelic

'highway to hell'
'back in black'
'you shook me all night long'
- ac/dc and angus young

and the one i always say, 'my curse' by afghan whigs

i quite like the guitar solo in 'livin on a prayer' too

 

[TheDave]

The one in St Elmo's fire by Brian Eno and Robert Fripp.

Genius it is.