Favorite rock n roll guitar solos of all time?

frijolero01 · Franchise Player Joined: 10 May 2005 Posts: 13324

A best guitarist thread was started. Id figure I do a favorite solos thread. Id like to see what everyone's favorite rock solos of all time are. Here are mine

in no particular order:

Sweet Child O Mine- GNR
Home Sweet Home- Motley Crue
Night Train-GNR
Little Red Corvette- Prince (preformed by Dez Dickerson)
Time-Pink Floyd
Something- The Beatles
And I love her- The Beatles
Unforgiven- Metallica

im sure I have more but these are some I can think of off the top of my head.
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20,000 · Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 2:33 pm Post subject:

I like "Spanish Fly" by Eddie Van Halen. I don't know if you can call it a solo like the others listed above, because it is a song onto itself, rather than a solo in the middle of a song.
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Mr.Tricky · Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 2:37 pm Post subject:

Sweet Child O Mine- GNR
Time -Pink Floyd
War pigs-Black Sabbath

F Snaq · Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 2:46 pm Post subject:

"Stranglehold" by Ted Nugent
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Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd (the perfect solo)
Voodoo Chile - Stevie Ray Vahn (the whole song is a solo)

LarryCoon · Site Staff Joined: 11 Aug 2002 Posts: 11266

Some of my favorites:

-- A lot of Randy Rhoads' work, but especially "Mr Crowley" and "S.A.T.O."

-- A lot of David Gilmour's work. I could probably name a dozen songs.

-- Unknown guitarist, "Wavelength" by Van Morrison.

-- This one's really obscure, unknown guitarist, "The Way Back Home" by Kevin Gilbert.

-- Mark Knopfler, "Tunnel of Love" and "Sultans of Swing," especially the live versions on the "Alchemy" album.

-- Jimmy Page on "Since I've Been Loving You," "Achilles Last Stand" and probably a few others.

-- Nils Lofgren on "Youngstown" in Springsteen's "Live in New York City."

-- A few Steely Dan leads, but I'm not sure which were Walter Becker, Larry Carlton, Jeff Baxter, or someone else. "Reelin' in the Years," "Kid Charlemane," a few others.

-- Russ Freeman, "Earthbound" by the Rippingtons.

-- Jeff Beck on "What God Wants, Part III" by Roger Waters.

-- I believe it's Robert Fripp, "Here Comes the Flood" by Peter Gabriel.

frijolero01 · Franchise Player Joined: 10 May 2005 Posts: 13324

I thought of more:

Don't Come Close- The Ramones
Talk dirty to me- Poison
Psycho- System of a Down
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mbloves L.A. · Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 9:55 pm Post subject:

All around the watchtower - Jimi Hendrix

Stairway to heaven - Jimmy Page

Another brick in the wall - Pink Floyd

I also want to add Bass solos

Tool 46&2 - wicked awesome.
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Colby Briant · Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 11:02 pm Post subject:

Hotel California!

one of the greatest solos of all time. any non guitarist can hum along to that solo. thats a mark of a great solo. one of my faves of all time.

my personal faves, along with hotel california:

comfortably numb -gilmour
little wing - jimi hendrix
time - gilmour
bohemain rhapsody - may
crazy train - randy rhoads

honorable mentions:

november rain -slash
sweet child - slash
one - metallica/hammet

guilty pleasures:

sultans of swing - knopfler
no more tears - zakk wylde
santeria - sublime/nowell
heartbreaker - zep/page
killing in the name - morello
walk -dimebag
eruption - van halen

kenkoy · Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 12:56 pm Post subject:

Comfortably Numb - David Gilmour (the solo on the title track of his latest CD is killer, as well)

Hotel California - Don Felder (underrated guitarist, IMO)

Rock Bottom (live version) - UFO/Michael Schenker

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Here you guys go...

Terry Kath... this guy kicked ass. Died way before his time. Not really a solo here, but I just love the licks he lays down through the whole song.

Chicago Transit Authority - I am a Man (note: for those that don't know... this is "Chicago" before they sucked)

B_P · Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 5:48 pm Post subject:

Van Halen - "Push Comes To Shove"

Pretty much anything off of Fair Warning.
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Money$hot! · Star Player Joined: 18 Dec 2002 Posts: 5911

Not the best ever but some favorites are just the solo in "10 Years Gone" - Zep - Page and Stevie Ray Vaughn's insturmental remake of "Little Wing" (the whole song of course).

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B_P · Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 1:44 pm Post subject:

Fair Warning = greatest guitar TONE ever captured???

Just throwin' it out there.

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Dorray · Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 3:19 pm Post subject:

Some of these might not be technically amazing, but I like how they are used in the context of the song:

Radiohead - Paranoid Android (Jonny Greenwood)
Led Zeppelin - Since I've Been Loving You (Jimmy Page)
Prince - Computer Blue (Prince)

LakersSpirit · Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 1:18 am Post subject:

I don't know if it counts: "Stranger on the Shore", by the Ventures.
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