Greatest Guitar solo page 4

Why is it that people almost always say that the best solo is some fast one? What about one that is just very well written? I’m not saying that the ones most of you have mentioned are bad, but still, just because something is fast doesen’t mean its good.

Originally posted by Sgt_Onion:

Why is it that people almost always say that the best solo is some fast one? What about one that is just very well written? I’m not saying that the ones most of you have mentioned are bad, but still, just because something is fast doesen’t mean its good.

because most most of the best written solos are actually quite fast.

Deciding on just one is really damn hard, so I’ll just state a few.

“Midnight Rider” by The Allman Brothers Band – One of my favourite songs of all time, and the solo is just magical, Duane Allman gives off the essential laid-back feeling from the rest of the song, with a level of prowess that he was never properly recognized for.

“Let It Be” by The Beatles – This song is more recognized for the lyrics and the soft, balladic atmosphere, George Harrison’s solo here succeeds in pushing the emotion of the song to higher heights, and it couldn’t have been done better!

“Time” by Pink Floyd – Another of my personal favourites, this song’s solo, played by David Gilmour, kicks in after the first two verses, and moves the song through to the rockin’ climax, which is the ultimate culmination of the music on the first half of ‘Dark Side of the Moon’.

“Alive” by Pearl Jam – It closes the song, which is arguably one of the best on the ‘Ten’ album. It’s great as a stand-out for the way Mike McCready brings the track to it’s crashing halt, leaving no loose ends, tying everything together. The epitome of ’90s-style Grunge coolness!

“Sympathy for the Devil” by The Rolling Stones – The song consists of two things, mystery and genius, where the listener is left to guess the name of the mysterious “gentleman” portrayed by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards only serves to keep the mystery running with this solo which runs for more than half the running time of the full track. Not to mention it’s high pitch and note progressions being one of the coolest sounding things in Rock N’ Roll history.

“Take the Money and Run” by Steve Miller Band – It’s short and simple, but totally awesome and satisfying, Steve Miller crafts a brilliant, albeit incredibly simple story, and the short solo in this track serves as the perfect match for the mood of the rest of the song.

“Layla” by Derek & the Dominos – This solo is a best for one reason, PURE EMOTION, the ferocity of the dueling guitars of Duane Allman and Eric Clapton push the song to it’s emotional high, giving Clapton ample room to expand his beautiful tale of unrequited love that he was experiencing at the time that he recorded this song.

“All Right Now” by Free – This solo has a soft, laid-back, airy feel to it, which fits with this truly optimistic ‘70s Hard Rock standard, Paul Kossoff pulls out the notes with extreme Blues virtuosity. A high point in Rock N’ Roll musicianship for sure.

“Dirty Laundry” by Don Henley – The two solos in this track, the first one played by Joe Walsh and the second one by Steve Lukather, are great not for emotion, or inspirational reasons, but for their simply great tones and chord changes, the emotion runs low here because overall, the song if very much unsympathetic, though it does yield two of the finest musical moments of the ’80s Pop/Rock scene.

Those are just a few off the top of my head.

master of puppets – metallica

Lol… For the person who said an “insane” solo is eruption… LOL! It’s good. I like it, but its not insanely hard or anything. Uh… Hmm… The guitar solo to “Feel Good Drag” by Anberlin, not hard, but I love the sound of it. Its my favorite solo, not actually the greatest in either the sense of creativity or difficulty, but I like it.

eruption and hot for teacher by van halen

Crazy Train. Overrated, as some may say, but amazing.

And Also Soothsayer by buckethead. Oh, as well as Binge and Grab.

And how could I forget Detroit Rock City. Love the harmonic guitars in it.

Originally posted by 2worlds:

Jordan by buckethead is great.
But.. im pretty sure he can’t play it live.

wow. this really annoys me >_>

And why are we bashing peoples music taste? If someone likes a band, don’t insult them for it. Sure, you’re indifferent towards them but keep that to yourself. Some of you probably hate a band just to hop on the bandwagon anyways.

Any great bass solos out there?

Originally posted by listle6:

Any great bass solos out there?

Cliff Burton did a pretty mean opening bass solo in for whom the bell tolls

Best-Flirting With Disaster

I heard there was a good one in the eagles song, something bird.

iii have become, comfortably numb

The solo in The Kaleidoscopic God by Scar Symmetry is my favorite.

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Shut up.

zacharias, you say shut up. but if youre going to quote a lot and thats it, all youre doing is repeating what they said
and it was from well over a month ago if you could read, so theres no point commenting on it at all

Originally posted by kosono:

zacharias, you say shut up. but if youre going to quote a lot and thats it, all youre doing is repeating what they said

and it was from well over a month ago if you could read, so theres no point commenting on it at all

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The stairway to heaven solo is a bit boring for me.

My favourite solo is Hotel California – The Eagles. It’s amazing. :)

This One! *sarcasm

the power rangers theme

no i am not lying, seriously it’s absurd
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgRXNX361RU

Originally posted by zanmatto:

the power rangers theme

no i am not lying, seriously it’s absurd

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgRXNX361RU

That’s cause it was made by bucket head!

My thoughts on the tops are Classical Gas, the backing guitar (not bass) for Ticket to Ride, and the origional (not the variated) solo at the end of Hotel California.

slipknot joey

Mark Knopfler, Dire Straits.

Song: Tunnel of Love

Originally posted by gavin12312:

slipknot joey

Is that a song?

/sarcasm