best solo's EVER

[=stringbreaker=]

i was wondering what people think is the best guitar solo's ever i think that
1=stairway to heaven(led zeppelin)
2=cowboy song(thin lizzy)
3= whole lotta love(led zeppelin)

[HDJ]

Some of my fav's, not in order....

Pink Floyd: Shine On You Crazy Diamond
Pink Floyd: Comfortably Numb
Dream Theater: Metropolis Pt. 1
Steve Vai: For The Love Of God
Jimi Hendrix: Machine Gun
Led Zeppelin: Rock N' Roll

[x0o_BurnOut_o0x]

Guns n Roses- Welcome to the Jungle
Steve Vai- Punk Explosion ( or something along those lines- Its Punk something..)

[Akira]

I honestly cannot decide on this one.

[Leedogg]

For the longest time it was GNR's sweet child of mine. Now I think it might be SRV's Little Wing, or Buckethead's Binge and Grab.

[FireAndIce24]

Shred/metal:
racer x - hammer away

Rock:
AC/DC - back in black

hendrix gets his own catagory:
Some one said machine gun....'nuff said

Blues:
SRV- little wing

[CW14]

Not in order...

Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb (my all time fav.)
Led Zep - Stairway
Children of Bodom - Follow the Reaper
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (Hanneman's part)
Steve Vai - Tender Surrender
Van Halen - Eruption
Steeley Dan - Kid Charlemagne

[Fretfire]

Best Solos in No particular order.


Stairway To Heaven - Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin)

Comfortably Numb - David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)

Machine Gun / All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix

Eruption - Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen)

Hotel California - Don Felder/Joe Walsh (Eagles)

For The Love Of God - Steve Vai

Axis of Evil / Black Star - Yngwie Malmsteen

Sweet Child O' Mine - Slash

Cliffs Of Dover - Eric Johnson

Big Sur Moon - Buckethead

Surfing With The Alien - Joe Satriani

One / Enter Sandman - Kirk Hammett (Metallica)

Home / Under A Glass Moon - John Petrucci (Dream Theater)

Walk - Dimebag Darrel (Pantera)

Awakening - John McLaughlin (Mahavishnu Orchestra)

Kid Charlemagne - Larry Carlton (Steely Dan)

Devil Takes The Hindmost - Allan Holdsworth

Not Again / - Shawn Lane

War Pigs - Toni Iommi (Black Sabbath)

Flight Of The Wounded Bumblebee - Nuno Bettencourt

I Could Have Lied / Scar Tissue - John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers)

Hundred of Thousands -Tony Macalpine

Speed Metal Symphony - Jason Becker/ Marty Friedman

Hangar 18 / Rust In Peace - Megadeth

Y.R.O / Scarified - Paul Gibert (Racer X)

[Ian Rossiter]

Brent Mason (Alan Jackson)-"....don't even know your name"
Danny Gatton-"Sun Medley"
Brian Setzer-"Stray Cat Strut"
Eric Johnson-"Desert Rose"
Eddie Van Halen-"Beat It"....(c'mon...that solo is killer)
Prince-Let's Go Crazy (wah solo at the end. I defy ANYONE to play something that sounds sexier!!!)
EVH-Hot for Teacher (intro)

Need more coffee but thats a start...
Ian

[-Plastic-]

Jimi hendrix - Little Wing. Machine Gun
Jimmy Page - Whole Lotta Love. Good Times, BadTimes
David Gilmour - Time, Shine On You Crazy Diamond
Robert Cray - Time Makes Two
Michael Schenker - Captain Nemo
G3(Satriani, Vai, Malmsteen) - Little Wing(Unbelieveable Solo)

[alucard0941]

Green Day - Holiday

[dakine80]

My favorite(recently I guess) is a solo by Buckethead on a song called "Buckethead."

It's the first track on "The Big Eyeball in the Sky" by Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains.

The outro guitar solo is just awesome. The more I listen to Buckethead on guitar the more I like him.

[Lohrtar]

My favourite solo ever is probably that in Pink Floyd - Money. It's really three solos though...

[Blues_Man]

Jimi hendrix: voodoo child, machine gun

eric clapton: crossroads

Srv: little wing

van halen: eruption

Lynyrd skynyrd :FREE BIRD

There are others, I dont have the time :)

[Kutzki]

In no perticular order:

GnR - November Rain
Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
Lynard Skynard - Free Bird
Eric Clapton - Crossroads
Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe
SRV - Little Wing
B.B. King-Three O'clock in the Morning
Van Halen - Panama
The Beatles-Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (reprise)
ZZ Top- La Grande
YES-Roundabout(that whole song is unbelieveable)

[DrBob737]

Just a couple that have stuck over the years and held a general audience attention to the solo

Steely Dan - Reelin In the Years
Eagles - Hotel California
Van Halen - Jump
Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
Clapton in Cream - All Along the Watchtower
Toto - Childs Anthem

[hbkolb]

Randy Rhodes - Mr Crowley (Live Picture disc version) especially the fade out
Yngwie - Black Star
Hendrix - Machine Gun (Live)
Frampton - Do You Feel Like We Do
Al Dimeola - Splendido Sundance
Eagles - Hotel California (Live)

[panterrules925]

1. Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Chile ( slight return )
2. Van Halen - Eruption
3. Lynrd Skynrd - freebird
4. Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy train
5. Black Sabbath - Warpigs
6. Van Halen - Icecream man

[RedZep]

Jimi Hendrix - MidNight
Jeff Beck - Pay Me No Mind
Jimmy Page - Since I've Been Lovin' You
Angus Young - Sin City (Live)
Others. . .

[hhcave]

What the hell? Why has no-one mentioned the Solo from Ozzy Ozbourne's Mr. Crowley (Randy Rhoads) its a CLASSIC!

[TheLastSpartan]

Wow, I'm surprised no one has mentioned Michael Angelo Batio.

"Concerto" by Jason Becker/Marty Friedman (Cacophony)
"Flying in a Blue Dream" performed live by Joe Satriani
"Yngwie Can't Touch This" by Michael Angelo Batio
"Little Wing" performed live by Jimi Hendrix
"Drained" by Marco Sfogli (James LaBrie)
"Speed Metal Symphony" by Jason Becker/Marty Friedman (Cacophony)
"Planet Gemini" by Michael Angelo Batio
"Too Many Humans" by Buckethead

[Grambo]

Hotel California - Eagles ( Joe Walsh I think )

She's not there - Carlos Santana

[Kdemonti]

There's TONS of favorites for me, but these 3 come to mind instantly as solos I could listen to forever:

1) Bad Attitude- Chet Thompson- Hellion. He had this throw down groove in his playing that really shines on this song. Without a doubt my favorite guitarist from the 80's Head Banger's Ball bands.

2) The Legacy- Alex Skolnick- Testament. Alex is just awesome and even though the song is a ballad I love it. Shame he doesn't do stuff like this anymore.

3) Comfortably Numb- You know who- Pink Floyd. Self explanatory.

Also the "We're Stars" compilation solos never get old to me.

[alucard0941]

Wow, I'm surprised no one has mentioned Michael Angelo Batio.


"Yngwie Can't Touch This" by Michael Angelo Batio

actually, its calles No Boundaries. It was just a re-named my a person who owned Kazzaa.

But Yngwie Can't Touch This is a pretty good candidate :p

[kill em all]

Bark at the moon - ozzy (jake)
unforgiven - metallica
mr. crowley - ozzy (rhoads)
war pigs - sabboth
battery (especially the prototype)- metallica
99 ways to die - megadeth (friedman)

[TheLastSpartan]

actually, its calles No Boundaries. It was just a re-named my a person who owned Kazzaa.Not really. I used Limewire and it sounds nothing like No Boundaries. I own the DVD and CD. Its not No Boundaries.

[Jolly McJollyson]

Not really. I used Limewire and it sounds nothing like No Boundaries. I own the DVD and CD. Its not No Boundaries.
But he doesn't actually have a song called "Yngwie Can't Touch this" Search his discography, it's not on there. I think the main reason no one mentioned him is because most people are bored to piss all by him. Not all people, but most.

[TheLastSpartan]

But he doesn't actually have a song called "Yngwie Can't Touch this" Search his discography, it's not on there. I think the main reason no one mentioned him is because most people are bored to piss all by him. Not all people, but most.Supposedly its unreleased. It might be from his earlier years in Nitro some think.

[stackny]

SRV-Little Wing, entire song gives me chills.

Angus Young-Let there be Rock, If You Want Blood live version.

[jedicaster]

Don't believe a word - Thin Lizzy
I should have known - Aimee Mann
Cry for the nations - Michael schenker
That smell - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Back on the road again - Reo speedwagon
The Supernatural - Gary Moore( Instrumental)
Got to kill the monkey - Walter Trout

Just some of my favs. :eek:

[Leedogg]

I would like to nominate the Styx song "The Grand Illusion". The solo is so sick that it's been hospitalized since 1977 when it was released.

[gunsnroses123]

i think
1. stairway to heaven - led zepplin
2. livin on a prayer - bon jovi
3.whiskey in the jar - thin lizzy
4. eat the rich - aerosmith
5. november rain - GnR's

From hill

[Kaffirlime]

My tastes seem to be completely out of touch with most posters but how about:

The Thrill is Gone: B B King
Layla: Eric Clapton
While my guitar gently Weeps: The Beatles (but actually Eric Clapton playing the solo)
Samb Pa Ti: Carlos santana

[lei_012]

hollow years... the guitar solo by john petrucci in their live cd concert and album.. live at the budokan
i love the melody

[kill em all]

heavy Metal- OZZY mr crowley and BARK AT THE MOON ( my number 1 ever )
speed metal- megadeth high speed dirt ( accoustic)
thrash metal- metallica's "one" (the dirty solo)
doom metal- Black Sabboth - war pigs
pop/rock- joe satriani - surfing with the alien
rock and roll- AC/DC back in black
Hendrix's special virtuoso category- Little wing

[Kirktallica5]

Hendrix - Little Wing, Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb, Hendrix - Voodoo Child.

[sarjit singh]

the best solo ever created in this world is from michael angelo batio's NO BOUNDARIES ok.....if you want to listen to it go to ANGELO.COM ..........salamat

[scarface84]

the best solo ever created in this world is from michael angelo batio's NO BOUNDARIES ok.....if you want to listen to it go to ANGELO.COM ..........salamat

I don't think it's anywhere near being the best solo, maybe one of the most difficult though. Btw, apart from you, me and probably that arab nioio or whatever his nick is, no one in here understands what salamat means :p

[mi2tom]

All of Vai's songs :D

[Jolly McJollyson]

All of Vai's songs :D
Even Ya-Yo Gakk? *shudder*

[CW14]

Even Ya-Yo Gakk? *shudder*
What? That song's awesome!!

[kill em all]

Since my last post I have discovered the live version of Mr Crowley ( ozzy and Randy Rhoads) and it is by far the best ever.

[kill em all]

I listened to "no boundaries" and it is absolutely awesome. I have a new guitar master to study now, but it doesn't compare to Randy's work on Mr Crowley.