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Favourite guitar solo?

facepollutionfacepollution Posts: 6,834
edited October 2009 in Other Music
I keep coming back to Kim Thayil's solo in Like Suicide, absolutely sublime.

Comfortably Numb's is amazing too, and I'm sure some Smashing Pumpkins would feature somewhere in my top ten.
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  • YukselYuksel Copenhagen, Denmark Posts: 32
    There's loads !
    My no. 1 is definitly Your Savior by Temple of The Dog.
    And of course, Alive is briliant.
    Mike is definitly good at what he does.

    Driving Nowhere by Helmet is very good as well, it's different because of the distorted guitar, but it's without a doubt a great solo.
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  • musicismylife78musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
    the greatest solo of all time, in fact the high point of guitar in human history, is Jimi Hendrix's Machine Gun solo. Its in this song, and during this solo, you have to bow down and say, Jimi is not human, and there will never be another like him, ever. period.

    The moaning guitar in CCR's You Put a Spell on Me. Is another great one.
  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    edited September 2009
    Alive
    Immortality
    Free Bird
    Comfortably Numb
    Light My Fire
    I Heard It Through the Grape Vine (ccr)
    Like A Hurricane
    Do You Feel Like We Do
    Stranglehold

    Maybe this will clarify for people what I look for in my PJ and why I'm sick of the crappy 3-minute punk songs and yearning for more epic tunes like Immortality and Alive and Not For You ;) Give me a nice, arena rock showstopper, any day of the week.
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  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,240
    Yuksel wrote:
    There's loads !
    My no. 1 is definitly Your Savior by Temple of The Dog.
    And of course, Alive is briliant.
    Mike is definitly good at what he does.

    Driving Nowhere by Helmet is very good as well, it's different because of the distorted guitar, but it's without a doubt a great solo.
    welcome to the board!

    great way to start posting by mentioning your savior's solo!

    i'll have to give this some thought before i can reply
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  • BrokenGlassBrokenGlass Posts: 298
    Clapton's solo(s) in Have You Ever Loved a Woman on Derek and the Dominos "Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs". He makes you feel the passion, hurt, and longing for Patti Harrison in that song.
  • jimed14jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    Hendrix - Voodoo Chile (slight return)
    Ritchie Blackmore - Stargazer (song by Rainbow)
    Ritchie Blackmore - Highway Star (song by Deep Purple)
    Ted Nugent - Stranglehold
    Jimmy Paige - Achilles Last Stand (song by Led Zeppelin)
    Jimmy Paige - Since I've Been Loving You (song by Led Zeppelin)


    There are probably a lot more, these come to mind immediately.
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  • blondieblue227blondieblue227 Va, USA Posts: 4,509
    edited September 2009
    one of them has to be......

    paige - in my time of dying
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  • drew0drew0 Posts: 943
    Probably Trey Anastasio's solo in Theme From The Bottom from Dayton, OH 12/7/97. I've heard it a million times, but I still get chills...

    As for studio solos, probably Comfortably Numb. Easily the most cliche answer after Stairway, but my God is it perfect....
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  • musicismylife78musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
    only one other person besides me has mentioned hendrix? What the hell is wrong with you people?

    And say what you want about Stairway to Heaven being overplayed or overhyped, but Page's solo certainly is mindblowing in that song.
  • facepollutionfacepollution Posts: 6,834
    musicismylife78 wrote:
    only one other person besides me has mentioned hendrix? What the hell is wrong with you people?

    And say what you want about Stairway to Heaven being overplayed or overhyped, but Page's solo certainly is mindblowing in that song.

    Yeah I agree about Stairway, amazing stuff, and Hendrix is kind of a given, not sure which of his is my favourite. For me it's less about complexity and technical stuff, as it is about how perfectly it fits the song.
  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,941
    My favorite Mike McCready live solo is Porch from 3/5/98 Australia.

    Check it out....courtesy of the old five horizons website. Remember that?

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  • youngsteryoungster Boston Posts: 6,576
    Eddie Van Halen-Eruption
    Slash-November Rain
    Dimebag Darrell-Floods


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  • CosmoCosmo Posts: 12,225
    Steve Hunter/Dick Wagner - 'Intro/Sweet Jane' - Lou Reed - 'Rock N Roll Animal'
    Dickey Betts/Duane Allman - 'Blue Sky' - Allman Brothers - 'Eat A Peach'
    Earl Slick - 'StationToStation' - David Bowie - 'StationToStation'
    John Lennon/George Harrison - 'The End' - The Beatles - 'Abbey Road'
    Jimmy Page - 'stairway to Heaven' - Led Zeppelin - 'Led Zeppelin IV'
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  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
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  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,209
    edited October 2009
    Dave Mustaine/Marty Friedrman...MEGADETH.....High Speed Dirt, Tornado of Souls, Holy Wars

    Eddie Van Halen....Eruption

    Eric Johnson....Cliffs Of Dover

    Joe Satriani.......Surfing With An Alien

    Stevie Ray Vaughn......Texas Flood

    Jimi Hendrix........All Along The Watchtower/Voodoo Child (Slight Return)

    Dimebag Darrell........Floods

    Kirk Hammet......Fade To Black

    Tony Morello......Bulls On Parade

    Slash...............November Rain

    David Gilmour........Comfortable Numb

    Alex Lifeson.............La Villa Strangiato

    Peace
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  • musicismylife78musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
    not the typical solo, but the last minute or so, of Number 13 Baby by the Pixies, again, very few moments in music history, top this little doozy
  • marqueemarkmarqueemark Posts: 31
    Dave Navarro - Three Days
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Jimi Hendrix - Machine Gun, live, Norman, Oklahoma, 8th May 1970
  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    Cosmo wrote:
    John Lennon/George Harrison - 'The End' - The Beatles - 'Abbey Road'

    Damn, forgot that one.
  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    g under p wrote:


    Alex Lifeson.............La Villa Strangiato

    Peace
    Very nice, very nice indeed....one of my favorite Rush songs....great bass lines too.

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    "Over the Mountain"-Ozzy Osbourne (the late, great Randy Rhoads)
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  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,721
    Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free bird
    Pearl Jam - Alive
    Free - Fire And Water
    Hendrix - The Wind Cries Mary
    Guns And Roses - Sweet child
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  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,430
    Cosmo wrote:
    John Lennon/George Harrison - 'The End' - The Beatles - 'Abbey Road'
    [/quote]

    You forgot Paul. I think he starts the festivities.
  • YukselYuksel Copenhagen, Denmark Posts: 32
    welcome to the board!

    great way to start posting by mentioning your savior's solo!

    i'll have to give this some thought before i can reply

    Thanks for the welcoming :)
    I just want to scream, Hello!
  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,721
    Yuksel wrote:
    There's loads !
    My no. 1 is definitly Your Savior by Temple of The Dog.
    And of course, Alive is briliant.
    Mike is definitly good at what he does.

    Driving Nowhere by Helmet is very good as well, it's different because of the distorted guitar, but it's without a doubt a great solo.
    wellcome :D
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  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,209
    tybird wrote:
    g under p wrote:


    Alex Lifeson.............La Villa Strangiato

    Peace
    Very nice, very nice indeed....one of my favorite Rush songs....great bass lines too.

    "Reelin' in the Years"-Steely Dan
    "Ten Years Gone"-Led Zeppelin
    "Skateaway"-Dire Straits
    "Sheep"-Pink Floyd
    "Lark's Tongues in Aspic Part II"-King Crimson
    "Starship Trooper"-Yes
    "Over the Mountain"-Ozzy Osbourne (the late, great Randy Rhoads)

    I for whatever reason left that song off my original list then took a look after posting and realized no RUSH. This is the one song as far as solos goes for Rush always gets my attention especially the LIVE version from *Exit Stage Left*.

    Peace
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    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • red mosred mos Posts: 4,953
    Mike McCready's solo in "wake up" by Mad season has always been a favorite of mine.
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  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,209
    More from Alex Lifeson Some of His Best Solos all in one.

    Peace
    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • EraserheadEraserhead Stoke-on-Trent Posts: 2,944
    Ball and Biscuit by The White Stripes

    There's also an amazing solo on the 4th track of Godspeed You Black Emperor's album Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven. I can never remember the time into the track, but it's either 4:30 or 5:30. Superb stuff.
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  • MysteryTrainMysteryTrain Singapore Posts: 1,189
    Eraserhead wrote:
    Ball and Biscuit by The White Stripes

    Hell yeah!!

    Here's my favorites:
    Cortez The Killer
    While My Guitar Gently Weeps
    Little Wing - Derek & The Dominoes
  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Lots of great choices here, I agree with a lot. I wanna add Jeff Healy's entire "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", stunning.
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