Favourite guitar solo?

facepollution
facepollution 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.
Post edited by Unknown User on
«13

Comments

  • Yuksel
    Yuksel 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.
    I just want to scream, Hello!
  • musicismylife78
    musicismylife78 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.
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging 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.
    Post edited by soulsinging on
  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    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
    Charlotte 00 | Charlotte 03 | Asheville 04 | Atlanta 12 | Greenville 16 | Columbia 16 |Seattle 18  | Nashville 22 | Ohana Festival 24 x2 | Atlanta 25 x2
  • BrokenGlass
    BrokenGlass 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.
  • jimed14
    jimed14 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.
    "You're one of the few Red Sox fans I don't mind." - Newch91

    "I don't believe in damn curses. Wake up the damn Bambino and have me face him. Maybe I'll drill him in the ass." --- Pedro Martinez
  • blondieblue227
    blondieblue227 Va, USA Posts: 4,509
    edited September 2009
    one of them has to be......

    paige - in my time of dying
    Post edited by blondieblue227 on
    *~Pearl Jam will be blasted from speakers until morale improves~*

  • drew0
    drew0 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....
    Pittsburgh 6/23/06
    Madison Square Garden 6/25/08
  • musicismylife78
    musicismylife78 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.
  • facepollution
    facepollution 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.
  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 17,017
    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?

    http://fivehorizons.com/songs/may98/5h_porch.mp3
    2000: Camden 1, 2003: Philly, State College, Camden 1, MSG 2, Hershey, 2004: Reading, 2005: Philly, 2006: Camden 1, 2, East Rutherford 1, 2007: Lollapalooza, 2008: Camden 1, Washington D.C., MSG 1, 2, 2009: Philly 1, 2, 3, 4, 2010: Bristol, MSG 2, 2011: PJ20 1, 2, 2012: Made In America, 2013: Brooklyn 2, Philly 2, 2014: Denver, 2015: Global Citizen Festival, 2016: Philly 2, Fenway 1, 2018: Fenway 1, 2, 2021: Sea. Hear. Now. 2022: Camden, 2024: Philly 2, 2025: Pittsburgh 1

    Pearl Jam bootlegs:
    http://wegotshit.blogspot.com
  • youngster
    youngster Boston Posts: 6,576
    Eddie Van Halen-Eruption
    Slash-November Rain
    Dimebag Darrell-Floods


    And now I am drawing a blank.
    He who forgets will be destined to remember.

    9/29/04 Boston, 6/28/08 Mansfield, 8/23/09 Chicago, 5/15/10 Hartford
    5/17/10 Boston, 10/15/13 Worcester, 10/16/13 Worcester, 10/25/13 Hartford
    8/5/16 Fenway, 8/7/16 Fenway
    EV Solo: 6/16/11 Boston, 6/18/11 Hartford,
  • Cosmo
    Cosmo 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'
    Allen Fieldhouse, home of the 2008 NCAA men's Basketball Champions! Go Jayhawks!
    Hail, Hail!!!
  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    Go
    Alive
    Teen Spirit
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,254
    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
    Post edited by g under p on
    *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)


  • musicismylife78
    musicismylife78 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
  • marqueemark
    marqueemark Posts: 31
    Dave Navarro - Three Days
  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Jimi Hendrix - Machine Gun, live, Norman, Oklahoma, 8th May 1970
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    Cosmo wrote:
    John Lennon/George Harrison - 'The End' - The Beatles - 'Abbey Road'

    Damn, forgot that one.
  • tybird
    tybird 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.

    "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)
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.

Categories