Top 15 Favorite Guitar Solos

[Cosmic Harmony]

What are your top 15 favorite guitar solos of all time?

(I'm going to try to limit this to only one solo per guitarist, otherwise two thirds of my list would be from Randy Rhoads)


1. Free Bird- Lynyrd Skynyrd/Gary Rossington & Allen Collins (This may not be the most original of choices but I never want this solo to ever end)
2. Mr. Crowley- Ozzy Osbourne/Randy Rhoads (The version from the "Tribute" album is best)
3. Sweet Child O' Mine- Guns N' Roses/Slash
4. Growing On Me- The Darkness/Justin & Dan Hawkins (Just something about this solo really hits hard)
5. Ball and Biscuit- The White Stripes/Jack White (Not just one but three of Jack's manic solos)
6. Still Loving You- Scorpions/Rudolf Schenker
7. Don't Tell Me You Love Me- Night Ranger/Brad Gillis
8. Innuendo- Queen/Brian May (such unique solos in this song)
9. Champagne Supernova- Oasis/Noel Gallagher
10. Prisoner of Society- The Living End/Chris Cheney
11. Kickstart My Heart- Mötley Crüe/ Mick Mars (I'm a sucker of the talk box)
12. Kurenai- X Japan/hide & Pata (The version off "The Last Live" is the best)
13. Master of Puppets- Metallica/Kirk Hammett & James Hetfield
14. Comfortably Numb- Pink Floyd/David Gilmour
15. Bullfrog Blues- Rory Gallagher (any live version will do really)

 

[Lynch]

Re: 15 Favorite Guitar Solos

Gah, this will be tough. I'll have to take my time to get a proper list.

 

[Fisha]

Maybe it's just me but I don't get guitar solos? They are really just space fillers if you ask me

 

[Cosmic Harmony]

Maybe it's just me but I don't get guitar solos? They are really just space fillers if you ask me

The words of a true punk fan.

 

[Soot and Stars]

Maybe it's just me but I don't get guitar solos? They are really just space fillers if you ask me

The words of a true punk fan.

I've felt this way for a long time and punk is far from my #1 genre!

 

[METALPRIEST]

Depending on the song and solo of course. Some guys are really good at giving the guitar it's own voice and can be more moving than the actual melody or words.

Stratovarius ~ Liberty comes to mind..

 

[Dank]

Maybe it's just me but I don't get guitar solos? They are really just space fillers if you ask me

Then you definitely don't feel the emotion behind them, do you play the guitar?
If you played the guitar you'd have a better understanding, there's nothing better than creating or listening to an amazing guitar solo.

 

[architect]

Originally Posted by Fisha
Maybe it's just me but I don't get guitar solos? They are really just space fillers if you ask me

The words of a true punk fan.

What would you fill the "extra space" with?

 

[architect]

Here are some of my favorite solos. I know there are more but these came to mind quickest.

Pink Floyd~ Comfortably Numb /David Gilmour
Pink Floyd~ Mother /David Gilmour
Pink Floyd~ Dogs /David Gilmour
Pink Floyd~ Fat Old Sun/ David Gilmour
Ozzy~ Revelation (Mother Earth) /Randy Rhoads (Tribute version)
Ozzy~ S.A.T.O./ Randy Rhoads
Fleetwood Mac~ Landslide/ Lindsey Buckingham
The Cars~ It's All I Can Do/ Eliot Easton
Steely Dan~ My Old School/ Jeff "Skunk" Baxter
Metallica~ The Shortest Straw/ Kirk Hammett
Megadeth~ Set The World Afire/ Marty Friedman
Van Halen~ Drop Dead Legs/ EVH
Van Halen~ On Fire/ EVH
Michael Jackson~ Beat It/ EVH
Billy Idol~ Eyes Without A Face/ Steve Stevens

 

[Fisha]

Originally Posted by Fisha
Maybe it's just me but I don't get guitar solos? They are really just space fillers if you ask me










What would you fill the "extra space" with?

Haha screw extra space. Keep all songs under 3 minutes and all the ADD kids will love you.

Naa I can see some purpose for guitar solos but just for like 8 bars or so, not the excessive oddesys. Basically guitar solos for me are rather like improvised jazz. They can sound cool but in the end they all sought of sound the same and can't really compare to a good motif or repeated melody.