Whats the greatest guitar solo ?

[MattBackHome]

Mr personal favourite is on "Lose Control" by Ash. Not only is it finger-blisteringly fast, but it phlanges and delays until it morphs into some super psychedelic locomotive with no brakes, on a one-way collision course with your bollocks. Then just as soon as it's come, it dies again into that steady riff. Simply awesome. It's just a shame that Tim Wheeler can't sing for toffee flavoured shit.

 

[The Large One]

Isley Brothers - Summer Breeze

I cannot believe I forgot that one. Just. Plain. Brilliant.

 

[jmsc]

Frank Zappa - The torture never stops!

If you've never heard it, search it out now!

 

[jevs]

Hocus pocus by Focus...one for our older generation...anyone remember it ?

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Freebird, as was already mentioned, does not actually have a guitar solo in it. Therefore it is disqualified, and no-one is to leave the building.

"solo" means alone, as in only one guitar playing.

If it can be played on air guitar, it qualifies as a guitar solo

 

[Seagull over SW France]

Frank Zappa 'Stevie's Spanking' (with Steve Vai)...Cortez the Killer by Built to Spill, .............Walter Trout'If you just Try'..........Steve Vai 'f*** Yourself' .................the list goes on......re previous suggestions Comfortably Numb with Snowy White doing the solo with Doyle Bramhall on Roger Waters 'Live' worth a listen....................I'll put my anorak away now!!!!

 

[South Yarra Seagull]

Snowy White - hehehehehhe

Hows about "Whole Lotta Love" Led Zep.... The way it goes from the left channel to the right is just amayzin' - and was pretty fookin hi tec for them days...

 

[On the Left Wing]

My vote is split between Clapton's amazing solo in Roger Waters Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking and Hendrix in All Along the Watchtower ... both timeless and brilliant

And sneaking into third place Springsteen on Born to Run (though not really a solo but a wall of sound from the band!)

 

[attila]

SMASH GUITAR SOLOS!

I had a badge with that on

 

[The Large One]

Hocus pocus by Focus...one for our older generation...anyone remember it ?

Famed for its yodelling...

 

[Man of Harveys]

Famed for its yodelling...

It's definitely the greatest guitar solo on a track also featuring Dutch people yodelling. No contest.

 

[On the Left Wing]

It's definitely the greatest guitar solo on a track also featuring Dutch people yodelling. No contest.

and then there was Sylvia!

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

SMASH GUITAR SOLOS!

I had a badge with that on

Sure you did. Lay good money you had the same shit record collection as the rest of us prior to 1976 tho...

 

[Dave the OAP]

Hocus pocus by Focus...one for our older generation...anyone remember it ?

In fact anything by Jan Akkerman is great in my books.


Also, for you really oldies, Genesis...Firth of Fifth guitar solo ( Steve hackett on the album and Darrell Sturmer live) is one of the best melodic guitar solo's going


Of course what makes a guitar solo and what is just a passage of music that is played by a guitar! ie Freebird

 

[Hiney]

Hendrix - Red House

Alvin Lee - Woodstock version of I'm Going Home

Marvellous

 

[Louisjpbacon]

anything my ashlee simpson

 

[REDLAND]

Rage Against The Machine - Know Your Enemy

he doesn't pluck a string but it still sounds f***ing ace face

 

[SK1NT]

eric clapton - layla

 

[On the Left Wing]

eric clapton - layla

yep but not strictly a solo as Duane Allman played double lead with Clapton on that track ... still superb though and anthemic

 

[NMH]

Hocus pocus by Focus...one for our older generation...anyone remember it ?

Got the single, which I had to get after seeing them on the Old Grey Whistle Test.
Jan Akkerman is probably the best guitar player I've ever seen (down the front at Reading Festival) he is classically trained but played ear-blisteringly brilliant lead.