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Best guitar solo of all time in a song? (1 Viewer)

Impossible to answer.......but Sweet Child of Mine? It is a great solo. But I do not have it ranked as high as you.

Some fantastic solo's in no particular order

1) Comfortably Numb (live)

2) Shine on You Crazy Diamond (live)

3) Stairway to Heaven

4) Limelight

5) La Villa Strangiato (live on Exit Stage Left)

6) Hotel California

7) Freebird

8) Alive

9) Crazy Train

10) The Trooper

11) Holy Diver

12) Don't Talk to Strangers

These jump right off the top of my head.

 
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Wildcat said:
Eruption - Eddie Van Halen
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Love Eddie Van Halen.

But I think the OP is looking for inside an actual song....not just a guitar solo per se.

Eruption is of course an all time classic.

I think Eddies rhythm work is even better than his actual guitar solos.

 
DocHolliday said:
Stairway is an incredible song but the solo is overrated in my very humble opinion.
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I have to disagree......it is such an integral part of the climax of that song......it's overrrated because the song is so overplayed. The emotion that pours out of that guitar solo and the passion of the rhythm section behind him.....it's magic. To me the best guitar solo's are not the techically great ones nor the speed and the sheer amount of notes etc.

A truly great guitar solo is an extension of the melody of the song. Making your guitar sing and pull emotional strings is really what a great guitar solo means to me.

 
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Todem said:
Impossible to answer.......but Sweet Child of Mine? It is a great solo. But I do not have it ranked as high as you.

Some fantastic solo's in no particular order

1) Comfortably Numb (live)

2) Shine on You Crazy Diamond (live)

3) Stairway to Heaven

4) Limelight

5) La Villa Strangiato (live on Exit Stage Left)

6) Hotel California

7) Freebird

8) Alive

9) Crazy Train

10) The Trooper

11) Holy Diver

12) Don't Talk to Strangers

These jump right off the top of my head.
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add Kid Charlemagne - Steely Dan

 
The best Slash solo is at the end of Paradise City, imo.

The GOAT is Frank Zappa, Muffin Man, live at Armadillo World Headquarters. May they both RIP.

 
Joe T said:
I always think of Yellow Ledbetter - Pearl Jam
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Pearl Jams early early stuff (Ten in particular) has some incredible emotional guitar playing. I agree about Yellow Ledbetter....great solo indeed.

Mike McCready is a vastly underrrated guitarist. His work with Temple of the Dog....is legendary.

 
only acceptable answer is live Comfortably Numb. even the album version is in contention, but live is just another experience entirely.

 
Todem said:
Wildcat said:
Eruption - Eddie Van Halen
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Love Eddie Van Halen.But I think the OP is looking for inside an actual song....not just a guitar solo per se.

Eruption is of course an all time classic.

I think Eddies rhythm work is even better than his actual guitar solos.
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Agree 100%. EVH's riffs & rhythms are his best work. It seems like he/they changed tempos a lot for his solos which kind of derail otherwise awesome grooves. Unchained is a prime example.

 
Todem said:
Love Eddie Van Halen.

But I think the OP is looking for inside an actual song....not just a guitar solo per se.

Eruption is of course an all time classic.

I think Eddies rhythm work is even better than his actual guitar solos.
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EVH's best solo may well have been on Michael Jackson's "Beat It".

A few more to throw in:

Neal Schon's coda to "Stone in Love"

Vernon Reid on Living Color's "Cult of Personality"

Lee Ritenour on The Brothers Johnson's "Strawberry Letter 23"

Prince on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (recorded at the 2004 R&R HOFshow)

 
satch said:
Agree 100%. EVH's riffs & rhythms are his best work. It seems like he/they changed tempos a lot for his solos which kind of derail otherwise awesome grooves.
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EVH stays locked in throughout his "Beat It" sollo, which is why I rank it pretty high.

 
Comfortably Numb live and studio are essentially the same, no? Gilmour didn't improvise much with the latter era Floyd stuff. But yeah, CN has to be in any discussion like this. Hendrix's Watchtower solo. SRV's Life Without You solo was always great. Slash's second solo in Sweet Child O Mine is fantastic. As much as I love me some Izzy, Slash's emotive playing was probably the most integral component of the x-factor in that band. Always love Ira's freakouts in Yo La Tengo's We're An American Band. Lifeson's solo in Limelight is a work of art. I remember being blown away by one of the Machine Guns on the Band of Gypsies Fillmore release.

 
In terms of Gilmour, I think "Time" is his best. May not be his most technically proficient solo, but the tone and emotion there are just otherworldly.

 
Doug B said:
Todem said:
Love Eddie Van Halen.

But I think the OP is looking for inside an actual song....not just a guitar solo per se.

Eruption is of course an all time classic.

I think Eddies rhythm work is even better than his actual guitar solos.
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EVH's best solo may well have been on Michael Jackson's "Beat It".

A few more to throw in:

Neal Schon's coda to "Stone in Love"
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Good call on Stone in Love!

 
Archer said:
Doug B said:
Todem said:
Love Eddie Van Halen.

But I think the OP is looking for inside an actual song....not just a guitar solo per se.

Eruption is of course an all time classic.

I think Eddies rhythm work is even better than his actual guitar solos.
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EVH's best solo may well have been on Michael Jackson's "Beat It".

A few more to throw in:

Neal Schon's coda to "Stone in Love"
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Good call on Stone in Love!
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The whole Escape album has some great guitar

 
Apple Jack said:
Comfortably Numb live and studio are essentially the same, no? Gilmour didn't improvise much with the latter era Floyd stuff. But yeah, CN has to be in any discussion like this. Hendrix's Watchtower solo. SRV's Life Without You solo was always great. Slash's second solo in Sweet Child O Mine is fantastic. As much as I love me some Izzy, Slash's emotive playing was probably the most integral component of the x-factor in that band. Always love Ira's freakouts in Yo La Tengo's We're An American Band. Lifeson's solo in Limelight is a work of art. I remember being blown away by one of the Machine Guns on the Band of Gypsies Fillmore release.
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It's not even close to the same. Check out the one on the Pulse DVD for a great example.

Also :lmao: at people bringing Pearl Jam into this discussion.

 
zamboni said:
In terms of Gilmour, I think "Time" is his best. May not be his most technically proficient solo, but the tone and emotion there are just otherworldly.
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There is no shortage of depressing material in the Waters songbook, but that might be the cream of the crop for me. And yeah, great stuff from Gilmour. Time and One of My Turns are the two that immediately come to mind when thinking about Waters depressive streak.

 
Scoresman said:
Apple Jack said:
Comfortably Numb live and studio are essentially the same, no? Gilmour didn't improvise much with the latter era Floyd stuff. But yeah, CN has to be in any discussion like this. Hendrix's Watchtower solo. SRV's Life Without You solo was always great. Slash's second solo in Sweet Child O Mine is fantastic. As much as I love me some Izzy, Slash's emotive playing was probably the most integral component of the x-factor in that band. Always love Ira's freakouts in Yo La Tengo's We're An American Band. Lifeson's solo in Limelight is a work of art. I remember being blown away by one of the Machine Guns on the Band of Gypsies Fillmore release.
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It's not even close to the same. Check out the one on the Pulse DVD for a great example.

Also :lmao: at people bringing Pearl Jam into this discussion.
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So you're talking about the outro solo on Pulse?

I'm not the biggest PJ fan in the world, but what's funny about McCready being mentioned?

 
Parrothead said:
Archer said:
Doug B said:
Todem said:
Love Eddie Van Halen.

But I think the OP is looking for inside an actual song....not just a guitar solo per se.

Eruption is of course an all time classic.

I think Eddies rhythm work is even better than his actual guitar solos.
Click to expand...
EVH's best solo may well have been on Michael Jackson's "Beat It".

A few more to throw in:

Neal Schon's coda to "Stone in Love"
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Good call on Stone in Love!
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The whole Escape album has some great guitar
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Schon is underrated. Journey is a little soft for me but I can listen to Schon's guitar work all day.

 
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I'm a huge Gary Moore fan but I'm having a hard time picking his best.

Still Got the Blues For You is my favorite song but Parisienne Walkways may top it for his guitar work.Need Your Love So Bad is also a classic.

 
Scoresman said:
Apple Jack said:
Comfortably Numb live and studio are essentially the same, no? Gilmour didn't improvise much with the latter era Floyd stuff. But yeah, CN has to be in any discussion like this. Hendrix's Watchtower solo. SRV's Life Without You solo was always great. Slash's second solo in Sweet Child O Mine is fantastic. As much as I love me some Izzy, Slash's emotive playing was probably the most integral component of the x-factor in that band. Always love Ira's freakouts in Yo La Tengo's We're An American Band. Lifeson's solo in Limelight is a work of art. I remember being blown away by one of the Machine Guns on the Band of Gypsies Fillmore release.
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It's not even close to the same. Check out the one on the Pulse DVD for a great example.

Also :lmao: at people bringing Pearl Jam into this discussion.
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:lmao: at you never seeing PJ live.

 
Apple Jack said:
Scoresman said:
Apple Jack said:
Comfortably Numb live and studio are essentially the same, no? Gilmour didn't improvise much with the latter era Floyd stuff. But yeah, CN has to be in any discussion like this. Hendrix's Watchtower solo. SRV's Life Without You solo was always great. Slash's second solo in Sweet Child O Mine is fantastic. As much as I love me some Izzy, Slash's emotive playing was probably the most integral component of the x-factor in that band. Always love Ira's freakouts in Yo La Tengo's We're An American Band. Lifeson's solo in Limelight is a work of art. I remember being blown away by one of the Machine Guns on the Band of Gypsies Fillmore release.
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It's not even close to the same. Check out the one on the Pulse DVD for a great example.

Also :lmao: at people bringing Pearl Jam into this discussion.
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So you're talking about the outro solo on Pulse?

I'm not the biggest PJ fan in the world, but what's funny about McCready being mentioned?
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That is the problem with music discussions. Too much variable in taste. For example, I hear Jerry Garcia was a great guitar player. I cannot listen to 10 seconds of the Dead.

The Alive solo is outstanding.

 
Scoresman said:
Apple Jack said:
Comfortably Numb live and studio are essentially the same, no? Gilmour didn't improvise much with the latter era Floyd stuff. But yeah, CN has to be in any discussion like this. Hendrix's Watchtower solo. SRV's Life Without You solo was always great. Slash's second solo in Sweet Child O Mine is fantastic. As much as I love me some Izzy, Slash's emotive playing was probably the most integral component of the x-factor in that band. Always love Ira's freakouts in Yo La Tengo's We're An American Band. Lifeson's solo in Limelight is a work of art. I remember being blown away by one of the Machine Guns on the Band of Gypsies Fillmore release.
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It's not even close to the same. Check out the one on the Pulse DVD for a great example.

Also :lmao: at people bringing Pearl Jam into this discussion.
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Are you a musician and or guitarist?

If you are and can't appreciate some of McCready's great guitar work on Ten and Temple of the Dog....you have me scratching my head a little.

But he most certainly is in a discussion as one hell of a gutarist. Guitar driven rock music was still going strong for a lot of us well through the 90's.......and even today with some great bands still around (Porcupine Tree, Muse, Dream Theatre). Early Pearl Jam (first two albums to be exact) and Temple of the Dog has some incredible, emotive, ripping, grooving guitar work.

Fantastic stuff.

 
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DocHolliday said:
Apple Jack said:
Scoresman said:
Apple Jack said:
Comfortably Numb live and studio are essentially the same, no? Gilmour didn't improvise much with the latter era Floyd stuff. But yeah, CN has to be in any discussion like this. Hendrix's Watchtower solo. SRV's Life Without You solo was always great. Slash's second solo in Sweet Child O Mine is fantastic. As much as I love me some Izzy, Slash's emotive playing was probably the most integral component of the x-factor in that band. Always love Ira's freakouts in Yo La Tengo's We're An American Band. Lifeson's solo in Limelight is a work of art. I remember being blown away by one of the Machine Guns on the Band of Gypsies Fillmore release.
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It's not even close to the same. Check out the one on the Pulse DVD for a great example.

Also :lmao: at people bringing Pearl Jam into this discussion.
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So you're talking about the outro solo on Pulse?

I'm not the biggest PJ fan in the world, but what's funny about McCready being mentioned?
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That is the problem with music discussions. Too much variable in taste. For example, I hear Jerry Garcia was a great guitar player. I cannot listen to 10 seconds of the Dead.

The Alive solo is outstanding.
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Exactly.....music is subjective....it's art. And not everyone finds it pretty....or get's it.

That is perfectly ok. As long as we can keep the discussion civil and mature.....it's fun to talk about great music.

 
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Highway Song by Blackfoot.

They were kind of a one album wonder (train, train was also a good song), but man that's a great song with kind of a southern rock thing going on. Great guitar at the end that takes over the song kind of like Freebird, Hotel California, Stairway.

In this live version the solo starts around 4:20

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MYM9OU6cuE

 
eoMMan said:
I say Sweet Child of Mine....Slash?
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This is easily one of my favorites for a variety of reasons. But "best" is really hard and subjective. I don't have a problem with this one being the best, but I have lots of other bests I would add (including a bunch of others by Slash).

 
Todem said:
Scoresman said:
Apple Jack said:
Comfortably Numb live and studio are essentially the same, no? Gilmour didn't improvise much with the latter era Floyd stuff. But yeah, CN has to be in any discussion like this. Hendrix's Watchtower solo. SRV's Life Without You solo was always great. Slash's second solo in Sweet Child O Mine is fantastic. As much as I love me some Izzy, Slash's emotive playing was probably the most integral component of the x-factor in that band. Always love Ira's freakouts in Yo La Tengo's We're An American Band. Lifeson's solo in Limelight is a work of art. I remember being blown away by one of the Machine Guns on the Band of Gypsies Fillmore release.
Click to expand...
It's not even close to the same. Check out the one on the Pulse DVD for a great example.

Also :lmao: at people bringing Pearl Jam into this discussion.
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Are you a musician and or guitarist?

If you are and can't appreciate some of McCready's great guitar work on Ten and Temple of the Dog....you have me scratching my head a little.

But he most certainly is in a discussion as one hell of a gutarist. Guitar driven rock music was still going strong for a lot of us well through the 90's.......and even today with some great bands still around (Porcupine Tree, Muse, Dream Theatre). Early Pearl Jam (first two albums to be exact) and Temple of the Dog has some incredible, emotive, ripping, grooving guitar work.

Fantastic stuff.
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McCready is good, but not in the discussion for greatest guitar solo of ALL TIME.

 
Scoresman said:
Todem said:
Scoresman said:
Apple Jack said:
Comfortably Numb live and studio are essentially the same, no? Gilmour didn't improvise much with the latter era Floyd stuff. But yeah, CN has to be in any discussion like this. Hendrix's Watchtower solo. SRV's Life Without You solo was always great. Slash's second solo in Sweet Child O Mine is fantastic. As much as I love me some Izzy, Slash's emotive playing was probably the most integral component of the x-factor in that band. Always love Ira's freakouts in Yo La Tengo's We're An American Band. Lifeson's solo in Limelight is a work of art. I remember being blown away by one of the Machine Guns on the Band of Gypsies Fillmore release.
Click to expand...
It's not even close to the same. Check out the one on the Pulse DVD for a great example.

Also :lmao: at people bringing Pearl Jam into this discussion.
Click to expand...
Are you a musician and or guitarist?

If you are and can't appreciate some of McCready's great guitar work on Ten and Temple of the Dog....you have me scratching my head a little.

But he most certainly is in a discussion as one hell of a gutarist. Guitar driven rock music was still going strong for a lot of us well through the 90's.......and even today with some great bands still around (Porcupine Tree, Muse, Dream Theatre). Early Pearl Jam (first two albums to be exact) and Temple of the Dog has some incredible, emotive, ripping, grooving guitar work.

Fantastic stuff.
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McCready is good, but not in the discussion for greatest guitar solo of ALL TIME.
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McCready was a serviceable guitar player. He should not be even sniffing any "greatest" lists.

 
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