40 Greatest Guitar Solos of all time

[Withdean Wanderer]

As voted by Planet Rock listeners:


1. Pink Floyd, Comfortably Numb

2. Guns n Roses, Sweet Child of mine

3. Lynyrd Skynyrd, Freebird

4. Van Halen, Eruption

5. Guns n Roses, November Rain

6. Led Zeppelin, Stairway To Heaven

7. Dire Straits, Sultans Of Swing

8. Jethro Tull, Aqualung

9. Eagles, Hotel California

10. Deep Purple, Child In Time

11. Queen, Brighton Rock

12. Jimi Hendrix, All Along The Watch Tower

13. Deep Purple, Highway Star

14. Wishbone Ash, Throw Down The Sword

15. Ozzy Osbourne, No More Tears

16. Cream, Crossroads (live)

17. Guns n Roses, Paradise City

18. Led Zeppelin, Since I've Been Loving You

19. Ten Years After, I'm Going Home (Woodstock)

20. Jimi Hendrix, Voodoo Chile (Sight Return)

21. Led Zeppelin, Dazed and Confused

22. Neil Young, Like a Hurricane

23. Rush, Working Man

24. Bon Jovi, Dry Country

25. Pink Floyd, Time

26. Rainbow, Stargazer

27. Bon Jovi, Wanted (Dead Or Alive)

28. AC/DC, Let There Be Rock

29. Thin Lizzy, Still In Love With You

30. Gary Moore, Still Got The Blues For You

31. Metallica, The Unforgiven

32. Iron Maiden, The Trooper

33. UFO, Rock Bottom

34. Ozzy Osbourne, Mr Crowley

35. AC/DC, Whole Lotta Rosie

36. Deep Purple, Smoke On The Water

37. Frank Zappa, Willie The Pimp

38. Led Zeppelin, Whole Lotta Love

39. Jimi Hendrix, Hey Joe

40. Thin Lizzy, Emerald



AQUALUNG? Do i need to download that track?

 

[Muhammad - I’m hard - Bruce Lee]

As voted by Planet Rock listeners:





AQUALUNG? Do i need to download that track?

yes
yes you do

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

29. Thin Lizzy, Still In Love With You

This should be No 1

 

[Withdean Wanderer]

Nice to see a winner worthy of the title 'greatest' - Comfortably Numb

 

[Withdean Wanderer]

Re: Re: 40 Greatest Guitar Solos of all time

yes
yes you do

Point taken - that is a VERY GOOD Solo..not quite sure if it's the 13th best ever, but it's pretty immense.

Not so sure about the rest of the song though

 

[BensGrandad]

Where is Gary Moore Parissien Walkway, my favourite.

I was told, by a musician who played at one of my pubs and was a friend of his, that he made that to pay off his Income Tax and avoid going to prison.

 

[ExmouthExile]

I was listening to Eruption by Van Halen as I was reading that........ can't see Bullet The Blue Sky by the Edge anywhere in that list??

 

[Slowhand]

Goodbye to Love - The Carpenters??

 

[Stinkers Bridge]

No mention of Black Lace ? What is the world coming to ?

 

[Barnet Seagull]

No Chuck Berry?

 

[Grendel]

Wahey! Another nice, safe, conservative "greatest" list as voted for by people who take a passing interest in music and only own Greatest Hits albums.

 

[tedebear]

Wahey! Another nice, safe, conservative "greatest" list as voted for by people who take a passing interest in music and only own Greatest Hits albums.

It is a bit "safe" but to be honest there are still some stonkers in there...Freebird is pretty damn good!!

 

[Trufflehound]

Wot? No Spinal Tap?

 

[algie]

As voted by Planet Rock listeners:


1. Pink Floyd, Comfortably Numb

2. Guns n Roses, Sweet Child of mine

3. Lynyrd Skynyrd, Freebird

4. Van Halen, Eruption

5. Guns n Roses, November Rain

6. Led Zeppelin, Stairway To Heaven

7. Dire Straits, Sultans Of Swing

8. Jethro Tull, Aqualung

9. Eagles, Hotel California

10. Deep Purple, Child In Time

11. Queen, Brighton Rock

12. Jimi Hendrix, All Along The Watch Tower

13. Deep Purple, Highway Star

14. Wishbone Ash, Throw Down The Sword

15. Ozzy Osbourne, No More Tears

16. Cream, Crossroads (live)

17. Guns n Roses, Paradise City

18. Led Zeppelin, Since I've Been Loving You

19. Ten Years After, I'm Going Home (Woodstock)

20. Jimi Hendrix, Voodoo Chile (Sight Return)

21. Led Zeppelin, Dazed and Confused

22. Neil Young, Like a Hurricane

23. Rush, Working Man

24. Bon Jovi, Dry Country

25. Pink Floyd, Time

26. Rainbow, Stargazer

27. Bon Jovi, Wanted (Dead Or Alive)

28. AC/DC, Let There Be Rock

29. Thin Lizzy, Still In Love With You

30. Gary Moore, Still Got The Blues For You

31. Metallica, The Unforgiven

32. Iron Maiden, The Trooper

33. UFO, Rock Bottom

34. Ozzy Osbourne, Mr Crowley

35. AC/DC, Whole Lotta Rosie

36. Deep Purple, Smoke On The Water

37. Frank Zappa, Willie The Pimp

38. Led Zeppelin, Whole Lotta Love

39. Jimi Hendrix, Hey Joe

40. Thin Lizzy, Emerald



AQUALUNG? Do i need to download that track?

Get in Floyd

Always new Confortably Numb was the best solo ever and i've haven't even heard all those songs.

 

[cheeseroll]

It is a bit "safe" but to be honest there are still some stonkers in there...Freebird is pretty damn good!!

although not actually a 'solo'..

 

[Grendel]

although not actually a 'solo'..

Eh? It's got a monster of a solo in it.

 

[Trufflehound]

Eh? It's got a monster of a solo in it.

It's got a monster of a duo on it.

Edit... Duet even... Come to think of it, it might even be a trio...

 

[Grendel]

It's got a monster of a duo on it.

Edit... Duet even...

I think it's actually a monster of a trio/triplet/whatever it's called, although technically only when played live as the album version was triple-tracked by the same guy so I've got no idea what that makes it.

 

[Trufflehound]

I think it's actually a monster of a trio/triplet/whatever it's called, although technically only when played live as the album version was triple-tracked by the same guy so I've got no idea what that makes it.

I think you're right. Hence my sneakily added second edit, which I obviously didn't write quickly enough...

 

[METALMICKY]

Wahey! Another nice, safe, conservative "greatest" list as voted for by people who take a passing interest in music and only own Greatest Hits albums.

Fair comment although not the worst list i've see. What irks me more is that the people they often ask don't know the difference between a guitar riff and an actual solo. That is evidenced by the inclusion of the Trooper by Iron Maiden. Which solo are they referring to Adrian Smith's or Dave Murray's? I suspect they are actually talking about one of Maidens' finest harmony "diddle dee" style riffs.

Of course even more annoying is concert footage when the dumb ass cameraman focuses in on the wrong guitar player during the solo. I have a DVD of Bruce Dickinsons 'Scream for Me Brazil' gigs and the twat keeps doing this!