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Post by acousticwolf on May 1, 2017 18:28:57 GMT
Just been listening to Pink Floyd and it got me thinking about all the great guitar solos over the years. I think Comfortably Numb (Pulse Disc 2) is arguably one of the greatest of all time but is it the greatest?
So far I have three contenders for that honour:
Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
Freebird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Hotel California - The Eagles
If nothing else it's a good excuse to relisten to some cracking music. Anybody got any other favourites?
Cheers
Tony
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Post by charlesuirdhein on May 1, 2017 18:32:15 GMT
Well, it's a bit subjective really. I mean it boils down to: do you love it? For instance I know Steve Vai is amazing but he bores me to tears. It's technically fantastic, virtuoso performances, but tedious to me. And someone not recognised as proficient I will find so much better because of the song, and the solo's placement in that song. So...
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Post by acousticwolf on May 1, 2017 18:36:41 GMT
Well, it's a bit subjective really. I mean it boils down to: do you love it? For instance I know Steve Vai is amazing but he bores me to tears. It's technically fantastic, virtuoso performances, but tedious to me. And someone not recognised as proficient I will find so much better because of the song, and the solo's placement in that song. So... That's the great thing about it tho', it is subjective and I expect not all great solos are to be found in rock music. I'm going to add Jethro Tull Aqualung to my list... Cheers Tony |
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Post by mrperson on May 1, 2017 19:12:28 GMT
Well, it's a bit subjective really. I mean it boils down to: do you love it? For instance I know Steve Vai is amazing but he bores me to tears. It's technically fantastic, virtuoso performances, but tedious to me. And someone not recognised as proficient I will find so much better because of the song, and the solo's placement in that song. So... I listen to some now and then, but I generally agree. A lot of it seems to lack soul. |
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Post by mrperson on May 1, 2017 19:13:37 GMT
Well, I rather do like Slash's "Godfather" solo. He's played it in some form at just about every concert, whether with Gn'R, Velvet Revolver, or Solo career.
Hendrix and SRV certainly have glorious moments - Voodoo Chile, Texas Flood, etc - but I'm not sure I can name a specific solo (if they have names).
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Post by coffeeaddict on May 1, 2017 21:04:08 GMT
Rex Carroll had some amazing solo's in his day. Oz Fox had some good ones with Stryper.
I'm not big on the solo for Freebird - been forced to play it on stage too often.
In addition to some of those already named I'd say that there's some good solo's from GnR and the Stones.
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Post by Audio Watchdog on May 1, 2017 22:29:16 GMT
Jimi Hendrix- Purple Haze
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on May 1, 2017 23:11:48 GMT
Randy Rhoads.. Dimebag Darrell. Tony Iommi.. Ritchie Blackmore.. Yngwie Malmsteen and Joe Satriani.. Alex Skolnick..
But yeah.. Dave Gilmour. wow.. that tone of his.. !
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Post by mrperson on May 2, 2017 3:30:18 GMT
Randy Rhoads.. Dimebag Darrell. Tony Iommi.. Ritchie Blackmore.. Yngwie Malmsteen and Joe Satriani.. Alex Skolnick.. But yeah.. Dave Gilmour. wow.. that tone of his.. ! Agreed as to awesomeness.....but which of their solos? (there are a couple I don't recognize) |
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Post by acousticwolf on May 2, 2017 10:39:49 GMT
Randy Rhoads.. Dimebag Darrell. Tony Iommi.. Ritchie Blackmore.. Yngwie Malmsteen and Joe Satriani.. Alex Skolnick.. But yeah.. Dave Gilmour. wow.. that tone of his.. ! They are all great players but I think a solo should move you and fit well in a song, not just be fast or complex. Blackmore is awesome, but to be honest his solos don't really move me in the same way as Martin 'Lancelot' Barre's solo in Aqualung or Felder & Walsh's Hotel California or Gilmour's Comfortably Numb. Another one that seriously moves me is Jeff Healey's While My Guitar Gently Weeps ... hmmm, this is turning out harder than I thought  . Cheers Tony |
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Post by whiskeybrewer on May 2, 2017 13:31:37 GMT
Prince's Solo on the HOF version of While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Adrian Smith on Wasted Years by Iron Maiden
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Post by shutupbanks on May 2, 2017 13:46:40 GMT
Angus Young at any AC/DC concert.
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2017 14:56:56 GMT
Most solos by Dave Mustaine, especially Kick the Chair and Wake up Dead... However, Marty Friedman's solo on Tornado of Souls is the best anyone will ever hear.
IMO of course!
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Post by doctorkernow on May 2, 2017 21:09:55 GMT
Hello again.
Not a music expert, but I love a good guitar riff/solo. I love Fleetwood Mac's The Chain not strictly a guitar solo but as part of the song and not on its own, it's great.
Also love Brian May's distinctive guitar work with Queen. Also like Johnny Marr's guitar backing to Morrissey's mordant lyrics.
There are so many guitarists that have given colour and rhythm to our favourite songs.
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Post by glutamodo on May 3, 2017 4:32:04 GMT
Well, it's a bit subjective really. Heck, I didn't even open this thread the first couple times I saw it because my instant thought was like that, but more so... it's totally subjective. While I like guitar-led instrumental sections of songs, and just flat-out instrumentals... there are some that I simply cannot stand to hear some days and adore on other days. I just deleted a bunch of rambling about certain tracks, mostly because while they mean something to me most of the time, I don't really think anyone but myself may care about what I think of them.
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Post by barnabaslives on May 3, 2017 6:07:54 GMT
I almost passed by this thread - sorta figured there would be more guys who can play 2400 notes per second with a pinky.
Jimmy Page's stuff on Achilles' Last Stand is pretty remarkable, and his live Stairway to Heaven solo from Song Remains the Same is still probably one of the very best conceived and executed things I've ever heard. Gilmour certainly although I'd have a terribly hard time choosing whether I think Time or Comfortably Numb is the more soulful. Hendrix' All Along The Watchtower solo, Alex Lifeson's solo from The Necromancer: Under The Shadow, J. Geil's solo from Rage In The Cage, and some version or other of While My Guitar Gently Weeps (another tough choice) all come to mind as some favorites.
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Post by acousticwolf on May 3, 2017 8:25:45 GMT
Well, it's a bit subjective really. ... I just deleted a bunch of rambling about certain tracks, mostly because while they mean something to me most of the time, I don't really think anyone but myself may care about what I think of them.
But we are interested ... well I am at least  Cheers Tony |
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Post by coffeeaddict on May 3, 2017 9:53:03 GMT
Well, it's a bit subjective really. Heck, I didn't even open this thread the first couple times I saw it because my instant thought was like that, but more so... it's totally subjective. While I like guitar-led instrumental sections of songs, and just flat-out instrumentals... there are some that I simply cannot stand to hear some days and adore on other days. I just deleted a bunch of rambling about certain tracks, mostly because while they mean something to me most of the time, I don't really think anyone but myself may care about what I think of them.
Share your thoughts.. I'm pretty sure everyone has had to google both Rex Carroll and Oz Fox as they will have never heard of them. |
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Post by muckypup on May 3, 2017 10:59:26 GMT
i would have to go with hotel California, but Hendrix is a close second.
but Brian May on top of buck palace how ever cheesy, has to be the most memorable solo of all time.
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on May 3, 2017 12:48:14 GMT
So we are all in agreement, it's all subjective.. Whatever moves you emotionally... |
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