Music Forum / Top 10 guitar solos

i have a boner for guitars so i wanted to make this its probably been done before but w/e. post ur top 10 fav guitar solos heres mine in no particular order cuz thats just frustrating:

Steve Ouimette - Devil Went Down to Georgia
Pink Floyd - Time
Led Zeppelin - In the Evening
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Blinded by the Light
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven (of course)
ZZ Top - La Grange
Metallica - To Live is to Die
Yngwie Malmsteen - Blue
SRV - Pride and Joy
Blue Oyster Cult - Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll

I'm not a big fan of guitar solos.

Steve Ouimette - Devil Went Down to Georgia
Pink Floyd - Time
Led Zeppelin - In the Evening
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Blinded by the Light
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven (of course)
ZZ Top - La Grange
Metallica - To Live is to Die
Yngwie Malmsteen - Blue
SRV - Pride and Joy
Blue Oyster Cult - Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll

Finally, some artists I can relate to! Blue Oyster Cult especially, I love the solo from that song. I also like Metallica's Master of Puppets and Iron Maiden's Clairvoyant. Alice Cooper's Welcome To My Nightmare has to be my all-time favorite though.

1. Devin Townsend - Deep Peace
2. Devin Townsend - Deep Peace
3. Devin Townsend - Deep Peace
4. Devin Townsend - Deep Peace
5. Devin Townsend - Deep Peace
6. Devin Townsend - Deep Peace
7. Devin Townsend - Deep Peace
8. Devin Townsend - Deep Peace
9. Devin Townsend - Deep Peace
10. Devin Townsend - Deep Peace
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354. Devin Townsend - Deep Peace
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It's incredible...

Michael Jackson - Billie Jean

boss

It's hard to come up with a list of only 10...but here are some of my favorites in no specific order:

Blue Sky - Allman Brothers Band
Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
Little Wing - Jimi Hendrix
Texas Flood - SRV
Hotel California - Eagles
Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
While my Guitar Gently Weeps - Beatles (Clapton)
Maggot Brain - Funkadelic
Cortez the Killer - Neil Young (Warren Haynes w/Dave Mathews band)
Layla - Derek & the Dominos

Honorable Mention:
Riviera Paradise - SRV
All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
Since I've been Loving You - Led Zeppelin
Cause We've Ended as Lovers - Jeff Beck
Shine on you Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd
For the Love of God - Steve Vai
Starry Night - Joe Satriani
Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Whispering a Prayer - Steve Vai
Machine Gun - Jimi Hendrix
Stormy Monday - Cream
Crossroads - Cream (originally by Robert Johnson)

most of what i listen to doesn't have much of a guitar solo, but some that do (in no real order):

Goliath by The Mars Volta
Ex-Creations by The Fall of Troy
Ghostship Part IV by The Fall of Troy
Seattlantis by The Fall of Troy
Knights by Minus the Bear
Lazy Eye by Silversun Pickups
Act IV: You Don't Need a Witness by The Sound of Animals Fighting
Icky Thump by The White Stripes

yes, i'm aware there isn't any older music in it. that's just not what i listen to.

PARANOID ANDROID

A Letter To Elise - The Cure - Wish
For Real - Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy
For Martha - The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore
Born Under Punches - The Talking Heads - Remain in Light
Tired of Sex - Weezer - Pinkerton

That's enough now. Most My Morning Jacket songs, as well.

Classical Gas - Mason Williams

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Eruption by Van Halen

Top Ten:

1. Comfortably Numb- Pink Floyd (Of course, and the live versions are even better, favorite being from PULSE)
2. All Along The Watchtower- Jimi Hendrix (Perfect blend of wah wah)
3. Stairway To Heaven- Led Zeppelin (Magical ending to a terrific song)
4. Eruption- Van Halen (The grand daddy of them all)
5. Bullet The Blue Sky-U2 (Simple, but powerful, amazing live)
6. Another Brick In The Wall Part 1- Pink Floyd (The whole song is really a guitar solo, and the emotions just drip off the notes)
7. Bulls On Parade- Rage Against The Machine (Again, simple, but all of his techniques are great)
8. Money- Pink Floyd (Who doesn't like Dark Side?)
9. Achilles Last Stand- Led Zeppelin (Robert Plant's voice and a guitar solo, lovely)
10. Shine On You Crazy Diamond- Pink Floyd (Shine on Syd, shine on)

I could add Freebird somewhere in there.

Edited by sixflagsfreak56, 08 July 2008 - 10:26 PM.

Tunguska by Darkest Hour HERE its the song from 0:00-0:20. Thats just a small portion of the solo. And that's the guy from Darkest Hour playing it.

Edited by Top Gun, 09 July 2008 - 08:19 PM.

I can't name 10, but here's a few:

Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name
Maiden - Trooper
Maiden - Run to the Hills
Metallica - Blackened
Petrucci - Glasgow Kiss
Steve Vai - Eugene's Trick Bag & Juice

I don't get whats so great about Eruption.

Its just a bunch of guitar wankery.

ya its really not all that great mostly just tapping the notes

Maybe not my favorites, just a few I thought of at the moment.

Firewind-Between Heaven and Hell (2:45-3:27)
Firewind-Head up High (2:30-3:20)
Testament-Practice What You Preach (2:28-3:58)
Testament-The New Order (2:35-3:32)
Testament-[ Over the Wall (2:30-end)
Decapitated-Nine Steps (4:00-4:25)
Necrophagist-Stabwound (1:20-2:11)
Necrophagist-The Stillborn One (3:00-end)
Firewind-The Longest Day (3:13-3:47)
Dream Theater-In The Prescence of Enemies (1:42-2:11) Its basically at four minute intro, thats just the best part imo.

I don't get whats so great about Eruption.

Its just a bunch of guitar wankery.

It's great because not only is it technically sound (a good mix of techniques) it also provokes people into spontaneous air guitar. There's no question that there are a lot of solos out there that are technically better but they don't evoke the kind of emotion and spontaneity that Eruption does. And don't forget the historical significance. It's possible that someone else would have invented those techniques and made them popular but you can't deny how much of an effect it had on rock guitar. Virtually every one of the current shredders and GIT alums will cite Eddie as an influence.

I'll throw Freebird and Cream's White Room solos into the mix here.

1) Tornado of Souls-Megadeth
2) One-Metallica
3) Free Bird-Lynyrd Skynyrd
4) Green Grass and High Tides-Outlaws
5) Trooper-Iron Maiden
6) Hangar 18-Megadeth
7) Hot for Teacher-Van Halen
Sleep Now in the Fire-Rage Against the Machine
9) Revelations-Audioslave
10) Nottingham Lace-Buckethead

Edited by zburns999, 18 September 2008 - 08:36 PM.

Even if you don't like the music, anyone who doesn't mention Stairway To Heaven in their post doesn't deserve to post in here.

I don't particularly like the music, but the solo is beyond phenominal.