Favorite Guitar Solos?

[PSU80]

Pretty simple. List your all time favorite guitar solos. They don't have to be regarded as 'the best', they just have to be solos you like for any reason. Here's mine:

Mr. Crowley (Randy Rhoads)
Freewill (Alex Lifeson)
Sultans of Swing (Mark Knopfler)
Diary of a Madman (Randy Rhoads)
One (Kirk Hammett)
Fade to Black (Kirk Hammett)
Crazy Train (Randy Rhoads)
Revelation (Mother Earth) (Randy Rhoads)
Working Man (Live) (Alex Lifeson)
2112 (Alex Lifeson)
Breaking all the Rules (Zakk Wylde)
Suicide Messiah (Zakk Wylde)
Believer (Randy Rhoads)
Hotel California (The Eagles)
Over the Mountain (Randy Rhoads)
Red Barchetta (Alex Lifeson)

That's all I can come up with for now. I'll go listen to some tunes and collect a few more.

[Superplasmatron]

the solo from lional richies hello and the solo from jump by van halen

[countchocula]

Pantera-"Floods"
Opeth-"Windowpane"
Opeth-"The Leper Affinity"
Alice in Chains-"Them Bones"
Faith No More-"Epic"

[one_crow_sorrow]

Steve Hackett - Every Day, Valley of the Kings, Firth of Fifth, The Knife, The Lamia, Dancing with the Moonlit Knight, Supper's Ready, The Musical Box, etc.
Steve Rothery - Incubus, Blind Curve, Fugazi, The Web, etc.
David Gilmour - Dogs, Time, Comfortably Numb, etc.
Billy Corgan - Starla, Why Am I So Tired?, Geek U.S.A.
Adam Jones - Jambi

And all the rest that I'm forgetting at the moment.

[teenkiller]

DWARVES guitarist HeWhoCanNotBeNamed's guitar solo off of I Will Deny is one that always pops into my head.

Well thats all for now GOoD JOURNEY my fellow schmoes.

[therealjohng]

Favorite: Eruption - Van Halen
Best: Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd

[Jerk Shapiro]

Originally posted by countchocula
Pantera-"Floods"


I love this call and I stand behind it big time.

Some of my personal favorites :

"Since I've Been Lovin' You" - Led Zeppelin
"Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" - Jimi Hendrix Experience
"Blue Sky" - Allman Brothers Band

As far as my truly, truly favorite solos go - it's gotta be live impromptu jam solos like those from Warren Haynes of Gov't Mule or Jimmy Herring from Widespread Panic. YouTube the video of Dave Matthews Band covering "Cortez the Killer" live in Central Park with Warren Haynes playing lead guitar. Amazing...

[Speermint]

Pearl Jam - Alive
Guns 'n' Roses - Sweet Child o' Mine
Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
Colin Hay - Overkill

[The Heart Collector]

my morning jacket - dondante & lay low

[Jerk Shapiro]

Was just jamming this and had to come back and add it:

"Maggot Brain" - Funkadelic

[Lady Stardust]

The one for Moonage daydream
listen to it live it's amazing stuff.

[starcat]

cc deville - talk dirty to me

[Badbird]

Judas Priest - Ram it Down, Painkiller
Dokken - Mr. Scary
Megadeth - Go to Hell
Sinner/Primal Fear - A Question of Honor
Gamma Ray - Somewhere out in Space

[Tree0404]

dire straits - sultans of swing (alchemy live version is the best)
dire straits - telegraph road
days of the new - whimsical
days of the new - once again
winterlseep - nevers normal, breath normal
porcupine tree - way out of here
minus the bear - lotus

[montanetti]

For the love of God - Steve Vai

[denial_twist]

Originally posted by vampirefan1
The one for Moonage daydream

beautiful.

also I Heard Her Call my Name by the Velvet Underground is borderline chaos.

[Boner X-Ray]

Metallica - "Call of Ktulu"

Originally posted by The Heart Collector
my morning jacket - lay low
Hells yes to that!

[therealjohng]

Originally posted by Boner X-Ray
Metallica - "Call of Ktulu"



One is better.

[Tayzlor]

I'm no good at mind-cataloguing guitar solos so I'll just second the VU and Funkadelic noms and add those several great ones I remember off of Marquee Moon.

[Jerk Shapiro]

"Highway Star" and "Lazy" would be a couple more. A lot of shit by Blackmore gets overlooked on lists like this.

[unspoken]

Both the solo and the outro leads in Comfortably Numb. While not technically mind blowing, they fit the mood of the song perfectly.

[Dirtyfrog]

Any solo by James Murphy is pretty kick ass IMO

sample from his works found here ---> http://www.msanthrope.com/jamesmurphy/index2.htm

Just click on the SOUND tab

[Le_Big_Mac]

"Hotel California" - The Eagles
"Free Bird" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
"Comfortably Numb" - Pink Floyd
"Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2" - Pink Floyd
"Smells Like Teen Spirit" - Nirvana
"Welcome to the Jungle" - Guns 'n Roses
"Sweet Child O' Mine" - Guns 'n Roses
"All Along the Watchtower" - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
"The Star Spangled Banner" - Jimi Hendrix

As great as "Stairway to Heaven" is, I never thought the guitar solo was that outstanding.

[Jerk Shapiro]

As great as "Stairway to Heaven" is, I never thought the guitar solo was that outstanding.

I think the best thing about the solo isn't the solo itself, but the fact that Jimmy nailed it on the first take, with a guitar he hadn't even picked up in like 4 years.

[a7xfan]

solo in 'bat country' by a7x

[Cermond]

Frank Zappa - Dog Breath(Frank Zappa)
Pink Floyd - Time(David Gilmour)
Running Wild - Conquistadores(Majk Moti)
Death - Trapped In Corner(Chuck Schuldiner, Andy Larocque)
Death - Zero Tolerance(Bobby Koelble)
King Diamond - The Black Horsemen(Michael Denner)
Jethro Tull - Aqualung(Martin Barre)
Judas Priest - Freewheel Burning(Not sure was it Glen or KK)
Peer Gûnt - Losing My Mind(Timo Nikki)
Iron Maiden - Alexander The Great(Adrian Smith, Dave Murray)
Megadeth - Tornado Of Souls(Marty Friedman)

[vesaker]

Phantom of the Opera - Iron Maiden
War Pigs - Black Sabbath

thats all i can think of atm

[MISFITS_Fiend]

The Trooper - Iron Maiden

The Stench of Redemption - Deicide

[paul calf]

i am the ressurection-the stone roses
love spreads-the stone roses
two flawless displays of guitar playing at its best.

[Superplasmatron]

i am the ressurection-the stone roses
love spreads-the stone roses
two flawless displays of guitar playing at its best.

If john Squires solo's were a sport it would be rounders.

[smok3h]

Jimi Hendrix - Bold as Love