January 22nd, 2011 at 11:46 AM ^
You don't get love for performing someone else's song with only a fraction of the soul.
Haunting. Absolutely beautiful. (Yes, I know he doesn't solo.)
January 22nd, 2011 at 10:01 AM ^
January 22nd, 2011 at 1:18 PM ^
You stole mine. Amazing solo.
January 22nd, 2011 at 10:04 AM ^
Love me some Robin Trower (Fool n Me) Uncle Ted, Alex L with Rush
January 22nd, 2011 at 10:06 AM ^
one of my favorites . . .
January 22nd, 2011 at 10:12 AM ^
January 22nd, 2011 at 11:58 AM ^
Judging a piece of music (even if it is a solo section) on technicality is like trying to dance to architecture.
Music is about what fits nicely in your ear.
January 22nd, 2011 at 10:18 AM ^
January 22nd, 2011 at 10:20 AM ^
Maybe not the most epic. But i love the one in Sympathy for the Devil
January 22nd, 2011 at 10:45 AM ^
Ice cream man - van halen
the ocean - led zep
bold as love - hendrix
January 22nd, 2011 at 10:59 AM ^
The Lung by Dinosaur Jr.
January 22nd, 2011 at 11:55 AM ^
I was thinking Freak Scene.
January 22nd, 2011 at 10:59 AM ^
Eric Clapton's solo on Roger Water's Sexual Revolution (Pros and Cons of Hitchiking) is very nice.
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<br>Also, just about every Carlos Santana solo is great.
January 22nd, 2011 at 10:35 PM ^
A Pros and Cons mention? That should be +1,000,000 MGoPoints.
What an underrated album, one that Kurt Loder in an infamous Rolling Stone review, gave one star to, calling it "faintly hideous," and "completely devoid of melody." What a tool.
My choice for my favorite solo? David Gilmour's solo on the title track to Pink Floyd's The Final Cut. Just beautiful. Gets me every time. Side note: Loder gave 5 stars to that particular album. Go figure.
January 22nd, 2011 at 11:22 AM ^
Dude, Eddie Hazel was a fucking genius. Michael Hampton, his replacement is also one hell of a guitarist. I love his work on the ten minute version of "One Nation Under A Groove". He supposedly landed the gig in P-funk by replaying the Maggot Brain solo note for note at the tender age of 16. I think it's kind of heartbreaking that a lot of brothas now look at the guitar as a "whiteboy" instrument, when we have a rich history of accomplished guitarists.
January 22nd, 2011 at 11:46 AM ^
all computers and drum machines and making beats? I ran into Vernon Reid at the Eventide booth at NAMM last week, what a crazy genius..is the BRC still active?
January 22nd, 2011 at 11:59 AM ^
You got to go to NAMM? Lucky.
How does the new Eventide Space sound in person? The demos I heard sounded pretty decent. Maybe not $600 decent, but pretty close.
January 22nd, 2011 at 3:13 PM ^
....in fact, with Vernon Reid there everyone was tied up in talking with him, myself included. I have always admired him musically, but he also turned out to be very friendly, funny, crazy-imaginative, and very talkative! NAMM is the best and worst place to check out gear, everything is there (Pakistani bagpipes???), but it is so freakin' loud that it is hard to listen to anything critically, even if ear fatigue doesn't get to you first. I go around wearing earplugs, and only remove them when I need to- helps prevent the after NAMM head buzz from all the noise. But if you haven't been to NAMM and are into music, you have got to go at least once, absolutely.
January 22nd, 2011 at 11:23 AM ^
Either Mother or Comfertably Numb by Floyd, both solos are breathtaking.
January 22nd, 2011 at 11:48 AM ^
Danny Gatton on Robert Gordon/Danny Gatton's "Drivin' Wheel" on "The Humbler" (Really, any Gatton solo on that album)
Amos Garrett on Maria Muldaur's "Midnight at the Oasis" (dopey song, great solo) and Bobby Charles' gorgeous "Tennessee Blues"
Gotta agree with the guy who said Roy Buchanan "I'm Evil"
SRV and Lonnie Mack dueling solos on "Double Whammy" and Lonnie alone on "Stop" (produced by SRV)
Robbie Robertson on "Going, Going, Gone" on Dylan's "Planet Waves"
January 22nd, 2011 at 12:38 PM ^
Growing up, my first love was the blues. I've moved on to other things since, but this remains one of my favorite songs ever.
January 22nd, 2011 at 11:59 AM ^
Offseason guitar OT is way better than offseason recruiting angst.
Prince.
Noel Gallagher Edward Van Halen.January 22nd, 2011 at 12:04 PM ^
in on rock band playing Foreplay and Longtime......two words which don't really go together.
January 22nd, 2011 at 12:08 PM ^
Two short ones from I (Abbath of Immortal)
January 22nd, 2011 at 12:18 PM ^
jay masics on "said the people"
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Nels Cline and Jeff Tweedy on "At Least That's What You Said"
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or "Impossible Germany"
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January 22nd, 2011 at 12:19 PM ^
Your avatar = Your YouTube embedding skills
January 22nd, 2011 at 12:22 PM ^
hey...make fun of my youtube embedding skills just dont 'mess with my avatar...i like it.
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January 22nd, 2011 at 1:04 PM ^
No, your avatar rules. It just also happens to describe your embedding skills =P
January 25th, 2011 at 11:46 AM ^
ah well. ty then. Yours as well. I'm not thoroughly familiar with GY:BE but what I've heard I've been very impressed by..
January 22nd, 2011 at 12:57 PM ^
Excellent thread for flushing out all the predictable and banal choices. I'm just surprised Peter King hasn't popped in to slobber all over the Boss or U2 -- and no love at all for Mr. Obvious, Clapton?
I'd go with Stephen Malkmus's break in "Embassy Row," a beauty of eighth-note linearity, or Ken Bethea's in "Bel Air," which uses the tune's main riff as a jumping off point for some sweet pop-twang sizzling, Bethea's specialty. It's hard to beat Andy Summer's four-bar solo in "Driven to Tears," the best anti-solo of all-time.
January 22nd, 2011 at 1:03 PM ^
You're like the guy that shows up at the party and stands in the corner with your arms crossed, right?
"Hi, I'm joining the 'favorite guitar solos' thread so I can let you all know how trite guitar solos are."
I think you took a wrong turn at Albuquerque and ended up here instead of http://www.pitchforkmedia.com.
January 23rd, 2011 at 1:53 PM ^
Sure. Since then? Nah.....
January 22nd, 2011 at 1:18 PM ^
Plenty of love for Clapton, "White Room" has been mentioned, I'd add Crossroads and his solo on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps."
Knopler - "Brothers in Arms" love the phrasing and attack, the notes float.
Gilmour on "The Fletcher Memorial Home" and "The Final Cut."
January 22nd, 2011 at 1:41 PM ^
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January 22nd, 2011 at 1:50 PM ^
You've gone and destroyed the internet.
January 22nd, 2011 at 1:53 PM ^
I tried to fix it and the site denied me. I guess i forgot how to post videos.
January 22nd, 2011 at 1:55 PM ^
I love the opening of Hotel California and anything by Carlos Santana.
January 22nd, 2011 at 2:11 PM ^
I have zero Prince in my library, but I came across this.
(If my link fails, just search youtube for "prince guitar solo".)
Prince doesn't appear until about 3/4 of the way through it. It's a pretty good cover up until then, when "the artist" steals the stage and shreds the classic "While my Guitar Gently Weeps".
January 22nd, 2011 at 2:36 PM ^
I fail the internet. Here's a link.
January 22nd, 2011 at 3:02 PM ^
But I absolutely LOVE that sampled guitar riff.
January 22nd, 2011 at 5:07 PM ^
Metallica/CLiff Burton Anestesia Pulling Teeth
January 22nd, 2011 at 7:46 PM ^
January 22nd, 2011 at 10:17 PM ^
Rush (Alex Lifeson) - La Villa Strangiato
Ween (Dean Ween) - A Tear for Eddie (Live at Stubbs)
Allman Brothers Band (Duane Allman & Dickey Betts) - Whippin' Post (Live at Fillmore East) & In Memory of Elizabeth Reed (Live at Fillmore East)
I like solos that are filled with emotion.
January 23rd, 2011 at 12:24 PM ^
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWnapx502uQ
David Gilmour's solo from the PULSE version of Comfortably Numb!
January 23rd, 2011 at 1:35 PM ^
Saw him do it live in 1994 with 90,000+ people at a certain stadium in Columbus, Ohio...
Huge outdoor venue, and the most amazing, pristine sound I have ever heard at any concert ever. Incredible feat.