One of my personal favorites is Pink Floyds "Comfortable Numb" solo at the end of the song. Also Stairway to Heavens solo at the end when the song really picks up. Im really interested in hearing other people's opinion...
2006-10-19 08:37:45 · 21 answers · asked by Bababooye1 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
I hate to say it but Sweet Child o' Mine ranks WAY up there.
2006-10-19 08:39:43 · answer #1 · answered by colin_21 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
First of all a guitar solo should complement the song and not overwhelm it. So many guitar solo's seem to take a life of their own and just go out of here. That being said I think there are 4 great guitar solo's...(and they are all different but really complement the song... 1st: David Gilmore in Pink Floyd's comfortably Numb. He gives you a taste in the first reprise but then in the end he just let's it go and it is a perfect ending and not to long. Perfect for the song 2nd: Jethro Tull's Aqualung. Again not overwhelming but just enough to really sound great. One of the best of all time. 3rd: Molly Hatchet's Fall of the peace maker is one of the longest and it really goes on but not to a point of sounding like a "spinal tap solo" It keeps integrity and builds and builds just perfect. 4th: Stairway to heaven. The guitar solo which all others are measured by. There have been some great guitar solo's to be sure but I think these 4 set the Rock and Roll standard for what guitar solos could be. One of the best I ever saw and it was on the old Johnny Cash TV show...was Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Eric Clapton just jamming to some old country blues song. However that would be in the blues section...and this is Rock and Roll
2016-05-22 02:52:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The guitar solo from Blue Oyster Cult's "Don't Fear The Reaper" is perhaps the heaviest sounding musical-piece ever recorded, I love it.
I also really like all the solos from "Achilles Last Stand" & "Dazed & Confused" by Led Zeppelin, & the opening solo of "Death On Two Legs" by Queen.
A close second would have to be the end of "Free Bird" by Lynyrd Skynyrd, just because it's like 20-minutes long & maintains it's intensity to the last note.
Another good one is the end solo from "Comfortably Numb" by Pink Floyd, just for all the complexity of the notes & the awesome use of sustain.
2006-10-19 08:50:51 · answer #3 · answered by Lauren C.: Led-head 4 (∞) 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
David Gilmour, Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb (Live - Delicate Sound of Thunder)
2006-10-19 10:39:41 · answer #4 · answered by Jerycho 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Eric Clapton in the Rock n roll circus show.
Playing in Lennons band "dirty mac"
John Lennon: Vocals, Rhythm Electric Guitar
Eric Clapton: Lead Electric Guitar
Keith Richards: Bass
Mitch Mitchell: Drums
The song is called YER BLUES
minn1871 and MN_OTR GREAT PICKS I AGREE
2006-10-19 08:48:33 · answer #5 · answered by big-brother 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most Fleetwood Mac songs have some good stuff, but the guitar in the song Big Love is AMAZING!!! Lindsey Buckingham has got to be one of the most underappreciated guitar players out there. I mean, it's JUST him on that song, not two guitars as it seems.
Ok, to whoever gave me a thumbs down... If you have not heard the song BIG LOVE then you should, and if you don't appreciate the guitar work, you're a moron.
2006-10-19 08:49:41 · answer #6 · answered by Brian D 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ace Frehley does a wicked solo in Strange Days on KISS' album Hotter than hell. Also, check out Johnny Thunders' work with the New York Dolls
2006-10-19 08:41:31 · answer #7 · answered by Christopher A 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Either Freak Scene by Dinosaur Jr or Freebird by Lynyrd Skynyrd
2006-10-19 08:46:43 · answer #8 · answered by Dwho 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It has to be the opening solo on the live version of Hotel California by The Eagles. Best guitar work that I know of.
2006-10-19 08:43:01 · answer #9 · answered by minn1871 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Highway Star, Deep Purple
2006-10-19 08:39:18 · answer #10 · answered by james s 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jimi Hendrix....Kiss The Sky
2006-10-19 08:39:23 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋