I reckon it's the last 7 minutes or so of Freebird - Lynyrd Skynyrd.
2007-03-28 23:07:21 · 97 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
I like Eruption by Van Halen. It's musical masturbation.
2007-03-28 23:10:38 · answer #1 · answered by manbearpig 4 · 5⤊ 2⤋
Admit it: 'Beasties' has you on the hip there: It's a duet!
However … If you would care to obtain the hearing if a copy of the album "Over-nite Sensation"¹ by the late and most definitely great Frank Zappa, I think you would have to agree that among many others by the man - indeed on that particular work - the solo on the track "Fifty-Fifty" takes an awful lot of beating.
It's the last of three action-packed solos that all follow hard on each other's heels.
First, George Duke's tour de force on keyboard is wrestled away from him by Jean-Luc Ponty in a rampant display of total craziness on violin only to be, likewise, himself cast dismissively to the sidelines as Zappa seizes the controls to launch the fireworks display in question!
"Freebird" is, by comparison I feel, somewhat cliched by now. The preserve of old red-necked, bearded hippies left over from the '70s and Friday night head-banging Norfolk coots down the pub on the jukebox!
Zappa by contrast, while he might take a bit of getting used to: like good red wine or strong blue cheese - a bit of an acquired taste - he stands the test of time.
Most surely the finest rock and roll AND jazz-rock guitarist there ever was, along with Hendrix.
2007-03-29 12:23:51 · answer #2 · answered by Girly Brains 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes the guitar solo on "Freebird" is certainly a great one - the live version anyway - the studio version isn't quite at that level. LS were always much better live.
The solo on Deep Purple's "Child in Time" takes a bit of beating though. Some guitarists think they can walk on water, but Blackmore sprints.
2007-03-29 05:18:16 · answer #3 · answered by Spacephantom 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm with you for Free Brid. I guess it's not so much a guitar solo, considering there are 3 guitars, but I love air guitaring to it.
For a guitar solo, I guess it depends on your taste. Eruption by Eddie Van Halen? or Rocket Queen by Guns N Roses? Any Aerosmith song where Joe Perry is left to rip some guitar solo? or maybe Muse? they have some surprisingly good guitar solo's, but maybe they're not on the same par as Lynryd Skynrd... it's all a matter of tatse, but if we were at an Air Guitar night at some god-forsaken rock club, Free Bird is a definate floor filler for Air Guitar madness...
2007-03-29 12:58:57 · answer #4 · answered by mexican_seafooduk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd have to say the Jimi Hendrix version of "The Star-Spangled Banner."
With that solo, Jimi captured lightning in a bottle. It was complete with Jimi doing war effects on the guitar as well as being a killer rendition of the American national anthem at the same time.
As Hendrix started playing it in his set at the height of the Vietnam war, It was a political commentary too, so it was more than just a guitar solo. Hendrix was a one-of-a-kind genius.
2007-03-29 05:31:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Technically, the last few minutes of Skynard's Freebird are two dualing guitars, so it really isn't a solo.
But anyways......
Jimmy Page's "Heartbreaker" and Stairway..." solos are great.
Eddie Van Halen is a solo God!
David Gilmore's solo in "Money" is the s*it.
I'm also a big fan of Joe Walsh's slide guitar on "In the City" and "Rocky Mountain Way".
Too many others to list!
2007-03-28 23:46:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
WOW, some amazing answers on here. Have to admit I love anything that Tom Scholz has done (Boston); R I P Brad Delp.
Just totally off guitar 'solo's for a secon, Jerry Donohue has been mentioned 'The Claw' absolutley stunning but if you get a minute take a look at www.ericroche.com. Eric unfortunately lost his life to cancer but what he could do with a guitar, well.......would be interested in your opinion.
2007-03-29 02:01:58 · answer #7 · answered by kaydee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Free bird" is good, undemanding and repetitive, but good. Hendrix gave the ultimate masterclass on "All along the Watchtower". Robert Green briefly touches heaven in "Man of the World", and B B King, "The thrill has gone", is a piece of wonderfully cool Blues work. Pink Floyd, "Another brick in the Wall ", are Premier league on countless tracks.
2007-03-29 08:29:59 · answer #8 · answered by ED SNOW 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Assuming that you mean 'rock guitar solo', my top 5 in ascending order:
5: Brian May, 'Bohemian Rhapsody' by Queen; obvious one but it's just such a perfect choice of notes
4: Paul McCartney, 'Taxman' by The Beatles; George's song but Paul took over for the most blistering solo in the Beatles' discography
3: Jimmy Page, 'Whole Lotta Love' by Led Zeppelin; the break after the long swirly bit in the middle - he only has six bars-and-a-half to do it in but he tears your ears off
2: Eric Clapton, 'Sunshine Of Your Love' by Cream; God at his most brooding and scary
1: Jimi Hendrix, 'The Star-Spangled Banner', live at Woodstock; not just a great guitar solo but a great piece of American music - beautiful, tragic, violent, mad - and the pinnacle of rock guitar as an art form. The ultimate argument against classical music snobs who say that popular music is stupid.
2007-03-29 04:42:02 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
OMG - if you haven't heard "Stranglehold" by Ted Nugent, you don't know what you're missing! It in my opinion is the greatest!
I will say though that Clapton, and Stevie Ray Vaughn, and Slash, and Santana are up there - they probably have more great solos, but this Nugent one is the best individual one I've heard!
And what's more, the guitar solo is about 75 or 80% of the 8-12 minute song!
Check it out!
2007-03-28 23:14:10 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I suppose we've all got our favourites, and there are thousands of great solos out there. I'm surprised Angus Young's only got one mention, and I'd like to throw Martin Barre into the ring, especially his solo in Aqualung. As a matter of fact I am seeing Jethro Tull at Shepherd's Bush tomorrow (they're downsizing these days). Also the bass solo in their Bouree is quite impressive - and must be hell to play.
2007-03-29 07:11:48 · answer #11 · answered by andrew g 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋