SOLO1.song: Stairway to Heaven
guitarist: Jimmy Page
2.song: Eruption
guitarist: Eddie Van Halen
3.song: Freebird
guitarist: Collins/Rossington
4.song: Comfortably Numb
guitarist: David Gilmour
5.song: All Along the Watchtower
guitarist: Jimi Hendrix
6.song: November Rain
guitarist: Slash
7.song: One
guitarist: Kirk Hammet
8.song: Hotel California
guitarist: Don Felder/Joe Walsh
9.song: Crazy Train
guitarist: Randy Rhoads
10.song: Crossroads
guitarist: Eric Clapton
11.song: Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)
guitarist: Jimi Hendrix
12.song: Johnny B. Goode
guitarist: Chuck Berry
13.song: Texas Flood
guitarist: Stevie Ray Vaughan
14.song: Layla
guitarist: Clapton/Allman
15.song: Floods
guitarist: Dimebag Darrel
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No wonder I've seen signs on guitar stores banning 'Stairway to Heaven'....
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Yeah, the first few notes were really popular among guys testing out guitars on the floor, apparently. Still, the solo in it is particularly awesome, especially in the live version from "The Song Remains The Same".kheegan wrote:No wonder I've seen signs on guitar stores banning 'Stairway to Heaven'....
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Is that the one from about.com? I recognise it due to learning how to play there. Their tutorial section is really quite cool, though really, it's not as good as someone showing you what to do.
And that Dimebag one shits all over Slash's, in my Deus Lamnia opinion .
And that Dimebag one shits all over Slash's, in my Deus Lamnia opinion .
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I just can't shake the feeling that it's an injustice to put Jimmy Page over not only Hendrix, but Clapton as well.
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I recall my dad telling me about some kind of "greatest guitarist" vote conducted with guitarists, and Clapton said he regarded Page as being superior to both Hendrix and himself.Joe wrote:I just can't shake the feeling that it's an injustice to put Jimmy Page over not only Hendrix, but Clapton as well.
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I used to spend a lot of my time (read: most of it) hanging out in the guitar shop down here when I was first learning to play, and yeah, Stairway to Heaven gets on your fucking nerves. Bad.
And the November Rain solo makes me feel all warm and cozy in my jeans.
And the November Rain solo makes me feel all warm and cozy in my jeans.
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Is it just me, or do these lists seem like an effort to grab attention and/or create controversy? Maybe I'm being too cyncial. I certainly can't argue with any of those choices, but we all have our favorites. I remember a couple years ago when Rolling Stone did their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists and left off a boatload of my favorites and stuck Eddie Van Halen somewhere in the 70s. Eddie Van Halen only 70 out of 100? Eh?
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Darth Quorthon wrote:Is it just me, or do these lists seem like an effort to grab attention and/or create controversy? Maybe I'm being too cyncial. I certainly can't argue with any of those choices, but we all have our favorites. I remember a couple years ago when Rolling Stone did their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists and left off a boatload of my favorites and stuck Eddie Van Halen somewhere in the 70s. Eddie Van Halen only 70 out of 100? Eh?
I remember that. I think they had Jack White from White Stripes in the Top 10.
As for the list in this thread, I think they're just going for recognition and popularity, and I think it's a fair list.
Or Steve Vai or Joe SatrianiJulhelm wrote:It's a shame neither John Petrucci nor Brian May are featured there.
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I'm familiar with all of those artists to some degree except number 15. Why the fuck did they pick that as opposed to, say, Van Halen? Who's had some very excellent guitar solos.
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Van Halen's at number 2, blindy.General Zod wrote:I'm familiar with all of those artists to some degree except number 15. Why the fuck did they pick that as opposed to, say, Van Halen? Who's had some very excellent guitar solos.
Dimebag was a great guitarist and they'd be lynched by Pantera fans if he wasn't on there, frankly, which no doubt was a possibility because they're too heavy for the average audiopussy. There's also no way that Chuck Berry "solo" is better than any solo on any Pantera song; it's just there because it's old.
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Ah well then, there I go. And wow, I never new that Van Halen did the guitar for "Beat It". Guess I now have an excuse to like that song other than "they played it in the Moonwalker game".theski wrote:NeoGoomba wrote:Or Steve Vai or Joe SatrianiJulhelm wrote:It's a shame neither John Petrucci nor Brian May are featured there.
They both are further down the list of 100
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I remember seeing that list in Rolling Stone a while back. I always wondered why Crossroads was above Layla.
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Overplayed, overrated...1.song: Stairway to Heaven
guitarist: Jimmy Page
Not bad. Lacks a "timeless" quality due to sounding like the 80's incarnate.2.song: Eruption
guitarist: Eddie Van Halen
Come on... Can't we put this stupid song to bed?3.song: Freebird
guitarist: Collins/Rossington
Pretty good.4.song: Comfortably Numb
guitarist: David Gilmou
Number 5? Are you joking? 5? You're telling me the solo in Freebird is better than Hendrix?5.song: All Along the Watchtower
guitarist: Jimi Hendrix
Not sure exactly what makes this one of the "greatest" solos ever, but this is a damn good one.6.song: November Rain
guitarist: Slash
7.song: One
guitarist: Kirk Hammet
Eh... It's alright.8.song: Hotel California
guitarist: Don Felder/Joe Walsh
Kirk Hammet's solo about Randy Rhoads'... Right. Once again, Freebird above Randy Rhoads' guitar work... Now there's a laugh.9.song: Crazy Train
guitarist: Randy Rhoads
Dunno why Crossroads would be listed and not Sunshine of your Love or Layla, but whatever.10.song: Crossroads
guitarist: Eric Clapton
Hendrix below Hammet? For fuck's sake.11.song: Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)
guitarist: Jimi Hendrix
Have to admit that Chuck Berry was doing some pretty advanced stuff for the 50's.12.song: Johnny B. Goode
guitarist: Chuck Berry
Not bad.13.song: Texas Flood
guitarist: Stevie Ray Vaughan
Not bad either, but at number 14? Wrong again...14.song: Layla
guitarist: Clapton/Allman
Something tells me this guy wouldn't be anywhere near this list if he were still alive...15.song: Floods
guitarist: Dimebag Darrel
Anyway, this list is shit. Where's Atkins? Where's Setzer? Where's Burton? Stooopid.[/code]
Well Clapton did a lot of drugs (he recorded Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs while supporting a thousand-pound-a-week heroin habit), and he must have been on something pretty heavy when he said that.Spanky The Dolphin wrote:I recall my dad telling me about some kind of "greatest guitarist" vote conducted with guitarists, and Clapton said he regarded Page as being superior to both Hendrix and himself.Joe wrote:I just can't shake the feeling that it's an injustice to put Jimmy Page over not only Hendrix, but Clapton as well.
Page is a damned fined guitarist, but there's simply no way he's on Hendrix's level. Hendrix could do ANYTHING with a guitar, and he did shit in his relatively short career that Page was never able to do; produce a track of Page doing something as ambitious as Hendrix's Star-Spangled Banner, and then we can talk about the two being on the same level. I mean, listen to Hendrix live and a Zep concert live, and there's just no comparison, even for an untrained ear.
I could see Page maybe being as good as Clapton, but not really, personally. I would rather listen to Clapton or Hendrix than Zep any day of the week.
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WIth regards to Hotel California, how is it a solo when played by two people?
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Maybe a little OT, but what is so great about Stairway to Heaven? I've heard it multiple times, and while it's all right, it seems to be too slow and boring for a supposedly epic rock song.
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