15 Greatest Guitar solos..

theski · Post by **theski** » 2006-03-27 02:34pm

1.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

SOLO

kheegster · Post by **kheegster** » 2006-03-27 03:57pm

No wonder I've seen signs on guitar stores banning 'Stairway to Heaven'....

Post by **Dalton** » 2006-03-27 05:15pm

kheegan wrote:No wonder I've seen signs on guitar stores banning 'Stairway to Heaven'....

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".

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2006-03-27 05:55pm

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

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Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2006-03-27 09:08pm

I just can't shake the feeling that it's an injustice to put Jimmy Page over not only Hendrix, but Clapton as well.

Saurencaerthai · Post by **Saurencaerthai** » 2006-03-27 10:59pm

Meh, "Top 10 Best..." lists are generally unreliable. After all, how does one qualify one solo as being "the best?" </cynic>

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2006-03-27 11:02pm

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.

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.

Tinkerbell · Post by **Tinkerbell** » 2006-03-27 11:31pm

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.

Darth Quorthon · Post by **Darth Quorthon** » 2006-03-28 01:21am

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?

Bertie Wooster · Post by **Bertie Wooster** » 2006-03-28 10:15am

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.

Julhelm · Post by **Julhelm** » 2006-03-28 10:21am

It's a shame neither John Petrucci nor Brian May are featured there.

NeoGoomba · Post by **NeoGoomba** » 2006-03-28 11:48am

Julhelm wrote:It's a shame neither John Petrucci nor Brian May are featured there.

Or Steve Vai or Joe Satriani

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2006-03-28 12:08pm

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.

theski · Post by **theski** » 2006-03-28 12:09pm

NeoGoomba wrote:
Julhelm wrote:It's a shame neither John Petrucci nor Brian May are featured there.
Or Steve Vai or Joe Satriani

They both are further down the list of 100

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2006-03-28 12:43pm

where's the man who sold his soul to the devil to play the blues?

Robert fuckin Johnson?

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2006-03-28 03:08pm

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.

Van Halen's at number 2, blindy.

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.

NeoGoomba · Post by **NeoGoomba** » 2006-03-28 03:51pm

theski wrote:
NeoGoomba wrote:
Julhelm wrote:It's a shame neither John Petrucci nor Brian May are featured there.
Or Steve Vai or Joe Satriani

They both are further down the list of 100

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".

YT300000 · Post by **YT300000** » 2006-03-29 09:05pm

I remember seeing that list in Rolling Stone a while back. I always wondered why Crossroads was above Layla.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2006-03-29 11:41pm

YT300000 wrote:I remember seeing that list in Rolling Stone a while back. I always wondered why Crossroads was above Layla.

because Robert Johnson sold his soul to play that tune.

Superman · Post by **Superman** » 2006-03-30 12:30am

1.song: Stairway to Heaven
guitarist: Jimmy Page

Overplayed, overrated...

2.song: Eruption
guitarist: Eddie Van Halen

Not bad. Lacks a "timeless" quality due to sounding like the 80's incarnate.

3.song: Freebird
guitarist: Collins/Rossington

Come on... Can't we put this stupid song to bed?

4.song: Comfortably Numb
guitarist: David Gilmou

Pretty good.

5.song: All Along the Watchtower
guitarist: Jimi Hendrix

Number 5? Are you joking? 5? You're telling me the solo in Freebird is better than Hendrix?

6.song: November Rain
guitarist: Slash

Not sure exactly what makes this one of the "greatest" solos ever, but this is a damn good one.

7.song: One
guitarist: Kirk Hammet

8.song: Hotel California
guitarist: Don Felder/Joe Walsh

Eh... It's alright.

9.song: Crazy Train
guitarist: Randy Rhoads

Kirk Hammet's solo about Randy Rhoads'... Right. Once again, Freebird above Randy Rhoads' guitar work... Now there's a laugh.

10.song: Crossroads
guitarist: Eric Clapton

Dunno why Crossroads would be listed and not Sunshine of your Love or Layla, but whatever.

11.song: Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)
guitarist: Jimi Hendrix

Hendrix below Hammet? For fuck's sake.

12.song: Johnny B. Goode
guitarist: Chuck Berry

Have to admit that Chuck Berry was doing some pretty advanced stuff for the 50's.

13.song: Texas Flood
guitarist: Stevie Ray Vaughan

Not bad.

14.song: Layla
guitarist: Clapton/Allman

Not bad either, but at number 14? Wrong again...

15.song: Floods
guitarist: Dimebag Darrel

Something tells me this guy wouldn't be anywhere near this list if he were still alive...

Anyway, this list is shit. Where's Atkins? Where's Setzer? Where's Burton? Stooopid.[/code]

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2006-03-30 12:33am

Superman, we are of one mind on this. Literally, I could have made the exact same post.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2006-03-30 12:44am

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:
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.
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.

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.

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.

2000AD · Post by **2000AD** » 2006-03-30 03:14am

WIth regards to Hotel California, how is it a solo when played by two people?

Old Plympto · Post by **Old Plympto** » 2006-03-30 08:24am

I'm kinda partial to Deep Purple's Burn solos, both guitar and keyboard.

Thag · Post by **Thag** » 2006-03-30 03:01pm

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.