Most Favourite Guitar Solo

Slaanesh · 21-10-2001 1:20pm #1

What I want in this thread is people's own personal opinion on their favourite guitar solo. I don't want ANY flaming saying "Thats **** man xxxx is so much better" etc...

What solo really makes emotions rise in you when you listen to it ?

I love a lot of guitar solo's but one that really stands out and makes my hair stand on end when I listen to it is, Thin Lizzy - Out In The Fields. It reaches such a climax, almost like having sex

Slaanesh.

Kairo · 21-10-2001 2:00pm

Metallica - Nothing else matters (S&M version)

That solo gives me the shivers, plus its the only real guitar solo I can play...properly...kinda. :cool:

mike65 · 21-10-2001 5:03pm

Thin Lizzy - Out In The Fields

If its the same tune we're talking about that was by
Gary Moore and Phil Lynott circa 1985 rather than Lizzy.
Good solo tho'.

My own preference would be Dave Gilmore and Comfortably
Numb by Pink Floyd, a brilliant song about alienation and
dislocation and the solo is perfectly intergrated into
the songs ebb and flow.

Mike.

Slaanesh · 21-10-2001 5:04pm

Yup, I knew Gary Moore had done the solo at the time. But I was just using the song title and artist, forgot to include the actual guitar player

Saw Gary in the olympia a couple of weeks ago, amazing gig, wasn't it Luc ! ?

Slaan.

Karl Hungus · 21-10-2001 5:14pm

Anathema - Sleepless

The solo in that is just fantastic!
Pretty simple, and pretty short... But it's just so emotional.

mike65 · 21-10-2001 5:21pm

Yup, I knew Gary Moore had done the solo at the time. But I was just using the song title and artist, forgot to include the actual guitar player

Thin Lizzy had broken up in '82 I think and anyway by then
Gary Moore was trading under his own name, so its was'nt a Thin Lizzy tune in any respect!

Sorry to sound like an anorak!:)

Mike.

cournioni · 21-10-2001 5:47pm

Pantera - Floods.

Nuff said.

Johnny_the_fox · 21-10-2001 6:12pm

Roisin Dubh - the part that both guitars play, pure class.

b20uvkft6m5xwg · 21-10-2001 11:04pm

2 instantly spring to mind.....

-Eric Clapton Layla ( the second half- you know the OD come down:p!)

-Slash- November Rain

Oh just remembered Kirk Hammett-metallica - "one" [ the end bit:)]

RasTa · 22-10-2001 1:49am

hendrix,live at filmore east-machine gun
man i have this on video and my god!

boddah · 22-10-2001 9:48am

sorry to sound clichéd but.....

stairway to heaven.:) coolest solo ever, must get around to learning it. also many metallica solos, whiskey in the jar, and smells like teen spirit

Stephen · 22-10-2001 11:36am

Originally posted by mike65

Thin Lizzy had broken up in '82 I think and anyway by then
Gary Moore was trading under his own name, so its was'nt a Thin Lizzy tune in any respect!

Sorry to sound like an anorak!:)

Mike.

Its still included on the Wild One - best of Thin lizzy compilation CD

As for my favourite guitar solo ... hmmm ... I'd have to get back to you on that.

--Kaiser-- · 22-10-2001 11:38am

At the moment

Metallica - Master of Puppets

GoneShootin · 22-10-2001 12:04pm

the solo that Angus Young does in EVERY song gets me goin, but in particular :

Gone Shootin.....perhaps my fave solo

Gordon · 22-10-2001 6:46pm

Although Hendrix's solo's were unbelievable, more so for the time that they existed in. I agree with Rasta about Machine Gun being amazing - the one chord song - love it

(have you heard killing floor? That is excellent too.)

My all time heart wrenching solo is possibly (sorry Jimi!) Hotel California - ahead of its time.

Giblet · 22-10-2001 9:15pm

some guitarists have to be taken in context of what time period they were playing,
hendrix is brilliant, no one did what he did back then, he had no one to learn from really,
now a days if a guitarist sounds as good as hendrix i generally dont rate them as high, because learning how to play like someone is easier than creating a new sound

any back to the point my fav solos are
GNR the garden

and

Led zeppelin heart breaker

i used to like yngwie malmsteem , but its SO BORING
playing like that is to robotic and no soul is shown
i remember i was in that phase, trying play like him
but too boring, (but not as hard as u think)

now im just rambling

Stuart_Little · 23-10-2001 9:27am

Frank Zappa : 12 minute extended solo on "Yo' Mama" on Sheik Yerbouti.
F*cking Shocking. Gets completely surreal in the middle and then reels you in for huge climax.
Weird as f*ck and all without the help of drugs.

Although with over 60 frikkin albums to choose from, there's probably a few other Zappa solos I'd like to nominate for best ever.

Pencapchew · 23-10-2001 1:46pm

The Revs - Wired to the moon... pure class

Bard · 23-10-2001 2:33pm

Metallica - The Call of Ktulu ... the entire track.

black_wizardd · 23-10-2001 2:50pm

Originally posted by PORNAPSTER
Pantera - Floods.

Nuff said.

Oh hell yes, what a beautiful solo, dimes best IMO.

I can't pick one solo that I love above any other, but here are a couple that make me loose myself in musical ecstasy.

Floods - Dimebag Darrell
Mr Crowley - Randy Rhoads
Revelation Mother Earth - Randy Rhoads
Creeping Death - Kirk Hammett

Shiminay · 23-10-2001 3:05pm

Ireon Maiden's Phantom Of The Opera, Metallica's Master of Puppets and Lynrd Skynrd's Freebird.

Karl Hungus · 23-10-2001 6:15pm

Originally posted by black_wizardd

Mr Crowley - Randy Rhoads

Ah, now that is a class choice!

_CreeD_ · 24-10-2001 5:53am

Silly as it may sound, the End-Game guitar solo on Shadow Of the Beast 2 on the Amiga..... (It's one big sample so it wasn't just sequenced).

PhilipMarlowe · 24-10-2001 7:55am

Led Zeppelin - Since I've been loving you ...nyom to the whole song

Dr. Loon · 24-10-2001 8:22am

The Eagles - Hotel California - Deadly

It's not all about speed, but if you want a fast player it's;
Slash - Sweet Child Of Mine

Not neccesarily a fast solo, others of his are faster. It's a great solo though.

BattlingCheese · 24-10-2001 10:09am

Lynryd Skynyrd's Free bird all 4:30 minutes of it.

GoneShootin · 24-10-2001 10:15am

day know whats a good solo is the guitar used on the BBC's embassy snooker theme tune, always liked that

crazylegs · 25-10-2001 5:58pm

best guitar solo for me has to be :
Slash in November rain
i wait for the first 7 minutes or so just for this solo, it perfectly suits the feelings behind the song and when combined with the video currently doing the rounds on Kerrang! tv it is almost orgasmic!
other classics in my opinion are like previously mentioned:
Call of Ktulu, Master of Puppets and anything else on the album of the same name.
Heaven Torn Asunder has a cool one also:cool:

frood4t2 · 26-10-2001 2:03am

Led Zeppelin's Heartbreaker is ridiculously ridiculous.
Lynyrd Skynyrd's Free Bird is right behind it.
Idk much about heavy metal, but ive heard some amazing megadeth solos too.

frood4t2

Beany · 26-10-2001 2:10pm

Manic Street Preachers - "Archives of Pain" ( from The Holy Bible)

Radiohead - "Just" (that piercingly high note followed by a dirty slide down)

The Jayhawks - Lights (not sure of that song title...it's from the Sweet Relief album...nice fat fuzzy guitar)

Another deserved cliche:
Guns n' Roses - "Sweet Child O' Mine"