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Thanks for that link, Ceiling. This actually looks like the first, at least decent Top 100 list, although I've only browsed the first 20. I can't believe Floods made it to the Top 20, out of all the Pantera songs, though.
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I know what you mean about Floods, man. Also, at number 57 (if I recall correctly) is Walk. Dimebag had :( awesome legato technique.
 
1 more to my honourable mentions list:

Michael Jackson and Van Halen - Beat It

Suure, the song had Jacko singing, but the guitar solo is pretty sweet 👍
 
Actually, it's not with Van Halen the band. It's Michael Jackson featuring Eddie Van Halen. It made the Guitar.com's Top 100 Best Ever Solos list, too. ;)
 
HATEKORE
my top 5 solos go in this order
1. Superjoint ritual - Sickness
2. Superjoint ritual - Deaththreat
3. Superjoint ritual - All Of Our Lives Will Get Tried
4. Superjoint ritual - Dress Like A Target
5. Superjoint ritual - Everyone Hates Everyone
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eh?

AC/DC - Highway To Hell
Metallica - Holier Than Thou
AC/DC - Back In Black
Cradle Of Filth - Nymphetamine
Finger Eleven - Absent Elements
 
Joey
the Jimi National Anthem (Woodstock, day 3) is the best guitar solo ever. otherwise, i don't know.
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I think that you mean Star Spangled Banner
It is on Cornerstones: 1967-1970 Greatest Hits cd
It's unbelievable

1)Star Spangled Banner Jimi Hendrix
2)The unforgiven
3)Eruption
4)Stairway to heaven
5)All along the watchtower
 
(In no order)

Frampton-Do You Feel Like We Do? (Frampton Comes Alive)
Chicago-Liberation (Chicago Transit Authority)
Supertramp-Brother Where You Bound? (Brother Where You Bound)-the album featured Dave Gilmour of Pink Floyd replacing Rodger Hodgson
Pink Floyd-Pigs (Three Different Ones) [Animals]
Pink Floyd-Comfortably Numb (Is There Anybody Out There?)-the live version of 'The Wall.'
 
I'll list of few that haven't been mentioned too much.

1. Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing
2. Stevie Ray Vaughn - Pride & Joy
3. Ten Years After - I'd Love To Change The World
4. Damn Yankees - Come Again
5. Van Halen - Cathedral (Hearing It Live...Orgasmic)


Modern Era...and before hand...I would just like to let the music industry know that it deserves every bad thing that happens to it because it faded out the guitar solo to make songs more radio friendly and profitable...so I do not feel sorry for the whole piracy thing...I think it's an eye for an eye :D Here are a few of recent solo's I have fell in love with, not necessarily greatest, but something worth a listen.

Kenny Wayne Sheppard - What's Going Down
-Captures the essence of a good SRV song...but brings it into the modern era.

Velvet Revolver - Fall To Pieces
-Clean, simple, screaming, and its by Slash, what else do you need :)

Alter Bridge - Find The Real
- Tremonti finally breaking from the ballad-guitaring of Creed, letting loose with his new band.

And I'm 19 years old, seeing that age is somewhat a factor in this thread, although I fail to understand why. I listen to music that is good. I don't give a damn for what my friends listen to, or what is on tv, or the radio. I explore different styles, eras, sounds, etc. I'll listen anything from Sinatra to Skid Row. If it sounds good, then I'll listen to it.
 
if your looking for great guitar solos, look no further than john williams! only smoking! seriously, i think that this list is a little narrow minded. can i list any style of music with a guitar solo? im not a big rock fan, but i do like the sound of a guitar played properly. heres my list, in no particular order...

that lady (part 1& 2) - the isley brothers

i can hear the decenting voices in the back already - "its not even rock music!". imo the guitar solo on this track is one of the finest i have ever heard. dunno what it is about the solo, but it lifts and inspires me. not all great guitar solos are by rock bands.

rolling stone magazine said about the track "In 1969, the Isleys added younger brothers Ernie and Marvin and brother-in-law Chris Jasper, who had all been put through music school by the older brothers. Ernie repaid the debt with a spiraling guitar solo on "That Lady" reminiscent of the days when Jimi Hendrix was cutting sides with the brothers in the mid-1960s."

brothers in arms - dire straits

reading through this thread, i was very surprised to see little mention of dire straits. whats up? are they chopped liver or something? mark knopfler is a hell of a guitarist. brothers in arms is a monster track, with the sweetest guitar sound i've ever heard. its much in keeping with the sound of another brick in the wall by pink floyd.

another brick in the wall pt2 - pink floyd

HUGE! thats how you play one hell of a solo effortlessly! it slides gracefully off the guitar. dave gilmour has a talent that shines through on many other pink floyd tracks.

hotel california - the eagles

when i was a spotty teenager, i always wanted to learn the guitar just so i could play the solo on this track. and what a great solo it is too. probably gonna get laughed on by the van halen squad, but its all relative. beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

parisien ways - gary moore

what a track, and what a guitar solo! the guitar work on this track is outstanding!

star spangled banner - jimi hendrix

do i need to say anything? of course not!
 
Glad to see I am not the only one that think Dire Straits can play guitars pretty well and deserve a spot in here 👍

Sultans of Swing has an awesome guitar solo (I am talking about expecially the 10'56 and the 13'12 versions, as the '5-minute' ones don't have much of a solo in there)

And so does Brothers in Arms

Good choices, Gturismo1 and ZAGGIN.
And about you being 19 years old, Gturismo1... I agree with what you said. Just because you were born in an era where the new music is pretty much just good for... well, nothing, doesn't mean you have to listen to it. I am almost 25 years old, and I don't listen to the radio (unless it's the 'Old Rock' station) and I just listen to what I like, not to what people my age born in this era SHOULD (supposedly, seeing what the music industry is throwing at us here lately) like.

Go where your heart (and hears) takes you 👍

The Wizard.
 
Dire Straits is a very underrated group, and Mark Knopfler is just as underrated as a guitarist. I'm surprised I forgot Dire Straits on my list of great guitar solos!

I have to agree that Brothers in Arms is a very, very good song with some outstanding guitar playing. Again, extremely underrated. And I've never heard the full length version of Sultans of Swing! Is it similar to the version on the Live Aid DVD with the saxophone solo included?
 
They are both 'live' versions, as you can hear the crowd cheering at the beginning and at the end of the song. I know the 10'56 one is from the Album Alchemy.

I will do some research later today and let you know what Album the 13'12 is from.

Unfortunately I don't have that DVD and I have never heard the version with the Saxophone solo :indiff: Which makes me feel kinda disappointed, as I love Saxophone solos (Pink Floyd, anyone?) Both those versions I was referring to, though, do not contain any Sax in them...

EDIT: The 13'12 version is from the Album 'Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits' - the version of the Album with the Bonus Live Disc. The vesion of the song is contained in the Bonus Live Disc. Here are all the songs contained in the Bonus Live Disc:

1) Calling Elvis [Live]
2) Walk of Life [Live]
3) Last Exit to Brooklyn [Live]
4) Romeo and Juliet [Live]
5) Sultans of Swing [Live]
6) Brothers in Arms [Live]
7) Money for Nothing [Live]

The Wizard.
 
TheWizard
They are both 'live' versions, as you can hear the crowd cheering at the beginning and at the end of the song. I know the 10'56 one is from the Album Alchemy.

I will do some research later today and let you know what Album the 13'12 is from.

Unfortunately I don't have that DVD and I have never heard the version with the Saxophone solo :indiff: Which makes me feel kinda disappointed, as I love Saxophone solos (Pink Floyd, anyone?) Both those versions I was referring to, though, do not contain any Sax in them...

EDIT: The 13'12 version is from the Album 'Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits' - the version of the Album with the Bonus Live Disc. The vesion of the song is contained in the Bonus Live Disc. Here are all the songs contained in the Bonus Live Disc:

1) Calling Elvis [Live]
2) Walk of Life [Live]
3) Last Exit to Brooklyn [Live]
4) Romeo and Juliet [Live]
5) Sultans of Swing [Live]
6) Brothers in Arms [Live]
7) Money for Nothing [Live]

The Wizard.
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What!? No Private Investigations? That's their best song!
 
Solid Lifters
What!? No Private Investigations? That's their best song!
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Read the rest of the post ;) Those are not my favorite Guitar Solos (they are listed in the previous page). I was merely listing the songs that were on the Bonus Live Disc that comes with the imported version of the Album 'Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits', for informative purposes... :D

Private Investigations is a good song of theirs, but I wouldn't say it's their best.
In my opinion, their best is still Sultans of Swing...

The almost 5 minute long guitar solo that comes at the end of the 13+ minute long live version of the song is the closest one can get to a (non-sexually-based) orgasmic experience :D :sly:

The Wizard.
 
Best Guitar songs ever?

Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water,

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird,

The Eagles - Hotel California,

Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Child,

Queen - Tie your mother down

Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing [live]

THE BEST IS:::::::::::

'Hocus Pocus' by a band called 'Focus'.
 
I gotta put Voodoo Child solo on there (the third one, cums in around 3:37) it's so frickin wicked!!!

Also i gotta put One on there !!! How fast :scared:
 
Alter Bridge - Find The Real
- Tremonti finally breaking from the ballad-guitaring of Creed, letting loose with his new band."

Actually, I enjoy Watch Your Words more.

As for me...

1.All Along The Watchtower-Jimi Hendrix
2.Civil War-Guns N Roses
3.Mean Street-Van Halen
4.Voodoo Child-Jimi Hendrix
5.Johnny B Goode-Chuck Berry

I know some like the Back To The Future version... It might sound updated,
but it doesn't have much soul IMO.
 
Here's a list of some of my favorite solos, in no particular order:

Metallica - Fade To Black - Absolutely love the ending solo.
Metallica - One
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird
Guns N Roses - Sweet Child of Mine
Guns N Roses - November Rain - All the solos in this song are great, but the ending one is amazing. 👍
The two solos from the movie crossroads. Steve Vai I believe? :scared:

Anyone know Jason Becker? He is an amazing guitar player, one of the fastest players I've ever heard.
 
Saleen Man
Anyone know Jason Becker? He is an amazing guitar player, one of the fastest players I've ever heard.
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Yes, He is the son of one of the Guys from Steely Dan.
When he could still play he was great.
Sadly, he has been stricken with a "muscle-wasting" disease.
I can't remember if it's MS or ALS.


Another great guitarist that no one has mentioned is Curtis Mayfield.
Check out Super-Fly or Gypsy Woman.

Also, Carlos Santana. Oyo Como Va
 
I listen to probably too much shred and related stuff! Listen to Joe Satriani on full throttle! His solos during Summer Song (G3 Live In Concert DVD) on and off the wah pedal with awesome effect are terrific! :sly:
Steve Vai For The Love Of God has to be the fastest piece of music ever!!!
Also, The Fly (esp on the live DVD) and Until The End of The World (ditto) both by U2 are quite brilliant too! Coming Back To Life (Pink Floyd) I've wanted to practice for a while now, is cool too! 👍
 
As a guitarist, its crazy to try and do these kinds of lists, its a stupid concept to try and 'rate' music, different solos just express different emotions (excitement, tension, sadness, happiness, spaceyness etc etc). You cannot compare Mark Knopfler to Jimi Hendrix, or Steve Vai to BB King. Its just a silly way to approach it all.

Perhaps its more relevant to just list your favorite guitarists? (stating that one is the best expecting everyone to agree is stupid because we will all like different things anyway)

Here is my analysis on many of the guitarists mentioned (and some that won't have been), in no particular order except noting I love Hendrix like a religion:

Jimi Hendrix (God. Covers ALL emotional territories better than anyone so far. A total genius on the same level as Mozart, Bach etc. If one were to only listen to Jimi Hendrix, they would be completely fulfilled spiritually, he says everything you need and covers all emotions effortlessly, like he is channelling some divine force. THE BEST EVER.)

Mark Knopfler (phrasing, tone, songwriting is better (more meaningful) than anyone currently playing, a master at bringing the best out of any type of guitar he plays).

Stevie Ray Vaughan (pure balls and the height of 'traditional' emotive blues playing)

Jeff Beck (The least known guitarist for how awesome he is. Fantastically inventive whammy, phrasing. He is still pushing what it means to play guitar, fitting awesome riffs into prodigy style beats etc. He is still innovating when his contemporaries (Clapton, Page) stopped being relevant years ago. A true virtuoso.

Eric Clapton (cream era. 'Clapton is god' graffiti still rings true (for that era), although he has rested on his laurels way too much these day IMO)

Eric Johnson (beautiful tone, he made the Hendrix Fuzz Face Strat sound 'polite'. He is a little restricted in that he never plays anything that sounds aggressive or angry, its happy major thirds, fourths all the way! LOL! He's a happy guitarist, which is fine but limiting.)

Steve Vai (in a different universe technically than Van Halen, but way more expressive, way more soul. Van Halen is just a tosser who relies on "excitment, cheese and speed" being the only feelings expressed in his playing, with no other emotional territory explored IMO. He is a 'pop' guitarist and just 'flash'. Hendrix and Vai dump on him technically, emotionally and as people (way less ego than Van Halen). Steve Vai (though sometimes a bit 80s cheesey) is the greatest living guitarist in terms of covering all emotional territory. He is truly 'special' like Hendrix.

David Gilmour (Amazing atmosphere, great emotive playing. One trick pony however.)

Joe Satriani (shallow, but awesomely fun space-rock. He is an alien LOL! His natural comfort zone is more blues based than Vai, and sounds more limited because of this. He is still expressive emotionally (apart from the usual 'flash' excitement like Van Halen (but with a cooler tone, more otherworldly tone) when he does a ballad. Nonetheless VERY entertaining performer, second best technique to Vai in his genre.

There are plenty of others, but this post is already slightly off topic and way too long.
 
dime bag, cemetary gates, gets me everytime. just beutiful

Mr Crowley from Rhandy! cmon!

Oh and Yngwie's "blue" gets to me everytime i hear it also. (the VHS version not the recorded one)
 
#1: One of my turns by Pink Floyd
#2: Run like hell by Pink floyd
#3: The thin ice by Pink Floyd
#4: Young lust by Pink Floyd
#5: Start me up by The Rolling Stones

Can you tell I like Pink Floyd?In a month it will probably be different.

-ZEDak
 

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