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Good Guitar Solos

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Started by Dennis in Other Bands & Artists

Sorry if this subject has been tackled before, but after reading a thread about solos in Therapy? songs, it got me thinking:

What are your favourite guitar solos?

EDIT:
Off the top of my head, here are are few of mine:

Stay Beautiful - Manic Street Preachers

La Villa Strangiato - Rush (*BEEP BEEP ANORAK ALERT*)

Sweet Child O Mine - GnR (Bit of a cliched choice but I just love the way it builds and builds and has wanky fast bits but still stays focussed and melodic)

Paint A Vulgar Picture - Smiths

I Ain’t No Nice Guy (acoustic version) - Motorhead. The underrated Phil Campbell

One In A Million - GnR. Dodgy lyric, great acoustic solo

Posted on Fri, 23 March 2007 at 16:42

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Pip (Philip Kelly) wrote:

The Sleep - Pantera :cool:

Has to be one of my favourites

Posted on Fri, 23 March 2007 at 16:47

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Dennis wrote:

Oh shit, forgot the two good Metallica ones:

Nothing Else Matters
Master of Puppets (the slow melodic solo)

Both played not by Kirk but by the superior James Hetfield

Posted on Fri, 23 March 2007 at 16:49

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Charlie wrote:

If you Wanna Leave me, can I come too ?
Bryan Adams
Guitarist - Keth Scott.

Gotta Love a good slide solo. Plus Keith is one of my favourite lead guitarists.

Also - Sweet child o mine as mentioned earlier.

More when i can think of ‘em :D

Posted on Fri, 23 March 2007 at 16:56

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KJC Dublin (Karl) wrote:

Hangar 18 - Megadeth (the song almost is a solo!)

Brighton Rock - Queen

sooooo many good ones…

Posted on Fri, 23 March 2007 at 17:08

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caffeinebomb wrote:

The Guitar/Piano solo from My Baby is a Headfuck by the Wildhearts is awesome.

It was the final ever recording made by the late Mick Ronson (Ex Spiders from Mars) before he died of liver cancer in 1993. It’s just brilliant - it distills everything I love about Rock music into about 30 seconds.

Posted on Fri, 23 March 2007 at 17:17

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french headbanger wrote:

child in time by deep purple (richie blackmore)

Posted on Fri, 23 March 2007 at 18:04

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ziggy (Ziggy Buyle) wrote:

Steve vai’s stuff :)

Posted on Fri, 23 March 2007 at 18:31

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Dermot (The Derm) wrote:

Funkadelic - Maggot Brain

Posted on Fri, 23 March 2007 at 18:53

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viking_pooh wrote:

well anything by Page Hamilton, but particularly “Wilma’s Rainbow” crazy ass solo perfect balanced with the ohter instruments that fits perfectly and ends wiht a really cool delay

also love

Prong - Whose Fist Is This Anyway?
Queens Of The Stone Age - Avon
Pitchshifter - Genius

and a bunch more i cant be arsed to remember, im more a fan of grooves and riffs than solos’s hence i love T?

Posted on Fri, 23 March 2007 at 21:41

#10

Charlie wrote:

Some of Larry LaLonde’s stuff where he’s actually playing for the song instead of just widdling in the flat fifth :p

Posted on Fri, 23 March 2007 at 21:57

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Roberto wrote:

Citizen Erased, Muse, The best solo that i have heard in my life!!!!!!!

Posted on Sat, 24 March 2007 at 00:29

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zipless wrote:

Scotty Moore’s solo on “That’s all right” by the King! :cool:

Posted on Sat, 24 March 2007 at 11:28

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interzone (What's up sucker !!!) wrote:

The kiss - The Cure. it’s the opening solo of this song. I think it sounds really good and it’s oppressive too. At least I feel it like this.

Posted on Sat, 24 March 2007 at 12:57

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Superunknown wrote:

Red Hot Chili Peppers - I Could Have Lied
Pearl Jam - Alive
GN’R - Sweet Child O’Mine
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
FNM - Star AD

Posted on Sun, 25 March 2007 at 15:45

#15

Cuchulain wrote:

Was gonna say a couple of tracks of Slayer’s Reign In Blood album but thinking of it that whole album in itself is one big freaking solo.
Absolutely neckbreaking stuff , Kerry King The Man !

Posted on Tue, 27 March 2007 at 09:53

#16

Dennis wrote:

That’s “Mr Kerry King, Sir” to the likes of you and me, dude!

Actually, my fave Slayer solo is in Dead Skin Mask, but that’s off Seasons In The Abyss.

Jeff Hanneman’s solos are cack, though, don’tcha think?

Posted on Tue, 27 March 2007 at 10:38

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Dennis wrote:

Ooh ooh, haven’t mentioned Thin Lizzy’s Black Rose yet (or Roisin Dubh or whatever it is called, I don’t remember exactly) - the way they work all those Irish motifs into the extended solo - very clever!

Posted on Tue, 27 March 2007 at 10:49

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deadsetgav wrote:

The Solo’s I love are not always the most complicated:

Off the top of my head:

Nine Inch Nails - Ruiner (I love the distortion on the guitar)
Pantera - Floods
Guns n Roses - Double Talkin Jive or Estranged (cant decide)
Wildhearts - Sky Babies

There are many more that I really like that I cant be bothered to write up right now :)…

Posted on Tue, 27 March 2007 at 11:51

#19

Charlie wrote:

Dennis wrote:

That’s “Mr Kerry King, Sir” to the likes of you and me, dude!

Actually, my fave Slayer solo is in Dead Skin Mask, but that’s off Seasons In The Abyss.

Jeff Hanneman’s solos are cack, though, don’tcha think?

I think they both are. From what ive heard its just pointless widdling that doesnt go with the song at all !!!
Completely un-melodic too.

Posted on Tue, 27 March 2007 at 14:07

#20

Dennis wrote:

Yeah I can see your point. King is a killer rhythm guitarist, but the solos are pretty pointless, widdle-fests…

Posted on Tue, 27 March 2007 at 14:14

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Superunknown wrote:

I also love

Stone Temple Pilots - Trippin’ On A Hole In A Paper Heart… what a great Tele sound, absolutely superb

Radiohead - Just… although it’s not so much the solo, it’s the guitar work on the whole track that’s completely amazing.

The Wildhearts - My Baby Is A Headfuck… not as mind-blowing as the solos above, but so rock ‘n’ roll. I think Mick Ronson played this, didn’t he?

Posted on Thu, 29 March 2007 at 16:38

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Evil T wrote:

“Wrathchild” by Iron Maiden has a fantastic guitar solo.

Also, “I Wanna Be Your Dog” by the Stooges. If I remember correctly, it even got voted for “One of the best guitar tracks ever”.

Posted on Sat, 31 March 2007 at 11:14

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interzone (What's up sucker !!!) wrote:

the opening solo of Shine on you crazy diamond. I like it

Posted on Tue, 3 April 2007 at 23:14

#24

FNYANKEZ wrote:

which part? their’s 8 of them

Posted on Wed, 4 April 2007 at 16:07

#25

The one and only Y wrote:

The solos on machtkampf by arch enemy

Posted on Fri, 6 April 2007 at 13:10

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interzone (What's up sucker !!!) wrote:

FNYANKEZ wrote:

which part? their’s 8 of them

You’re wright, i meant part 1

Posted on Fri, 6 April 2007 at 21:09

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Esa wrote:

Judas Priest: Painkiller

Posted on Fri, 13 April 2007 at 06:46

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Superunknown wrote:

Painkiller’s insane.

Posted on Sun, 15 April 2007 at 16:58

#29

(FIN) King Alcohol (Sami) wrote:

Zakk Wylde’s solos are awesome.

Diablo - Icon Of Flesh. In the middle of the song is a nice solo.

In Flames - Come Clarity. A Nice solo almost in the end of the song.

Posted on Sun, 20 May 2007 at 00:40

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caffeinebomb wrote:

FAO: Superunknown

caffeinebomb wrote:

The Guitar/Piano solo from My Baby is a Headfuck by the Wildhearts is awesome.

It was the final ever recording made by the late Mick Ronson (Ex Spiders from Mars) before he died of liver cancer in 1993. It’s just brilliant - it distills everything I love about Rock music into about 30 seconds.

The Solo from the end of The Hard Way from the new album is nearly as good

Posted on Sun, 20 May 2007 at 10:55

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