Most Favourite Guitar Solo

Slaanesh

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

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

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

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

Anathema - Sleepless

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

mike65

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

Pantera - Floods.

Nuff said.

Johnny_the_fox

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

b20uvkft6m5xwg

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

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

boddah

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

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--

At the moment

Metallica - Master of Puppets

GoneShootin

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

Gone Shootin.....perhaps my fave solo

Gordon

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

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

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

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

Bard

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

black_wizardd

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

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

Karl Hungus

Originally posted by black_wizardd


Mr Crowley - Randy Rhoads

Ah, now that is a class choice!

_CreeD_

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

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

Dr. Loon

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

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

GoneShootin

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

crazylegs

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

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

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"

GreenHell

Ac Dc - Black is back.

Iron Maiden - Fear of the dark.