100 Greatest Guitar Solos...

[Bag]

http://cityrag.blogs.com/main/2007/01/1 ... st_gu.html

[johnliebal]

i think i would have liked to see the unforgiven solo on there

[RobTheDrummer]

You're tellin me that Nirvana and Smashing Pumpkins beat out the best that DT had to offer? This list is bullshit imo.

[bassist_25]

It's good to see some Steely Dan on there. Also, it was cool of them to highlight Starship Trooper. Howe had such a unique style. The same goes for Robby Krieger. It's also nice that Billy Corgan is being recognized. He's an underrated player.

Of course, my fav solo of all time is number 98, Under a Glass Moon by Petrucci.

[RobTheDrummer]

It's good to see some Steely Dan on there. Also, it was cool of them to highlight Starship Trooper. Howe had such a unique style. The same goes for Robby Krieger. It's also nice that Billy Corgan is being recognized. He's an underrated player.

Of course, my fav solo of all time is number 98, Under a Glass Moon by Petrucci.

Exactly, that's the best solo ever! It has a little bit of everything and it fits!

[Punkinhead]

You're tellin me that Nirvana and Smashing Pumpkins beat out the best that DT had to offer? This list is bullshit imo.

The people who post those are more concerned about the popularity contest of it.


To me, music should never be classified into "greatest" lists. It's all someone else's opinion and, honestly, I only care about my own.

[Merge]

The top 10 on that list are in the same order as they were in the Guitar World survey a few years back. I like the solo to "Stairway" but the solo in "Comfortably Numb" is much better.

[SpellboundByMetal]

'Comfortably Numb' would be my vote for the best too!


I really dislike Led Zeppelin. I think they are overrated, and people like them just because.

[bassist_25]

Exactly, that's the best solo ever! It has a little bit of everything and it fits!

Indeed! Some people think that Petrucci is a wanker, but I think that he never sacrifices melody and motiff just for flash. I agree with Punkinhead though. If I were to make a list like that, it would be quite different. Most of those solos are just pentatonic wankfests that really don't do much for me, but who am I to whine about a list?

[SpellboundByMetal]

Whats up with you and the word 'wank'???

http://www.worldwidewank.com/synonyms2.html

[bassist_25]

Exactly, musical masturbation! I hate it.

BTW, my favorite synonym was Answering the Bone-a-Phone.

[BDR]

WANK!

r:>)

[SpellboundByMetal]

Yeah, there are some cool ones on there, haha.

Choking Kojak
Doing the five-knuckle shuffle
Jackin' the Beanstalk
Laying the smack down on yourself
One-man tug-o-war
Safest sex
Whipping the bishop
Zipper Olympics

[bassist_25]

They'd make some cool song titles. I could just hear a cool Rockabilly type of tune called Doing the Five-Knuckle Shuffle.

[MeYatch]

I always liked "flogging the dolphin" which I think is from Something About Mary.

[Baceman Spiff]

How the hell did a guitar solo thread get turned into masturbation thread???

I sincerely hope that list wasnt in any particulair order...Slash BEFORE Hendrix. I fuckin hate November Rain ( ok solo's not bad ) Theres only a few Guns songs I like after Appetite, and thats not one of them. Good to see SABBATH make the list. But Snowblind is a much better solo the War Pigs. It was Tony's most soulfull solo ever.

[MeYatch]

How the hell did a guitar solo thread get turned into masturbation thread???

its not much of a reach....

(see paul's definition of wanking)

[RobTheDrummer]

How the hell did a guitar solo thread get turned into masturbation thread???

its not much of a reach....

(see paul's definition of wanking)

Actually, that's just what happens when Keith starts yappin.

[SpellboundByMetal]

Youve been attacking me alot recently, rob. whats the deal? No matter what the topic is about , you throw something in about me. Do you want my autograph or something?

[bassist_25]

I onced signed my autograph on a receipt at the end of a gig at Peter C's one time. It's the single reason why I have the massive rockstar ego complex today that everyone's come to know and love.

[Banned]

NOVEMBER RAIN.. GNR

oh god,
i must submit this in good faith

like touching god

[Jim Price]

The new issue of Rolling Stone has an article picking out 20 names that they consider as today's "Guitar Gods." Here's the link to check it out:

Link

[Gallowglass]

I onced signed my autograph on a receipt at the end of a gig at Peter C's one time. It's the single reason why I have the massive rockstar ego complex today that everyone's come to know and love.

Sorry, this is off topic, but one time about 15 years ago (God, has it been that long...) a group of girls came up to me at Busch Gardens CONVINCED that I was Eddie Vedder (probably the subconscious reason I grew the beard-well, that & the Rasputin comparisons), anyway...they would not leave me alone until I signed a bunch of autographs. It makes me chuckle to think that somewhere there are a bunch of girls telling the story about how they met Eddie Vedder at Busch Gardens. I'm not the biggest fan (& they were pushy), so I didn't feel too guilty.

[RAM Z]

What about White Lion ? They had a number of great solo's like the one in Little Fighter ! Still to this day I think they had some of the greatest guitar work of all time . The Marshall Tucker Band had some great solos also .

[bassist_25]

I onced signed my autograph on a receipt at the end of a gig at Peter C's one time. It's the single reason why I have the massive rockstar ego complex today that everyone's come to know and love.

Sorry, this is off topic, but one time about 15 years ago (God, has it been that long...) a group of girls came up to me at Busch Gardens CONVINCED that I was Eddie Vedder (probably the subconscious reason I grew the beard-well, that & the Rasputin comparisons), anyway...they would not leave me alone until I signed a bunch of autographs. It makes me chuckle to think that somewhere there are a bunch of girls telling the story about how they met Eddie Vedder at Busch Gardens. I'm not the biggest fan (& they were pushy), so I didn't feel too guilty.

LOL

Did you act all pretentious and moody, Jason? That's the easiest way to pick Eddie Vedder out of a crowd.

The new issue of Rolling Stone has an article picking out 20 names that they consider as today's "Guitar Gods." Here's the link to check it out:

Wow, they actually surprisingly picked three guitarists who deserve the recognition. John Mayer is phenonenal. He's recording really poppy stuff now, but I hope that he'll start getting into deeper music as his career progresses. His Austin City Limits performance is great. Derek Trucks has as much soul as players twice his age. Frusciante's just a genuis, period.

What about White Lion ? They had a number of great solo's like the one in Little Fighter ! Still to this day I think they had some of the greatest guitar work of all time . The Marshall Tucker Band had some great solos also .

Vito Bratta rips! From what I understand, he can no longer play due to health problems. I'll take White Lion's cover of Radar Love over the original Golden Earning recording anyday.