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Philéas 
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One solo that I've always liked more than the rest is Brian May's guitarsolo in The Invisible Man by Queen.
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Harkmark
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Posted: August 16 2006 at 04:58 |
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Tony Fisher
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Posted: August 16 2006 at 05:57 |
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Hackett - Firth of Fifth
Latimer - Lunar Sea
Rothery - Jigsaw
Powell/Turner - Virtually everything on Argus
Josh - the solo towards the end of Evergreen
Wakeman - Where is this Dream of Your Youth? (Strawbs - Antiques and Curios)
There are many other great ones but these leap to mind
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erik neuteboom
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Posted: August 16 2006 at 06:19 |
Steve Hackett his guitar solo in Firth Of Fifth is like good sex: foreplay, building the tension, climax (accompanied by majestic Mellotrons waves  ) and afterglow. Perhaps he sublimated many feelings into that solo because in those days his marriage was almost broken, that could be the reason why it sounds so emotional and compelling  !
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Harry Hood
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Posted: August 16 2006 at 07:06 |
Robert Fripp's solo on "St. Elmo's Fire" by Brian Eno.
This is the one Fripp solo that stuns me every time I hear it. He could play the lightning fast solos as good as anybody.
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Raff
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Posted: August 16 2006 at 09:23 |
As I think we're talking about any kind of solo, not just guitar, here are a few of my favourites: Yes - CttE (beginning of fourth section, "Seasons of Man" - Wakeman Hammond solo) Yes - Turn of the Century (Wakeman piano solo) Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb (both guitar solos) Jethro Tull - My God (Anderson flute solo) Jethro Tull - Aqualung (Barre guitar solo) ELP - Take a Pebble (Emerson piano solo) Curved Air - Metamorphosis (Jobson piano solo) Deep Purple (surprise!) - Child in Time (guess who guitar solo  ) Rainbow - Catch the Rainbow (ditto) Black Sabbath - Lonely Is the Word (Iommi guitar solo) Blue Oyster Cult - Veteran of the Psychic Wars (live version, ET Live - Buck Dharma guitar solo) Judas Priest - Beyond the Realms of Death (first guitar solo, by Glenn Tipton)
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Melomaniac
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Posted: August 16 2006 at 09:51 |
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Kerry Minnear's vibraphone solo in 'Funny Ways' on the 'Giant on the Box' DVD is jaw dropping... He looks possessed !!!!
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"One likes to believe in the freedom of Music" - Neil Peart, The Spirit of Radio
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Erpland316
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Posted: August 16 2006 at 10:36 |
One of my favorite guitar solos has always been "Pixel Dream" on Pongmasters Ball DVD by the Ozric Tentacles! "Chord Change" on Moonmadness by Latimer is out of this world! The song "Fire on the Mountain"(a 17 minute guitar solo/jam) by the Grateful Dead is an amazing solo/song. "The Noonward Race" by Mahavishnu Orchestra has some beautiful guitar work as well. Soft Machine and Caravan have great organ/keyboard solos!
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"Science is all metaphor"-Timothy Leary
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StyLaZyn
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Posted: August 16 2006 at 10:50 |
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Three from Rush come to mind:
Alex Lifeson - Camera Eye solo
Neil Peart - Red Lenses drum break
Geddy Lee - Third YYZ bass solo w/ harmonics
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Taril
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Posted: August 16 2006 at 14:07 |
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Band - Pink Floyd
Guitarist - David Gilmour
Pulse Live album/dvd
Song - Comfortably Numb
The 2nd solo is one of the most amazing guitar solos ive ever heard period.
Theirs just no better guitarist than Gilmour in my mind. But im sure ill get bashed for making a statement like that, but its the truth in my opinion.
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StyLaZyn
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Posted: August 16 2006 at 14:49 |
 Taril wrote:
Band - Pink FloydGuitarist - David GilmourPulse Live album/dvdSong - Comfortably NumbThe 2nd solo is one of the most amazing guitar solos ive ever heard period. Theirs just no better guitarist than Gilmour in my mind. But im sure ill get bashed for making a statement like that, but its the truth in my opinion.
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David Gilmore. Amazing. His demand for guitar tone is so admirable. This artist is always a pleasure to listen to. I like his most recent release very much, not prog, but very creative. He still has it after all these years.
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Cygnus X-2
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Posted: August 16 2006 at 14:58 |
Let's see, like Forgotten Son, one solo from my favorite guitarists: Alex Lifeson- La Villa Strangiato or Cygnus X-1 Robert Fripp- Fracture (not really a solo but the whole performance is essentially a solo) Steve Hackett- Spectral Mornings or Mechanical Bride Frank Zappa- Muffin Man or Punky's Whips (Zappa in New York Version) Adrian Belew- Either Deadwing (the Porcupine Tree song) or Elephant Talk John Petrucci- Octavarium or The Glass Prison Steve Rothery- Warm Wet Circles, Easter, Blind Curve, or That Time of the Night Mike Holmes- Harvest of Souls David Gilmour- Shine on You Crazy Diamond Pete Townshend- Quadrophenia or The Rock Alan Holdsworth- The Abingdon Chasp or Engimatic Oceans (all parts) 
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decypher
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Posted: August 16 2006 at 16:16 |
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Fates Warning - Static Acts, the tone is gigantic
Rush - Between the wheels, has everything a good Lifeson-solo needs
WatchTower - Control and Resistance - Backwards, Stereopanning etc. with a great rhythm secion.
Gerard - Ruins of a Glass Fortress, cheesy but fantastic leads at the end...
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Posted: August 17 2006 at 05:34 |
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Steve Rothery:
"Easter" (simply beautiful), "Sugar Mice", "Script For A Jester's Tear", "Neverland", "The Great Escape", and "This Strange Engine"
Alex Lifeson:
"The Camera Eye", "Limelight", "Kid Gloves", "Freewill", "Mission", "Chemistry", and "La Villa Strangiato" (the intro solo from Exit...Stage Left)
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pero
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Posted: August 17 2006 at 08:49 |
Taril wrote:
Band - Pink Floyd
Guitarist - David Gilmour
Pulse Live album/dvd
Song - Comfortably Numb
The 2nd solo is one of the most amazing guitar solos ive ever heard period.
Theirs just no better guitarist than Gilmour in my mind. But im sure ill get bashed for making a statement like that, but its the truth in my opinion.
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The Pompei concert (and Gilmour performance) was miles ahead Pulse
Edited by pero - August 17 2006 at 08:50
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Taril
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Posted: August 17 2006 at 09:53 |
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I dont think so. but I respect your opinion.
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Bright Ambassadors of Morning
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Dick Heath
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Posted: August 17 2006 at 12:24 |
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Allan Holdsworth's solo on Obsession (album: A Question Of Time by Jack Bruce) - in fact an odd set on combinations that worked: the old Cream rhythm section c 1989 with Holdsworth doing a rare solo on a blues number.
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The Green Tank
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Posted: August 17 2006 at 16:52 |
Keith Emerson in Trilogy. The song's basically a big solo anyways! 
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mizzin
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Posted: August 17 2006 at 17:56 |
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1. Dogs
2. The Knife
3. Comfortably Numb
4. Catch The Rainbow \On Stage\
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DualXP
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Posted: August 17 2006 at 18:12 |
jacob's ladder guitar solos
and freewill bass solo
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If I had a puppy I would name it Tessa so it would cooperate well.
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