"Stairway To Heaven" best solo ever ... O rly?...

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   Well, they're clearly not the best solo's ever even from a subjective postion. They're merely solos from some of the most popular rock songs of all time. That's a somewhat different, but that's what you'd expect from a mainstream rock magazine. They're not going to list Lunar Sea by Camel or Stevie's Spanking by Frank Zappa or something wierd and cerebral by Fripp.

As for Guns 'n' Roses most of Slash's solos just irritate me. November Rain is like having yours ears scraped over with a cheese grater.

The solo in Paranoid is nothing special either. I guess it was just w=one of the first "Heavy metal" guitar solo's.

That said, I do like Pages solo on Stairway and Gilmour on CN is clearly excellent. 

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Blacksword Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: June 22 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 16130	Posted: October 07 2016 at 06:38
	Well, they're clearly not the best solo's ever even from a subjective postion. They're merely solos from some of the most popular rock songs of all time. That's a somewhat different, but that's what you'd expect from a mainstream rock magazine. They're not going to list Lunar Sea by Camel or Stevie's Spanking by Frank Zappa or something wierd and cerebral by Fripp. As for Guns 'n' Roses most of Slash's solos just irritate me. November Rain is like having yours ears scraped over with a cheese grater. The solo in Paranoid is nothing special either. I guess it was just w=one of the first "Heavy metal" guitar solo's. That said, I do like Pages solo on Stairway and Gilmour on CN is clearly excellent.
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CPicard Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 03 2008 Location: Là, sui monti. Status: Offline Points: 10841	Posted: October 07 2016 at 05:42
	"Paranoid"??? Come on, Iommi has got more interesting solos! And "Eruption" isn't a "solo" as it's understood in rock music - or should we start saying that classical pieces for piano are "piano solos"?

Atavachron Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: September 30 2006 Location: Pearland Status: Offline Points: 65668	Posted: October 06 2016 at 18:41
	The list appears to be an "all-time" or "seminal" list of solos. Fine but increasingly outdated. I do give props, though, to those who prefer feeling over technique.
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dwill123 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: December 19 2006 Status: Offline Points: 4460	Posted: October 06 2016 at 18:16
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Quinino Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: June 26 2011 Location: Portugal Status: Offline Points: 3654	Posted: October 06 2016 at 17:57
	Any solo by Rory Gallagher beats them all !

AZF Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: January 17 2012 Location: Wirral Status: Offline Points: 1079	Posted: October 06 2016 at 17:40
	Well we must all bow down to the collective consensus"Stairway To Heaven" is the greatest guitar solo ever. "Classic Rock Magazine" said so. And now I'm off to a Gulag for thinking Steve Hackett's guitar solo in "Dancing With The Moonlight Knife" is more thrilling and more appropriate to the actual song it's from! And what about "Fracture"?!! Top 10 guitar solos in full. 1. Stairway To Heaven 2. Comfortably Numb 3. Hotel California 4. Freebird 5. All Along The Watchtower 6. Eruption (Van Happen) 7. Killer Queen 8. Sweet Child O'Mine 9. Purple Rain 10.Paranoid. For a start "The Stars That Play With Laughing Sam's Dice" wipes the floor with number 5, let alone "Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)"! http://teamrock.com/news/2016-10-06/led-zeppelin-s-stairway-to-heaven-voted-greatest-guitar-solo-ever