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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote hawkcwg Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 26 2008 at 15:12
Any solo from buckethead and rusty car from paul gilbert
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote darkshade Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 03 2008 at 01:35
^^^^^^ hahahaha ive seen that pic before. what's bad is Ive seen fatter (and younger) kids at one of the McDonalds by my home (there are about 8 within a 10 mile radius, which is sad)
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote AlanD Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 05 2008 at 11:01
Steve Hackett - Firth of Fifth (Genesis 1973)  - ghostly, spectral & very, very special
Robert Fripp - The Night Watch (King Crimson 1974)   - precision personified
Hendrix - Voodoo Chile (1968)  - controlled wildness, great stereo panning too!
Mark Knopfler - Brothers In Arms (Dire Straits 1985)  - emotional & sublime
Tony Peluso - Goodbye To Love (Carpenters 1973)  - the sustained fuzz that initiated the 'power ballad'
Paul McCartney - Taxman (Beatles 1966) -  cutting Eastern mode & on a George song too!
Andy Davis - Help Under Doors (Stackridge - scorching live improv at Astor Theatre, Deal, October 2007)
Ritchie Blackmore - Livin' Wreck (Deep Purple 1970) - wine dark, subtle & brilliant
Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn (Part One) (1975) - an original guitar voice, one of his finest moments
Peter Green - Man Of The World (1969) - supreme touch and makes every note special
 
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On another thread, I mentioned this one already:
 
Fat Time - Miles Davis (go, Mike Stern!); plus
 
Yours Is No Disgrace - Steve Howe in the Yessongs version
Bron-Y-Aur - Jimmy Page
Wring That Neck (live) - the great Ritchie Blackmore
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote The Pessimist Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 06 2008 at 13:34
Serenity Painted Death - Opeth is my favourite guitar solo ever, hands down. Also, I think the solo from Kid Charlemagne - Steely Dan deserves a mention.
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Originally posted by darkshade darkshade wrote:

strangely enough, even though i am a guitar player, i get more excited hearing a horn solo or keyboard solo (especially electric or rhoades piano Thumbs%20Up). Hell even the occasional bass solo gets me off more than a guitar solo. Anyone else have this "problem"?


To some degree yes. I think it's because about 95% of all songs ever written have the obligatory guitar solo, so it's always nice to hear something different. Bass solos get my attention every time, and I'm really growing to like some sax solos especially by Mel Collins and David Jackson. Flute solo is always a killer. But well, some of my favourite guitar solos, not in order:

Jeff Buckley - Forget Her
Talk Talk - I Don't Believe in You
Camel - Ice, Straight to My Heart, Lawrence
Overhead - Point of View, Entropy
Iron Maiden - Stranger in a Strange Land
In Flames - Satellites and Astronauts

Many others should come to mind.

edit: Great, of course I forgot the Best of All Time: Comfortably Numb from Pulse.


Edited by Keppa4v - September 10 2008 at 03:14
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Under a Glass Moon - Petrucci
Lunar Sea - Latimer
All Along the Watchtower - Hendrix
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Statutory-Mike Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 10 2008 at 15:02
Originally posted by hawkcwg hawkcwg wrote:

Any solo from buckethead and rusty car from paul gilbert
 
Clap Bucket is very good.
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Everyone, please do yourselves a favour and track down James Reyne's "Always the Way" from his 1987 self titled album and play it very loud.  The guitar 'solo' by Jef Scott the makes up the last 2 minutes of this track is the best i've ever heard (and 'I've heard a few).  Youtube won't do it justice unless your PC is hooked up to a decent sound system.
 
I played it to a fanatical metalhead friend of mine one day while driving throught the eastern suburbs of Sydney.  At the end there was just a stunned silence for a few seconds before he slowly said "My God" and insisted that i replay it continuously until we completed or journey.  Anyone entering an air guitar competition to this break would be pretty well guaranteed to win.
 
Strictly speaking it's not a solo as there is a drum backing but its close enough.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Blackwater Floyd Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 14 2008 at 15:32
In no particular order:
  • Petrucci on Octavarium final solo
  • David Gilmour on Your Possible pasts
  • great wierd solo on 21st century schizoid man by Master Fripp
  • The drapery falls solo by Mikael Akerfeldt.
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Originally posted by Man Erg Man Erg wrote:

Most of my favourite solos are already mentioned here but I have to put in a mention to The Carpenters - Goodbye to Love.Awesome solo.    
 
I know this one. Was always a great favourite of mine. Funny to see this on our progsite but the truth has to be said, it's indeed awesome !
 
As for my own contribution: this is on my profile for a year now:
 
1. Achilles last stand (Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin) (3:42 - 5:15)
2. The Neckromancer (Alex Lifeson/Rush) (10:45 - 12:21)
3. The seventh year (Karl Groom/Shadowland) (3:27 - 5:00)
and I can add:
4. Child in time (Ritchie Blackmore/Deep Purple)
5. Rock Bottom (Michael Schenker/UFO)
6. Have a cigar (David Gilmour/Pink Floyd)
7. Merry go-round (Roine Stolt/Flower KIngs)
8. Let there be rock (Angus Young/AC/DC; live album If you want blood...)
9. Counting all the seconds (Gary Chandler/Jadis)
10. Alien (Barry Bailey/Atlanta Rhythm Section)
10. Cliffhanger (Gary Wehrkamp/Shadow Gallery)
10. Black light machine (John Mitchell/Frost)
10. Breaking the spell (Nick Barrett/Pendragon)
10. For the love of God (Steve Vai)
etc etc etc (guitar solos rule !!!)
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Any Colour You Like - Pink Floyd: that short but sensational guitar, very spacey, magic!

Lunar Sea - Camel: after the spectacular Moog solo, you got a really wild guitar

The Illinois Enema Bandit - Frank Zappa: just so poweful and awsome!

Starship Trooper(Yessongs) - Yes: after the great added moog solo you got some mind-blowing guitar by Steve

Supper's Ready - Genesis: all the solos are just fantastique!

I am the Sun(pt 1) - Flower Kings: precise and great

Rudy - Supertramp: dramatic!

many many more!
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OMG i forgot to add Have a Cigar probably my favorite guitar solo Clap
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Dim Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 20 2008 at 20:55
No order...
 
More than a feeling-Boston
Comfortably numb- Pink Floyd
Achilles last stand- Led Zeppelin
Siberian Khatru (live)- Yes
Firth of fifth- Genesis
Dreaming shrines- Maudlin of the well
Ghost of perdition- Opeth
Dark Matter- Porcupine tree
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Um; I'm amazed no one's mentioned Alex Lifeson.

How about his leadwork in "Working Man"?  Class.
I should also mention "Through The Fire And Flames" by DragonForce.  Wow.
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Can't believe that nobody has mentioned Brian May yet! His solos are amazing!
 
Bohemian Rhapsody is an all time fav. 
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Mine's are The Green Grass and High Tides from The Outlaws. Very cool.
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Wow... many:
 
John Petrucci - Razor's Edge, The Spirit Carries On, Hell's Kitchen, Under a Glass Moon, Lines in the Sand, Peruvian kies, etc.
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Not sure of the order but for prog:
Hackett - Musical Box & Giant Hogweed from Genesis Live
Howe - Siberian Khatru, Yours is No Disgrace & Starship Trooper from Yessongs
Gilmour - Time & Money
Tull - Aqualung (is it Martin Barre?)
 
Non-prog
Alvin Lee - I'm Goin' Home from Woodstock
Clapton - Badge, Let it Rain & Cocaine from his Live 85 Tour (not on CD but catch it on YouTube)
Clapton & Santana - Jingo from the Crossroads concert a few years ago (YouTube)
Page - Dazed & Confused, Since I've Been Loving You, Heartbreaker
Johnny Winter - Highway 61 & Mean Town Blues (live)
Knopfler - Sultans of Swing (I saw it on YouTube, live performance with Clapton on rhythm)
Allmans (Dickie Betts I think) - One Way Out
Guns & Roses - Sweet Child & November Rain
Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower
Santana - Black Magic Woman (studio) & Soul Sacrifice (Woodstock)
Tufnel - Hellhole
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