Best Rock Solo

MikeL05 · #1 07-08-2005, 07:59 PM

Since it was somewhat referenced in the other post, I thought I'd bring it up.

I can't narrow it down too much... but:

Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven (probably overrated, but damn if it isn't one of the best combinations of guitar skill and composition I've ever heard)

Led Zeppelin - Heartbreaker (more raw and technically harder than Stairway)

...and nearly anything by Pink Floyd... it's rare to hear something that evokes the sort of imagery that I think you find in one of Gilmour's solos.

istewart · #2 07-08-2005, 08:14 PM

Derek and the Dominos - Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad?

Very sick. Just listened to it.

hoopsie44 · #3 07-08-2005, 08:15 PM

White Room - Cream

IHateKeithSmart · #4 07-08-2005, 08:16 PM

I'm partial to the Allman Brothers - Blue Sky.

Los Feliz Slim · #5 07-08-2005, 08:20 PM

Phish:

Divided Sky
Run Like An Antelope
Fluffhead

Macdaddy Warsaw · #6 07-08-2005, 08:35 PM

Built to Spill - I Would Hurt a Fly

Doug Martsch in general solos off wonderfully.

I'll post more as I think of them.

ptmusic · #7 07-08-2005, 08:46 PM

[ QUOTE ]
Since it was somewhat referenced in the other post, I thought I'd bring it up.

I can't narrow it down too much... but:

Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven (probably overrated, but damn if it isn't one of the best combinations of guitar skill and composition I've ever heard)

Led Zeppelin - Heartbreaker (more raw and technically harder than Stairway)

...and nearly anything by Pink Floyd... it's rare to hear something that evokes the sort of imagery that I think you find in one of Gilmour's solos.

[/ QUOTE ]

I agree with the composition comment (both song and solo), but as far as "guitar skill" goes, Jimmy Page cannot get the nod for best solo ever.

Just because it's on my mind, I'm going to give best solo ever to the same choice I just gave for best instrumental ever: the incredible harmonica solo in the live version of J Geils Band's "Whammer Jammer".

-ptmusic

Luv2DriveTT · #8 07-08-2005, 09:30 PM

ERUPTION - Eddie hasn't had it so good since.

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Benal · #9 07-08-2005, 10:01 PM

I've always liked the solo in Sweet Child O Mine.

man · #10 07-08-2005, 10:46 PM

it doesn't really count as rock I guess, but the one in "foam" by phish is superb. its only flaw is that it seems too planned out, and I like spontaneity in solos.

as for true rock, the version of heartbreaker that jimmy page does in the BBC sessions album is pretty un-f*ck-with-ible. he plays some parts much slower, and it sounds amazing.