The 100 Greatest Guitar Solos (1 Viewer)

[ArmoredNOSaint]

Guitar World magazine, with the help of it readers, has complied what it calls the "100 Greatest Guitar Solos":

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Of course, "Stairway to Heaven" topped the list, followed by "Eruption" and "Freebird". Let the Great Debate begin......

 

[Ted]

Some great underappreciated solos on there:

Kinks - You Really Got Me. What a mess this solo is. It rules.

Steely Dan - Kid Charlemagne. One of my all time favorites. But no My Old School? I guess cuz maybe it's the sum of the solos that makes that song great?

And I'm sorry, but say what you will abot the band or song (I love both), but no solo list is complete without My Sharona.

 

[ok awesome]

Smells like teen spirit in the top 30? Shouldn't even be in the top 100. It's the verse melody played on the guitar. IMO, if I can play it without even practicing, it shouldn't touch the top 100. And I can. And In Bloom too? Is this a serious list? I mean seriously, I like Nirvana, but it has nothing to do with their guitar solos.

 

[MLU]

I guess it depends on what greatest means. To some it might be most challenging, to others it might mean simply the reaction people get when they hear it. Smells Like Teen Spirit is instantly recognizable after only a couple of notes. That should automatically qualify it for some type of Top 100 list. Enter Sandman as well.

 

[Saint_on_Helium]

Smells like teen spirit in the top 30? Shouldn't even be in the top 100. It's the verse melody played on the guitar. IMO, if I can play it without even practicing, it shouldn't touch the top 100. And I can. And In Bloom too? Is this a serious list? I mean seriously, I like Nirvana, but it has nothing to do with their guitar solos.

Right. Great solo in its expressiveness and all but this list is telling me that Cobain tops Clapton's solo on "While my guitar gently weeps" and Hendrix's Star Spangle Banner???!!!?!?!

 

[saintanism]

Frank Zappa's solo in Yo Mama was incredible. Also listen to David Gilmore's Raise My Rent

 

[HouDat]

Kurt Cobain belongs nowhere in the same solar system as a list entitled "Greatest Guitar..." anything. He was a decent composer, and to be fair, he nicely used dynamics to construct silent-to-violent tunes. But geezus, don't insult my intelligence by adding him to a list which purports to honor great guitarists/guitar work.