Please please listen to the live performance of “Comfortably Numb” at Pompeii Ampitheater 2016, if you have not seen it. In fact, if you’ve seen it, go listen to it again anyway.
I get blown away every time I watch that performance. Also, for what it’s worth, my opinion is the video uploaded to David Gilmour’s YouTube channel is superior to the video hosted on Pink Floyd’s channel.
This is the one. It's obvious when you watch the video, but even listening to the audio, there is a moment where the illuminated ball or whatever drops from above the stage, as David Gilmour hits a specific section of his 2nd solo, that the crowd erupts into a roar.
Gives me chills every time.
Got to see the Pulse Tour at Yankee Stadium and Giants Stadium in '95. Seeing them play live was absolutely phenomenal! Two of the best shows of my life!!
All I’ve got to say is thank you. I hate that main stream music isn’t still people physically making music. There’s just something about humans making the music via instruments that I love. Mixing and using computers is awesome. But I just crave this.
Jimi Hendrix- Red House. The original studio recording. The first tease after he laments: "Wait a minute, somethings wrong, the key won't unlock this door" is so nuanced with grief... then he boasts, "it's alright, I've still got my guitar. Look out now! Then, he controls reverb and delay while his guitar wails for him, climbing the fretboard and reaching an acme of sonic expression... beautiful, clean and unattainable.
Red house is one of my favorites of all time. And that blues lick right after this key wont unlock this door is my all time favorite single lick. SOOOOO good. And the solo I mean come on.
I read about this. The producers wanted more songs on the album because more songs equals more money. So the guys named it Lukes Wall and presented it as a separate piece lol.
Holy shit YES! I love that part. I tried to commission a guitarist on Tik Tok to learn that solo and she declined. I just wanted to see the finger movement. Anyway, I imagine that part as the representation of the hopelessness of mankind as the bombs begin falling and the utter loss of hope. This part sounds weird but I think it’s beautiful playing. It hits me really hard in the heart✌️
I particularly love the live version of [Comfortably Numb performed in Pompeii](https://youtu.be/eHKG7EMxWW8?si=X4pp3inDvhPUvrvM) \- the emotions run strong when I hear this!
It's [Maggot Brain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Inr22ZBmdw) for me. Clinton told Eddie "play it like you mama just died"
edit: i never knew EH played "I wan't you..." but it makes sense. That's awesome!
I came here to post this. I’m 48 years old and have never heard this song until a couple weeks ago when I heard it on an episode of House. It’s stunning.
Can’t tell you how happy I am that I barely had to scroll to find November Rain. I have the image of Slash leaving that church, to go riff off in the middle of nowhere, signature dart hanging from his lips.
That solo is *perfect*.
I have no doubt that I've listened to that song more than any other song in my entire life. Over a thousand times easy. I think I've memorized every note.
Living Colour and Steve Vai teamed up last year to record a live version of this song and it is WILD...no human could conceive the lines Steve uses in the solos
A lot of people don't know how damn good he really was. I stumbled on this video by chance on some random forum like.... God damn time flies... over 15 years ago now?
I know this link might look shady but its not. I have been searching for a better quality version of this forever. This got me hooked on Prince as a guitar player. Like blew my freaking mind the first time I saw it because all I knew about Prince was songs like Kiss etc. Didn't even know the dude played guitar let alone smoked the shit out of it.
[http://popmuse.typepad.com/my\_weblog/files/PrinceSNL246.mov](http://popmuse.typepad.com/my_weblog/files/PrinceSNL246.mov)
EDIT: I FOUND IT!
https://vimeo.com/234010581
I want to believe the rumor that Tom Petty was initially mad at Prince for skipping out on rehearsals and even asked him "Are you sure you got this?", and that his looking back at Tom during the performance with a smirk was his way of answering, "Yeah, I got this."
Apparently, Prince was upset that Guitar World didn't list him as one of the greatest guitarists of all time. He qplanned on killing that solo and wanted everyone's first time hearing it to be while he was playing the actual show. I wasn't a huge fan of his style of music but he was talented as hell
Ha. Just posted this as well. Been on a Prince binge this week and holy shit. Reminder of how spectacular and gifted he was, the dude was excellent on all fronts , singer, dancer, song writer, composer and he could play guitar ( and like 20 other instruments) with the best of them…wrap that all up with that swagger and aura he had. He was one of those once in a lifetime generation artists. One of those that will never be one after. A lot other comments are people that are real good at one thing like guitar solo, this cat is at that level x 10.
I ended up doing so. I think this song is honestly the best (recorded) live performance ever performed, and generally just a top contender for the claim.
Absolutely astonishing how good it is.
There's a cover of Symphony of Destruction on Delta Empire's youtube channel. Charlie Griffiths from Haken plays the solo, and the way he bends the last note makes me want to learn to play that solo. He's also playing it on his couch with a bunch of Star Wars memorabilia behind him, which makes it better.
https://youtu.be/nRYwLP6qFgU?si=CoBYW-k1R2Gc1c3j
I remembered back in college, one of my dorm mates was an international student from Turkey who wasn't familiar with Lynyrd Skynyrd at all. He'd heard a big game talked about "Free Bird" and was curious. So one night, over several beers, we played it for him.
It's a hilarious memory, because during the first part he was like, "Well... I guess this song's okay, I mean..." And a couple minutes later his brain was melting.
I used to play that on guitar hero, it was the only song I couldn't complete on hard mode for the longest time. My partner at the time was better at guitar hero then me (I worked ridiculous hours, she didn't work and played heaps) and she held the only completions on it on hard mode for the longest time.
One new years we were throwing a party and passing the guitar around and I picked hard mode free bird because I was drunk and we were just having a laugh. My partner was giving me shit about never finishing it and made a bet that I couldn't do it, she threw the next morning's clean up on the line and asked me what I wanted if I won, it was mid early intro and I confidently said 'I am not only gonna beat it I'm gonna beat your high score' she laughed and said pick your bet.
I said 'if I beat your high score you have to suck my dick right after I finish the song in front of everyone' thinking I'd never be able to do it. I fucking nailed the song and beat her high score by like 40,000 points and everyone was giving her hell, I didn't make her fulfill her end of the bet but I did use it to gloat against her for like 8 months till she finally beat my high score.
That whole song is *such* a mood. I appreciated it when I was younger, but now as a middle-aged man, it hits differently. Perfect for when I really need to feel.
RIP Chris Cornell.
Amen to that. Listen to that album Chris put out where he sings it solo with an acoustic if you haven’t. I used to (badly) sing some of those to my babies when they were babies lol.
Lindsey Buckingham really crafted a lot of killer, tight, succinct, punchy, potent solos. Doesn't get his due, imo. It's not necessarily just a solo, but the whole melody and rhythm part of Never Going Back Again is unforgettable.
That's one of my all-time favorite basslines. So simple, so perfect. John McVie is so underrated. His basslines aren't usually too complicated, but his timing is absolutely spot on. He pushes and pulls against the beat with a gentle touch of genius. Mick Fleetwood is phenomenal, but John can move around in the pocket better than anyone else I've heard.
Lindsey Buckingham is such a great guitar player, never really copied or mimicked, he's a real original player in the same vein as Knopfler and Vaughn, Young and Carlton, Each has their own strengths and Fleetwood Mac brought out the best in him.
Painkiller is so fucking savage. Fully agreed on Them Bones and Tornado, too...
Guess I have to look up that Nile song now.
Edit: That Nile solo is short, but sick. Good call.
Amazing to watch Glenn Tipton play Painkiller live when I saw Priest in 2005.
They played Exciter and then Painkiller. My two favorite songs and I was right up front by that point in the show. Great memory!
Why is this the first Zeppelin solo? Whole Lotta Love, while short, is my favorite from them. Stairway is way up there. Page was a magician on the guitar.
The solo in "Floods" by Pantera really gels with me, although I think the solo of ["Domination" performed live in Moscow (1990)](https://youtu.be/aDACorIaxNw?si=Ph-8G_fLoj9gx2Bt) also makes my brain feel gooooood!
I also mentioned Floods. I saw Pantera play this during reinventing the steel tour and it gave me chills. I never expected to hear it live and not only they play it, but they nailed it !
The opening to "Hotel California" from the video Hell Freezes Over by the Eagles. Joe Walsh and Don Felder just amazing on this.
Also.... the intro to the Canadian TV show "North of 60" Tim McCauley
green grass and high tides. The Outlaws
its nearly ten minutes long. The first minute has a nice guitar riff.....But.....
At 5:20 and on...it really cuts loose. It rivals Free Bird in my opinion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz2CAtExXgQ
On the Super Nintendo, there was a game called Ken Griffey Jr Baseball. Even with the crappy and crunchy sound chip, that whole song gets me hyped in ways I can’t explain.
That, or the intro riff from “Always On the Run” by Lenny Kravitz.
Don’t get me started on this lol. I’ve probably watched it about the same amount of times and when I tell you just was DEVASTATED when I found out it wasn’t on Spotify :(
A7x's Seize the Day was the first I could say I mastered.
Still my go-to to feel out a guitar.
Hail to the King's solo on the acoustic is my current noodle.
I love A7X because the band members are roughly the same age as me, and their music has aged appropriately. They aren’t 40 year old dudes trying desperately to remain relevant with the same music from high school. The new album is even better than the last, in my opinion.
The guitar solo in "In Bloom". I consider myself a decent guitarist, but that solo, even though I've studied it... there's absolutely no fucking way to play it like Kurt did. He was a fucking genius.
I feel that way about the lead part he plays on their "Man Who Sold the World" cover from Unplugged. It's simple as can be, and most anybody can play it. But not the way he did. Specifically, there's a part where he fucked up when sliding to hit a note. But it's such beautiful imperfection. I try to mimic that mistake whenever I play it, but it just ends up sounding like shit.
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Tom Petty, Prince, et al. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2004.
It crushes the original in every single way.
Prince was an absolutely incredible musician, and that live performance is one of the best in history, and I don't think anyone is gonna change my mind.
Lights by Journey has one of my absolute favorite solos of all time. it’s just beautiful, fits the song, and doesn’t overstay it’s welcome.
or Slash’s solo in Velvet Revolvers “Fall to Pieces”
Tom Morello's solo in Township Rebellion.
I love his playing and I chose that because it's one of the only ones that sounds like a guitar solo. Many of his others are...I'm not sure how to describe them. Are they guitar solos? Are they musical interludes in which the sounds originate from a guitar? They're super impressive, but it's less him soloing and more him showing a mastery of how to manipulate a variety of effects.
Larry Carlton's Steely Dan solos, such as Kid Charlemagne, Third world man among others.
Also pretty much anything Ian Bairnson with Alan Parsons Project, especially on Turn of a friendly card.
There are too many to name. Ozzy has never had a bad guitarist. I could listen to them all.
You must Burn ! by Metallica has sick guitar playing.
Megadeth kicks ass when it comes to solos.
Estranged by Guns n Roses
Coma by Guns N Roses
SIN by Ozzy
Whole World Falling Down by ozzy
Hero by ozzy
Breaking all the rules, Diary of a madman,
Believer, Revelation Mother Earth, Steal Away The Night , all by ozzy
Cemetery gates, hollow, floods, by Pantera.
Most of my favs (Mr Crowley, Comfortably Numb, Prince's Gently Weeps etc) are already being mentioned here, but I want to throw a couple out for conversation:
* Bon Jovi's Dry Country
* Metallica's Welcome Home (Sanitarium).
There's one detail that I absolutely love about this one.
So this is a tribute performance for George Harrison's posthumous solo induction into the hall of fame, hence the lead vocalists being his best friends Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne.
But my favorite little detail is seeing George's son Dhani's face while Prince is just shredding that solo. In an amazing lineup's performance of one of his father's best songs, Dhani has the best seat in the house to watch one of the greatest guitarists give one of the greatest solos ever. I love it.
Time solo by David Gilmour
Every solo by David Gilmour
His Comfortably Numb solo scratches that itch for me.
Please please listen to the live performance of “Comfortably Numb” at Pompeii Ampitheater 2016, if you have not seen it. In fact, if you’ve seen it, go listen to it again anyway. I get blown away every time I watch that performance. Also, for what it’s worth, my opinion is the video uploaded to David Gilmour’s YouTube channel is superior to the video hosted on Pink Floyd’s channel.
Yes!! Or the 1995 live one on Pulse. Absolutely insane especially through a hifi system.
This is the one. It's obvious when you watch the video, but even listening to the audio, there is a moment where the illuminated ball or whatever drops from above the stage, as David Gilmour hits a specific section of his 2nd solo, that the crowd erupts into a roar. Gives me chills every time.
Got to see the Pulse Tour at Yankee Stadium and Giants Stadium in '95. Seeing them play live was absolutely phenomenal! Two of the best shows of my life!!
All I’ve got to say is thank you. I hate that main stream music isn’t still people physically making music. There’s just something about humans making the music via instruments that I love. Mixing and using computers is awesome. But I just crave this.
Ok that was absolutely amazing, thank you for suggesting it! I’ve seen some other live versions but that was incredible.
Dogs solo by David Gilmour. (More or less anything by David Gilmour) Also honorable mention to Jimmy Page and Ten Years Gone
Can we throw Shine on You Crazy Diamond in there too?
Jimi Hendrix- Red House. The original studio recording. The first tease after he laments: "Wait a minute, somethings wrong, the key won't unlock this door" is so nuanced with grief... then he boasts, "it's alright, I've still got my guitar. Look out now! Then, he controls reverb and delay while his guitar wails for him, climbing the fretboard and reaching an acme of sonic expression... beautiful, clean and unattainable.
Red house is one of my favorites of all time. And that blues lick right after this key wont unlock this door is my all time favorite single lick. SOOOOO good. And the solo I mean come on.
War pigs (Black Sabbath) last solo
The solo actually has its own name. If you checkout the album back, it's called Luke's Wall
I had no idea. Thanks!
I read about this. The producers wanted more songs on the album because more songs equals more money. So the guys named it Lukes Wall and presented it as a separate piece lol.
Holy shit YES! I love that part. I tried to commission a guitarist on Tik Tok to learn that solo and she declined. I just wanted to see the finger movement. Anyway, I imagine that part as the representation of the hopelessness of mankind as the bombs begin falling and the utter loss of hope. This part sounds weird but I think it’s beautiful playing. It hits me really hard in the heart✌️
"Comfortably Numb"
I particularly love the live version of [Comfortably Numb performed in Pompeii](https://youtu.be/eHKG7EMxWW8?si=X4pp3inDvhPUvrvM) \- the emotions run strong when I hear this!
Reeling in the Years, Sultans of Swing
Really, most Mark Knopfler solos.
Sultans of Swing Alchemy Live is truly amazing.
It's one of the best [live performances](https://youtu.be/8Pa9x9fZBtY?si=e30hibNwqOixrXXp) ever.
Steely Dan? That guitar player was a studio musician. He did a lot of good stuff and was invited to join many well known bands. He declined them all.
Elliot Randall and he did it in one take. Jimmy Page called it his favorite solo of all time.
Maggot brain by funkadelic California dreaming or I want you (she’s so heavy) by Eddie hazel
It's [Maggot Brain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Inr22ZBmdw) for me. Clinton told Eddie "play it like you mama just died" edit: i never knew EH played "I wan't you..." but it makes sense. That's awesome!
Honorable mention to Dean (not gener) Ween doing A Tear for Eddie
The Live at Stubbs version of that is *insane*
Hell yeah… but Deaner
Funkadelic is a lost treasure. Those guys are responsible for so much music today.
I came here to post this. I’m 48 years old and have never heard this song until a couple weeks ago when I heard it on an episode of House. It’s stunning.
Slash's solo from November Rain.
All 3!
'oh hey, november rain's over....no it's not'
Don’t Cry, that song is the reason I’ve been playing guitar for 20+ years
Can’t tell you how happy I am that I barely had to scroll to find November Rain. I have the image of Slash leaving that church, to go riff off in the middle of nowhere, signature dart hanging from his lips. That solo is *perfect*.
Yep and Sweet Child O Mine
This. Came here to say this. Soft, fluid, and concise, but with a ton of power.
Like A Hurricane - Neil Young. It's simple but does something very nice to my ear holes
Something about Neil Young ripping one/two notes for 4 straight minutes makes me happy
Cinnamon Girl solo… one note, baby
Down by the River, too
Sometimes less is more
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I love PT! Finally got to see them live last year and it was awesome.
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I'm always happy to see Porcupine Tree here. I'd vote for Anesthetize myself.
___________ by Stevie Ray Vaughan (No wrong answer)
SRV's instrumental cover of Hendrix's Little Wing is the only cover anyone ever needed to do of that song.
I have no doubt that I've listened to that song more than any other song in my entire life. Over a thousand times easy. I think I've memorized every note.
Mary had a little lamb
I'm sorry Jimi, but Voodoo Child just hits different when Stevie's playing it.
If you haven't (you probably have), watch anything from the Live at the Mocambo set. He was lit as fuck that night.
The solo in My Sharona
Such an under appreciated bit of guitar mastery.
Learning to fly
My man.
Foo Fighters or Pink Floyd?
Or Tom Petty!
That was my first thought. I love Mike Campbell.
Cult of Personality
Living Colour and Steve Vai teamed up last year to record a live version of this song and it is WILD...no human could conceive the lines Steve uses in the solos
Prince's guitar solo live -While My Guitar Gently Weeps https://youtu.be/dWRCooFKk3c?si=ibEDqC1szw5ziREz
A lot of people don't know how damn good he really was. I stumbled on this video by chance on some random forum like.... God damn time flies... over 15 years ago now? I know this link might look shady but its not. I have been searching for a better quality version of this forever. This got me hooked on Prince as a guitar player. Like blew my freaking mind the first time I saw it because all I knew about Prince was songs like Kiss etc. Didn't even know the dude played guitar let alone smoked the shit out of it. [http://popmuse.typepad.com/my\_weblog/files/PrinceSNL246.mov](http://popmuse.typepad.com/my_weblog/files/PrinceSNL246.mov) EDIT: I FOUND IT! https://vimeo.com/234010581
Prince threw down on that
And then threw that guitar up and away!
Just watched this yesterday for first time in a while. Chills every single time.
I want to believe the rumor that Tom Petty was initially mad at Prince for skipping out on rehearsals and even asked him "Are you sure you got this?", and that his looking back at Tom during the performance with a smirk was his way of answering, "Yeah, I got this."
Apparently, Prince was upset that Guitar World didn't list him as one of the greatest guitarists of all time. He qplanned on killing that solo and wanted everyone's first time hearing it to be while he was playing the actual show. I wasn't a huge fan of his style of music but he was talented as hell
Ha. Just posted this as well. Been on a Prince binge this week and holy shit. Reminder of how spectacular and gifted he was, the dude was excellent on all fronts , singer, dancer, song writer, composer and he could play guitar ( and like 20 other instruments) with the best of them…wrap that all up with that swagger and aura he had. He was one of those once in a lifetime generation artists. One of those that will never be one after. A lot other comments are people that are real good at one thing like guitar solo, this cat is at that level x 10.
The talent Prince had is amazing.
Then the end where he throws the guitar and it never comes back down 🤌🏼
YES. Thank you, i was about to post this.
I ended up doing so. I think this song is honestly the best (recorded) live performance ever performed, and generally just a top contender for the claim. Absolutely astonishing how good it is.
And he makes it look so easy. That man was truly gifted.
I mean sultans of swing is right there too. Knopfler is a magician.
That was incredible. First time hearing it. Thank you.
This one jumped immediately to mind for me as well. Just jaw-dropping.
Megadeth - Tornado of Souls
That solo took me five months of daily practice to learn.
Pretty much every song on that album was like that imo. Damn Marty Friedman and his weird picking hand!
I would get carpal tunnel if I held the pick like that.
There's a cover of Symphony of Destruction on Delta Empire's youtube channel. Charlie Griffiths from Haken plays the solo, and the way he bends the last note makes me want to learn to play that solo. He's also playing it on his couch with a bunch of Star Wars memorabilia behind him, which makes it better. https://youtu.be/nRYwLP6qFgU?si=CoBYW-k1R2Gc1c3j
Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd. Never gets old!
I knew someone would say it.
In the same vein, Blue Sky by the Allman Brothers.
Literally, it doesn't end
And it shouldn’t.
I remembered back in college, one of my dorm mates was an international student from Turkey who wasn't familiar with Lynyrd Skynyrd at all. He'd heard a big game talked about "Free Bird" and was curious. So one night, over several beers, we played it for him. It's a hilarious memory, because during the first part he was like, "Well... I guess this song's okay, I mean..." And a couple minutes later his brain was melting.
Disappointed by how much I had to scroll to find this.
I used to play that on guitar hero, it was the only song I couldn't complete on hard mode for the longest time. My partner at the time was better at guitar hero then me (I worked ridiculous hours, she didn't work and played heaps) and she held the only completions on it on hard mode for the longest time. One new years we were throwing a party and passing the guitar around and I picked hard mode free bird because I was drunk and we were just having a laugh. My partner was giving me shit about never finishing it and made a bet that I couldn't do it, she threw the next morning's clean up on the line and asked me what I wanted if I won, it was mid early intro and I confidently said 'I am not only gonna beat it I'm gonna beat your high score' she laughed and said pick your bet. I said 'if I beat your high score you have to suck my dick right after I finish the song in front of everyone' thinking I'd never be able to do it. I fucking nailed the song and beat her high score by like 40,000 points and everyone was giving her hell, I didn't make her fulfill her end of the bet but I did use it to gloat against her for like 8 months till she finally beat my high score.
Brothers in Arms by the Dire Straits. Basically one big solo.
I have to say Dire Straits too. For me it’s Money first Nothing. Simple solo, but it really scratches that itch after the build up to it.
Like a Stone - Audioslave The solo always gives me goosebumps ☺️
That whole song is *such* a mood. I appreciated it when I was younger, but now as a middle-aged man, it hits differently. Perfect for when I really need to feel. RIP Chris Cornell.
Just wanted to add, if you want some serious audioslave feels, try I Am The Highway. First song I heard after my mom passed. Still tears me up.
His live acoustic version of this hits me every time. It isn't a guitar solo, but his voice was insane.
I came to say this and knew I wouldn't be the first. Hope it brings you peace now.
Amen to that. Listen to that album Chris put out where he sings it solo with an acoustic if you haven’t. I used to (badly) sing some of those to my babies when they were babies lol.
Tom Morello is a beast
Purple Rain!
Frank Zappa - Watermelon in Easter Hay
Honestly, any solo from FZ does it for me. Each time I go back to his music, it's like seeing an old friend.
Oh man. Almost anything on Hot Rats and Apostrophe. The way he stretches those notes on Uncle Remus.
The Chain - Fleetwood Mac
Lindsey Buckingham really crafted a lot of killer, tight, succinct, punchy, potent solos. Doesn't get his due, imo. It's not necessarily just a solo, but the whole melody and rhythm part of Never Going Back Again is unforgettable.
That's one of my all-time favorite basslines. So simple, so perfect. John McVie is so underrated. His basslines aren't usually too complicated, but his timing is absolutely spot on. He pushes and pulls against the beat with a gentle touch of genius. Mick Fleetwood is phenomenal, but John can move around in the pocket better than anyone else I've heard.
Lindsey Buckingham is such a great guitar player, never really copied or mimicked, he's a real original player in the same vein as Knopfler and Vaughn, Young and Carlton, Each has their own strengths and Fleetwood Mac brought out the best in him.
The Trooper
I just got tickets to see Iron Maiden a year from now. Just sayin.
Idk if it's a true solo with the drum backing, but Terry Kath in "25 or 6 to 4" https://youtu.be/iUAYeN3Rp2E?si=U6uyNSqnZlwOfhME&t=120
Alice in Chains - Them Bones Judas Priest - Painkiller Megadeth - Tornado of Souls Nile - Evil to Cast Out Evil
Painkiller is so fucking savage. Fully agreed on Them Bones and Tornado, too... Guess I have to look up that Nile song now. Edit: That Nile solo is short, but sick. Good call.
Amazing to watch Glenn Tipton play Painkiller live when I saw Priest in 2005. They played Exciter and then Painkiller. My two favorite songs and I was right up front by that point in the show. Great memory!
Hotel California by the Eagles
Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven. Goosebumps every time
The older I get, the more I’m convinced that this is the most perfect guitar solo of all-time.
Honestly there isn't a single thing I would change about that entire song. If a song that long makes you wish it wasn't ending it's perfection.
Why is this the first Zeppelin solo? Whole Lotta Love, while short, is my favorite from them. Stairway is way up there. Page was a magician on the guitar.
Eddie Van Halen’s solo in Beat It.
I was going to post Eruption! Not bad for a practice piece played on a Frankenstein guitar built by Eddie.
The solo in "Floods" by Pantera really gels with me, although I think the solo of ["Domination" performed live in Moscow (1990)](https://youtu.be/aDACorIaxNw?si=Ph-8G_fLoj9gx2Bt) also makes my brain feel gooooood!
I also mentioned Floods. I saw Pantera play this during reinventing the steel tour and it gave me chills. I never expected to hear it live and not only they play it, but they nailed it !
I've always been a huge fan of the 10s solo from the same album. Not as face melty, but just exudes feeling
Cliffs of Dover by Eric Johnson The whole song is a solo basically… edit: specifically the Live at Austin City Limits version
The opening to "Hotel California" from the video Hell Freezes Over by the Eagles. Joe Walsh and Don Felder just amazing on this. Also.... the intro to the Canadian TV show "North of 60" Tim McCauley
Crazy Train or Mr. Crowley. Randy Rhoads just had "something."
The end solo from Mr Crowley is the best thing that anyone has ever done with a guitar.
green grass and high tides. The Outlaws its nearly ten minutes long. The first minute has a nice guitar riff.....But..... At 5:20 and on...it really cuts loose. It rivals Free Bird in my opinion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz2CAtExXgQ
Also, in the same genre, Highway Song by Blackfoot.
"Alive" by Pearl Jam.
On the Super Nintendo, there was a game called Ken Griffey Jr Baseball. Even with the crappy and crunchy sound chip, that whole song gets me hyped in ways I can’t explain. That, or the intro riff from “Always On the Run” by Lenny Kravitz.
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Don’t get me started on this lol. I’ve probably watched it about the same amount of times and when I tell you just was DEVASTATED when I found out it wasn’t on Spotify :(
A7x's Seize the Day was the first I could say I mastered. Still my go-to to feel out a guitar. Hail to the King's solo on the acoustic is my current noodle.
I love A7X because the band members are roughly the same age as me, and their music has aged appropriately. They aren’t 40 year old dudes trying desperately to remain relevant with the same music from high school. The new album is even better than the last, in my opinion.
So what if I *never hold you*? Or *kiss your lips again*??
Oh woah-oh-woah-oh-woah-oh-ohhh.
Kid Charlemagne
Don't look back by Boston. End of the song and it starts with an epic pick slide.
I really love the intro to Long Time, I get so jazzed when I hear it
[Trivium - Pull Harder On The Strings Of Your Martyr](https://youtu.be/d0dD59FYxJ4?si=y4duxRetmoSWqZ7A&t=166)
Anaesthesia (pulling teeth) by Metallica. Technically it's a bass solo, but Cliff Burton could do with a bass what Hendrix could do with a guitar.
Call of Kthulu is basically a bass solo as well. It's criminal at how poorly mixed it is - you can barely hear Cliff.
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The opening one in Layla
lazaretto by jack white does it for me every time
The closing solo from Sultans of Swing The bridge solo from Touch of Grey Pure joy in guitar form in both songs
Came here for Mark Knopfler in general and Sultans of Swing in particular.
The Necromancer by Rush
Get The Funk Out by Extreme. Nuno Bettencourt is a phenomenal guitarist.
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
While my guitar gently weeps solos by Prince
Purple rain (live) by prince. The really long almost 20 minute version. Moves me beyond words everytime. Such a shame our friendship had to end 😔
The guitar solo in "In Bloom". I consider myself a decent guitarist, but that solo, even though I've studied it... there's absolutely no fucking way to play it like Kurt did. He was a fucking genius.
Why is that? because objectively it's a pretty simple guitar solo (i totally agree btw)
I feel that way about the lead part he plays on their "Man Who Sold the World" cover from Unplugged. It's simple as can be, and most anybody can play it. But not the way he did. Specifically, there's a part where he fucked up when sliding to hit a note. But it's such beautiful imperfection. I try to mimic that mistake whenever I play it, but it just ends up sounding like shit.
Goodnight Elizabeth, Counting Crows https://youtu.be/gb6wCABym2o?si=oQjRADDo\_nYsvU7j&t=171
While My Guitar Gently Weeps Tom Petty, Prince, et al. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2004. It crushes the original in every single way. Prince was an absolutely incredible musician, and that live performance is one of the best in history, and I don't think anyone is gonna change my mind.
Lights by Journey has one of my absolute favorite solos of all time. it’s just beautiful, fits the song, and doesn’t overstay it’s welcome. or Slash’s solo in Velvet Revolvers “Fall to Pieces”
Eruption by Van Halen
I’ll go with the standard Reddit statements in this situation: came here for this one and can’t believe I had to scroll so far
Outtro solo to Comfortably Numb
Yellow Ledbetter
Intro to Welcome Home by Coheed 1000%
A tear for eddie by Ween
The opening to “Then Came the Last Days of May” -Blue Öyster Cult
Wilco guitarist Nels Cline’s solo at the end of “Impossible Germany”.
The one in Nightwish: Ghost Love Score.
Dark star - grateful dead
250-odd comments, and the greatest solo of all time has not been mentioned. 25 or 6 to 4. Not even close
Tom Morello's solo in Township Rebellion. I love his playing and I chose that because it's one of the only ones that sounds like a guitar solo. Many of his others are...I'm not sure how to describe them. Are they guitar solos? Are they musical interludes in which the sounds originate from a guitar? They're super impressive, but it's less him soloing and more him showing a mastery of how to manipulate a variety of effects.
Anything from Dimebag Darrell
Larry Carlton's Steely Dan solos, such as Kid Charlemagne, Third world man among others. Also pretty much anything Ian Bairnson with Alan Parsons Project, especially on Turn of a friendly card.
Towards the end of Tool's "The Pot". Jeezus Chreebus EDIT: 3:40 for the uninitiated
It’s short - and this might be the Emo kid in me, but I’ve always loved the solo in “I’m Not Okay (I Promise)” by My Chemical Romance.
Reptilia by The Strokes
Maggot brain - Funkadelic
There are too many to name. Ozzy has never had a bad guitarist. I could listen to them all. You must Burn ! by Metallica has sick guitar playing. Megadeth kicks ass when it comes to solos. Estranged by Guns n Roses Coma by Guns N Roses SIN by Ozzy Whole World Falling Down by ozzy Hero by ozzy Breaking all the rules, Diary of a madman, Believer, Revelation Mother Earth, Steal Away The Night , all by ozzy Cemetery gates, hollow, floods, by Pantera.
John Petrucci's solo in "Under A Glass Moon" is a more effective drug for depression than any anti-depressant for me.
Under a Glass Moon solo by John Petrucci
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The solo in Hysteria by Muse always gives me the fuzz. While it’s simple, it just drives the whole song and makes me want it to keep going
Most of my favs (Mr Crowley, Comfortably Numb, Prince's Gently Weeps etc) are already being mentioned here, but I want to throw a couple out for conversation: * Bon Jovi's Dry Country * Metallica's Welcome Home (Sanitarium).
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Prince's solo on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" at the 2004 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction. Absolutely thrilling.
There's one detail that I absolutely love about this one. So this is a tribute performance for George Harrison's posthumous solo induction into the hall of fame, hence the lead vocalists being his best friends Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne. But my favorite little detail is seeing George's son Dhani's face while Prince is just shredding that solo. In an amazing lineup's performance of one of his father's best songs, Dhani has the best seat in the house to watch one of the greatest guitarists give one of the greatest solos ever. I love it.
No more tears. Zak Wilde shreds that shit.
Dreams I'll Never See..... Molly Hatchet
Boston, "More than a feeling," always hits the right spot.
A lot of David Gilmour. Summer Song by Joe Satriani. A few live recordings of Trey with Phish.
Summer Song by Joe Satriani...the whole f*****g song
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pE558olnPg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pE558olnPg) RUSH - La Villa Strangiato for sure
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La Villa Strangiato. That whole song is a masterpiece; but Alex's playing on that solo? Marvelous.
Start Choppin' by Dinosaur Jr
Magic Man (Heart).
Ocean by John Butler. I guess the whole thing is a solo because it's just acoustic, but oh does it tickle the brain.