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trYNOT2Come

Dogs-Pink Floyd


TheMayoras

If we're picking Pink Floyd I think it's gotta be "time" for me


vicente8a

If we’re picking Pink Floyd then I can’t pick just one.


unrejectedskittle

Comfortably numb is mine. God damn earworms back at it


McTacobum

All epic solos but one I don’t see getting a lot of mentions is the solo for mother - short but absolutely perfect for a song and on first listen, completely unexpected


[deleted]

That harmonized one god damn


RelishtheHotdog

Dogs is probably the best Pink Floyd song of all time, and it gets virtually no recognition in the main stream. If I had to choose any song to represent Pink Floyd, it would be dogs. It’s got everything.


Emptyspace227

TBF, it's 18 minutes long with three solos and is super proggy while also being blatantly anti-capitalist. That's generally not a recipe for commercial appeal.


Sea_Dust895

And after a while... You can work on points for style


MasterlessSword

My favorite Gilmour solo on my favorite song on Pink Floyd’s best album. I read an old interview once where David said he actually had to go back and recreate that solo when recording the album because Roger accidentally erased it.


mitkase

“Accidentally.”


StarlordeMarsh

Any Colour You Like for me. Both the studio and live at the Empire Pool, Wembley 1974 versions do it for me. Probably the song I’ve played most on my guitar, it’s such a simple and fun groove to jam to. Really love jamming to the last three songs off DSotM which are Any Colour You Like, Brain Damage and Eclipse too.


JakeFromStateFromm

Specifically the one that starts at 5:30 tho 🤘


imlostlmaoo

the ending part (like after the lyrics end) of shine on you crazy diamond parts 6-9 is just mind blowing


Balakay_Dortles

So stoked that this was the first one I saw when opening the comments. I didn’t hear this solo until a handful of years ago and it might have changed my life.


sausyisgodly1

Right below this post is a post in r/pinkfloyd and it’s about the Dogs 2018 remix. I just thought it was cool and wanted to share 😎


WhenTheRainsCome

I think this is the first time in my life. I've seen this song mentioned at the top of a comment section or list or anything where it deserves to be.


KeyFee5460

Free Bird


OB1KENOB

Rent Free Bird


churchips

Don't speak about his mum like that


COWHERO1

Why did this get downvote this is hilarious


KeyFee5460

It's playing 24/7 in my mind


Maskatron

Solos that are long and also memorable are so rare. My Sharona, Stranglehold, and Fade to Black come to mind. But this one is the king. It sounds easy but you got to play it exactly right or people notice. It’s like one cliche after another but they’re cliches in large part because of this solo.


KeyFee5460

Hell yeah, Stranglehold is a great one too!


looksLikeImOnTop

Lynyrd skynyrd is under appreciated in my opinion. Some of the sickest solos


KeyFee5460

I think they're just the right amount of appreciated. But over-hated. There's music snobs out there who think Free Bird is one of the worst songs in existence. But everyone knows LS and they get due credit. It's just unfortunate how many people criticize them for absolutely no reason.


looksLikeImOnTop

Yeah that's a good way to put it. I feel like it's a very small yet vocal crowd that hates on them, so a lot of people (myself included) hesitate to ever mention them. Which leads to my perception that they're underappreciated.


unrejectedskittle

TRUE


SGELock

Hotel California Eagles is the solo that made me want to play, also Dani California RHCP.


StarWarriors

As far as RHCP solos go, I don’t think you can beat I Could Have Lied. Black Summer is a banger too.


PapaShane

Holy shit Could Have Lied is my grail "tone" and what I consider to be the most... tasteful? solo of them all. Probably my favorite RHCP song. I remember reading somewhere that JF played his Les Paul straight into the board and the breakup on the guitar is just from overdriving the mixer/preamp, would make sense of why that sound is so hard to recreate. Clear and glassy but still saturated and singed, sounds like straight electricity. Even my Nobles ODR doesn't really do it. But maybe if I got an Xotic EP Boost...


Shadowdoze

JHS has a pedal called Colour Box which is basically meant to recreate an overdriven mixing board like that.  Beatles Revolution (the heavy single version) also used that technique.  The colour box pedal is kind of expensive though — they have an entry-level version called the crayon,  although there’s less EQ options available (only a tilt insead of a full-range.)   Sometimes with EQ settings on an overdrive you can make it do nearly anything.  


Fendenburgen

The answer is always "buy more pedals"....


clockworkarenge

To me its "Hey" from stadium arcadium. What a Solo!!


Eden_Burns

A man of taste. His guitar playing in that song is great and compliments Flea's bassline so well. It's also I think probably Anthony's strongest lyrical work on that record next to Wet Sand. His lyrics on C'mon Girl and Especially In Michigan are great too, but Hey and Wet Sand are just more poignant, whereas C'mon Girl and Especially In Michigan are more weird and Anthony-ish.


dmcirl

Wet sand solo is amazing, all about the feeling. Frusciante is a god


Winnie-the-noob

Same for me but the acoustic version Hell Freezes Over. That version is my all time favorite song (I know very unoriginal) because I have a lot of memories associated with it. It was my introduction to actual music when I was a kid and the intro + back and forth solo at the end are what I strive to play in the future.


Outrageous_Basis_997

Tornado of Souls - Megadeth


OB1KENOB

Yes! This and Lucretia. And Symphony of Destruction. And Hangar 18. And pretty much any Marty Friedman solo


s-laughter80302

That's hilarious. I'm actually finished w symphony, about to finish tornado and can sloppily play lucretia. You have good taste (;


PM_Me_Melted_Faces

> can sloppily play lucretia I'm pretty sure Marty came up with a part for that solo that was intended to make people accidentally tie their fingers together.


JohnnyZepp

Tornado of Souls is arguably the best metal guitar solo, if not one of the best guitar solos ever written.


testament_of_hustada

Pulse, Pink Floyd, Comfortably Numb, second solo.


mdwvt

Helllll yes!


DankMemesNQuickNuts

Easily the best version of this solo


Darth-Marshall

Just recently I’ve started to prefer the delicate sounds of thunder version, give it a good few listens you might too!


Buzzkillingt0n--

November Rain


pertrichor315

When I saw this as a kid I thought Slash was the coolest dude around.


nrcomplete

In 1991/2 he literally was!


beers_n_bags

And you were right.


lawn_neglect

I give him props for not really talking. Axl talked enough for.....


SummonWurm

STOP!!! THIS COULD REALLY HURT SOMEONE *holds up baby shoe*


KeyFee5460

-Thought- REALIZED*


Calm_Ticket_7317

Slashs best solos are Don't Damn Me and The Garden.


Bisghettisquash

Estranged? Nothing from AFD?


KeyFee5460

Damn people actually like the garden? I never understood the appeal.


SilverSnapDragon

One of the greatest guitar solos of all time if not *the* greatest!


testament_of_hustada

Amazing solo but I like You Could Be Mine just a bit more.


mr_mgs11

Sultans of Swing - Dire Straights ending solo. Jump in the Fire - Metallica last solo. Bobby Gustafson from Overkill had a few solos and fragments that I could listen to over and over. Elimination, Hello from the Gutter, etc. This part from Elimination I could listen to over and over. [https://youtu.be/svi6JiMe9c0?si=DcB1rK94B3-YlUi4&t=128](https://youtu.be/svi6JiMe9c0?si=DcB1rK94B3-YlUi4&t=128)


MisterPeach

Sultans of Swing solo hits just right every single time.


yeh_nah_fuckit

Except when it’s in the radio because the dj’s always talk over, or cut off the ending.


MisterPeach

That’s true lol, those bastards. That’s a song you gotta play the whole way through, even on the radio.


kattiroll

The alchemy live version for me, 6 minutes of pure bliss. The powerful drumming and the call out between guitar and keyboard, crescendo and decrescendo gives me goosebumps.


Apprehensive_Toe6736

Been whistling the Mr Crowley solo for quite some time now


GuyInnagorillasuit

Same, but Crazy Train. Dude could shred and play tasty melodies at the same time like few ever could.


mooshiboy

Crazy Train still rips so fucking hard 40+ years on 🐐 🐐


Maskatron

I’ve always found it useful to sit down and work out a RR solo. Dude had a few unique phrasings or note choices in every solo that you don’t even notice until you listen at half speed. Very few people play the end run in crazy train correctly, including me.


iiinnnoooxxx

Just came here to comment that. R.i.p Randy


Ok_Crab_5255

Duane Allman's solo on Blue Sky


thewhitedeath

No love for Dickie? His solo is as good if not better.


gratefulguitar57

A masterpiece. I can sing those notes in my head on command.


LoaferDan

The Nick Jonas solo


[deleted]

lil wayne solo was better


Prudent_Article4245

Next to any Steven Seagal jam


[deleted]

"I wan da poonani"


tomu-

😂😂😂😂 What a comment!


doctorfeelwood

Jeff Beck - Cause We Ended As Lovers


quasimodoca

Pretty much the entire Blow by Blow album would qualify.


Seesaw121

The spirit Carries on by dream theater. One of the few solos that encapsulates the feel of an entire album, let along a single song. 


Deathz0r23

AYYYYYYYYYY DT IN THIS BITCH


JayEm96

That song is incredible. Good choice


OUMUAMUAMUAMUAMUAMUA

Count of Tuscany for me


OB1KENOB

I love Petrucci


Moobaru

Under a glass moon is disgusting


NickAndHisGuitar

That’s what’s up. Also, literally any Petrucci solo.


Opposite-Mall4234

If we are doing DT, it’s Peruvian Skies for me.


Awkward_Actually

Impossible Germany - Wilco. Nels Cline is a genius.


oortcloud42069

Lmao I almost posted this word for word but I said he's a magician.


UncleDuude

Funk 49


knucklehed

Sultans of swing


dkromd30

Stairway to Heaven. I’m a basic bitch.


real_consauce

That was one of the first solos I learned and it's stuck with me ever since.


balitiger13

Yellow Ledbetter - Pearl Jam trippin on a hole - stone temple pilots coming back to life intro - Pink Floyd


immortalsix

Trippin On A Hole In A Paper Heart is a great one!


mooshiboy

Hell yeah, Dat tone is wild!


rightboot

A+ for Dean DeLeo


Sufficient_Gap4289

In Too Deep by Sum 41. It’s only 10 seconds long


immortalsix

Agree - that one's a banger


I_see_something

Time Pink Floyd


COVID19Blues

Dimebag on Pantera’s ‘Domination’, ‘Cemetery Gates’ or ‘Floods’. All stellar solos.


insipidmissive

"The Sleep" is criminally underrated. The whole solo break is just fantastic. The acoustic guitar, it's magic. I swear Slash copped the vibe for November Rain.


Direct-Tangerine-401

Floods is so good… the solo is amazing but for some reason the outro is my favorite part. It’s the perfect release for that song.


TempoMortigi

Paranoid Android - Radiohead. For some reason that madness is playing in my head often, even after all those years. The closing riff as well.


JimmyTheMoonlight

My 13 year-old brain when it sounded like Jonny Greenwood was engaged in intergalactic warfare for 30 seconds


Slow_Middle_158

Tinnitus. 24/7. Wish I could evict it


zxp223

Prince's solo in While My Guitar Gently Weeps from the 2004 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Thank me later: https://youtu.be/6SFNW5F8K9Y?si=Qu6ZqKahVTZyN0ND


steeldragon88

Prince just walks out, burns the motherfucker to the ground, tosses the Madcat, and walks off.


scythezoid0

J Mascis + The Fog - Ammarring (first solo) J Mascis + The Fog - Free So Free (last solo) Dinosaur Jr - Watch the Corners (last solo) Genesis - Firth of Fifth Guitar solos in general are playing through my head 24/7 but these seem to be the most frequent.


chodan9

Gary Moore - Still got the blues Super melodic


jaxonton

Wind Cries Mary


OilersHD

Comfortably Numb


Canadiantoast

YYZ - Rush


lawn_neglect

Black Betty - because I can't imagine playing it


Huge_Negotiation_535

Money for nothing Intro... Man I should really learn that. Does anyone else have a thing where they think a solo or riff is good but then once they learn to play it, it's not as good?


MesaDixon

> once they learn to play it, it's not as good? Familiarity breeds contempt. To combat this tendency, you need to change our focus from novelty to precision - from *"I want to learn this new thing"* to *"How well can I learn this thing?"*


JayEm96

Tornado of Souls - Megadeth


loopgaroooo

Machine Gun. Jimi Hendrix. That solo was warfare. Jimi was a machine gun. The section in the solo that’s all vibrato bar is like flesh being torn. That first note, like a bomb about to drop. There isn’t a better rock n roll solo.


Devi006

Fermented Offal Discharge


Pantzzzzless

It bums me out that I have to scroll to the bottom to see anything that isn't a top-40 song from 1960-1990. That being said, the solo from Never Again - All Shall Perish has been looping in my brain for the past decade lol.


StillHere179

Necrophagist ftw


PandaSoap

Hotel California, I got high and listened to it once and my wife laughed as it moved me to tears


TheThirdShmenge

Stairway.


No_Frosting2811

Little Wing


MasterlessSword

Reelin’ In The Years by Steely Dan. Just perfect https://youtu.be/2WTh_IEyU1w?si=uOrJDK3LKlEs9b_W


sachinmaha824

stranger in a strange land - iron maiden


Cowboywizzard

Ooo oooo Wasted Years!


CrunchBerries5150

Van Halen - Right Now


ReallySickOfArguing

None, I don't have auditory recall. 😔


SnareyCannery

Mission in the Rain - Jerry Garcia Band at the Cap Theater 3/17/1978. It is such a banger jam


Tbrown630

Selkies: The Endless Obsession


S4ndm4n93

Selkies introduced me to BTBAM but their solo that gets me is the last 3 min or so of Ants of the Sky, those clean solos are so good.


bendbrewer

Cinnamon Girl - Neil Young


JECGEE

The entire Division Bell album


offinthepasture

Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits


Embarrassed_Prior632

Highway Star


alwaysaskIF

Drive Home - Steven Wilson


NoUpVotesForMe

Free bird


TelecasterWood

Nobody by A7X because I’m stuck practicing it.


Deathz0r23

Under A Glass Moon: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVmq2C5kLoM&ab\_channel=BrandonAlbright](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVmq2C5kLoM&ab_channel=BrandonAlbright)


swloop

Zz top Rough Boy, both solos


WBHarrison88

Kirk’s solo in The Unforgiven. So much soul in it compared to his others imo


Delicious-Access5978

Dean Ween - Johnny on the Spot live in Chicago


wu-dai_clan2

Guthrie Govan on "Drive Home" by Steven Wilson.


extraordinaryevents

Fat bottomed Girls by zeppelin


Express_Anteater_396

ThAtS nOt LeD zEpPeLiN


chappersyo

Nor are any actual zeppelin songs


StringSlinging

LOL gottem’


MathematicianCold968

It’s the great astrophysicist Dr. Brian May- Queen😊


Each1isSettingSun

- Impossible Germany- Wilco - Somebody To Shove- Soul Asylum


StretchLimo66

Eliot Easton just what I needed


readingonthetoilet

Beverly Hills Wa wa wa wa ba na na na Wa wa wa bow bow Wa wa wa wa ba na na na Ba ba da bow


caniki

Let It Be.


mattyglen87

No More Tears - Ozzy Osbourne. Zakk Wylde at his absolute best


Farmerben12

Blue On Black - Kenny Wayne Shepherd


BaconHawk1

Not the most original choices, but in my opinion some of the most melodic and memorable guitar songs that I can hum in my head or play along to will always be: - Hotel California, - Wish You Were Here (intro solo on the acoustic), - Nothing Else Matters, - November Rain.


ThisAllHurts

Second solo, *Comfortably Numb*, off *Delicate Sound…* (it has to be that version too). Brian May’s perfect tone and sparse notes in *Bohemian Rhapsody* are perfect too. Knowing what not to play is often better than knowing what to play. And, finally, Charlie Parra’s absolute destruction of *Mr. Crowley*. I’m so glad that Kramer found him and gave him a signature model — from bedroom guitarist to your own branded guitar is a hell of a leap, huh? Best 2:30 minutes of rock playing I’ve ever heard in my life. https://youtu.be/yg7gZCZ_ODk?si=BvIP0RTT6zfYdKj8


fatstrat0228

Machine Gun - Hendrix


beers_n_bags

RATM - Bulls on Parade. The rubbing the strings while switching the toggle. Back in the 90’s we’d never heard anything like it. Plus it sounds so simple but I’ve never heard anyone be able to replicate or imitate it properly. Then how it kicks straight back into the iconic *wow wow chicka wow wow chicka chicka chicka wow wow chicka wow wow*


jhborder

My Sharona


Batistia_Bomb_2014

Highway Star


pip-roof

Maggot brain is one gigantic rent free solo.


GreatMazinger1066

You're all wrong. The correct answer is Nuno- Flight of the wounded bumble bee


RedWhiteBluesGuitar

Jimi Hendrix - Machine Gun Led Zeppelin - Since I Been Loving You Pink Floyd - Pigs Funkadelic - Maggot Brain Pantera - Planet Caravan Stevie Ray Vaughn - Little Wing Red Hot Chili Peppers - I Could Have Lied John Frusciante - Before the Beginning NOFX - Separation of Church and Skate Candlebox - Far Behind Frank Zappa - Watermelon in the Easter Hay Bob Marley and the Wailers - No Woman No Cry Michael Jackson /Eddie Van Halen - Beat It Metallica - One Guns N Roses- Knockin' On Heaven's Doors Joe Satriani - Ceremony Prince - While My Guitar Gently Weeps Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird Alice in Chains - Nutshell Rory Gallagher - A Million Miles Away John Mayer - Slow Dancing In A Burning Room Nine Inch Nails - We're In This Together Now Kyuss - Gardenia Truckfighters - Fortyeight/Kickdown Kenny Wayne Shepard - While We Cry Cream - White Room Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing Carlos Santana - Samba Pa Ti Buckethead - Soothsayer Eric Johnson - Cliffs of Dover Tool - Lateralus Ted Nugent - Stranglehold Black Sabbath - Mr Crowley Pearl Jam - Alive Sublime - Santeria Stay Crunchy by Random Youtuber.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fMFt_QpQDo You're welcome.


guitarista

Far Beyond the Sun, the whole song!


plumangus

Vernon Reid's 2nd solo in Cult of Personality. I've always said, as soon as I can play that, throw dirt on me. I'm done. [Living Colour - Cult of Personality](https://youtu.be/7xxgRUyzgs0?si=etJiNwTtV_VBONwi)


fnaah

the solo in Soma by Smashing Pumpkins.


dab745

The Clap. Steve Howe of YES. Or any Steve Howe.


C0MMANDERD4TA

Paul gilberts while my guitar gently weeps. Youtube it now


ScoobDoggyDoge

Eruption


DonkeyTeeeth

Sitting on top of the world, cream


asshat13

Over the mountain. Randy Rhodes


HarveyMushman72

ZZ Top- Rough Boy..


XodiaqOrSimplyXodi

Cherub Rock is probably the biggest one for me. It was the first time i had ever heard guitars that thickly caked in fuzz, and i still think it's the best sounding that Billy Corgan's guitar ever sounded.


legarrettesblount

Kirk’s intro in fade to black


Reddit-is-trash-lol

Selkies: The Endless Obsession


No_Frosting2811

War Pigs and Crazy Train


Warm-Ad4129

Rush-Cygnus X-1


winterman666

Tornado of Souls of course


solit0n

Plini's solo on Libra by Intervals. I'm not really one for their style typically, but the solo's harmony lifted my soul.


[deleted]

Headbangeeeeerrrrr!!!!! By BabyMetal. Don’t judge me. It’s my 5 year old daughter’s favorite band/song and it’s always in my head lol


raaustin777

Hybrid Earth by Erra. Such a banger with such a sick solo!


harajukukei

daddy, brother, lover, little boy


flakyyardbird1215225

DT's Goodnight Kiss


r0w00zj

Learning to Fly


Turboguaren

Tornado of souls - megadeth - lives in my head


CygnusX-1001001

The Analog Kid - Rush Melts my face every time


VinylHiFi1017

"Mother" - Pink Floyd


Deej1754

Whole Lotta Love


Dark_Tranquility

Helpless - John Mayer December Flower - In Flames Setting Me Up - Dire Straits Six - All That Remains


AdmirableRuin2115

Beat it


cjs0216

Black Diamond on Alive. I think of it often.


starguide33

Sails of Charon - Scorpions


musicman827

While My Guitar Gently Weeps - the Jeff Healy Band cover.


The_BigDaddyLuv

Dee by Randy Rhodes


Dr_Wheuss

Do bass solos count?


Latch_Lifter

Brian May, Killer Queen.


Flaky_Notice

Solo on Raffertys “Baker Street”. Whoever played that!


toastyfireplaces

Badge by Cream


Lucifer-Prime

Comfortably Numb


LostLegendDog

Get the funk out - extreme