A request for the music lovers here

Sign · 12-02-2007, 12:52 PM

I am trying to put together a playlist of songs that have great guitar solos (I have widened the scope from guitar only to guitar main focus to include some that still have a drum beat etc)

So my request is to all you music lovers, please post up some suggestions for great guitar solos. I am not very picky about genre, or electric/acoustic, anything that is a guitar and sounds great I will give a fair shot.

*edit* well, I just posted this and after I did Moby Dick by Led Zeppelin came on iTunes so I will also accept excellent drum solos

OldGuy · 12-02-2007, 01:27 PM

Crossroads - Cream from Wheels of Fire

LisaS · 12-02-2007, 01:52 PM

sorry, I can name good songs by guitar players, or good guitarists in various genres, but not so much guitar solos in other songs.
For instance: Michael Hedges

LisaS · 12-02-2007, 01:57 PM

check this thread
for guitar playing interest - scroll to post #39 and subsequent for a discussion of guitar solos

Lost Dog · 12-02-2007, 02:53 PM

Pink Floyd, Comfortable Numb, The Wall.

Pink Floyd, Animals. Pretty much every song on the album.

Ozzy, Crazy Train

Phaedrus49er · 12-02-2007, 03:12 PM

Joe Satriani

ParanoidAndroid · 12-02-2007, 03:13 PM

"One" by Metallica.

twinsavsvikingsfan · 12-02-2007, 03:37 PM

Floods- Pantera

Frank.S · 12-02-2007, 03:38 PM

Eric Johnson - Cliffs of dover
Clapton - shot the sheriff (especially live @ crossroads)
Hendrix - Machine Gun
Rush - 2112/fly by night (also, if you like drum solos.. anything by rush)

RedLefty · 12-02-2007, 03:40 PM

Vortex by Megadeth
It's a Monster by Extreme
Midnight Express by Extreme (acoustic)
November Rain by Guns n' Roses (two or three different solos)

Terry Monk · 12-02-2007, 04:05 PM

G & R - November Rain

Pman · 12-02-2007, 04:43 PM

Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe - From Live at Winterland CD

Sign · 12-02-2007, 04:44 PM

A lot of great suggestions so far and some I have never even heard of which is all the better because I love finding new bands. I feel ashamed to admit I had completely forgotten about Rush, I think I may have broken some sort of Canadian cardinal rule

Alcoholiday · 12-02-2007, 05:18 PM

Bohemian Rhapsody: Queen
Whole Lotta Love: Led Zeppelin
Ball and Biscuit: White Stripes
Something: Beatles/Harrison
Only In Dreams: Weezer
Layla: Derek and Dominoes/Clapton

there are some more, but i can't think right now.

Frank.S · 12-02-2007, 05:19 PM

Sign, your letter for re-acceptance into the general population is on its way...

Alcoholiday · 12-02-2007, 05:20 PM

anyone who likes rush doesn't deserve to be in the general population.

Sign · 12-02-2007, 06:06 PM

As an apology for forgetting Rush (and because I am in the middle of re-watching all my Family Guy DVDs) I offer up this as some small form of pittance as partial repayment of my debt

oh, as with most family guy clips this has a little bit of cursing, so... yeah

RobLL · 12-02-2007, 06:16 PM

U-2 has at least one on The Joshua Tree album. I lost my album, and can't remember the name.

RedLefty · 12-02-2007, 06:56 PM

Two more to add:

Bleed by Collective Soul -- not well known, but great solo

Joy to the World by Steve Morse -- incredible instrumental version of the classic song that's always popular this time of year

Lost Dog · 12-02-2007, 08:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alcoholiday

anyone who likes rush doesn't deserve to be in the general population.

Doesn't deserve to be or doesn't have to be? All you unwashed masses bug.

Frank.S · 12-02-2007, 08:11 PM

redlefty, that self titles collective soul cd was the first cd i ever bought (I was like.. 8?). Good cd/song for sure.

PS rush is great. I went to their concert a few months back

Mark57 · 12-02-2007, 08:33 PM

Henry Garza, Los Lonely Boys

Cottonfields and Crossroads

When I preview this it says this video is no longer available, so just in case here's a link to it:

YouTube - Los Lonely Boys Live - Cottonfields and Crossroads

If you ever get to see these three brothers from Texas perform live, you won't be disappointed.

twinsavsvikingsfan · 12-02-2007, 08:50 PM

suh-weet, Mark.

Cynic · 12-02-2007, 09:07 PM

I really like the guitar work in Godzilla, by Blue Oyster Cult.

Mark57 · 12-02-2007, 09:50 PM

Here's another one of Los Lonely Boys. This blue guitar is new, he was playing this at a show I went to in Nevada in August, sounded so sweet. Watch this all the way to the end, though.

EricLikesLifting · 12-02-2007, 10:22 PM

"Manhattan" by Eric Johnson

"Bulls on Parade" by Rage Against the Machine

and to elaborate on the Joe Satriani suggestion
"Always with me always with you"
"Surfing with the alien"
"The Extremist"
this list could go on for a long time, but start with those. seriously, he is friggin' amazing.

twinsavsvikingsfan · 12-02-2007, 10:30 PM

Oh! Check out Robin Trower. Try "Bridge of Sighs" to begin with. Good stuff.

Mark57 · 12-02-2007, 10:42 PM

Wow, I had "Bridge of Sighs" on 8-track back in the early 70s. Cruising the back roads of western PA in my Olds F85 listening to Trower, Yes, Hendrix, Zappa among others, steering with my knees while I played air guitar. If we'd ever gotten pulled over the cop would have got high when I rolled my window down.

Mark57 · 12-02-2007, 11:01 PM

Bridge of Sighs

I think I might have caught a buzz from that, just from memory.

They've aged a bit:

Lost Dog · 12-03-2007, 12:52 AM

The drummer didn't age well.