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"The Top 100 Greatest Rock Guitar Solos"

1. Stairway To Heaven - Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin)
2. Comfortably Numb - David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
3. Freebird - Allen Collins (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
4. All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
5. Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughan
6. Maggot Brain - Edie Hazel (Funkadelic)
7. Hotel California - Don Felder/Joe Walsh (Eagles)
8. Eruption - Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen)
9. Highway Star - Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple)
10. Little Wing - Jimi Hendrix
11. Cause We've Ended As Lovers - Jeff Beck
12. Time - David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
13. Sweet Child O' Mine - Slash (Guns N Roses)
14. Cliffs Of Dover - Eric Johnson
15. Mr Crowley - Randy Rhoads (Ozzy)
16. Layla - Eric Clapton/Duane Allman (Derek & The Dominos)
17. Nottingham Lace - Buckethead
18. For The Love Of God - Steve Vai
19. Voodoo Child (slight return) - Jimi Hendrix
20. November Rain - Slash (Guns N Roses)
21. Shine On You Crazy Diamond - David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
22. Blue Sky - Duane Allman/Dickey Betts (Allman Brothers Band)
23. Satch Boogie - Joe Satriani
24. Cortez The Killer - Neil Young
25. Lazy - Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple)
26. White Room - Eric Clapton (Cream)
27. Sultans Of Swing - Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits)
28. One - Kirk Hammett (Metallica)
29. No More Tears - Zakk Wylde (Ozzy)
30. Floods - Dimebag Darrel (Pantera)
31. Black Star - Yngwie Malmsteen
32. Crazy Train - Randy Rhoads (Ozzy)
33. Red House - Jimi Hendrix
34. Bohemian Rhapsody - Brian May (Queen)
35. Europa - Carlos Santana
36. While My Guitar Gently Weeps - Eric Clapton (The Beatles)
37. Fade To Black - Kirk Hammett (Metallica)
38. Dream - John McLaughlin (Mahavishnu Orchestra)
39. Sound Chaser - Steve Howe (Yes)
40. Since I've Been Loving You - Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin)
41. Alive - Mike McCready (Pearl Jam)
42. Black Napkins - Frank Zappa
43. Mood For A Day - Steve Howe (Yes)
44. Stone In Love - Neal Schon (Journey)
45. Child In Time - Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple)
46. Southern Man - Neil Young
47. Over The Mountain - Randy Rhoads (Ozzy)
48. Killer Queen - Brian May (Queen)
49. Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad - D. Allman/E. Clapton (Derek & Dominos)
50. Kid Charlemagne - Larry Carlton (Steely Dan)
51. Still In Love With You - Gary Moore (Thin Lizzy)
52. Surfing With The Alien - Joe Satriani
53. Little Wing - Stevie Ray Vaughan
54. Two Minutes To Midnight - D. Murray/A. Smith (Iron Maiden)
55. Too Many Humans - Buckethead
56. Heartbreaker - Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin)
57. Under A Glass Moon - John Petrucci (Dream Theater)
58. Desert Rose - Eric Johnson
59. Dazed And Confused - Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin)
60. Tender Surrender - Steve Vai
61. Bold As Love - Jimi Hendrix
62. Always With Me Always With You - Joe Satriani
63. Tale Of Brave Ulysses - Eric Clapton (Cream)
64. You Really Got Me - Dave Davies (The Kinks)
65. 25 Or 6 To 4 - Terry Kath (Chicago)
66. Devil Takes The Hindmost - Allan Holdsworth
67. Have A Cigar - David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
68. Super Stupid - Edie Hazel (Funkadelic)
69. Trademark - Eric Johnson
70. La Villa Strangiato - Alex Lifeson (Rush)
71. Bulls On Parade - Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine)
72. Stranglehold - Ted Nugent
73. Unrestrained Growth - Buckethead
74. Far Beyond The Sun - Yngwie Malmsteen
75. Miserlou - Dick Dale
76. Brighton Rock - Brian May (Queen)
77. Dogs - David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
78. The Thrill Is Gone - B.B. King
79. Master Of Puppets - Kirk Hammett (Metallica)
80. Money - David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
81. Beat It - Eddie Van Halen (Michael Jackson)
82. Sow Thistle - Buckethead
83. Aqualung - Martin Barre (Jethro Tull)
84. Whipping Post - Duane Allman/Dicky Betts (Allman Brothers Band)
85. The Way It Has To Be - Shawn Lane
86. 21st Century Schizoid Man - Robert Fripp (King Crimson)
87. War Pigs - Toni Iommi (Black Sabbath)
88. Dreams - Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen)
89. Love Is The Law - John Squire (Seahorses)
90. Black Magic Woman - Carlos Santana
91. Johnny B Goode - Chuck Berry
92. Freewill - Alex Lifeson (Rush)
93. Blue Wind - Jeff Beck
94. Yellow Ledbetter - Mike McCready (Pearl Jam)
95. Sunshine Of Your Love - Eric Clapton (Cream)
96. Black - Mike McCready (Pearl Jam)
97. Jessica - Dickey Betts (Allman Brothers Band)
98. Flight Of The Wounded Bumblebee - Nuno Bettencourt (Extreme)
99. Anyway You Want It - Neal Schon (Journey)
100. Nutshell - Jerry Cantrell (Alice In Chains)

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What one do you think is the best?

Memorandum! wrote:
> So you don't like any solos in any songs by your favourite bands?

Can't say they make any of the songs any better no.

I'm probably wrong actually thinking about MV.

Without solos Frances the Mute would probably be about 15 minutes long.

So you don't like any solos in any songs by your favourite bands?

Actually I think there was a Volta one I liked from Frances the Mute. Can't remember.

I have no idea. I just can't remember any that are good. There's probably a couple I've heard and thought "wow jism wahtever".

Rickoss wrote:
> I can do one badly. There are like one or two that are good ever.

And what are they?

Very_Metal wrote:
> Rickoss wrote:
> Solos suck anyway.
>
> there speaketh someone who can't do them :P

I can do one badly. There are like one or two that are good ever.

metalhead wrote:
> Memorandum! wrote:
> Kirk Hammet's solos suck balls.
>
> And I suppose you can do better. Really.

And of course, the fact that I can't do better makes him good?
Your 'refute' is the age-old moronic argument that because a person isn't good at something, they can't recognise that someone else isn't either.

"he's a crap singer"
"oh yeah?!?! I'd like to see you do better!!!!"
"I couldn't. Explain how that makes him any less bad?"
"oh, sorry, I'm an idiot."

What *I* can do on guitar bears NO RELEVANCE to how good Kirk Hammet is. Technical ability is all well and good, but it's of no consequence if what he plays sounds crap. Kirk Hammet is an excellent guitarist, but he is not good at writing musically impressive solos.

The only Metallica solo I can play is Master of Puppets, and that was because I have a 'friend' at school, who, like you, suggested the only reason I said Kirk Hammet was a crap soloist was because I "wasn't as good" or "jealous". And I'm not suggesting that because I can play that I am as good as him, because I most certainly am not.

Memorandum! wrote:
> Jae wrote:
> You have no idea how wrong you are.
>
> I have every idea of how right I am.
> Shredding and constant overuse of wah. "wow".

i have admit i agree with that for the most part. Hammett HAS written some good solos, but sadly he's written a lot more bad ones, they're all pretty contrived :S

Rickoss wrote:
> Solos suck anyway.

there speaketh someone who can't do them :P

Memorandum! wrote:
> Kirk Hammet's solos suck balls.

And I suppose you can do better. Really.