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  • guitars4youguitars4you Frets: 18276
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    Andrew Gold - Lonely Boy
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  • Philly_QPhilly_Q Frets: 33885
    StefB said:
    Philly_Q said:
    City Boy - 5.7.0.5. with Mike Slamer on guitar.

    Mike Slamer is a monster player that deserves far greater recognition.
    He is and yes he does, but he's always played on stuff which hasn't exactly set the charts alight
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  • SeziertischSeziertisch Frets: 1972
    edited January 21
    Pink Pony Club has some great 80s guitar happening towards its end. 
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  • OffsetOffset Frets: 20907
    guitars4you said:
    Andrew Gold - Lonely Boy
    What a brilliant track that is.
    Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose
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  • guitars4youguitars4you Frets: 18276
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    Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Come up and see me - Jim Cregan on guitar 

    Jim did a few nice solos on Rod Stewart songs back in the day
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  • ewalewal Frets: 3574
    Not exactly a pop hit, but to all intents and purposes a moderately successful 80's indie dance pop tune with a cool guitar solo just before the bridge. The guitar solo was played by William Orbit apparently, so it's definitely linked to mega mainstream pop.

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  • F15hfaceF15hface Frets: 44
    There’s the two recent ones that everyone mentions:

    Pink Pony Club by Chappell Roan
    https://youtu.be/GR3Liudev18?si=f0MmZh6M2YcuUoxH

    bad idea right? by Olivia Rodrigo
    https://youtu.be/Dj9qJsJTsjQ?si=2t_1H-B1r0Z8b70K

    I think that a fair amount of older Taylor Swift has good solos. Not shredding but fitting the vibe of the song well. Enchanted and Starlight come to mind first.
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  • ewalewal Frets: 3574
    And I know there'll be loads of much more technically impressive solos in this thread. But that one is a classic because of the way it serves the song and its brilliant execution - that dive bomb at the end is perfection.
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  • ZappleZapple Frets: 223
    Philly_Q said:
    StefB said:
    Philly_Q said:
    City Boy - 5.7.0.5. with Mike Slamer on guitar.

    Mike Slamer is a monster player that deserves far greater recognition.
    He is and yes he does, but he's always played on stuff which hasn't exactly set the charts alight
    Isn't he the guy that ghost-played on loads of Beau Hill produced 80s Rock albums? Like Warrant's first couple of albums?
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  • Philly_QPhilly_Q Frets: 33885
    Zapple said:
    Philly_Q said:
    StefB said:
    Philly_Q said:
    City Boy - 5.7.0.5. with Mike Slamer on guitar.
    Mike Slamer is a monster player that deserves far greater recognition.
    He is and yes he does, but he's always played on stuff which hasn't exactly set the charts alight
    Isn't he the guy that ghost-played on loads of Beau Hill produced 80s Rock albums? Like Warrant's first couple of albums?
    Yes, he played a lot of solos on the first two Warrant albums.  I don't really know about other artists, except he played on an album by Fiona which Beau Hill produced.  Reb Beach also played on that album, and did uncredited session work for Beau Hill.

    Here's a YouTube clip where Joey Allen from Warrant goes through what he (and/or Erik Turner) played and what Mike played.  Joey took guitar lessons from Mike for some time.

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  • GassageGassage Frets: 33305
    Top of my list:

    Lionel Ritchie and Hello. 

    Louie Shelton. 
    Fantastic

    *An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.

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  • hollywoodroxhollywoodrox Frets: 5794
    InactiveX said:
    Animotion - "Obsession"

    Not really a guitar solo, but it's got some kick-ass lead playing, with a great '80s lead sound.


    Oooh Hollie Knight wrote this with Michael Des Barres  Hollie knight is awesome 
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  • hollywoodroxhollywoodrox Frets: 5794
    guitars4you said:
    Andrew Gold - Lonely Boy
    Andrew Gold was a bit of a songwriting Genius wasn’t he 
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  • SvartmetallSvartmetall Frets: 939
    Mike Oldfield's 'Moonlight Shadow'

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  • Bennyboy-UKBennyboy-UK Frets: 2070
    Michael Jackson - Dirty Diana (Guitar and Rayfgun Solo from around 3:50 - Steve Stevens)




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  • GrunfeldGrunfeld Frets: 4325
    Zapple said:

    Thomas Dolby - Eastern Bloc - EVH on guitars... Solo from 3:20ish

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I89wesOowQ

    Astronauts & Heretics is a great album!



    @Zapple -- Astronauts & Heretics is such a great album and today I learned your EVH factoid!  All this time and I never knew.
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  • scrumhalfscrumhalf Frets: 12859
    hollywoodrox said:
    guitars4you said:
    Andrew Gold - Lonely Boy
    Andrew Gold was a bit of a songwriting Genius wasn’t he 
    There's a clip on YouTube of Linda Rhonstadt doing 'You're No Good", and he's on guitar. He lets rip with a fantastic solo.

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  • digitalkettledigitalkettle Frets: 4726
    scrumhalf said:
    hollywoodrox said:
    guitars4you said:
    Andrew Gold - Lonely Boy
    Andrew Gold was a bit of a songwriting Genius wasn’t he 
    There's a clip on YouTube of Linda Rhonstadt doing 'You're No Good", and he's on guitar. He lets rip with a fantastic solo.

    Ah, Linda...he should have never let her slip away.
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  • hollywoodroxhollywoodrox Frets: 5794
    scrumhalf said:
    hollywoodrox said:
    guitars4you said:
    Andrew Gold - Lonely Boy
    Andrew Gold was a bit of a songwriting Genius wasn’t he 
    There's a clip on YouTube of Linda Rhonstadt doing 'You're No Good", and he's on guitar. He lets rip with a fantastic solo.

    Thanks , that project he did with the 10cc guys was good too I think it yielded the single 
    building a bridge to your heart .  I was just singing never let her slip away to myself the other day 
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  • ZappleZapple Frets: 223
    Grunfeld said:
    Zapple said:

    Thomas Dolby - Eastern Bloc - EVH on guitars... Solo from 3:20ish

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I89wesOowQ

    Astronauts & Heretics is a great album!



    @Zapple -- Astronauts & Heretics is such a great album and today I learned your EVH factoid!  All this time and I never knew.
    @Grunfeld yeah played it a few times this week, hadn’t listened to it for ages but just great songwriting. 

    It’s also Ed on the beginning of Close But No Cigar! 
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