Any pop songs with great solos?

Philly_Q

FelineGuitars said:

Or Eagles Hotel California which is often called a Bad Yelp/trip-advisor review with a 3 minute guitar solo

Wasn't he  in Boston?

jeztone2

Alan Murphy
Steve Farris
Warren Cucurullo’s Duran Duran era.
kevin Scott Machmichael on the Cutting Crew debut. 

Also anyone into Mr Mister should check out Levara, who sound like they’ve been teleported in from 1986. The Guitarist is Trev (yes) Lukather. 

Rocker

Rod Stewart - I was only joking my dear, if this has not been mentioned already. 

EricTheWeary

Teleguide said:

No Regrets by the Walker Brothers 

Such a fantastic song and vocal as well. Superb song. 

guitarjack66

FelineGuitars said:

Or Eagles Hotel California which is often called a Bad Yelp/trip-advisor review with a 3 minute guitar solo

I wouldnt say it was bad but simply way,way too long,particularly on the 7 minute and 12 minute versions et al. Anything over 4 minutes and I'm going to the next song/to the toilet/and doing something else.

digitalkettle

guitarjack66 said:

FelineGuitars said:

Or Eagles Hotel California which is often called a Bad Yelp/trip-advisor review with a 3 minute guitar solo

I wouldnt say it was bad but simply way,way too long,particularly on the 7 minute and 12 minute versions et al. Anything over 4 minutes and I'm going to the next song/to the toilet/and doing something else.

I think you’ve missed Feline’s gag there

digitalkettle

However, this thread’s gone a bit awry: I thought it was about songs with unexpected “wtf was that?!!” moments, e.g. Michael Sembello’s ‘Maniac’ (which must already have been mentioned).

GuyR

The solo on senza una Donna by Zucchero and Paul Young is a surprisingly Holdsworthesque diversion in humdrum euro pop fodder

Gassage

IMO, genuinely one of the greatest solos ever recorded in this pop context. Or any context, really.

And what a song.