Solos you DO like

jonnyburgo

In response to the other post,

This solo at 4 minutes in on The Walker Brothers No Regrets is damn special

xSkarloey

Good Times Bad Times off Led Zep i

What is and What Shall Never Be off Led Zep ii

Ramble On

Since I've Been Loving You

Stairway

Custard Pie

Achilles Last Stand

Always liked Johnny Marr's feedback solo off Forbidden City an Electronic track

Anything by Django.

Jeff Beck going ape on Led Boots

Satch Flying in a Blue Dream

For the sheer 'wtf?!' impact on me as a kid Europe- The Final Countdown and Van Halen on Beat It.

Whoever played on that punk track Boredom- the two note solo is great.

Hendrix's masterclass on All Along the Watchtower.

Cirrus

I love the extended solo that starts around 5 minutes into this song. Definitely won't be to everyone's taste though;

equalsql

The solo on 'The Freedom Song' by Thin Lizzy from their  album 'Fighting'

So beautifully fluid and fits the song just perfectly.

Kicks in at 1.47

Also Andrew Gold's two solos on the title track of his 'Whirlwind' album.

He was a great player with real bite to his soloing.
Solos at 2:20 and 3:20

Phil_aka_Pip

Most of Ritchie Blackmore's.

Octahedron

The solo off the title track of the new The Darkness album, comes in at around 2:31. I love the tone, and the sustained bits, and the duel guitar toward the end. There's a tiny little shred in the middle, but it's such a melodic and well crafted solo. 

CHRISB50

Peter Green - Need Your Love So Bad

Peter Green - Black Magic Woman

Jimmy Page - Whole Lotta Love

Eric Clapton - I Feel Free

Jimi Hendrix - Wind Cries Mary

Jimi Hendrix - Red House

Grumpyrocker

Loads and loads of Jimmy Page stuff - Stairway, Achilles Last Stand, Whole Lotta Love etc. I know lots of folks don't like Jimmy's sloppyness - but it's the out of control/it's all about to fall over nature of many of his solos that sound so exciting to me.

Thin Lizzy - Still in Love With You (From Live and Dangerous)

Nightwish - Nemo (Album - Once)

Iron Maiden - Afraid to Shoot Strangers - Janicks odd harmonic thing (Album - Fear of the Dark)

All About Eve - In the Meadow (Album -  All About Eve)

Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell) (Album - Heaven and Hell)

Deep Purple - Highway Star (Album - Machine Head)

Everything Jeff Beck does on Roger Water's Amused to Death

Megadeth - Hanger 18 (Album - Rust in Peace)

But I think my two favourite solos would be these:

Dave and Adrian's Seventh Son of a Seventh Son epic solothon.

(starts around 7:10)

Adrian Smith - Stranger in a Strange Land. (From 3.12) I love the slow build on this, it's a beautifully crafted solo. And Harris' bass underneath it all almost makes it a dual solo. This video is the promo for the single by the way, which is why it looks lip synced rather than being really live.

stimpsonslostson

Too many to list to be honest, but bizarrely Blackbird by Alter Bridge stands out for me. I had NO idea Mark Tremonti had those kind of chops!

Bucket

There are so many it's impossible to list.

The one I'm listening to now is Dann Huff being UTTERLY FUCKING WONDERFUL as always, at 2:47:

scrumhalf

Love Yngwie's solo on Too Drunk To Live, Too Young To Die.

I posted this elsewhere a couple of days ago. Three minutes in and the guitar duel starts, brilliant.




And the solo on this, the rest of it is generic. Starts about 2'20 in.

Bellycaster

The list could go on forever, but just a few of my faves here.

The solo at 1:37, over a minute long and utterly brilliant.

and the best Guitar solo ever in a "Pop" record here. I keep thinking it's Nik Kershaw playing it, but I might be wrong, although he did write the song.

I think this is a Steve Lukather solo at 2:07, but it's great whoever it is.

equalsql

Some great selections @Bellycaster.  I've not heard the Quincy Jone track in years so that was a nice reminder

Bellycaster

equalsql said:

Some great selections @Bellycaster.  I've not heard the Quincy Jone track in years so that was a nice reminder

Wiz for taste ;-)

Zodiac51

It's got to be something by Michael Schenker for me..

Well it would be easy to say Rock Bottom or Lights out, but I'm going to go with this one, Always make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up as the drums come in, Love the lush strings from Alan McMillan. Solo starts at 2:30. Short, simple, tasty!

Try Me

https://youtu.be/0u5joA0strw 

IanSavage

Posted it before, don't even care - starts around 2'55", but worth listening from 2'30" at least for context.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6dJHIBrCfM  

EricTheWeary

@scrumhalf - vague bit of serendipity here. I was watching Chesney on the telly on Sunday and Nik Kershaw was on stage with him and played that solo. So, bit more evidence that it probably was him. It's a song that always reminds me of our own @Col_Decker who, IIRC, said it contained more chords than any other sing he'd ever learned. Without listening to it again I seem to remember it has a key change part way through the guitar solo which would be a major PIA for pentatonic widdlers.

mike_l

Grumpyrocker said:

 

Adrian Smith - Stranger in a Strange Land. (From 3.12) I love the slow build on this, it's a beautifully crafted solo. And Harris' bass underneath it all almost makes it a dual solo. This video is the promo for the single by the way, which is why it looks lip synced rather than being really live.

 

Good call.

Also The Wicker man (from approx. 3 mins)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=7rDbrtXyC70

And Children of the Damned

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=jX-mnLN6fyo

 

 

 

mike_l

And this one (ok 2) goes without saying

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=iJZYG5qwHHI

 

Grumpyrocker

mike_l said:

Good call.

Also The Wicker man (from approx. 3 mins)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=7rDbrtXyC70

And Children of the Damned

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=jX-mnLN6fyo

 

 

Yes those too. Pretty much any Adrian Smith solo. It's interesting how Adrian's style changed quite a bit between leaving Maiden and rejoining again. He definitely gained some more shreddy abilities while away. Don't see that kind of thing that often.

And slightly related, but not him, I really like the solo on Bruce's Tears of a Dragon. That's Roy Z I think. 

bingefeller

So many to choose from but these jumped into my head first:

Steve Vai's solo on the DLR track Big Trouble:

Ian Thornley on Ghosts channelling Albert King:

Of course, Michael Schenker.  Feels Like a Good Thing: