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NFT: Perfect Solos in Rock'n Roll

Reb8thVA : 9/21/2017 11:08 am
I'm tired of all the negative football talk. Are there any songs for you that come to mind, that when you hear the solo, guitar or any other instrument, that for you it is one of the most perfect things you've ever heard?

For me, to immediately come to mind. First- Jimmy Page's solo in Stairway to Heaven. The song may be overplayed but the solo still moves me. Second is Clarence Clemmon's saxophone solo in Jungleland. I could listen to that forever. His solo in Prove it All Night is also up thee for me.
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RE: RE: No YouTube links?  
Chris in Philly : 9/21/2017 1:53 pm : link
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Moderately pleased.
RE: Good call on Aqualung....  
DonQuixote : 9/21/2017 1:54 pm : link
In comment 13609558 Reb8thVA said:
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That solo rocks.


yes...
Another one from Gilmour  
Oskie : 9/21/2017 1:56 pm : link
Dogs - one of my all-time favorite albums and easily favorite Floyd Album - Animals

As an 80's  
pjcas18 : 9/21/2017 2:03 pm : link
kid I never thought there could possibly be anyone better than Eddie Van Halen. And Eruption was about as skilled as someone could be with a guitar.

Now that I'm older I still think EVH is immensely skilled though he gets overlooked because there just isn't much depth to Van Halen's music.

So late in life I have grown to admire Stevie Ray Vaughan so much more and would say that Texas Flood is probably the best "guitar solo" or guitar playing by anyone IMO.

Jimi Hendrix would probably be next and it could be any one of four of five different songs.
David Gilmour - Comfortable Numb  
mamu : 9/21/2017 2:03 pm : link
George Harrison - Can't Buy Me Love
George Harrison - Something
Eric Clapton - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Danny Cedrone (Bill Haley) - Rock Around the Clock
Felder and Walsh - Hotel California
Brian May - We Will Rock You
Jimmy Page - Stairway to Heaven
Knopfler - Sultans of Swing
Brian Setzer - Rock This Town
Warren DeMartini - Lay It Down




I'd also put  
Reb8thVA : 9/21/2017 2:11 pm : link
Lindsey Buckingham's solo on "Go Your own Way" up there. It might not be technically great but it fits the song well and you can feel his anger at Stevie Nicks.
Leslie West has a couple of great solos  
Ira : 9/21/2017 2:12 pm : link
in Theme From An Imaginary Western.
Some of the most anger or emotion  
pjcas18 : 9/21/2017 2:17 pm : link
I've heard from a guitar came from Johnny Greenwood of Radiohead on Creep.

I never knew wtf he was doing until I heard Radiohead interviewed and Thom Yorke said Greenwood hated the song so much he was trying to ruin it.

I think it works. Not something I'd say belongs in this discussion for perfect solo, but an interesting piece of music and story (IMO at least).
Can't ever hear too much Mark Knopfler.  
Beezer : 9/21/2017 2:30 pm : link
Love the riffs in Once Upon a Time in the West.

Time Waits for No One - Rolling Stones  
pganut : 9/21/2017 2:33 pm : link
Mick Taylor's guitar solo brings me to a perfect summer day every time I hear it.

Shoplifters of the World Unite and Take Over  
phil in arizona : 9/21/2017 2:38 pm : link
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Knopfler ...  
Beezer : 9/21/2017 2:43 pm : link
"Telegraph Road" as well. So good.
Instead of going with one of the well known ones  
steve in ky : 9/21/2017 2:47 pm : link
I throw out a lesser known song I always enjoyed to add to the mix. Admittedly not the top of any list but a mostly forgotten good one.
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Very under the radar guitar solo  
BobR in Durham : 9/21/2017 3:00 pm : link
Lindsay Buckingham in "Come".
Randy Rhoads - Crazy Train  
Eli Wilson : 9/21/2017 3:00 pm : link
..
Mick Mars - Home Sweet Home  
mamu : 9/21/2017 3:09 pm : link
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Gilmour's solo on "Time",  
Section331 : 9/21/2017 3:35 pm : link
absolutely LOVE the melody, beautifully done. I'm a big fan of Clapton's playing, "Why Does Love Have to be So Sad" is one of my favorite solos, but in looking for "perfect" solos, I'd offer up his solo in Cream's "Badge".
RE: Leslie West has a couple of great solos  
Section331 : 9/21/2017 3:36 pm : link
In comment 13609668 Ira said:
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in Theme From An Imaginary Western.


Good call! One of the few Mountain songs I really like (and written by Jack Bruce).
Duane's on Boz Scaggs' Loan Me a Dime  
yatqb : 9/21/2017 3:39 pm : link
(and his part of the Layla duet...I know, it's a duet, but his work is amazing).

Derek Trucks on Midnight in Harlem...tons of live versions.

Some great ones mentioned already  
Mike in Marin : 9/21/2017 3:49 pm : link
Jimmy Page on Hot Dog is epic and perfect.
Being a huge Deep Purple fan  
Scott in Montreal : 9/21/2017 4:16 pm : link
I could easily point to some Ritchie Blackmore stuff.

In this case however I have to give Steve Morse his props.

He does not get enough credit for the stuff he has done with Purple, or even with the Dixie Dregs. He is one amazing guitarist that has played Blackmore's stuff flawlessly over the years and this is one of the best in the entire Purple catalog.
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Elliot Easton's solo  
SirYesSir : 9/21/2017 4:21 pm : link
in Shake it Up by the Cars. efficient, short, awesome
Dave Gilmore  
OC2.0 : 9/21/2017 5:48 pm : link
in "Money" Joe Perry in "Train Kept a Rollin"
Jason Isbell's solo  
santacruzom : 9/21/2017 9:03 pm : link
At the end of Children if Children does everything for me that a solo should.
Randy Rhoads...pick one!  
EricJ : 9/21/2017 9:30 pm : link
how about Mr Crowley?
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RE: RE: Knopfler-  
Milton : 9/21/2017 9:33 pm : link
In comment 13609499 giantsfaninphilly said:
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Sultans of Swing



This

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Tornado of Souls  
EricJ : 9/21/2017 9:42 pm : link
in this video, performed by Chris Broderick. Written by Marty Friedman
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Another vote for  
BNY Giants Club : 9/21/2017 9:43 pm : link
Slash - Sweet Child
Also  
BNY Giants Club : 9/21/2017 9:46 pm : link
Adam Jones from Tool. "Push It"
Yngwie Malmsteen  
EricJ : 9/21/2017 9:53 pm : link
this whole thing is incredible...
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Eric Clapton  
MartyGlickman : 9/21/2017 10:08 pm : link
at the end of White Room
RE: Another one from Gilmour  
Rob in Rockaway : 9/21/2017 10:30 pm : link
In comment 13609647 Oskie said:
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Dogs - one of my all-time favorite albums and easily favorite Floyd Album - Animals


THIS
Prince's solo on  
Tony in Berlin : 9/22/2017 6:11 am : link
"While my guitar gently weeps" - just incredible.
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Watermelon in Easter Hay- Zappa  
dreadedrummer : 9/22/2017 7:06 am : link
This has always been my favorite FZ guitar solo.

2 F-bombs in the opening monologue so NSFW.
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RE: Leslie West For Yasgurs Farm  
Dang Man : 9/22/2017 7:56 am : link
In comment 13609496 gtt350 said:
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Roy Buchcannon Hey Joe
Roy Buchannon Please don't turn me away
Tina Guo Wonder Woman, Crystalize
The Outlaws Green Grass and high Tides


Almost one long solo, so not sure if that qualifies, but I love Buchannon's Sweet Dreams too. So many twists and turns in his playing in one song.
RE: RE: Another one from Gilmour  
x meadowlander : 9/22/2017 9:11 am : link
In comment 13610267 Rob in Rockaway said:
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Dogs - one of my all-time favorite albums and easily favorite Floyd Album - Animals




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What is really interesting about Gilmour is how slow, deliberate and methodical his leads are - slow enough that virtually any intermediate player can handle them - but his ear for melody is truly something special - he is an absolute master of tone, understands how to build and resolve a lead, how to find the moments that just crush the listener. The opening notes to the Dogs solo exactly that.
So many!  
feelflows : 9/22/2017 11:36 am : link
And so many listed. I will go with the original... Danny Cedrone's solo on Rock Around the Clock. It's perfect and never aging.

Also, EVH on Beat It is pretty sick.
25 or 6 to 4  
John In CO : 9/22/2017 1:01 pm : link
Chicago....Terry Kath......dont know if its perfect but its pretty damn good!
Roll with the Changes  
Britt in VA : 9/22/2017 1:02 pm : link
Gary Richrath
RE: Roll with the Changes  
x meadowlander : 9/22/2017 1:31 pm : link
In comment 13610869 Britt in VA said:
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Gary Richrath
Richrath is often forgotten in these discussions because REO is an under the radar band, but his leads are as memorable as any - the lead in Keep On Lovin' You is also pretty epic - he had killer tone - phenomenal chops - for me, the only reason worth watching REO at all back in the day. Great player - died a couple of years back...
RE: RE: Roll with the Changes  
Britt in VA : 9/22/2017 1:32 pm : link
In comment 13610899 x meadowlander said:
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Gary Richrath

Richrath is often forgotten in these discussions because REO is an under the radar band, but his leads are as memorable as any - the lead in Keep On Lovin' You is also pretty epic - he had killer tone - phenomenal chops - for me, the only reason worth watching REO at all back in the day. Great player - died a couple of years back...


Agreed.
Check out this great live version of Roll with the Changes on  
Britt in VA : 9/22/2017 1:33 pm : link
the Midnight Special.

Gary Richrath and Kevin Cronin absolutely crush it.

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Alex Lifeson again  
TXRabbit : 9/22/2017 2:03 pm : link
Freewill and most of everything on ESL (Exit Stage Left)
Ummm - Eric Clapton?  
skifaster : 9/22/2017 6:18 pm : link
How is he not on the list? He made Ian Anderson give up playing the guitar "because he would never be as good as Clapton"
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...and Stevie Ray Vaughn  
skifaster : 9/22/2017 6:22 pm : link
I saw SRV open for Dire Straits in Montreal. Best concert ever.
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RE: Ummm - Eric Clapton?  
pjcas18 : 9/22/2017 6:31 pm : link
In comment 13611149 skifaster said:
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How is he not on the list? He made Ian Anderson give up playing the guitar "because he would never be as good as Clapton" Clapton solo - ( New Window )


Good point I'm surprised no one has mentioned Duane Allman, Jimmy Page, David Gilmour or Mark Knopfler either - no mention of Jimi Hendrix or Eddie Van Halen either.
Dave Navarro...  
vonritz : 9/22/2017 6:53 pm : link
"Three Days"
RE: RE: Roll with the Changes  
Chris in Philly : 9/22/2017 8:26 pm : link
In comment 13610899 x meadowlander said:
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In comment 13610869 Britt in VA said:


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Gary Richrath

Richrath is often forgotten in these discussions because REO is an under the radar band, but his leads are as memorable as any - the lead in Keep On Lovin' You is also pretty epic - he had killer tone - phenomenal chops - for me, the only reason worth watching REO at all back in the day. Great player - died a couple of years back...


REO wasn't under the radar. They were often boring soft pop rock but they had multiple hits. Two number ones at least.
I just thought...  
Chris in Philly : 9/22/2017 8:46 pm : link
of another one.

Buck Dharma on "Burnin for You". That's a fun song.
Not sure how the guitar aficionados feel about it...  
Milton : 9/23/2017 5:06 am : link
But I dig Beck's opening guitar play on the live version of...
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