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TrollheartTrollheart Posts: 5,093
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In tandem with my "Top 10 rock guitarists" thread, here's one where you can mention or link to your favourite solos.

Mine would include:

Intro to and bridge for "Sweet child o' mine" (Guns and Roses)
Outro to "Hotel California" (Eagles)
Outro to "Don't tell me you love me" (Night Ranger)
Intro to "Follow me" (Rory Gallagher)
Intro to "Bat out of Hell" (Meat Loaf)
Solo from "Number of the beast" (Iron Maiden)
Solo/bridge from "Dry county" (Bon Jovi)
Outro to "Who's crying now" (Journey)

and loads more I can't think of at the moment....
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    ThinWhitePukeThinWhitePuke Posts: 358
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    Intro to Layla by Derek and the Dominoes
    Duane Allman's solo in Hey Jude by Wilson Pickett
    intro to Green Grass and High Tides Forever - Outlaws
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    shackfanshackfan Posts: 15,461
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    #3
    Some good ones above but one that is often missed is the one at the end of the Carpenters Goodbye To Love.
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    TrollheartTrollheart Posts: 5,093
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    Absolutely! For a non-rock band, the solo at the end of that song knocks you over! I did say "rock solos" but in fairness, that one has to be let in!
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 3,178
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    Off the top of my head, My Sharona by The Knack and Black Rose by Thin Lizzy.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 170
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    #6
    Most of David Gilmour's and John Petrucci's solos

    Hotel California
    Easy (Like Sunday Morning)

    To name a few
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    JessTheCatJessTheCat Posts: 1,202
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    ThinWhitePuke wrote: »
    Intro to Layla by Derek and the Dominoes
    Duane Allman's solo in Hey Jude by Wilson Pickett
    intro to Green Grass and High Tides Forever - Outlaws

    Someone else who remembers the Outlaws!!!

    I thought it was only me..............

    :D:D:D
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    yorkieUKyorkieUK Posts: 2,159
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    For me...Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac playing Oh Well Part 2. The acoustic guitar solo is wonderful:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knZltCtkedk&feature=related

    The particular part I like starts at around 6.37 but then again the the whole of Oh Well is great! :D

    Sadly there are no live performances of Part 2 that I know of but take a look/listen at Part 1 - fantastic stuff!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE4HGlmtOcg&feature=related
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    TrollheartTrollheart Posts: 5,093
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    Some more just came to mind:-

    "Parisienne walkways" (Gary Moore and Phil Lynott)
    "Solilioquoy (the lonliest place in the world) by Ten, who probably no-one knows... :(
    "Sultans of swing" (Dire Straits)
    "Telegraph road" (Dire Straits)
    "Go your own way" (Fleetwood Mac)
    "Comfortably numb" (How did I forget THAT??) -- Pink Floyd
    and of course virtually all of "Shine on you crazy diamond"!
    "I can't tell you why" (Eagles)

    The list goes on...
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    DANCE OF DEATHDANCE OF DEATH Posts: 4,781
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    The Best Of Times (Dream Theater)

    The guitar solo and the outro is excellent John Petrucci. It is over 13 minutes of excellence and a great ballard/rock song about Mike Portnoy's father who died.
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    bodderzbodderz Posts: 1,245
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    love Bellamy's solo in Citizen Erased (Muse)

    Slash's in SCOM (GNR)
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    ThinWhitePukeThinWhitePuke Posts: 358
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    JessTheCat wrote: »
    Someone else who remembers the Outlaws!!!

    I thought it was only me..............

    :D:D:D

    LOL no remember them well :eek: loved Green Grass and High Tides Forever, classic song :D


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R82OM5tzcrk
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    TrollheartTrollheart Posts: 5,093
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    Surprisingly, I was able to find that Ten song on YT. The video is nothing (literally: it's a black screen!) but the song has to be heard to be believed. Solo starts at 06:40 and goes on to the end of the song ---- superb in every way.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DACJcsJ-9sg
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    StardogStardog Posts: 2,415
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    Metallica - Unforgiven - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUHFfR8hWcA#t=3m35s
    Alice in Chains - Man In The Box - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YiKZJar-lk#t=2m59s
    Jimi Hendrid - Hey Joe - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mBjG9chIFw#t=1m40s
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    Blackadder VBlackadder V Posts: 2,283
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    Wasted Years: Iron Maiden
    Revelations and heart of a dragon: Dragonforce
    Be good to yourself (outro): Journey
    Brighton Rock: Queen
    Queen is dead (outro): Smiths
    Mr Brownstone: GNR

    Off the top of my head anyway
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    nainznainz Posts: 1,777
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    Couple of obscure ones...

    Iron Maiden - The Prisoner (from about 3:40 on)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_HQeLMGer4

    Pearl Jam - Little Wing/Maggot Brain (live bootleg)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_HQeLMGer4

    Fleetwood Mac - Tango in the Night (from about 2:40 on)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1s-RaSlSXY

    Blue Oyster Cult - Veteran of the Psychic Wars (8 min Live version)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zpshDMDna8
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    mushymanrobmushymanrob Posts: 17,992
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    qotsa 'no one knows'.
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    widgerwidger Posts: 722
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    Mick Taylor (Rolling Stones) - Sympathy for the Devil (Live - Get Yer Ya Ya's Out)
    Dave Gilmour - Money
    Jimmy Page - Stairway to Heaven/Black Dog/Since I've Been Loving You
    Eric Clapton - Crossroads (Live)
    Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Chile
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    Multimedia81Multimedia81 Posts: 83,433
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    I may think of others but one that stands out is within Coldplay's Fix You.
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    eugenespeedeugenespeed Posts: 66,695
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    Boredom by The Buzzcocks.

    It was the antithesis of guitar solos, it was only two notes.

    Slayer - Angel of Death

    Kerry King's guitar work, especially in Slayer's early days, just gives me goosebumps.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 218
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    Muse - Thoughts of a Dying Athiest. Short solo, but fantastic.
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    tania4stevetania4steve Posts: 545
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    I saw the light - Todd Rundgren
    The high note at the end of the guitar solo still makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up even after listening to it thousands of times over the years.
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    ags_ruleags_rule Posts: 19,544
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    Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O'Mine
    Guns N' Roses - The Garden
    Metallica - Wherever I May Roam
    Metallica - Creeping Death
    Megadeth - Tornado Of Souls
    AC/DC - Let There Be Rock
    Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Child
    Judas Priest - Painkiller
    Pantera - Cemetary Gates
    Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears

    Could have named about 100 more!:D
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 5
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    Mick Ronson , outro to Starman by Bowie. Townshend middle break Anywhere , Anyhow , Anywhere . Joanne Shaw Taylor Going Home.OK the last one's more Blues than Rock but still great.
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    TCD1975TCD1975 Posts: 3,039
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    I like the guitar solos in the middle of Hendrix's All Along the Watchtower.
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    I love Metallica, Guns n' Roses, the Who, Pink Floyd. But for some reason the outro to 'Torn' by Natalie Imbruglia is far and away my favourite guitar solo!
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