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16/05/2007 1:55 am
Thought I'd share this with you all - it's a list of the top 40 greatest solos, as voted for by listeners of Planet Rock.
1. Pink Floyd, Comfortably Numb
2. Guns n Roses, Sweet Child of mine
3. Lynyrd Skynyrd, Freebird
4. Van Halen, Eruption
5. Guns n Roses, November Rain
6. Led Zeppelin, Stairway To Heaven
7. Dire Straits, Sultans Of Swing
8. Jethro Tull, Aqualung
9. Eagles, Hotel California
10. Deep Purple, Child In Time
11. Queen, Brighton Rock
12. Jimi Hendrix, All Along The Watch Tower
13. Deep Purple, Highway Star
14. Wishbone Ash, Throw Down The Sword
15. Ozzy Osbourne, No More Tears
16. Cream, Crossroads (live)
17. Guns n Roses, Paradise City
18. Led Zeppelin, Since I've Been Loving You
19. Ten Years After, I'm Going Home (Woodstock)
20. Jimi Hendrix, Voodoo Chile (Sight Return)
21. Led Zeppelin, Dazed and Confused
22. Neil Young, Like a Hurricane
23. Rush, Working Man
24. Bon Jovi, Dry Country
25. Pink Floyd, Time
26. Rainbow, Stargazer
27. Bon Jovi, Wanted (Dead Or Alive)
28. AC/DC, Let There Be Rock
29. Thin Lizzy, Still In Love With You
30. Gary Moore, Still Got The Blues For You
31. Metallica, The Unforgiven
32. Iron Maiden, The Trooper
33. UFO, Rock Bottom
34. Ozzy Osbourne, Mr Crowley
35. AC/DC, Whole Lotta Rosie
36. Deep Purple, Smoke On The Water
37. Frank Zappa, Willie The Pimp
38. Led Zeppelin, Whole Lotta Love
39. Jimi Hendrix, Hey Joe
40. Thin Lizzy, Emerald
Bet there's a few of YOUR favourites missing from there......
:D :D :D
Vic
"Sometimes the beauty of music can help us all find strength to deal with all the curves life can throw us." (D. Hodge.)
16/05/2007 1:58 am
I Could Have Lied - RHCP's
Best solo ever
Ken
"The man who has begun to live more seriously within
begins to live more simply without"
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Topic starter
16/05/2007 2:12 am
One thing I should have mentioned - although Planet Rock broadcasts on-line, it's a predominantly British radio station so i'm guessing there's a definite bias towards British artists there.....
And the first thing that struck me as missing? Paul Kossoff's solo on Free's "All Right Now" - almost wants to make me rush out and buy a Les Paul!
:D :D :D
Vic
"Sometimes the beauty of music can help us all find strength to deal with all the curves life can throw us." (D. Hodge.)
16/05/2007 2:15 am
That's a pretty basic list, but then again so are all of them. It's almost impossible to come up with an accurate top 50. But it's not a bad list at all really, it's accurate, but there are a lot of other songs if you dig deeper, of course.
16/05/2007 3:21 am
Robert Frip...."21st Century Schizoid Man"
16/05/2007 3:23 am
Neil Young, Cinnamon Girl
16/05/2007 4:05 am
Neil Young, Cinnamon Girl
Point made ... but no soup for you wise guy!
Steely Dan: My Old School and Bodhisattva
Amos Garrett: Midnight at the Oasis
(we've been here before, haven't we?)
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16/05/2007 10:00 am
One thing I should have mentioned - although Planet Rock broadcasts on-line, it's a predominantly British radio station so i'm guessing there's a definite bias towards British artists there.....
Planet Rock also broadcast on DAB Digital Radio. Are Alice Cooper and Tony Iommi still presenting shows?
Nice to see Brian May making it into the list, but whatever happened to Samba Pa Ti (sp) - how can they ignore old Carlos.
Best,
A :-)
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16/05/2007 10:02 am
Robert Frip...."21st Century Schizoid Man"
+1
I think the problem is the length: we would need 400 or 4000 entries.
For example, the German band Scorpions has very good solos and they were an icon in the 70s and 80s (mainly 80s).
16/05/2007 1:22 pm
Robbie Krieger (The Doors) When The Music's Over
Randy California (Spirit) The Girl In Your Eye
Marc Bolan (T.Rex) The Ballrooms Of Mars
Lee Pickens (Bloodrock) Breach Of Lease
Robert Fripp (King Crimson) Larks Toungues in Aspic (all of them!)
Glenn Buxton (Alice Cooper) Under My Wheels
Eric Brahn (Iron Butterfly) In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
John Kay/Mars Bonfire (Steppenwolf) Magic Carpet Ride
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16/05/2007 2:11 pm
Neil Young, Cinnamon Girl
Thats a great one, my favorite NY solo is "Down By the River" I wore the LP out on that one :lol:
So many solo's....so Little time :P
16/05/2007 3:45 pm
All of the above.
My favorites:
The Something solo by George
The solo in Gloria, by Them
That long solo in Suzy Q by CCR
The Woodstock Johnny B. Goode by Jimi - especially the segment where he does a big bend and it slides right into a howling feedback. You can also hear the difference in tone when he does that other bit with his teeth. Lots of 'bite.'
Shape of Things by Gary Moore
Cream's Crossroads
I also think any solo you can sing along to is great. :)
16/05/2007 5:32 pm
The lead work in Stranglehold is one of my all time favorites.
Dan
16/05/2007 7:36 pm
Wow it seems so strange to see a list of songs that I'm actually familiar with. Everytime I see one of the top ten or 20 listings it makes me feel old, never heard the songs, don't recognize the arttists. From that list I'd choose #19 from Ten Years After, brings back memories of high school.
16/05/2007 7:42 pm
WHAT?! No FREE BIRD?!
"A cheerful heart is good medicine."
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