lindsmuse
Love Trevor Rabin's - 'Owner of a lonely heart'. That really kicked butt at the time! Read somewhere he was Steven Seagal's guitar teacher for a while ...
sepheritoh
I'm a huge Rabin fan, but I think it is a bit of a stretch to call it the best ever solo ?
Yeah, and the story about him teaching Segal is true. I saw it in an interview on film music mag. I think this is the link
http://www.filmmusicmag.com/?p=1622
Explorerlover
No, that to me is like Joe Perry's attempt at a solo with "Janie's got a gun"....a.k.a. noise. ?
sepheritoh
Explorerlover wrote:
No, that to me is like Joe Perry's attempt at a solo with "Janie's got a gun"....a.k.a. noise. ?
That is a bit harsh. At least Trevor sold - mmmm let me see - about 10 million more albums than you.
Tokai-SA
For me "Comfortably Numb" is the best solo ever....especially the "Pulse" version...and the next 5 best are also David Gilmour solos. ?
Best song ever, for me, Pink Floyd "Dogs"...Gilmour's solos on Dogs are mind boggling.
AlanRatcliffe
I loved it. I liked the way he used the harmoniser more to create an odd tone than to make sweet harmonies (like Holdsworth harmonising a second interval in Metal Fatigue). Then put it on top of a disjointed Van Halenish "falling down a stairway" solo. A very Belew-like approach to things.
Squonk
Very Difficult to determine the best ever solo?
I always go on goosebumps, which has nothing to do with the technicality of the solo.
We mentioned today in another post about Steve Vai's solo in "Tender Surrender", the way he builds up to a crescendo and then just goes back to clean guitar, one of the best.
David Gilmour - Shine on you crazy diamond Part 1 - 4 (I think), very simple but the string bending gets me every time
Jimmy Page - Solo on "The song remains the Same" version of Stairway to heaven, he also takes you through the emotions.
I am sure there are plenty more.
Tokai-SA
Trevor Rabin is a genius, and a great guy....it's a pity Americans recognize his genius more than South Africans do.
Tokai-SA
For me Jimi's "Machine Gun" is right up there with Comfortably Numb.
Think of the Title and Meaning of the Song "Machine Gun", and how Jimi tries to convey his ideas through the music, it's like Mozart and Van Gogh at the same time mixed in with almost Alien like communication.
Riaan
This is a difficult one. For me, the "best" solo often varies upon how I feel at a particular time. Most of Gilmour's solo's would generally rank tops for me, especially Comfortably Numb and Shine On You Crazy Diamond (which is what I think Squonk meant to say also). But I find that I "overdose" on some solo's by listening to them too much, eventually they temporarily lose their magic and I have to listen to something else again. My next "best solo" after such an overdose of a great rock solo may well be an insignificant and not very prominent little riff, like Brian May on "You Don't Fool Me" - actually the rythm guitar and not the fast run, or Ritchie Blackmore in the Rainbow days, on "Still I'm Sad". Or even some of Tim Renwick's riffs on Al Stewart's Year of the Cat! Something catches my attention at a particular time, it just strikes the right chord - psychologically speaking - and that's my "best solo" until the next one comes along.
DonovanB
this is a funny topic. For example I reckon the solo in " Shoplifters of the World unite and take over" by the Smiths was so unbelievably effective. As well as the short solo in "Dig for Fire" by the Pixies. It's an example for me of non-shredding, yet very good guitar work.
Kirk Hammett's solo in Unforgiven gives me goosebumps, it fits so well.
Slash's solo in Sweet Child of mine is fun.
Hendrix's solo in Hey Joe just screams desperation.
there are more that made me think but I'll come up with them later.
chris77
Second solo in November Rain.
lindsmuse
Also was so bowled over by Stevie Rae Vaughn 'Voodoo Child' - the first 300 times or so ...
Bob-Dubery
sepheritoh wrote:
Explorerlover wrote:
No, that to me is like Joe Perry's attempt at a solo with "Janie's got a gun"....a.k.a. noise. ?
That is a bit harsh. At least Trevor sold - mmmm let me see - about 10 million more albums than you.
So thus we can conclude that Brtitney Spears is "better" than Steve Vai.
I thought it was a pretty mundane solo made sonically interesting with some pretty extreme effects. Not that I could play it, but then being a better player than me is no yardstick of anything.
Bob-Dubery
X-rated Bob wrote:
I thought it was a pretty mundane solo made sonically interesting with some pretty extreme effects. Not that I could play it, but then being a better player than me is no yardstick of anything.
Though what does interest me about solos like this is that somebody could hear it in their head AFTER the effects and build it up from there, that somebody had the vision.
Assuming that it wasn't just a case of "lets put lots of this on that solo and see what happens".
AlanRatcliffe
Context - it's perfect in context. Take the solo as an isolated piece of music and it wouldn't stand alone, but in context of the solid and synthesized rhythm section with the odd, disjointed sampled hits it works. Reminds me of the production style of Robert Plant's Too Loud off Shaken 'N Stirred.
I'm gonna throw a strange one out there. Not my favourite (I don't have one), but very interesting - Why'd Ya Do It by Marianne Faithful. Very unusual guitar work and sounds. I don't usually go for chorused sounds, and this is a truly sick example of over-the-top usage, but somehow it works in context.
Or Adrian Belew's guitar solo on King Crimson's Three of a Perfect Pair - now there's some unusual effect usage!
Explorerlover
sepheritoh wrote:
Explorerlover wrote:
No, that to me is like Joe Perry's attempt at a solo with "Janie's got a gun"....a.k.a. noise. ?
That is a bit harsh. At least Trevor sold - mmmm let me see - about 10 million more albums than you.
Yup, and the Jonas Brothers too,but I know we are both better guitarists than them. Rabin as a guitar player is brilliant, that particular solo just didn't work for me.
Guy-Onraet
Steve Lukather on Somewhere Out There, from the Disney film.
It serves the song very well, it is singable/hummable, and there is an elite level of musicianship shown.
nicovlogg
I have to throw in my personal favourite here: Steve Lukather on "While my guitar gently weeps". The album version is a bit neutered but on the Live in Amsterdam DVD.. Man. ??? When I first started playing electric guitar that was like THE sound that I wanted, and it still blows me away.
guitarboy2828
This really is a pointless topic.. No one is going to have the same list as the next person.. So unless you want to just compile a list of everyone's favorite solo, this topic is useless.. Will just cause arguments.
The reality is, I have a cd that someone decided was his favourite list.. The top of the list is "Stairway to heaven", followed by "comfortably numb".. Both have amazing solo's, that just scream out from the darkness it seems.. They give me goosebumps every time I hear them.. Is it the best solo?? I doubt many on here will agree with me..
It's all a matter of a opinion, and usually these topics come up and just cause friction..
