1. Stairway To Heaven - Jimmy Page

2. Eruption - Edward Van Halen

3. Freebird - Collins/Rossington

4. Comfortably Numb - David Gilmour

5. All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix

6. November Rain - Slash

7. One - Kirk Hammet

8. Hotel California - Don Felder/Joe Walsh

9. Crazy Train - Randy Rhoads

10. Crossroads - Eric Clapton

11. Voodo Chile (Slight Return) - Jimi Hendrix

12. Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry

13. Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughan

14. Layla - Clapton/Allman

15. Floods - Dimebag Darrel

16. Heartbreaker - Jimmy Page

17. Cliffs Of Dover - Eric Johnson

18. Little Wing - Jimi Hendrix

19. Highway Star - Ritchie Blackmore

20. Bohemian Rhapsody - Brian May

 

Some highlights outside the Top 20:

24. Fade to Black - Kirk Hammet

26. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Kurt Cobain

32. Machine Gun - Jimi Hendrix

37. Sweet Child O' Mine - Slash

42. While My Guitar Gently Weeps - Eric Clapton

44. Alive - Mike McCready

48. Sympathy for the Devil - Keith Richards

49. Europa - Carlos Santana

51. Master of Puppets - Kirk Hammet

52. Star Spangled Banner - Jimi Hendrix

58. Cocaine - Eric Clapton

 

Full List

The guitar solo on Sweet Child O' Mine >>>>>>> solo on November Rain.

 

JMHO.

Yeah, I have a couple issues with the list myself, but I agree with it alot more than the 500 Greatest Songs list by Rolling Stone.

eh ... its more about the popularity of the song rather than the actual solo

 

good ones:

 

15. Floods - Dimebag Darrel

51. Master of Puppets - Kirk Hammet

9. Crazy Train - Randy Rhoads

One thing that needs to be top ten is definitely "Sultans of Swing" by Dire Straits.

 

Other than that it's hard to argue.

ive said it before, and ill say it again: Slash's guitar solo on "November Rain" is the greatest thing a person has ever done with an electric guitar in the history of recorded music. period. listen to that thing. please. over and over.

 

highlights outside the top 20 for me:

 

22. Sultans of Swing- Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits)

37. Sweet Child O' Mine- Slash (GnR)

46. Hot for Teacher- Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen)

66. Blue Sky- Duane Allman/Dicky Betts (Allman Bros.)

Agreed on November Rain.

 

But seriously, I'm in awe of Sultans of Swing.

yeah, im really surprised "Sultans of Swing" didnt rank higher. its definitely better than half the songs in the Top 20.

Agreed Blue Sky should be higher. Also, an underrated band/song is Green Grass and High Tides by the Outlaws.

 

I'm happy (and not surprised) to see Erruption and Voodoo Chile up there.

 

Whew, at first I didnt see Layla up there....good call on having it up there. You could take quite a few Clapton songs (or Allman bros songs really).

 

Derek Trucks should have some songs in there, but he's newer, and it's not as much Rock as it is Jazz/Blues/Rock/etc. mixed.

I have this issue and agree with a lot of it.

 

Here is my top guitar solos list:

1. November Rain

2. Freebird

 

Every other guitar solo (not counting classical guitar and Hendrix) in history of music is a huge drop off from these two solos.

 

Mike McCready's live solos when he improvises (Yellow Ledbetter, Black, Alive, Evenflow and Nothing As it Seems are the ones he does the best with) in shows are some of the best guitar solos I've ever heard and don't get the recognition they deserve, IMO.

Although I really enjoy Freebird, I still believe that there are some of ahead of it.

The list sucks because Randy Rhoads should have the top 15 all to himself

The list sucks because Randy Rhoads should have the top 15 all to himself

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Goodbye to Romance is Randy's best guitar work with Ozzy. I love that freakin' song.

The list sucks because Randy Rhoads should have the top 15 all to himself

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Above Hendrix? Tough to justify that one I think.

Can't argue with Stairway to Heaven being number one.

No complaints here.

One I forgot to compliment was Comfortably Numb. That is an amazing piece of work by Gilmour.

 

Another solo I'm disappointed not to see at all is "Do You Feel Like We Do" by Frampton.

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I can agree with that

 

 

zack wilde or rhandy roads?

 

:lol