This is an offshoot of the "favorite guitarist" thread. Pretty self explanatory. My favorite solos are:
David Gilmour (Floyd) - "Your Possible Pasts"
Mantas (Venom) - "Buried Alive"
Michael Denner / Andy LaRoque (King Diamond) - "A Mansion In Darkness"
Zakk Wylde (Ozzy) - "No More Tears"
Scott Gorham / Brian Robertson (Thin Lizzy) - "Bad Reputation"
Dave Murray / Adrian Smith - "Sea Of Madness" or "Alexander The Great"
Gregor Mackintosh (Paradise Lost) - "Embers Fire"
But my all time favorite solo has to be, oddly enough, the guitar solo in Tears For Fears "Shout" - it's so simple, but it fits the song perfectly.
Glenn Tipton on "Heavy Metal" by Judas Priest
Bob Kulick on "Arena Of Pleasure" by W.A.S.P.
Kirk Hammett on "Struggle Within" by Metallica
Dave Mustaine/Chris Broderick on "Head Crusher" by Megadeth
Paul Quinn on "Bands Played On" by Saxon
John Sykes on "Children Of The Night" by Whitesnake
"Boyz Are Gonna Rock" by Vinnie Vincent
Alex Skolnick on "Electric Crown" by Testament
Janick Gers on "The Aftermath" by Iron Maiden
Jake E. Lee on "Secret Loser" by Ozzy Osbourne
Alex Nelson on "Terror On The Town" by Lizzy Borden
Plus many, many more that I have no doubt forgotten...
The guitar solo in Painkiller by Judas Priest!
No contest. It's the one (two if you include the outro) in Alice in Chains' "Over Now"
The combined tracks of Eric Clapton and Duane Allman in -- Layla
The solo in the Some enchanted evening version of astronomy.
Silver Wheels and the beginning of Crazy On You by Heart.
Comfortably Numb and Another Brick in the Wall (part whatever) by David Gilmour.
Rain Song by Troy Stetina
Suicide Solution live solo by Randy Rhoads
Wanted Dead or Alive by Bon Jovi - hey, give credit where it's due :teddyr:
And numerous others
first 10 that come to mind...
Jimi Hendrix - Come On
AC/DC - Riff Raff
Brand X - Deadly Nightshade
Steely Dan - Bad Sneakers
Megadeth - High Speed Dirt
Wolfsbane - Shakin'
Husker Du - I'll Never Forget You
Steve Vai - Juice
Nirvana - In Bloom
Van Halen - Ice Cream Man
Stanley Jordan's "Moon River" -- the best example IMO of his amazing ability to play melody and harmony at the same time on a single guitar. It's constructed like a mini-symphony.
JAMES BURTON "Believe What You Say" off RICKY NELSON's Ricky Sings Again!
JAMES HONEYMAN SCOTT "The Wait" off PRETENDERS
SCOTTY MOORE "Blue Moon of Kentucky" one of the original Sun recordings now off ELVIS PRESLEY's The Sun Sessions
CHUCK BERRY "Maybelline"
BO DIDDLEY "Who Do You Love"
RON ASHETON "Loose" off THE STOOGES' Fun House
JIMI HENDRIX "Red House" off Experience Hendrix: The Best of JIMI HENDRIX or "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" off Electric Ladyland ("Red House" was on the non-USA issue Electric Ladyland but apparently has remained off the USA issue :hatred:)
LAURINDO ALMEIDA "The Shadow of Your Smile" off SAMMY DAVIS JR. Sings LAURINDO ALMEIDA Plays
JIMMY PAGE "Heartbreaker" off LED ZEPPELIN II
DAVID GILMOUR "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" off PINK FLOYD's Wish You Were Here or "Echoes" off Meddle
I also have to add the solo Angus Young played at AC/DC's concert in Copenhagen in the summer of 2009.
Oh no! I forgot about this one!! :thumbup: :thumbup:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhrp_h_BkPs&feature=related