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WaywardSon 
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Posted: December 29 2006 at 08:45 |
Here is a list from Planet Rock (UK) based on their listeners opinions.
(scroll down to see the top twenty)
Edited by WaywardSon - December 29 2006 at 08:46
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Posted: December 29 2006 at 13:02 |
I don´t agree with that list. It´s just a "most popular" list... where are prog solos? Just because Zeppelin is worshipped like the Second Coming doesn´t mean their solos were so great. Where are Petrucci´s solos? Genesis solos? Another solo that is outstanding but in a completely different genre (one I don´t like that much, but that solo is AMAZING) is Darrell´s solo in "Floods" in Pantera´s The Great Southern Trendkill.
Awful List. Slash and Page-worshipping list.
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progismylife
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Posted: December 29 2006 at 13:03 |
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At least one prog band is on their. Jethro Tull.
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Posted: December 29 2006 at 21:17 |
01. PINK FLOYD - "Comfortably Numb" 
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Atavachron
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Posted: December 29 2006 at 21:44 |
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That list is absurd except for a few there like 'Numb', though almost any Dave Gilmour solo is gold, and Page was a great (if intentionally sloppy) craftsman. The thing is, your perspective changes the more lead work you hear. Most solos that people remember and like are the carefully constructed ones (ala 'Stairway') rather than the continual flow of Hendrix live or Holdsworth. 'All Along the Watchtower'? Gimme a break, howabout 'Machine Gun'. For studio work I would probably give it to Gilmour for anything on Meddle or the Wall. Also, anything Randy Rhoads touched during his short span with Ozzy (not Quiet Riot), Uli Roth for his solo records, and most of Eddie's work on the Fair Warning album is genius.
Edited by Atavachron - December 29 2006 at 21:50
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Posted: December 30 2006 at 12:55 |
My Top 10 is...
1. "Comfortably Numb" - Pink Floyd
2. "The Knife" - Genesis
3. "The Web" - Marillion
4. "Stairway To Heaven" - Led Zeppelin
5. "Are You Experienced" - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
6. "Cortez The Killer" - Neil Young & Crazy Horse
7. "Time" - Pink Floyd
8. "Naked Eye" - The Who
9. "Work Song" - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
10. "All Along The Watchtower" - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
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Posted: December 31 2006 at 18:49 |
I agree with number 1 that's about it. Though all the solos there are great, they are not in the top 20. Songs that deserve top 20:
Cortez the Killer (Neil Young)
Floods (Pantera)
Mr. Crowley (Ozzy Osbourne)
Rock Bottom (UFO)
Sails of Charon (Scorpions)
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Posted: December 31 2006 at 19:11 |
for the LAST f**kING TIME, THE SOLO IN 'SWEET CHILD O' MINE ISN'T THAT GOOD  ...sorry, overrated things piss me off sometimes
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Atavachron
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Posted: December 31 2006 at 23:11 |
 1800iareyay wrote:
I agree with number 1 that's about it. Though all the solos there are great, they are not in the top 20. Songs that deserve top 20:
Cortez the Killer (Neil Young)
Floods (Pantera)
Mr. Crowley (Ozzy Osbourne)
Rock Bottom (UFO)
Sails of Charon (Scorpions)
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Uli Roth, Michael Schenker *and* Randy Rhoads...give that man a cigar!
Edited by Atavachron - December 31 2006 at 23:12
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Posted: January 01 2007 at 07:21 |
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wow this is the first time i see a toplist (based on rock) without Metallica!!!
they should be in it!
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nou... mag ik het niet nog een keertje overdoen?
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Posted: January 01 2007 at 07:23 |
king_pin wrote:
wow this is the first time i see a toplist (based on rock) without Metallica!!!
they should be in it! |
pretty funny as the site's name is Whiplash 
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Posted: January 01 2007 at 15:43 |
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I'm not completely sure if it's meant as a solo, but anyway, Matt Bellamy's solo in the Muse song Hysteria captures the desperate mood of the lyrics so incredibly well.
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Atavachron
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Posted: January 01 2007 at 20:22 |
king_pin wrote:
wow this is the first time i see a toplist (based on rock) without Metallica!!!
they should be in it!
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For solos? I've never really found Hammett's lead very interesting, though he is an excellent all-around rhythm/lead player.
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Posted: January 01 2007 at 20:26 |
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Rothery's solo on "Easter" is still one of the best that I've ever heard. Just pure emotion.
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Posted: January 01 2007 at 20:47 |
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Where's "Layla"? Clapton and Duane Allmann were amazing on that one.
"Hotel California" is a great solo; but, Felder's solo on "One Of These Nights" is pure magic. Maybe he should join a prog band. I bet he wouldn't get two-faced like he did by Henley and Frey. I can't even begin to listen to the Eagles without Felder. Completely underrated.
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Posted: January 01 2007 at 23:15 |
E-Dub wrote:
Rothery's solo on "Easter" is still one of the best that I've ever heard. Just pure emotion.
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Aye, that's a good one. As long as we're on the topic of Rothery solos...
"Fantastic Place"
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Posted: January 02 2007 at 00:40 |
Not that wasn't entirely predictable. 
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Posted: January 17 2007 at 14:11 |
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For me the greatest single guitar solo I have ever heard is the live version of "Astronomy" by Blue Oyster Cult from Some Enchanted Evening. Buck Dharma had his mojo going that night! The solo evolves from a slow soulful sound into a raging beast.... I stop everything and listen every time it comes on.
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Twenty men crossing a bridge into a village,
are twenty men
crossing twenty bridges
into twenty villages.
Wallace Stevens
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Dr. Occulator
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Posted: January 17 2007 at 14:19 |
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The solo on Steely Dan's Kid Charlamagne is my favorite.
I think it Denny Dias.
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My Doc Told Me I Have Doggie Head.
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dwill123
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Posted: January 17 2007 at 15:11 |
Jimi Hendrix (Band of Gypsys) - "Machine Gun"
Leslie West (Mountain) - "Theme from an Imaginary Western"
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