Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] 100 Greatest Guitar Solos

["Vern Green" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Well, I am all too willing to chime in.

 

I have only one problem with the top 10 so far and that is having Slash's solo for November Rain in the list. While it might have been a good solo, there are a number of other solos that are much better and the fact that Slash could NEVER reproduce the solo live is a testiment to how piss poor of a guitarist he really is.

 

Brian May's solo on Bohemian Rhapsody is one of my all time favorites. It just drips emotion. I have heard some others that are probably better I admit, but very few people are going to be voting for some of the more obscure songs. I do get a little tired of seeing all the Jimi Hendrix on these types of lists as well. Jimi was an outstanding guitar player, but geez come on.

 

OK, so when I get down to number 26 on the list, I see that Nirvana was on the list. Now I have to say the solo in Smells Like Teen Spirit could be played accurately by my 9 year old. It is starting to look like this list is more about the songs people like and less about the actual guitar work involved.

 

Brian May gets another nod for Brighton Rock, so maybe what I said before is incorrect, people are voting for the obscure stuff.

 

Santana made 49 for Europa, which I would have expected to see much higher. I don't know how on earth Kurt Cobain or Slash gets higher on the list than Europa.

 

Frank Zappa made 60 for Zoot Allures

 

Steve Howe made 68 for Starship Trooper.

 

I am happy to see John Petrucci of Dream Theater on the list, he has some of the best solo work I have ever heard, but he is barely popular enough to make a list of this type. I am also happy to see Alex Lifeson make the list as well.

 

I don't see a problem with most of the stuff on the list, though I might order them differently.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On 1/6/07, Jonathan King <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:

OK, so having fought about the tax system, CEO salaries and what to do
with my Subaru, let's do something really contentious: all-time
greatest (rock) guitar solos.  Specifically, one can pick apart this
especially inane list:

http://guitar.about.com/library/bl100greatest.htm

So there are some really good ones on here, some of the omissions
are...stunning. For example: no Santana at all. No Frank Zappa at all.
Unless I missed something, Steve Howe was shut out. Brian May does
appear on the list, but for a solot that I don't actually think was
one of his top five. Eric Clapton appears, including one of his
Beatles' solos, but that solo isn't the one he did for "Something",
which was the finest Eric Clapton song the Beatles ever wrote.

I could go on, but I'll let Mike Miller and Vern rant about this for awhile. :-)

jking

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