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fquaye14ten
08-13-2007, 10:48 AM
1. sweet child o' mine
2. heartbreaker (zep)
3. i feel free (cream)
4. killer queen
5. comfortably numb
Spider_Pig
08-13-2007, 10:50 AM
1. Sweet Child o' Mine, definately.
CaptainBallz
08-13-2007, 10:58 AM
they all involve david gilmour
fquaye14ten
08-13-2007, 11:07 AM
in bloom eh? interesting choice

expound?
Prope
08-13-2007, 11:15 AM
Comfortable Numb is good. The live version with Van Morrison is the best version.
:fact:
23Ventura
08-13-2007, 11:46 AM
1) Hotel California - The Eagles
2) Heartbreaker - Led Zeppelin
3) Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
4) Eruption - Van Halen
5) While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles (guitar solo by Eric Clapton)
SFS04
08-13-2007, 11:48 AM
I think there's some really subtle, sweet solos off of All Things Must Pass. I'll have to think about which ones specifically.
SoxFan76
08-13-2007, 12:14 PM
Acoustic intro of Hotel California
Drum solo(s) in Moby Dick
Drum solo(s) in YYZ

The killer whistling solo in Patience (seriously, I love that part)
Rabid_Llama8
08-13-2007, 12:16 PM
In no particular order except for #1

1) Eruption - Van Halen (Eddie Van Halen)
2) November Rain - Guns 'n Roses (Slash)
3) One - Metallica (Kirk Hammet)
4) Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin (Jimmy Page)
5) Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd (David Gilmour)

Honorable Mention
Through the Fire and the Flames - Dragonforce (Herman Li)
the fluffer
08-13-2007, 12:22 PM
1) Dream Theater - Lines in the Sand
2) Testament - Trail of Tears
3) Pantera - Cemetary Gates
4) Megadeth - Peace Sells
5) Metallica - Battery
Rabid_Llama8
08-13-2007, 12:25 PM
Interesting link:
http://guitar.about.com/library/bl100greatest.htm
fquaye14ten
08-13-2007, 12:28 PM
i forgot about cemetery gates

maybe my only loved pantera solo
Hangar18
08-13-2007, 12:41 PM
1. Dark Side of The Moon - Floyd
2. Tornado Of Souls - Megadeth
3. Alone Again - Dokken
4. Mr. Scary - Dokken
5. Open Letter to a Landlord - Living Colour
Hangar18
08-13-2007, 12:43 PM
as a side note, Jimmy Page's LIVE solo of Immigrant Song is incredible
Pick a name, Buddy
08-13-2007, 12:45 PM
Willie Wilcox' drum solo in "Caravan" by Utopia.
The duel between Todd on guitar and Roger Powell on keyboards in the outro rocks mad also.

Also the various solos in "Singring and the Glass Guitar" by Utopia are rock-dacious.

"On the Turning Away" Gilmour

More to come
1951Campbell
08-13-2007, 01:00 PM
In no particular order, and always changing:

1. "Young Man Blues", The Who, Live at Leeds re-issue.
2. "Johnny B. Goode", Hendrix, Berkeley Community Theater, 5/30/70.
3. "Heartbreaker", Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin II.
4. "Who Knows", Hendrix, Band of Gypsys.
5. "One Way Out", Allman Brothers, Eat a Peach.
Doug Simpson
08-13-2007, 01:04 PM
Drum solo from "In the Air Tonight"
fquaye14ten
08-13-2007, 01:10 PM
cramps is a nerdy turd
1951Campbell
08-13-2007, 01:14 PM
PS, don't you like the way Campbell italicizes titles all proper like?

:D

cramps is a nerdy turd

Yes, a nerdy turd with neat, legible posts. ;)
fquaye14ten
08-13-2007, 01:19 PM
i also have a sloppy skeev
StillMissOzzie
08-14-2007, 10:44 PM
Like Campbell says, in no particular order and constantly changing:

1) Neil Young - Like a Hurricane
2) Dire Straits - Telegraph Road (outro, mostly)
3) G ' R - Sweet Child 'o Mine
4) Steely Dan - tied, Reeling In the Years / Black Friday (intro)
5) Van Halen - Eruption

I could prolly come up with 5 Dire Straits songs, since Mark Knopfler is my current fave. And, I can't think of any SRV songs with really good solos, but I know they're there.

SMO
:rock:
fquaye14ten
08-14-2007, 11:34 PM
CAMPBELL:

NO G'n'R?

WTF?
StockdaleforVeep
08-15-2007, 02:42 PM
1. Floods -Pantera
2. Metallica- Orion
3. Zepplin-achilles last stand
4. hendrix-spanish castle magic
5. clapton- Layla
6. Cream-Tale of brave Ulysses