GNR, VH, Floyd, Best Guitar Solos Of All Time?

[HARD ROCK UNIVERSE]

News.com.au reports that GUNS N' ROSES' "Sweet Child O' Mine" and VAN HALEN's "Eruption" were selected as two of the tracks with the best guitar solos of all time.

PINK FLOYD's "Comfortably Numb" topped the list, with "Sweet Child O' Mine" following in second place.

Third was "Freebird" by LYNYRD SKYNYRD, while "Eruption" by VAN HALEN was fourth and GUNS N' ROSES' "November Rain" fifth.

LED ZEPPELIN classic "Stairway to Heaven" was in sixth place.

British radio station Planet Rock asked listeners to come up with a top 40.

Top 20 best guitar solos, according to Planet Rock listeners:

01. PINK FLOYD - "Comfortably Numb"
02. GUNS N' ROSES - "Sweet Child O' Mine"
03. LYNYRD SKYNYRD - "Freebird"
04. VAN HALEN - "Eruption"
05. GUNS N' ROSES - "November Rain"
06. LED ZEPPELIN - "Stairway to Heaven"
07. DIRE STRAITS - "Sultans of Swing"
08. JETHRO TULL - "Aqualung"
09. THE EAGLES - "Hotel California"
10. DEEP PURPLE - "Child In Time"
11. QUEEN - "Brighton Rock"
12. JIMI HENDRIX - "All Along The Watchtower"
13. DEEP PURPLE - "Highway Star"
14. WISHBONE ASH - "Throw Down The Sword"
15. OZZY OSBOURNE - "No More Tears"
16. CREAM - "Crossroads"
17. GUNS N' ROSES - "Paradise City"
18. LED ZEPPELIN - "Since I've Been Loving You"
19. TEN YEARS AFTER - "I'm Going Home (Woodstock)"
20. JIMI HENDRIX - "Voodoo Chile"

[Jesse]

Not bad. A little biased towards Guns'n Roses IMO, but I've seen a lot worse lists posted on this site.

[duojett71]

I never really liked the 'Freebird ' solo that much....way too long. I prefered to more obscure Skynyrd stuff solo wise and songwise. For me it was always stuff like "Poison Whiskey". "On The Hunt", "Junkie", "I know A Little",etc.

'No More Tears' is in no way close to the best solo on an Ozzy song....you would have to tap into the Randy or Jake era stuff for that.

But...I never put much into these lists anyway....they never sum up how I looked at anything....

[Scott]

I agree with Jesse...as usual. There have been a lot worse looking lists.


I must concur with Duojett, also. Freebird doesn't belong here. Freebird is not a "solo"...it's a jam. It does rock, but it isn't what I would call a "solo".

Best guitar solo? Sh*t...beauty is in the eye. I could list so many ass-kickin' guitar solo's that I'd still be sitting here this time tomorrow. It's all rock-and-roll!

[HARD ROCK UNIVERSE]

As these lists go, it ain't too bad. At least it doesn't have anything from Nirvana or The White Stripes on it, so it gets kudos for that
Could've done without "Paradise City" though. "Rock Bottom" by UFO should've made this list instead in my opinion

[rtbuck]

Definitely a little biased toward G&R as Jesse(I kind of wished they limited it to one song per artist because there is a hell of a lot of great solos out there) said & as Scott said their are far more worst lists out there.That said,I can agree w/ "Comfortably Numb"as #1 & I was shocked that 10 Years After's "I'm Going Home"made it.It seems like Alvin Lee is overlooked many times on these kind of lists so I was happy to see him listed.He's a great guitarist.One of my favorite solos of all-time is the solo during "Beyond the Moon" by Kim Mitchell off of Max Webster's'Mutiny Up My Sleeve" album.Also,I love the solo on Neil Young's "Cowgirl In the Sand"