Critique this "100 Greatest Guitar Solos Ever" list

BrokenVisage

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So I just 'obtained' this collection of mp3's with this guys list of the greatest guitar solo's ever.. I never thought to put together a list so long, but it was pretty good to me. I would mess with the top 10 a little bit, but I do agree with all the songs in it. I bolded the lower ranked ones that I thought should have been higher ranked, both some songs I never even heard before. What do you's think?

001 Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
002 Van Halen - Eruption
003 Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird
004 Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
005 Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower
006 Guns N' Roses - November Rain
007 Metallica - One
008 Eagles - Hotel California
009 Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
010 Cream - Crossroads
011 Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
012 Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode
013 Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood
014 Derek and the Dominos - Layla
015 Deep Purple - Highway Star
016 Led Zeppelin - Heartbreaker
017 Eric Johnson - Cliffs of Dover
018 Jimi Hendrix - Little Wing
019 Pantera - Floods
020 Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
021 Pink Floyd - Time
022 Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
023 Rage Against The Machine - Bulls on Parade
024 Metallica - Fade to Black
025 Jethro Tull - Aqualung
026 Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
027 Stevie Ray Vaughan - Pride and Joy
028 Ozzy Ozborne - Mr. Crowley
029 Steve Vai - For the Love of God
030 Joe Satriani - Surfing With the Alien
031 Ted Nugent - Stranglehold
032 Jimi Hendrix - Machine Gun
033 B.B King - The Thrill Is Gone
034 Radiohead - Paranoid Android
035 Pantera - Cemetery Gates
036 Yngwie Malmsteen - Black Star
037 Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine
038 Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love
039 Neil Young - Cortez the Killer
040 Steely Dan - Reelin' in the Years
041 Queen - Brighton Rock
042 Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
043 ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man
044 Pearl Jam - Alive
045 Doors - Light My Fire
046 Van Halen - Hot for Teacher
047 Allman Brothers Band - Jessica
048 Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil
049 Santana - Europa
050 Kiss - Shock Me
051 Ozzie Ozborne - No More Tears
052 Jimi Hendrix - Star-Spangled Banner
053 Led Zeppelin - Since I've Been Loving You
054 Smashing Pumpkins - Geek USA
055 Joe Satriani - Satch Boogie
056 Black Sabbath - War Pigs
057 Pantera - Walk
058 Eric Clapton - Cocaine
059 Kinks - You Really Got Me
060 Frank Zappa - Zoot Allures
061 Metallica - Master of Puppets
062 Pink Floyd - Money
063 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Scar Tissue
064 Prince - Little Red Corvette
065 Allman Brothers - Blue Sky
066 Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
067 Michael Jackson feat. Eddie Van Halen - Beat It
068 Yes - Starship Trooper
069 Beatles - And Your Bird Can Sing
070 Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze
071 Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
072 Aerosmith - Walk This Way
073 Phish - Stash
074 Deep Purple - Lazy
075 The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again
076 Neil Young - Cinnamon Girl
077 Alice In Chains - Man in the Box
078 Grateful Dead - Truckin'
079 Van Halen - Mean Street
080 AC-DC - You Shook Me All Night Long
081 The Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane
082 King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man
083 Stevie Ray Vaughan - Scuttle Buttin'
084 UFO - Lights Out
085 David Bowie - Moonage Daydream
086 Allman Brothers Band - Whipping Post
087 Johnny Winter - Highway 61 Revisited
088 Steely Dan - Kid Charlemagne
089 Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name
090 Eric Clapton - Let It Rain
091 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Heard It Through the Grapevine
092 Stray Cats - Stray Cat Strut
093 The Doors - The End
094 Rush - Working Man
095 Pearl Jam - Yellow Ledbetter
096 Rolling Stones - beloved patriot Tonk Woman
097 Judas Priest - Beyond the Realms of Death
098 Dream Theater - Under a Glass Moon
099 Jeff Becker - 'Cause We've Ended as Lovers
100 Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead or Alive
 

nakedfrog

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I love Nirvana and all, but I don't think Smells Like Teen Spirit deserves to be that high.
 

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Not bad, it could be a lot worse. Sure I disagree with the order, but for a general list of 100 great guitar solos, pretty good.
 

Gibson486

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Originally posted by: Kev
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

really?


considering it was just the melody of kurt singing, i was thinking the same thing.

anyways...i hate these lists.
 

Leper Messiah

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Thats the best one I've seen so far. Nice to see that metallica gets some props for once, but Freebird shouldn't be that high. And Smells Like Teen spirit has a better gituar solol than fade to black?!
 

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Originally posted by: Leper Messiah
Thats the best one I've seen so far. Nice to see that metallica gets some props for once, but Freebird shouldn't be that high. And Smells Like Teen spirit has a better gituar solol than fade to black?!

Freebird is one of the all time guitar classics.
 

Leper Messiah

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Originally posted by: ThePresence
Originally posted by: Leper Messiah
Thats the best one I've seen so far. Nice to see that metallica gets some props for once, but Freebird shouldn't be that high. And Smells Like Teen spirit has a better gituar solol than fade to black?!

Freebird is one of the all time guitar classics.

Eh. Its just MHO man. I don't deny that its a good solo, just not my cup of tea mostly.
 

broon

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Some of those look like afterthoughts. Rush - Working Man? La Villa Strangiato and Limelight are much better and should be in the top 20.

Freebird is too high and Metallica shouldn't be in the top 20.
 

Leper Messiah

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Originally posted by: broon
Some of those look like afterthoughts. Rush - Working Man? La Villa Strangiato and Limelight are much better and should be in the top 20.

Freebird is too high and Metallica shouldn't be in the top 20.

WTF?! :| You gotta be joking me on that. They have some of the best gituar solos ever.
 

broon

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Originally posted by: Leper Messiah
Originally posted by: broon
Some of those look like afterthoughts. Rush - Working Man? La Villa Strangiato and Limelight are much better and should be in the top 20.

Freebird is too high and Metallica shouldn't be in the top 20.

WTF?! :| You gotta be joking me on that. They have some of the best gituar solos ever.

Serious. Satriani taught Kirk. Satriani > Kirk.

Zep, VH, Rush, Jimi, Randy, Satriani, Johnson, Knopfler, Floyd, Clapton, Vai all deserve multiple spots in the top 20. GnR is too high also. Hoey is nowhere to be seen. He should make the list.
 

ZeroEffect

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I'm not big on guitar solos, but David Gilmour captures the essence of pain and life
in the Comfortably Numb solo. The truly amazing thing is that he totally ripped
when he played it during the Live 8 reunion... I couldn't believe how great they
sounded... probably one of the greatest moments in the history of rock.

002 The Cure - The Kiss

Robert Smith, one of the most underrated guitarists ever.
 

Gibson486

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Originally posted by: spherrod
Actually thinking about it, John Squire should have some stuff in there


Forgot about that guy.......the guy is really good, but i never really recalled any spectacular solos he did.
 

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Originally posted by: Gibson486
Originally posted by: spherrod
Actually thinking about it, John Squire should have some stuff in there


Forgot about that guy.......the guy is really good, but i never really recalled any spectacular solos he did.

Yeah - I'm sure there's a few, particularly on some early Stone Roses. Would certainly warrant being in the list at any rate.
 

ThePresence

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Originally posted by: broon
Originally posted by: Leper Messiah
Originally posted by: broon
Some of those look like afterthoughts. Rush - Working Man? La Villa Strangiato and Limelight are much better and should be in the top 20.

Freebird is too high and Metallica shouldn't be in the top 20.

WTF?! :| You gotta be joking me on that. They have some of the best gituar solos ever.

Serious. Satriani taught Kirk. Satriani > Kirk.

Zep, VH, Rush, Jimi, Randy, Satriani, Johnson, Knopfler, Floyd, Clapton, Vai all deserve multiple spots in the top 20. GnR is too high also. Hoey is nowhere to be seen. He should make the list.
It's not a list of the 100 best guitar players, it's 100 best solos. A solo is all about "feel", how it feels in the song, what it does. The best solo is not necessarily done by the best guitarist. They should not be ranked by skill level of the players.
 

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index of /mp3/100 Greatest Guitar Solos

Greatest Guitar Solos - 001 Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 002 Van Halen - Eruption.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 003 Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 004 Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 005 Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 006 Guns N' Roses - November Rain.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 007 Metallica - One.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 008 Eagles - Hotel California.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 009 Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 010 Cream - Crossroads.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 011 Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Child (Slight Return).mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 012 Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 013 Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 014 Derek and the Dominos - Layla.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 015 Deep Purple - Highway Star.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 016 Led Zeppelin - Heartbreaker.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 017 Eric Johnson - Cliffs of Dover.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 018 Jimi Hendrix - Little Wing.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 019 Pantera - Floods.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 020 Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 021 Pink Floyd - Time.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 022 Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 023 Rage Against The Machine - Bulls on Parade.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 024 Metallica - Fade to Black.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 025 Jethro Tull - Aqualung.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 026 Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 027 Stevie Ray Vaughan - Pride and Joy.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 028 Ozzy Ozborne - Mr. Crowley.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 029 Steve Vai - For the Love of God.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 030 Joe Satriani - Surfing With the Alien.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 031 Ted Nugent - Stranglehold.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 032 Jimi Hendrix - Machine Gun.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 033 B.B King - The Thrill Is Gone.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 034 Radiohead - Paranoid Android.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 035 Pantera - Cemetery Gates.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 036 Yngwie Malmsteen - Black Star.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 037 Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 038 Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 039 Neil Young - Cortez the Killer.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 040 Steely Dan - Reelin' in the Years.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 041 Queen - Brighton Rock.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 042 Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 043 ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 044 Pearl Jam - Alive.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 045 Doors - Light My Fire.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 046 Van Halen - Hot for Teacher.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 047 Allman Brothers Band - Jessica.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 048 Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 049 Santana - Europa.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 050 Kiss - Shock Me.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 051 Ozzie Ozborne - No More Tears.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 052 Jimi Hendrix - Star-Spangled Banner.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 053 Led Zeppelin - Since I've Been Loving You.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 054 Smashing Pumpkins - Geek USA.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 055 Joe Satriani - Satch Boogie.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 056 Black Sabbath - War Pigs.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 057 Pantera - Walk.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 058 Eric Clapton - Cocaine.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 059 Kinks - You Really Got Me.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 060 Frank Zappa - Zoot Allures.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 061 Metallica - Master of Puppets.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 062 Pink Floyd - Money.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 063 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Scar Tissue.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 064 Prince - Little Red Corvette.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 065 Allman Brothers - Blue Sky.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 066 Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 067 Michael Jackson feat. Eddie Van Halen - Beat It.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 068 Yes - Starship Trooper.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 069 Beatles - And Your Bird Can Sing.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 070 Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 071 Funkadelic - Maggot Brain.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 072 Aerosmith - Walk This Way.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 073 Phish - Stash.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 074 Deep Purple - Lazy.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 075 The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 076 Neil Young - Cinnamon Girl.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 077 Alice In Chains - Man in the Box.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 078 Grateful Dead - Truckin'.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 079 Van Halen - Mean Street.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 080 AC-DC - You Shook Me All Night Long.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 081 The Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 082 King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 083 Stevie Ray Vaughan - Scuttle Buttin'.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 084 UFO - Lights Out.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 085 David Bowie - Moonage Daydream.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 086 Allman Brothers Band - Whipping Post.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 087 Johnny Winter - Highway 61 Revisited.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 088 Steely Dan - Kid Charlemagne.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 089 Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 090 Eric Clapton - Let It Rain.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 091 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Heard It Through the Grapevine.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 092 Stray Cats - Stray Cat Strut.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 093 The Doors - The End.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 094 Rush - Working Man.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 095 Pearl Jam - Yellow Ledbetter.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 096 Rolling Stones - beloved patriot Tonk Woman .mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 097 Judas Priest - Beyond the Realms of Death.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 098 Dream Theater - Under a Glass Moon.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 099 Jeff Becker - 'Cause We've Ended as Lovers.mp3
Greatest Guitar Solos - 100 Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead or Alive.mp3

601M .
 

nakedfrog

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Originally posted by: ZeroEffect
002 The Cure - The Kiss

Robert Smith, one of the most underrated guitarists ever.

That is definitely an awesome solo.