Legendary guitar solos!

alucard_eternal · Post by **alucard_eternal** » Thu Jun 12, 2003 12:50 am

What about Kirk Hammet? Did everyone just forget about Metallica or what? The greatest, in my opinion has to be Jump in the Fire. Listen to it all the way through, you'll see what I mean.

zalas · Post by **zalas** » Fri Jun 20, 2003 4:30 pm

Is it me, or do a lot japanese fast rock music have these incredibly nice sounding solos? Sometimes it sounds as if they're just using it as a flourish instead of using it as the main idea

e.g.:
Saikano OST - track 17 - Chikyuu(Hoshi) no Hate
There was also another track on that OST, I think it was 10, that starts out slow, and then just kicks in with nice sounding solos

B'z - Love Phantom
Pretty rocking song in general. This has a lot of those 'flourish' sounding solos.

BTW, I've heard somewhere that Satriani is really big in Japan amongst guitarists and that's why there's so many soloists out there. Is this true?

FurryCurry · Post by **FurryCurry** » Fri Jun 20, 2003 6:33 pm

Approximately 80% of the tracks Steve Vai has ever released.

Arctyc · Post by **Arctyc** » Fri Jun 20, 2003 11:38 pm

Otohiko wrote:Joe Satriani - Crystal Planet (Album - hard to pick out a track)
Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze, Star Spangled Banner (how the hell did you not mention him before??? And these tracks???)
Frank Zappa - Muffin Man (a beloved great solo of mine), Peaches en Regalia (possibly the funnest instrumental of all time)
Brian May's work on Queen II, Sheer Heart Attack and Night at the Opera - pick your own tracks.
Joe Pass - Virtuoso (Album, Jazz - hard to pick out single track)
John McLaughlin - Electric Dreams (Album, Jazz-fusion, again uniformly good)
Robert Fripp - Fracture (Possibly the most complex instrumental rock track of all time, chilling guitar work), 21st Century Schizoid Man (most legendary)
...

Discriminating tastes. King Crimson, while an unstable entity, was certainly accordable.

To tip my hat in, I'd suggest some of the jazz guitar greats, like Mr. John Scofield.

Bloodyfäng · Post by **Bloodyfäng** » Sat Jun 21, 2003 12:10 am

Otohiko wrote:Joe Satriani - Crystal Planet (Album - hard to pick out a track)

YES! I'm a fan of Joe Satriani..I saw the album at a store..but didn't have the cash to get it....

Lords of Karma - Joe Satriani

HungryCrackPot · Post by **HungryCrackPot** » Sat Jun 21, 2003 1:53 am

Anaal Nathrakh - Carnage
Crptyopsy - Cold Hate, Warm Blood

Both have solos that make you give birth to rocks.

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Sat Jun 21, 2003 1:13 pm

Arctyc wrote:
Otohiko wrote:Joe Satriani - Crystal Planet (Album - hard to pick out a track)
Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze, Star Spangled Banner (how the hell did you not mention him before??? And these tracks???)
Frank Zappa - Muffin Man (a beloved great solo of mine), Peaches en Regalia (possibly the funnest instrumental of all time)
Brian May's work on Queen II, Sheer Heart Attack and Night at the Opera - pick your own tracks.
Joe Pass - Virtuoso (Album, Jazz - hard to pick out single track)
John McLaughlin - Electric Dreams (Album, Jazz-fusion, again uniformly good)
Robert Fripp - Fracture (Possibly the most complex instrumental rock track of all time, chilling guitar work), 21st Century Schizoid Man (most legendary)
...
Discriminating tastes. King Crimson, while an unstable entity, was certainly accordable.

To tip my hat in, I'd suggest some of the jazz guitar greats, like Mr. John Scofield.

Thank you! I'll certainly take a jazz trip when opportunity arises - my father is himself a jazz guitar player, so it shouldn't be a problem for me to obtain some good jazz records, Scofield included.

Hehe, and I'm glad someone finally caught on to my real musical preference... I think King Crimson's inherent instability is what makes it so timelessly sharp and constantly forward-moving. The band is truly an answer to 'what else is there left for guitar-oriented music to accomplish?'. To me, it's also an answer to many other questions...

Flint the Dwarf · Post by **Flint the Dwarf** » Sat Jun 21, 2003 4:03 pm

Alright, I'll just make a list of my favorite guitarists around...

Joe Satriani
Steve Vai
Eric Johnson
John Petrucci
Yngwie Malmsteen
Jason Becker
Al Di Meola
Michael Romeo
John McLaughlin
Paco De Lucia
Tony MacAlpine

Check 'em out, those of you who are interested in good guitar work. And there are plenty more that I like, but those are my favorites.

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Sat Jun 21, 2003 9:11 pm

Excellent players all, flint! Have listened to them quite a bit.

Since we're into guitarists... Might as well put up a few that I'd classify as my nominees for the best in certain categories.

Classical - ... will skip this one. Too diverse.

Jazz - Joe Pass

Fusion-Jazz - John McLaughlin

Blues - Jimi Hendrix

Psychedelic - Jimi Hendrix

Rock'n'Roll - Ritchie Blackmore

Most lyrical - Jeff Beck

Most natural - Joe Satriani

Most precise/mathematical - Robert Fripp

Heaviest - Robert Fripp

Honorable mention (?) - Frank Zappa

***

That's the way I'd classify them. I'd never name the 'Greatest of all' cause, really - noone's good at EVERYTHING. As for my most favorite - Hendrix and Zappa are guitar gods, but my preference still goes to Fripp. Just the style I guess.

Flint the Dwarf · Post by **Flint the Dwarf** » Sat Jun 21, 2003 10:29 pm

Gah! I can't believe I forgot Blackmore and Fripp.