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Agreed. Great musician, and person. The press were relentless on his addictions. Don’t they get it? That’s when a musician plays best a lot of the times, ( not ALL the time). They sell their souls, feelings and inhibitions to create approval, & money. But they deserve to be honored. Because if one can play that well while on something, then they must be damn good straight! It’s the musicians mind that he/ she must overcome. Did that make sense?
@@0abo713 Are you kidding me? How Metallica, the most well known metal band isnt popular? One is one of their most popular song. Also, Judas Priest, they even had their own parody movie. Iron Maiden has 6 million Spotify followers! Tornado Of Souls is also known for the best metal solo among thrash metal listeners! Van Halen is a world wide big heavy metal band! I mean Eddie is the very very first guitarist every begginer looks up to. How could they be unpopular??? Highway Star is one of the most famous Deep Purple song! I mean, there is no one who doesnt knows Smoke On The Water. Yngwie Malmsteen is also a great star and one of the first guitarist that cames to mind when someone says neoclassical shred. Pantera was the radio metal band of the 90's. They were the ones who kept metal alive. Sweet Child o mine, i mean Gun's n Roses are so popular, you will se a poser wearing a Guns shirt just to seem cool. They are that popular. Bohemian Rhapsody has gone super main stream after the movie. Theres no one left who never heard of the solo. I mean it was played several times on the movie. Led Zepellin, like, you know, stairway to heaven? Also, Pink Floyd's comfortably numb solo is known for being the most emotional solo of all time.
I think Eruption is #1 not for speed, but how avant-garde it was at the time. Eddie van Halen essentially introduced the world to guitar effects like tapping. As much as I agree to your statement (DragonForce could have owned the list if it was simply speed), I think they made the right choice for #1.
@@HeraclitorisScroll i think it does- the whole solo was like 13 minutes long, he improvised a lot of it, and it had like multiple "movements", many of which were quite musical
Jimmy Page's solo has got to be the best. He is speaking his inner being and every phrase and note is perfect because sometimes a few are a little awkward but fit perfectly. Nobody is perfect and that solo has a whole range of emotion in it.
If any who aren't on this list that definitely deserve to be, it's Don Felder, and Joe Walsh. The Hotel California solo is a master class in songwriting.
When I still see Jimi Hendrix today, I always think about how lucky I was to have been young at that time, and still alive to continue enjoying David Gilmour.
They're so many great guitarists and great solos it's hard to pick. I like the WE'RE STARS solo. It has a lot of great work in it by a lot of great guitarists from the 80's, when metal ruled the world of music!
Another solo that amazes me how it gets no recognition is Eddie Vanhalen in the song “Beat It.” For guy to walk into a studio and drop a jaw dropping solo into a pop song on one of the highest selling albums ever, just goes to show how talented Eddie really was!!! RIP!
Oh it gts the respect it deserves. Although it's not on this list (bc most of the time only one solo from each interpret and Eruption is more well known) everyone knows it as everyone knows the song and it sometimes even tops lists like this one. Every Rock musician knows it too of course
The Beat It solo is much better than Eruption, IMO. Eruption gets more credit when it comes to solos but to me the Beat It solo sounds so much better musically.
Eruption is the sound of Rock And Roll perfectly encapsulated. Energetic, celebratory, and with just a tiny bit of edge and darkness to make it stand out
Master of puppets and holy wars I have nothing against Metallica and Megadeth but even axes high that's on the 12th is way better than them too combined
@@SLAYER.APO.VOLO. I know holy diver isn't one of the most epic songs, but the solo of that song makes the song reach its climax with those epic artificial harmonics and sounds very rude which should put it in one of the best solos for giving that feeling of being above other solos that are just touched unwillingly like haci nirvana, Green Day etc
One of my favorite rock guitar solos of all time is the solo from 'Make Me Do Anything You Want' by A Foot in Coldwater. Still amazing to hear after all these years.
Nothing beats Comfortably Numb, after I listen to that I literally need a few minutes to recover from all the emotion. Just thinking about it gives my goosebumps.
Me too...To me a 27 year guitar player everyone besides EVH and Tony Iommi have no tone, they all sound like they use their neck pickup and play as fast as they can...None of them have the low end punch and sustain EVH had nor the feel..
Kirk is a good guitarist and you have your own opinion but I think Dave Mustaine(argument for later) is a better a guitarist then Kirk but I agree Ride the Lightning should be on here.
My top: Helloween - Where The Rain Grows Blind Guardian - Secrets Of The American Gods Iron Maiden - The Red And The Black Stratovarius - Black Diamond Pantera - Domination Van Halen - Eruption Metallica - Orion Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell Rainbow - Stargazer Judas Priest - Halls Of Valhalla Death - Nothing Is Everything
@@rodrigowhatever1390 feel the same when Knopfler isn't even an honorable fucking mention! But at least they weren't completley clueless and leave Brian May out.
Sorry, but comfortably numb is the better solo for me. Eruption may be better on a technical level, but comfortably numb captures the mood and emotion of the song beautifully
Mike White it depresses me to see people saying that “comfortably numb is overrated” when if anything, it’s underrated, the entire song is a fucking masterpiece
Naah, A Moment of Clarity, Without Judgement, Story to Tell, Sacred Serenity, Perennial Quest, Secret Face, The Fragile Art of Existence and Expect the Unexpected 2nd solo are all equally good, don’t you think?
Ooh, theres so many they missed! A few I would sub for the bands that did make it: Pantera - Domination Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train Jimi Hendrix- Star Spangled Banner @ Woodstock Metallica - Whiplash Megadeth - ...Tornado of Souls is probably the correct choice, but I think Holy Wars was just as good Stunned that Free Bird, Sultans of Swing, or Cliffs of Dover didnt make it
"Star Spangled Banner" was amazing, especially it being played live, tho' the best one from Hendrix was imo "Midnight" from the album "War Heroes" even tho' it was studio.
Why are you stunned??? People have different tastes...they can’t always discern the best 😉✌️ Rory Gallagher ‘Crest of a wave’ best double solo, live take ever!!! I don’t worry about it, You just enjoy the best music ever! 👍🏼
Some solos that are better then the mentioned before -fade to black -shine on you crazy diamonds 1-5 - no more tears -stranger in a strange land -child in time -heartbreaker
@@DeputyMcNuggets comfortably numb, subjectively it might be the best. but it doesn't mean that its better than tornado of souls. tornado of souls is composed memorable melodies, hard hitting notes, amazing increase in speed, climatic licks and explosion of Rapid notes. therefore its a perfect solo. comfortably numb being considered the greatest by many doesnt mean that its better than the other. its just the impact of solo to the person matters.
Eddie Hazel “Maggot Brain” is #1 because of, not only how amazing it sounds, but because you can feel every ounce of struggle and pain in his life through it.
Best solo I've ever heard is in the song Rock Bottom from UFO Strangers in the Night album . At the 3:30 mark put a seatbelt on Michael Schenker is going to shred like no other.
He is an astrophysicist from Imperial College, one of the best colleges in UK, he should be clever. Also his thesis was 60k words long which is like 250 pages.
Brian May has to be, in addition to a brilliant musician, simply one of the nicest people around. I've been a fan for 45 yrs and he's always the gentleman, time and again...and just happens to be a fantastic guitar rock god.
