>>130235738
who the fuck thinks guitar solos are cool

>>130235738
>no fleetwood mac - the chain

DROPPED

>>130235756
Boomers, Rolling Stone is boomerslop

>>130235738
wrong

>>130235738
Eruption too low

>>130235738
Putting Prince at the top is a nice touch, even if I'm not sure his is the best guitar solo. Putting the Isley Brothers in the list at all, again, nice touch.
I don't agree with the list but I can respect it.

>>130235738
Lots of alt stuff, purple rain on #1, based

>putting a geese song on there
Kek

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>rolling stone
gee i wonder if they worship blacks in this list

>>130235738
>Not a single Moody song
Cringe

eruption should be #1 but its rolling stone so its not

>>130236110
beat it should be top 5 also

>>130236110
hot for teacher mogs

>>130235738
Not a terrible list but

Comfortably Numb and not Time for the Gilmie? WTF?

>>130235773
>Eruption too low
agreed

also missing:
Photograph by Def Leppard
Ride Like The Wind by Christopher Cross (haters gonna hate, that's a bitchin' guitar solo)
Regret #9 by Steven Wilson - Gurthrie Govan's solo on that is about perfect
also Surfing with the Alien by Joe Satriani isn't even his best solo - they should've picked the live version of Flying in a Blue Dream

those are just the ones I can think of off the top of my head.

>>130235738
guitar solos are not great

>>130235756
me :)

>>130236603
oh shit :o

>>130235738
guitar solos

aren't they just watchmojo for boomers

>>130235738
Purple Rain #1 is retarded.

>Highway Star
>War Pigs

Why do they never actually pick album cuts for these kinds of lists?

Also no Gary Moore or Michael Schenker?

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>>130235738
>97
Tornado of Souls had better be higher

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>no fermented offal discharge
Worthless list

>>130236696
So fucking repetitive
DEI pick

>>130236933
repetition is the basis of music.

the poptimists successfully tricked people into thinking being anti pop is for sexists and racists

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>>130235738
>Pearl Jam, ‘Alive’
>Nirvana, ‘Heart-Shaped Box’
>Rage Against the Machine, ‘Killing in the Name’
>Guns N’ Roses, ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’
>Prince, ‘Purple Rain’

>>130236852
fucking stupid list, not worthy of my time, ToS should be in the top 10.

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>Stevie Ray Vaughn #20
memelist

>>130235738
I hate boomers so fucking much. They got many of the right artists on this list and picked the most popular song/solo instead of even trying for the best.

AI wrote this shit, didn't it?

>>130237192
AI would have produced a better list than RS at this point

>>130235756
musicians and music appreciators who aren't complete dilettantes for one

>>130235756
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3ywuv8lJMs

>>130235792
>even if I'm not sure his is the best guitar solo
what is Prince's best guitar solo, mu?

since when does heart shaped box have a solo?

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Mayonaise shouldn't be on here it should be Soma and both should be higher than Lenderman. Recency bias bullshit.

That's as far as I got.

>>130235738
irrelevant mag

>>130235792
anyone who thinks prince's basic bitch pentatonic solos are great is a retard. But again, same rag who put aunt jemima in the top 10 guitarists ever

>>130235853
7 out of the top 20

>>130235763
a ton of lindsey's guitar solos are worthy of getting a place on the list. one of the most underappreciated guitarists in rock

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What number is Oasis?

>>130235738
>No Marble Tulip Juicy Tree
Sad

>>130235738
again? when I was 14 there was a ton of these lists around and I don't doubt there was a rolling stone one too

>>130235756
Jazz cats.
Singer is in the band so that soloists can go smoke a joint.

>>130235738
Machine Gun for Hendrix is a good pick, Kid Charlemagne ok. Otherwise top 10 is atrocious.

>>130237522
Lol, the incel always reveals himself. What does musical scale have to do with it?

>>130238279
jazz with guitars sucks

>>130240775
not frisell

Purple Rain as a fine choice as the solo immediately comes to mind when thinking of the song, and it fits perfectly with the rest of the track.

>>130235756
People with taste

>>130236696
This, Prince is overrated.

Comfortably Numb over Time is ridiculous.

how come nobody pointed out Cliffs of Dover is far below St. Vincent and many other memes?

>>130235738
> No under a glass moon
pseud list dropped

>>130235738
It's rage bait

>>130238345

Rikki Don't Lose That Number is the best Steely Dan solo imo, the way it merges into the middle eight is godly

>>130235738
purple fucking rain?

FUCK this list and FUCK princefags

I don't think I saw Owner of a Lonely Heart on the list

>>130235738
no death.
[Without Judgement] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PfaqW4Bbrc
no ritchie blackmore.
[Stargazer] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmJIccPWnEk

the list should be renamed to '100 great guitar solos' instead, as there are too many subjective alternatives to really justify these 100 as the 'greatest guiat solos of all time'.

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>>130236852
>>130237014
i dont care

>>130235738
I'm gonna guess there's no azagthoth solo in it so it's a lame and gay list

>>130237357
Computer blue (hallway speech extended) or joy in repetition for me

>>130235738
Not a bad list at all

>>130237850
quoted for truth

correct me if i'm wrong, no king crimson? starless would've been an easy pick. Happy to see Marquee Moon even if its obvious. I grew up a classic rock kid and they definitely over focused on those and didn't have any of he lesser known awesome solos. They picked the wrong Remain in Light track

>>130238345
Maggot Brain is good

i'm a pavement fan and I didn't even know Share the Red, looked it up, yeah the guitar was pretty good but it doesn't top his best Pavement solos

could've picked 10 better Pink Floyd solos

>>130242491
always thought it was overrated certainly not top 20 worthy

>>130235738
>Free Bird only 19
bullshit magazine

something Melvins easily could've fit in there, they don't have long solos but shit like the end of Revolve is some of the tastiest solos can be. No I am the Ressurection?

>>130242574
some obvious bias because they were proudly pro southern

For a Rolling Stones list, this isn't that bad desu. Free Bird at #19 is a crime though

>>130237357
Bambi

Imagine getting hoovered up into Prince's ass like a vacuum cleaner

>>130241657
Prince is the black Jimi Hendrix

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>>130243340
Go on...

Billy Corgan finally made the list, he must be so happy

>>130235756
t. Cuckgau

>>130235756
Boomers and libtards who seal clap for any brown or female musician no matter how bad they are.

>>130237850
Lindsey is not a shredder. In fact he hates guitar solos so he makes them as minimalistic as possible. These sort of lists are for shredders. Lindsey would be #1 on of list of "tasteful pop guitarists" along with Andy Summers, but Rolling Stone, nor and boomer rocks slop rag is going to make a list like that.

>>130237426
Rolling Stone is just trying to trigger Billy Corgan because Iha has a co-writting credit on that song. Billy brings this sort of thing on himself.

>>130235738
im sure its just a coincidence this list consists only of musicians this magazine has endorsed over the years

>>130246715
It's always been that way. Jann especially promoted bands of guys he wanted to fuck.

>>130246713
>be talentless sideman gook
>come up with the chords for the band's best song

>>130240676
NTA but are you retarded or just not a guitarist?

>>130235738
For me it's chasing a bee's "solo" at 3:04
https://youtu.be/5jJdfpZUVMw?si=iYUlRI-ba--g7dkO

>>130246695
this isn't a well known song but I think it's his best solo and definitely a shreddy one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlL6bC7mAeI?t=253

>>130235738
>geese

>Scar tissue
Cmon frusciantw has much better guitar solos on the band, not to mention his solo stuff

>malkmus - share the red
What a weird pick, another with much better stuff, also how do you pick him, and not put Doug Martsch as well

>the knack
Lol

>those Aerosmith, jimmy eat world, the cars, zappa, iron maiden, Blue Öyster Cult, Dino Jr, genesis, satriani, santana, rage agaisnt the machine, black sabbath, metallica, dire straits, queen, funkadelic safe picks
Boooring

Aqualung >>>>>

Surprised to see Paranoid Android on this list but not Just. Felt like that was the shoe-in Radiohead guitar solo.

>Heart-shaped Box
That's basically a 10 second interlude and Nirvana openly hated guitar solos. This whole article is rage bait isn't it.

>>130246783
>be talentless sideman gook
>come up with the chords for the band's best song

Even then, Iha's best solo is on Zero. If that made the list I don't think anyone could argue with it. Mayo being on this list is a real head scratcher.

>>130247402
Well yeah rage baiting is the only way magazines stay in business.

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>purple rain

List discarded

>>130235738
>Painkiller should be higher
>No Tornado of Souls
>No Fade to Black
kinda mid ngl

>>130235738
They write lists like there's a racial quota.

>>130242574
Free Bird is so repetitive.

>>130247862
I thought Fade to Black was a great solo until I learned it. Now it's just meh. One is way better.

>>130235738
>Rolling Stone
You know it's gonna be a really shit list with a bunch of no name niggers and women

>>130247186
My Sharona does have a great solo

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>no Rock You Like a Hurricane

Although theses lists are complete garbage the solos that normgroids insist belong on such lists are even worse.

trash

>>130249705
better than the quirky distorted noises /mu/ loves and are on the list

>>130246713
Billy will complain about it on his next podcast and it will drive even more traffic to the listicle. He takes the bait every single time.

>>130237071
I wish this were a real quote

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>>130235756
guitarists duh
also they are not solos they have accompaniment. They just take a lead in the melody so the singer can rest their voice a bit.

they always want to fill it with female guitarists but never include April Lawton
https://youtu.be/r2BE_-BjpGQ?si=AFbipiEMWy3hm3YG

>Baby's on Fire #57
that's the real #1 but I'll take it

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Guitar solos got replaced with rap verses in the 00s. They both serve the same purpose in pop songs.

>>130235738
>The spooky opening riff to Blue Öyster Cult’s ode to Romeo and Juliet and death and love is legendary, still one of the most immediately recognizable moments on classic rock radio. Yet, it’s merely a prelude to the solo, played in one possessed take by the song’s writer and lead vocalist, Buck Dharma. “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper” builds tension for two and a half haunting minutes and then stops abruptly, followed by a solo at once precisely orchestrated, operatically explosive, and downright chilling — not just a moment of diabolical studio execution but high drama as well, perfectly embodying a sense of terror that up to then had only been suggested in the music. Heard under the right circumstances (a backyard tent sleepover listening to the radio in 1976, perhaps) it might make you think the reaper was coming for you too.
this shit has to be AI bro

>>130249863
excellent taste in solos this one

>>130235738
Zappa at 69, nice.

With how much they shill Sister Rosetta and Prince, im surprised that they havent even incuded actual black guitar shredders like Tony macalpine, Tosin Abasi or Grant green

>>130247000
>Fleetwood Mac later album
If it's not on Rumours, no one cares.

>>130250987
I know, but I love listening to legacy bands later albums when they are good

>>130235738
>Geese
I lol'd. The amount of shilling this band has got is so obvious.
At least Freak Scrne is on there.
>>130240840
Based. I strive for some part of my guitar playing to be like Frisell's.

>>130235738
wow. Purple Rain as #1 is just bizarre.
Just listened to it and it's basically just a few wail notes, not even an extended cool melodic run.

kind of stuff any wannabe hipsters, like RS, would have mocked after late 70s punk/new wave revolution as a stupid hippy 'intense feeling meme'.

what's the basis of RS's uber-love of Prince? That he obviously liked hip boomer white rock (like RS endorsed) but rejected normie white values like modesty?

>no REM - Stand
soulless

>>130246713
Soma is also co-written by Iha

>>130253735
Prince's recent rise as a "guitar hero" is that most people don't think of him as a guitarist, so it's like a fun fact that turned into a contrarian meme
Also he was black

>>130236901
holy fucking based

>>130253735
The argument is probably that the Purple Rain solo is not just one solo. It was sort of an evolving project that lasted three decades for Prince. Typical Prince quantity over quality, but whatever.

>>130253907
Also Prince and Hendrix are the only two black guitarists that boomers actually like instead of pretend to like. This list was compiled to optimize Boomer opinion with woke scold sentiment.

>>130235756
White men with healthy amount of testosterone in blood

>>130253907
People only started talking about him when he died

>>130235738
>no zz top's la grange
>picks sabbath's war pigs when snowblind is clearly their best solo
>no metallica's four horsemen or ride the lighting
>nothing by the magic band
>no bob dylan's leopard skin-pillbox hat
>no john fahey
>grateful dead's pick is not even the best solo of that single show
>same for the allman brothers band
>no kyuss (listen to supa scoopa if you havent alread)
>no motorhead
>DEI #1 pick

and this is just the exclusions, not even discussing the actual ranking.
and finally the biggest sin of all, leaving out the GREATEST guitar solo of all time, duane allman's mountain jam at fillmore east on march '71.

if this list was supposed to be ragebait, it worked for me

>>130243440
Bi-Corg has been on all the lists, usually for Cherub Rock. Mayonaise guitar solo is nothing special. Great song but weird one to focus on, not even a top 20 SP guitar solo

>>130235738

Usual ragebait slop. Honestly would rank shine on you crazy diamond over comfortably numb but I suppose that's by design

>>130254910
Metallica sucks though.

>>130255145
80s tallics >>>> your fav band
Doesnt matter how much metalfags cry about it

>>130254910
>no john fahey
because fahey is well known for his guitar solos

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>Stairway to Heaven
>not Radioactive

>>130235738
This is a horrible fucking list. In what world is free bird not number 1, not even top 10. In what world is prince number 1 and fucking machine gun number 2. That isn't even the best hendrix solo. I hate these low test faggot liberal boomers

>>130235738
Boomers are vile and disgusting creatures.
>When was the best music made? During my youth, of course!
A list of the best solos made by people who grew up in the '60s and '70s that just coincidentally happens to conclude that all of the best solos were created during that time. Seven of the top ten best solos of all time from the '70s? Out of the top 100, less than ten were created during the past 30 years? No, I don't think so.

You'd think they would try to make it less painfully obvious that they stopped listening to new music post-1980 but I guess they know their audience. It's extra cringe when they try to sprinkle in a few more recent artists to distract from the fact that 90% of the list is from the '70s. I could maybe accept this list if it were "Most Influential" rather than "Greatest" but I can't take this shit seriously when it's all so absurdly dated. Through the Fire and Flames was 20 years ago, even boomer music critics have had time to catch up.

>>130255417
It's all diaper music.

>>130256337
It's boomers + politically correct millennials who dictate these lists. This is why you get either the blandest boomer butt rock or "Jiggabo Jackson who tied a shoelace to a stick in 1910" and nothing in-between.

>>130235738
Not even gonna bother clicking this shit because you already know the list is terrible

>>130241605
That's all Rolling Stone has ever been

Adore Van Halen and Eruption is massively overrated

>>130247186
My Sharona's solo is god tier and you should know that. Malkmus def has better solos and now that you say it the lack of Built to Spill is criminal.

>>130247339
Paranoid Android is the main solo from Radiohead that comes to mind to me

>>130247402
Normies wank Nirana for having "perfect guitar solos" that just copy the vocal melody for 80% of it

>>130247430
They have several better songs than Mayonnaise but yeah I certainly don't praise the song for its solo despite loving it

>>130249756
those are dope

>>130256337
>Seven of the top ten best solos of all time from the '70s? Out of the top 100, less than ten were created during the past 30 years?
sounds about right

>>130253400
is the rest of the album good? i liked that solo

>>130254910
Fahey is my favorite guitarist but I've never heard him do a guitar solo, and +1 to no magic band

>>130256551
its like the opposite of that list the other day where all the best "living songwriters" were blacks from the last 20 years

>>130256551
>t. boomer
One of the saddest things I see happen with people as they age is an lack of desire or ability to seek out and enjoy new things. It's something you need to be aware of and take active steps to avoid rather than falling into that trap of returning to the same comfortable music you've been listening to for decades.

I'm in my 40s and if I were making a list of my favorite songs or albums, a good bit of them would be from the past 5-10 years. It's never been easier to find new music and there is absolutely a ton of great guitar driven music being created today that has vastly improved since the 1970s, which shouldn't come as a surprise since there have been 50 years of experimentation and innovation since.

>>130253735
I Was Made For Loving You by KISS should have been number 1.

>>130235738
>Every spot is a link to some shit live recording of Allan Holdsworth
>It's based

>>130256648
I'm 30 and I love music from 1960 to today and I know all sorts but I can absolutely confirm that if I made a top 50 songs of all time maybe 3 or 4 of them would be from the 21st century at best. Still love plenty of music from this era but music was done best in the 60s to 90s, with a few weak spots throughout

>>130256648
Post guitar solos from the last 30 years that you think are worth going toe to toe with the boomer stuff then. I'm not being condescending, I'd sincerely like to see some kickass guitar solos that are more recent.

>>130256648
>I'm in my 40s and if I were making a list of my favorite songs or albums, a good bit of them would be from the past 5-10 years.
but it's not a list of best songs or albums, is it?

>>130235738
machine gun wouldve actually been a good choice for #1 but of course they had to ruin it by putting fucking purple rain above it. lmao what a joke

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Horrible boomer list centered around virtue signaling.

>No Tornado of Souls

What a joke Tornado of Souls is objectively a top 10 guitar solo of all time.

>>130253807
I like REM and I had to pull up that song because I didn't know that album aswell and man in no world is that a top 200 guitar solo

>>130256545
Eruption changed the game though.

>>130235738
No surprise there's no Mizutani.

>>130254884
I can't imagine a true rock fan, I mean somebody who grew up rocking out and who still likes to occasionally get their head bang on, ever admitting to anybody that they ever liked or listened to that sissy

>>130259121
https://youtu.be/jWu6Rx2WZ04
https://youtu.be/IQdE96MQ65Y
These two are from the past 10 years and IMO are way better than most of the boomer stuff that people jerk off over. Le Serment de Tsion is better than all of them combined.

>these are top 100 guitar solos
>if we pretend smaller bands don't exist

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>>130235738
based
could probably find endless examples of better solos by Trey but I'm not mad at this pick
https://youtu.be/SEo4kjnPwgQ?t=8094
solo in question starts at timestamp and lasts about 5 minutes lol