I always really liked Ride the Lightnings solo, Metallica to anyone know doesn't know ;P.
Also Lonley Day by S.O.A.D.

But ya your list is pretty good, love all those songs except I haven't listened to Floods or Mr.Crowley. Guess I'm missing out eh?

While I love all of those songs, I can't believe you put Hotel California before Eddie :-(

Good list. Jimmy Page is God!

Good list.  My favorite solo of all time would be the solo on "Let it Roll' by UFO... Michael Schenker

This list, aside from a few entries like "Mr. Crowley", really closely resembles a similar list put out by Guitar World magazine a few years back. "Stairway to Heaven" seems to really get people frothing, but I've never found that particular solo very interesting.

"Comfortably Numb" would make the list, were I to compile ten songs together. As would something like "Satch Boogie". "Free Bird" and The Outlaws' "Green Grass and High Tides" have similarly-structured solos, so where there's one, I try to avoid the other. Steve Vai's "For the Love of God", while one giant instrumental piece, has an amazing crescendo about three-fourths of the way through. As does something more modern like Buckethead's "Soothsayer". I'd probably put something by Hendrix in the top ten, and then I'd see where to go from there.

Dude.

i think the final countdown has a pretty impressive guitar solo..............if you wanna hear a great guitarist, listen to Robert Johnson, he was alive back in the 1910's...Eric Clampton said it takes a life time to master Robert Johnsons style...enough said, hes great..he was also rumored to have sold his soul cause he was soo good, i think that part is B.S

"This list, aside from a few entries like "Mr. Crowley", really closely resembles a similar list put out by Guitar World magazine a few years back. "Stairway to Heaven" seems to really get people frothing, but I've never found that particular solo very interesting."Comfortably Numb" would make the list, were I to compile ten songs together. As would something like "Satch Boogie". "Free Bird" and The Outlaws' "Green Grass and High Tides" have similarly-structured solos, so where there's one, I try to avoid the other. Steve Vai's "For the Love of God", while one giant instrumental piece, has an amazing crescendo about three-fourths of the way through. As does something more modern like Buckethead's "Soothsayer". I'd probably put something by Hendrix in the top ten, and then I'd see where to go from there."

"Dude.

I'm just gonna say two words, and leave this thread, hoping you simply forgot.

Comfortably Numb.

"

Yeah, Stairway to Heaven is a good song, but it's no Freebird/Bohemian Rhapsody/Baba O'Riley.

"Ridiculous, son. Well, I guess it's just different tastes. For instance, Eruption would be far, far away from my list. "

"Lemme rephrase. Eddie Van Halen would be far, far away from my list. Get my meaning?"

I actually liked 1984 better than the Van Halen album. Hot for Teacher gets me every time with that crazy drum stuff hehe.

"I actually liked 1984 better than the Van Halen album. Hot for Teacher gets me every time with that crazy drum stuff hehe."

"ClassyLime said:

"I actually liked 1984 better than the Van Halen album. Hot for Teacher gets me every time with that crazy drum stuff hehe."

Totally, 1984 was a great album. I love hot for teacher, I don't throw that song around much because I know how much it bugs ME when people tell me that they love a band based on one or two songs they played in Guitar Hero."

no stevie ray vaugn, steve vai, joe satriani, and so many others made your list....

Synth solo from Hearts on Fire owns all.

"no stevie ray vaugn, steve vai, joe satriani, and so many others made your list....

here this alone beats all of those. the nastiest blues you'll ever hear. 

  

"

Nice List. Although I prefer the Sweet Child O' Mine solo to November Rain

Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing

Although not too techically impressive, the guitar solo in Baba O'Reilly is incredibly epic, same with pretty much every single Boston song ever, but Freebird will always be number one.

"Although not too techically impressive, the guitar solo in Baba O'Reilly is incredibly epic, same with pretty much every single Boston song ever, but Freebird will always be number one."

Pretty good, I love Stairway to Heaven, but I think I like Hotel California a little better. Also I think Crazy Train as a song is better than Mr. Crowley, but the solo in Mr. Crowley is better than the solo in Crazy Train. My favourite guitar solo though would have to be from Only in Dreams by Weezer, even if you're not a fan of the band, the song is still pretty wicked.

"

Pretty good, I love Stairway to Heaven, but I think I like Hotel California a little better. Also I think Crazy Train as a song is better than Mr. Crowley, but the solo in Mr. Crowley is better than the solo in Crazy Train. My favourite guitar solo though would have to be from Only in Dreams by Weezer, even if you're not a fan of the band, the song is still pretty wicked.

"

An "all-time top 10" list would be impossible to make so I won't even try that. I couldn't even remember a fraction of all solos from the hundreds of different bands I've listened to but I'll participate anyway.

I'll just name the first 10 random solos that comes to my mind. These never fail to give me goosebumps.

Nevermore - Born (awesome shred part I)
Outworld - Warcry (awesome shred part II)
Saturnus - Pretend (absolutely gorgeous and heart-breaking)
Candlemass - Bewitched (incredibly catchy and memorable)
Sentenced - End Of The Road (simple and catchy, yet powerful and emotional)
Riverside - Second Life Syndrome (beautiful and captivating, great variation)
Andromeda - The Words Unspoken (excellent lengthy solo that elevates an already great track)
Hexen - State Of Insurgency (old-school thrash madness)
Necrophagist - Fermented Offal Discharge (awesome shred part III)
Absu - Those Of The Void Will Re-Enter (unexpectedly wicked, brutal and evil solo)

comfortably numb - pink floyd (david gilmour) starts at about 4:48

Interesting list but I would have included Carlos Santana's solo from No One to Depend On

Anything by steve vai.

"Anything by steve vai."

"Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing"

Yeah, Comfortably Numb is good. I also like Crossroads.

I dislike Necrophagist

"I dislike Necrophagist"

Or maybe it's because I absolutely hate and get severely distracted when people scream like they do. It does not even sound like anything that could possibly be singing.

"Or maybe it's because I absolutely hate and get severely distracted when people scream like they do. It does not even sound like anything that could possibly be singing."

"CL60 said:

"Or maybe it's because I absolutely hate and get severely distracted when people scream like they do. It does not even sound like anything that could possibly be singing."

Well its not singing, and I can understand you not liking the vocals, however you can not possibly deny the talent of the band."

"CL60 said:

"I dislike Necrophagist"

And talent?"

"The_Dude said:

"CL60 said:

"Or maybe it's because I absolutely hate and get severely distracted when people scream like they do. It does not even sound like anything that could possibly be singing."

Well its not singing, and I can understand you not liking the vocals, however you can not possibly deny the talent of the band."

I'm not saying I don't like the instrumentals, but I can't stand listening to a band regardless of how good they are if the vocals are like that."

Slash <3

"CL60 said:

"The_Dude said:

"CL60 said:

"Or maybe it's because I absolutely hate and get severely distracted when people scream like they do. It does not even sound like anything that could possibly be singing."

Well its not singing, and I can understand you not liking the vocals, however you can not possibly deny the talent of the band."

I'm not saying I don't like the instrumentals, but I can't stand listening to a band regardless of how good they are if the vocals are like that."

Feel that, but you were talking about guitar solos, and Muhamed Suiczmes (or how ever you spell it) tears shit up."

"The_Dude said:

"CL60 said:

"The_Dude said:

"CL60 said:

"Or maybe it's because I absolutely hate and get severely distracted when people scream like they do. It does not even sound like anything that could possibly be singing."

Well its not singing, and I can understand you not liking the vocals, however you can not possibly deny the talent of the band."

I'm not saying I don't like the instrumentals, but I can't stand listening to a band regardless of how good they are if the vocals are like that."

Feel that, but you were talking about guitar solos, and Muhamed Suiczmes (or how ever you spell it) tears shit up."

Yeah we were talking about solos, but when I said that I was just talking about the vocals making me dislike the band itself, sorry for the misunderstanding. "

Indeed!

I would rate Estranged higher then November Rain.  So simple yet amazing.

Marty Friedman & Jason Becker : Jewel

well this one goes on higher

10) Nightwatch - King Crimson
9)   Zoot Allures - Frank Zappa
8)   Django's Tiger - Django Reinhardt
7)   Pink Napkins - Frank Zappa
6)   Three Sheets To The Wind - Allan Holdsworth
5)   Cliffs of Dover - Eric Johnson
4)   New Boots - Allan Holdsworth/Frank Gambale
3)   21st Century Schizoid Man - King Crimson
2)   Aigrette/Rifferama - Hatfield and the North
1)   Letters of Marque - Allan Holdsworth

I'm quite tired of eruption at this point to be honest.