Best solo of all time

[Risquit]

My favorite to this day is the one in "Rock Bottom", by UFO.

In a song that is completely standard otherwise, Michael Schenker's solo is blazing, beautiful and way ahead of its time (I believe the song came out in '73 or '74).

Second place goes to Steeler's, "Hot on Your Heels". Yngwie's introduction to the world and quite an entrance he makes! Here again, the song itself is not noteworthy, which makes the solo really stand out.

 

[DøømedTøBeSad]

"Serpent Moves" of Coroner
"Deep Peace" of Devin Townsend

 

[fuscous]

Zakk Wylde has got some very nice solos played live.

 

[JoeVice]

free bird

 

[deliverance]

free bird

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as for my pick, with all the solos i've heard, i couldn't possibly pick one.

 

[FUBAR]

The one near the end of Dream Theaters 'Learning to Live'

 

[Demilich]

I'm a sucker for slow, melodic solos, and I have to say those 2 ones in Dan Swano's "Uncreation" off the Moontower album are fucking killer!!

Other than that, I dunno. There are too many.

 

[synergy]

something about the solo at the end of Nihilism 2002 by extol owns my face

 

[Dreadful]

some killer legato in blink 182 - all the small things

 

[Demilich]

mercyful fate's Melissa album has some fucking great solos!!

 

[taken by the reaper]

i dont know if most of you have heard it...but the Tim Palmer remix version of Porcupine Tree's "Shesmovedon" is absolutely astonishing to me...its just played with so much emotion its incredible

 

[Kenneth R.]

i could never pick the best solo of all time.

some favorites though would be

zero hour: demise and vestige
marillion: easter
dream theater: surrounded
steve vai: whispering a prayer
...

 

[The Great Katatonic]

anything by Andy LaRocque,especially Trapped in a Corner,and the whole of Them.And Ram It Down,by the Priest.

 

[Minion520]

The one near the end of Dream Theaters 'Learning to Live'

yes that is one of my favorites as well

 

[Crimson Velvet]

I have a weak spot for the solo in In Flames's Zombie Inc, although it's not the most technical. But the melody is just fantastic...

 

[the_3_toed_sloth]

It may not be the most technically amazing, the fastest or even the longest, but i just love Dream Theater - Take The Time, the passage just past the 5 min mark.
.
..wait, now that i listen to it again, does that even count as a solo? Shit, i need a beer...and its only 930 in the morning....

 

[Jinn]

Any of the solos from Diabolical Masquerade's Death's Design album.

 

[Demilich]

Any of the solos from Diabolical Masquerade's Death's Design album.

but the one in Under the Banner of the Sentinel is cool too! that song is too good for me!

 

[Jinn]

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[Bored]

"Serpent Moves" of Coroner
"Deep Peace" of Devin Townsend

dude deep peace is my favourite solo too! HOYL SHIT! i cant beleive someone agrees with me