ah . . . another bullshit music list guaranteed to piss you off . . .

[OneBlueSky]

just what we need . . . those folks at pitchfork media must have a whole lot of time on their hands . . . here's their latest exercise in futility . . .

Top 50 Worst Guitar Solos of the Millennium
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/top/solos/

I won't give away #1, but here's #2 on the list:

2. "Free Bird" by Lynyrd Skynyrd
Soloist: Gary Rossington, Ed King, Allen Collins
Album: Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd
Year: 1973

Unless you're Forrest Gump, this isn't much of a surprise. This impotent three- pronged hillbilly guitar attack is exhausting to say the least. "Well, damn, bitch! They fingers bled on that thar solo," Junior Samples says. Well, I slammed my fingers in a car door when I was seven. They bled. That wasn't too bright, and neither is the soloing on one of the most revered rock compositions in history. For a solo that's supposed to be akin to a spontaneous "backyard jam," it sounds forced and phlegmatic as hell. A couple of years before, Neil Young (Skynyrd's arch enemy) recorded the ideal blueprint for long- playing guitar sparring matches on "Down by the River." The more you hear "Free Bird" the more evident it becomes how bereft of ideas these bloated, attitudinal hickoids really were.

of those I disagree with, #11 stands out:

11. "Willie the Pimp" by Frank Zappa
Soloist: Frank Zappa
Album: Hot Rats
Year: 1969

Zappa's certainly come up with some tasty guitar excursions ("Transylvania Boogie," "My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama"). But on "Willie the Pimp," Captain Beefheart does his Howlin' Wolf thing for a couple of minutes before allowing Zappa to launch into a grueling 7+ minute blues yank- off. Conventional and repetitive, this kind of blatant disregard for economy would influence a lot of really bad extended soloing in the years to come.

have fun, kids . . . :)

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/top/solos/

[vi5]

1. Uh....that list is a few years old....

Unless they re-did it recently I remember that list from a few years back.

[OneBlueSky]

3. you're right . . . but they've just reprinted it in the current issue . .

to take our minds off politics perhaps? . . . :)

[vi5]

4. Huh? Our mind off politics?

I'f I'm reading a music publication/site/zine/etc. I'm already trying to keep my mind off of politics.

It's a silly list like all lists but I don't disagree with most of it.

[LTR]

2. Hey, I love the guitar work on 'Free Bird'

The three guitar attack just moves the song charging ahead. I think it's the best part of the song.

[jpgray]

5. A lot of stuff on their site is deeply stupid (nt)

[shadu]

6. I think they are wrong on only three counts:

1. "Burnin' For You" - Blue Oyster Cult
2. "Hold the Line" - Toto
3. The song by Rory Gallagher
(Rory Gallagher never had a good solo in his life.
He was an excellent song writer and an excellent vocalist.
His simple, predictable solos were just part of the package.
Never great but certainly not terrible.
To claim he imitated Clapton is just plain silly.)

Lindsey Buckingham should be on that list.

[frylock]

7. neil young - southern man..

worst. solo. ever.