Best End-of-song Guitar Solo

[Taverner]

[Rabrrrrrr]

1. Packard Goose

[evlbstrd]

2. I concur.

[Rabrrrrrr]

5. I'm glad you concur!

Hell, I'm glad anyone even knows what it is.

[evlbstrd]

8. It just sounds so intellectual.

We all know that ain't hip.

[LynneSin]

3. EWWWWWW Stairway to Heaven

Hell, I could list about 20 other Led Zeppelin songs with much better guitar solos than Stairway. That's a farking cop-out answer

:grr:

Lately best guitar solo still has to be "Whole Lotta Love"

[Taverner]

6. Ahhh but most of Zep's solos occur inbetween 2nd and 3rd verse

And do not qualify as an end of song guitar solo...

Stairway is one of the few zep songs to have an end of song solo...

[LynneSin]

13. Hmmmmm....

Most Zeppelin songs usually end with some strong guitar work that is duetted with Robert Plant vocals.

And if I recall the very last thing you hear in Stairway to Heaven is Robert P quietly chanting "And she's buying a stairway to...Hea-van"

So technically it's still Plant and not Page ending the song.

[Taverner]

16. True...but it is a solo at the end of the tune...

In retrospect, I would replace that tune with "Comfortably Numb"

[LynneSin]

18. Well, how about "Song Remains the Same"

I'm listening to it now, it has some great guitar work and it clearly ends with Jimmy Page and not Robert Plant

[Taverner]

22. But it's not a heavy crescendo-laden "solo"

Funny for being such inventors of the genre...you'd think they'd have more solos.

Yet another reason Led Zep was doing their own thangggg

[LynneSin]

24. They had tons of great solos

Just happened to be that Robert Plant was this wailing golden god.

Actually here's a song that ends with a guitar solo, by Led Zeppelin and no Robert Plant!

Moby Dick!

[Rabrrrrrr]

12. Stairway is the only one, offhand, that I can think ends with a solo

out of the entire Zeppelin oeuvre.

[LynneSin]

19. I think "Song Remains the Same" ends pretty much with Jimmy Page

although Plant was notorious for a few grunts and groans throughout it pretty much finishes up with Page.

Wait no...nevermind, at 4:44 in the song Plant starts singing again

[LynneSin]

20. Stairway ends with Plant

In fact it ends with only plant who sings "And she's buying a stairway to heaven"

[Rabrrrrrr]

25. Well, I think a few words at the end are forgivable

It's not like he does a whole new verse or anything.

[LynneSin]

40. No, Plant definately sings a bit at the end

I just listened to the song and he does about 4 final lines at the end of the song. The solo is TOWARDS the end but definately the song does not close out with Page.

[priller]

72. "Black Dog", for one

Great solo at the end.

[underpants]

4. "Sultans" but they NEVER play the whole thing on the radio anymore

Used to be that they would every once in a while but not anymore.

[Taverner]

9. Hence the need for Sirius or XM

They play it....and not only that they do "Telegraph Road" which has one of the most stirring climaxes in rock music.

[SixStrings]

29. I was going to say the same thing!!! Why, Why, Why, do they

do that? OR how about when they talk over the guitar intro's to songs? That drives me nuts as well. That song from Heart "Crazy on you" - One of the BEST guitar intro's of all time - and the fucking DJ's always talk over it. The rest of that song sucks - but the intro is amazing.

[underpants]

37. Advertising I would guess

That Sultans ending is just amazing

[anarch]

7. Velvet Underground - "I Heard Her Call My Name"

[skygazer]

10. Comfortably Numb

Makes me cry, it's so beautiful.

[Taverner]

14. Ooooh I can't believe I missed that one!!!

It is one of the most stirring, haunting solos ever known...

[Oeditpus Rex]

30. I thought I was the only one

who felt that way.

When Gilmour goes up an octave, it's Pink's mental and emotional anguish peaking. I can feel it.

[Taverner]

36. The Wall has some amazing moments

culminating with "Comfortably Numb" at the end of side 2...

However (and I will get flamed for this I know) sides 3 and 4 lack a bit...

[Oeditpus Rex]

38. It's at the end of side 3

But I agree for the most part. "Run Like Hell" is one of the best songs on the album instrumentally, and I love the harmony on "The Show Must Go On" and the beginning of "Waiting For the Worms." But the only track in the second half — besides "Comfortably Numb" — with the emotional punch of the first is "Nobody Home."

[skygazer]

50. Oeditpus Rex, I like you better every day

A Pythonophile and a Floydian - what better combination can there be? :yourock:

[Oeditpus Rex]

51. :blush: Thanks, but...

It's not like I chose to be those things. Python and Floyd chose me. :7

Oddly, perhaps, in both cases I had to understand myself better before I could understand and fully appreciate the artists. At first, I didn't "get" either of 'em.

Oh... did'ja know PF underwrote "Holy Grail" and "Life of Brian"? So did George Harrison; in fact, he has a cameo in "Brian."

[skygazer]

52. I did indeed

Always thought that was pretty cool.

I loved Floyd in the 70's but didn't really understand the depth of the music until I was a bit older and had gained some wisdom through adversity. Then I realized just how incredible the stuff was and in fact I credit them with saving my life (melodramatic as that may sound).

Python, however, grabbed me immediately. I've always had an eye for the absurd.

[Oeditpus Rex]

53. Check your PM

:hi:

[Common Sense Party]

65. I'll second Comfortably Numb.

There were a lot of good choices on that list.

Stone Roses? I thought I was the only one who likes that album.

[NMMNG]

68. I'll third Comfortably Numb

An absolutely amazing song.

[taterguy]

Slumber the Slumb by the Five Royales n/t

[taterguy]

11. Slumber the Slumb by the Five Royales n/t

[Loonman]

15. The Stone Roses "I Am The Resurrection"

Excellent double-tracked jam.

[Taverner]

17. Yes...amazing

Especially for a bunch of thugs from Manchester :)

[Burma Jones]

21. Zappa - Muffin Man, Live, off of Bongo Fury

This IS it, I swear, all others pale by comparison.....

[Doctor_J]

23. ALbert Lee - "Luxury Liner"

ooooh, that man can play rock & roll.

[gmoney]

26. Aztec Camera - "Jump" and The Pooh Sticks - "I'm in You"

Back in the day, Aztec Camera did a nearly acoustic cover of Van Halen's "Jump" as a bit of a novelty, but in the full version, the guitar escalates into this really wonderful and raucous solo that puts Eddie to shame, IMHO. Tough to find, but worth it.

"I'm in You" is a 14-minute track that ends with an 8-1/2 blistering minutes of SOLO... great song, too.

[Popol Vuh]

27. Other

I choose Pink Floyd's ending guiltar solo by David Gilmour in Comfortably Numb.

Here's a video clip for you. Love the ending guiltar: Click Here

[DelawareValleyDem]

28. Can I pick a live one?

Duane Allman on You Don't Love Me, complete with a few notes of the Christmas standard Joy to the World

[jus_the_facts]

31. Prince ~ Purple Rain

[jus_the_facts]

32. Jimi Hendrix ~ Little Wing

[Roon]

33. The ending to "Let there be more light" by pink floyd

I can't remember if it's barrett or gilmore, but it jams!!

[peekaloo]

34. 'Paradise City' Guns N Roses.

I like Slash.

[meegbear]

35. Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd

Solid outro jam!

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

39. Was the Frampton solo a guitar, a synthesizer, or a synthesized guitar?

[Taverner]

41. Synthesized Guitar

With voice box....just like Aerosmith used in "Sweet Emotion"

[Strawman]

42. Deep Purple - Knockin at Your Back Door

Is a good one. Probably not the best ever, but good. Been listening to that and Perfect Strangers alot lately.

[HughBeaumont]

43. Wayne Kramer - "Ramblin' Rose"

Juuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuust kidding . . .

Not that "Ramblin' Rose" isn't one of the best songs of the 60s.

My vote would be for Steve Hillage in Gong's "A Sprinkling of Clouds" or more recently, Brent Hinds on Mastodon's "Hearts Alive".

[bif]

44. The Motor City's Burnin'-MC5

[richmwill]

45. Green Day- "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" (n/t)

[Popol Vuh]

46. What about

this solo?

:)

[madeline_con]

67. Classic balls to the wall ROCK. n/t

[k_jerome]

47. Dire Straits - Tunnel of Love. nt

[AntiCoup2K4]

48. No Mick Taylor - era Rolling Stones on the poll?

"Can't Ya Hear Me Knocking?"

"Time Waits For No One"

either of those would do.

[hobo_baggins]

49. out of those choices, i am the ressurection...its just bad-ass

BADASS!!

[BulletproofLandshark]

54. Boston - Hitch A Ride

Cheesy song, but that's one of my favorite solos.

[Floogeldy]

55. Not the best but shout out to "Reeling In The Years"

:)

[Chemical Bill]

56. Kid Charlemagne

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

58. I woulda said Boddhitsatva in the Steely Dan dept

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

57. "Oh Carol" Al Stewart ....Peter White on lead guitar

kicks ass on anything Mark Knopfler's done ..It's on his Modern Times disc...the words to the song are great and relevant for me...think I'll blast it tonight:

Sometimes it seems unimaginable
That you were ever any other way
With your white rose face and your orphan clothes
Embroidered jeans and silver chains
You're a well known face in all the hang-out places
Where the lost souls congregate
You sit all night, but you talk too fast
I don't know what you're trying to say

Oh Carol, I think it's time for running for cover, a-ha
Believe me, you're everyone's and nobody's lover, a-ha
You've got a one-way ticket for all your yesterdays

I know your daddy said he'd talk to you
But he never really found the time
And your TV mother with her cocktail eyes
Could never really reach your mind
So you fixed your star to a passing dream
And took a cocaine holiday
Now the years flow round you in a muddy stream
And you need another place to stay.

Oh Carol, I think it's time for running for cover, a-ha
Believe me, you're everyone's and nobody's lover, a-ha
You've got a one-way ticket for all your yesterdays

Reach down, silvery ship from the stars, I know you're there
I know you'll understand me, you can take me anywhere
I know you must be thereWell, sometimes it seems impossible
That the game could get that rough
But the stage is set, the exit's barred
And the make-up won't come off
So you make your bow to the balcony
You light another cigarette
And the lights grow dim as the music starts
And it's easy to forget

Oh Carol, I think it's time for running for cover, a-ha
Believe me, you're everyone's and nobody's lover, a-ha
You've got a one-way ticket for all your yesterdays

Reach down, silvery ship from the stars, I know you're there
I know you'll understand me, you can take me anywhere
I know you must be there

[no name no slogan]

59. I [heart] Al Stewart

much to the chagrin of my punk-rock friends. Intelligent lyrics, cool arrangements, very nice melodies, heck, what's not to like? :)

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

61. maybe we should worship him separately

[BlueJazz]

60. Morning Desire.

[DS1]

62. One - Metallica

[Dr Fate]

63. The Byrds version of "Truck Stop Girl" n/t

n/t

[Cocoa]

64. Black Magic Woman

Santana

[maveric]

66. ZZ Top - Got Me Under Pressure

Rox!

[Jade Fox]

69. Who's That Lady? the Spinners (I think)

The guitar throughout that whole song is outrageous.

[MrScorpio]

71. That's the Isley Brothers

Thank Ernie Isley for that

[last_texas_dem]

73. That's a really good one

I really like the guitar work on their version of "Summer Breeze" as well.

[MrScorpio]

70. PEG by Steely Dan

You've got to have that one

[last_texas_dem]

74. "Hotel California"

While there may be another great one I'm not thinking of, I think of the choices on the list I'd go with "Hotel California." Even though I like several of the other choices more as songs, I've always loved the part where it shifts abruptly from the last verse to the awesome guitar solo kicking in. You know, "...but you can never leave" followed by some nice guitar wailing. Good stuff.

[Zambero]

75. "Sultans". Mark Knopfler is the man! n/t