Greatest Guitar Solo Every Year (1965-2024)

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  • @AverageRockEnjoyer
    @AverageRockEnjoyer Місяць тому +849

    My opinion:
    1967: Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix
    1970: Layla - Eric Clapton
    1976: Hotel California - Don Felder/Joe Walsh
    1980: Crazy Train - Randy Rhoads
    1982: Beat It - Eddie Van Halen

    • @Kipod2000
      @Kipod2000 Місяць тому +62

      Clapton didn’t do the best solo in Layla, Duane Allman did with his slide.

    • @ViktorCZ42
      @ViktorCZ42 Місяць тому +13

      Was thinking about Layla as well for moment

    • @farmercraig6080
      @farmercraig6080 Місяць тому +14

      After the piano starts in Layla, the song goes down hill for me..

    • @matthewbartlett3442
      @matthewbartlett3442 Місяць тому

      Does purple haze even have a guitar solo?

    • @IceMan-cp6ep
      @IceMan-cp6ep Місяць тому +17

      Crossroads in 68 instead of Hendrix

  • @taffyjones281
    @taffyjones281 Місяць тому +285

    Impossible thing to attempt. Maybe describing this list as " SOME good guitar solos " !!

    • @keithgallagher3471
      @keithgallagher3471 Місяць тому +3

      Completely agree. Might be better to do the 10 best for any given year, and still might leave a few out.

    • @todopasajulio
      @todopasajulio Місяць тому +3

      And get less views and comments? No

    • @gokussjinfinite6601
      @gokussjinfinite6601 25 днів тому

      Michael angelo batio "speed kills" should be there no one can do his spider hand

    • @richerin8100
      @richerin8100 21 день тому

      Try some excellent guitar solos

    • @kaiberberich1
      @kaiberberich1 21 день тому

      💯

  • @Matty0923
    @Matty0923 Місяць тому +223

    So glad to see Alex Lifeson in there a couple times. Such a tremendous guitarist who doesn't get the credit he deserves in my opinion.

    • @nedmac624
      @nedmac624 Місяць тому +9

      Completely agree!!!

    • @meeralhyticus2834
      @meeralhyticus2834 Місяць тому +11

      yess! he often got overshadow by peart and geddy

    • @shtroizn
      @shtroizn Місяць тому +8

      My thoughts exactly. I would have legit been depressed by this video if Alex wasn't mentioned and twice is worth a Like! Rush forever.

    • @Matty0923
      @Matty0923 Місяць тому +3

      @@shtroizn Could not agree more brother!!

    • @Sickofsociety1
      @Sickofsociety1 Місяць тому +4

      Yep, I concur!

  • @kikalunas7449
    @kikalunas7449 4 дні тому +11

    Apart from some epic solo tunes in the mix, this selection is just a shredding competition 😢

    • @jaymike3302
      @jaymike3302 День тому

      Yeah they all sound the same.

  • @ralphmuller6040
    @ralphmuller6040 Місяць тому +76

    You set yourself an impossible task. It probably should be titled "MY Favourite Guitar Solo Every Year". Kudos for having a go though.

  • @כנאןעסאקלה
    @כנאןעסאקלה Місяць тому +339

    Four are missing:
    1. Time by pink floyd
    2. Firth of fifth by genesis
    3. Hotel california by the eagles
    4. Beat it by michael jackson

    • @Aviator224
      @Aviator224 Місяць тому +20

      Though I love Time, it was released the same year as Free Bird

    • @ejret
      @ejret Місяць тому +6

      and also machine gun and woodo chile by jimi hendrix.

    • @TheDrunkSpartan1337
      @TheDrunkSpartan1337 Місяць тому +7

      Too many good ones in 1973

    • @tonycook1624
      @tonycook1624 Місяць тому +1

      @@ejret voodoo

    • @matthewashman1406
      @matthewashman1406 Місяць тому +1

      Hells bells

  • @levanfunes4445
    @levanfunes4445 Місяць тому +50

    Steve Vai, Eric Johnsson, Gary Moore, Peter Frampton, Jason Baker, Dave Murray, Adrian Smith, Steve Morse, Adrian Belew and the list goes on and on.....

    • @christebo7305
      @christebo7305 11 днів тому

      Exactly. Love him or hate him, Black Star by Yngwie is a masterpiece.
      Skipping Vai, Satriani, and a shed load of other players is laughable, too. Kirk over Marty or Chris Poland? 😆 Petrucci, anyone, Pull Me Under? Iconic. Waiting until 1998 to mention Satriani is absolutely criminal. Well, at least they get mentioned, eventually.

    • @joaquinlezcano2372
      @joaquinlezcano2372 9 днів тому +2

      Props for mentioning Adrian Belew, unsung hero

    • @Melodic_power_metal
      @Melodic_power_metal 3 дні тому

      What about Yngwie Malmsteen !!!?????

  • @chrisc5537
    @chrisc5537 Місяць тому +210

    The most amazing thing about this entire video is the difference between 1966 and 1967. Hendrix changed music forever!

    • @CraigGoldsberry-rz6fn
      @CraigGoldsberry-rz6fn Місяць тому +3

      Thank you..... finally someone who can see this

    • @Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle
      @Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle Місяць тому +10

      Rhoads and van Halen had more natural skill and took it further

    • @chrisc5537
      @chrisc5537 Місяць тому +16

      ⁠Sure, that could be true. It could be argued that numerous players over the years were more naturally skilled. However, look at the level of playing that was already happening by the time Rhoads and Van Halen entered the scene. Consider all the guitar playing and variety of music and sounds and even effects they had to draw from by the mid-late 70s. I’m simply saying that in 1967, Hendrix did not have anywhere near the same amount or level of existing players nor music to influence him. Yet, he came out playing and sounding like no one had ever heard before. Even McCartney and Clapton admitted that they were basically deer in headlights when they first heard Hendrix play.
      I agree though that the next person in history, after Hendrix, to do the same thing at that level was probably EVH.

    • @Robisquick
      @Robisquick Місяць тому +5

      Finally someone?? Don’t you mean a huge chunk of the population recognize that he revolutionized guitar playing forever? Isn’t he most often considered the greatest and most influential guitar player ever?

    • @CraigGoldsberry-rz6fn
      @CraigGoldsberry-rz6fn Місяць тому

      @@Robisquick are you a guitar player?

  • @OzziesRobots
    @OzziesRobots Місяць тому +25

    1967- foxey lady
    1969- heartbreaker
    1970- since I've been loving you
    1974- sweet home Alabama solo 2
    1976- hotel California
    1977- go your own way
    1980- free will
    1982- beat it
    1983- rebel yell

  • @gillesriviere706
    @gillesriviere706 19 днів тому +15

    Thanks, great selection. I only missed Gary Moore and Carlos Santana.
    long live rock'n'roll 😉

  • @matteociuchini10
    @matteociuchini10 Місяць тому +970

    While my guitar gently weeps deserved to be there

    • @VictorLins-ug2wb
      @VictorLins-ug2wb Місяць тому +85

      But unfortunately just can one for year, apparently, and jimi Hendrix was a god of guitar

    • @KMKcrvg
      @KMKcrvg Місяць тому +21

      ​@@VictorLins-ug2wb eu apoio trocar o nome do instrumento de Guitarra elétrica pra Jimi Hendrix elétrico

    • @VictorLins-ug2wb
      @VictorLins-ug2wb Місяць тому +3

      @@KMKcrvg vdd kk

    • @biggreen216
      @biggreen216 Місяць тому +15

      Probably, but watchtower was released the same year so...

    • @solsol1624
      @solsol1624 Місяць тому +59

      It's OK, Prince has got you😊

  • @guilhermemiguel4458
    @guilhermemiguel4458 Місяць тому +89

    1970: Child in Time - Ritchie Blackmore
    1976: Hotel California - Joe Walsh and Don Felder

    • @matthewashman1406
      @matthewashman1406 Місяць тому +6

      We are all sick of hotel California

    • @firewfire
      @firewfire Місяць тому +4

      ​​@@matthewashman1406 ya that's not how a list of best solos works 😂 also speak for yourself

    • @jonathan13co
      @jonathan13co Місяць тому +1

      @@matthewashman1406 Said no one. Ever.

    • @stringlocker
      @stringlocker Місяць тому +2

      How can you leave out Hotel California. Hotel California actually sounded like music. A lot of these Solos sounded like a riffing mess.

    • @stringlocker
      @stringlocker Місяць тому +2

      ​@@matthewashman1406but nobody's sick of free bird or Stairway to Heaven? 😂

  • @kennet7837
    @kennet7837 Місяць тому +122

    Thank you for including "Telegraph Road"!
    1990 would be "Cliffs of Dover" by Eric Johnson for me.

    • @Mns291.
      @Mns291. Місяць тому +11

      bro are you sure that you listened tornado of souls

    • @santiagocalderon3261
      @santiagocalderon3261 Місяць тому +2

      i was looking for cliffs of dover as well

    • @kennet7837
      @kennet7837 Місяць тому +1

      @@Mns291. I have. I can't stand the vocals on that song. The guitar solo is the best part of it, but I prefer "Cliffs of Dover" because it's much more melodically distinctive to me.

    • @worse-than-gnomes
      @worse-than-gnomes Місяць тому +2

      Nuno Bettencourt’s “Get the Funk Out” solo for 1990 IMHO

    • @josejulianjimenezcampos9262
      @josejulianjimenezcampos9262 Місяць тому +4

      1990 the Best solo is still got the blues Gary Moore

  • @Yodelinthegully-d7r
    @Yodelinthegully-d7r 24 дні тому +6

    The solo in All along the watchtower is amazing. Blows me away every time I hear it.

  • @joaquinlezcano2372
    @joaquinlezcano2372 9 днів тому +10

    Respectable list. Obviously no one will fully agree with this kind of lists

    • @rakayasserra
      @rakayasserra 8 днів тому

      Yess. Sometimes people disagree about other people's opinions. Why don't you make your own list? 😮‍💨

  • @GypsyHaze
    @GypsyHaze Місяць тому +118

    1970 - Jimi Hendrix: Machine gun

  • @matthewbartlett3442
    @matthewbartlett3442 Місяць тому +103

    Mad respect for including limelight. I don’t know if I would count eruption as a guitar solo and in its place would have put sultans of swing

    • @skewddle
      @skewddle Місяць тому +21

      What is eruption if not a solo??

    • @jipke7430
      @jipke7430 Місяць тому +2

      Piano ballad

    • @ShadowGaming-ce4qc
      @ShadowGaming-ce4qc Місяць тому

      I would also say mad respect for death and pantera,

    • @bigmike4962
      @bigmike4962 Місяць тому

      Love that my man Alex Lifeson was on this list twice. Always been underrated.

    • @Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle
      @Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle Місяць тому

      it is the wrong answer it is not on the same level of a Flying High again

  • @maxeddie1789
    @maxeddie1789 Місяць тому +52

    Buddy guy still kickin in 2022 mans a legend

    • @truthteller3024
      @truthteller3024 23 дні тому +1

      Jimi Hendrix got inspiration from him and so many others. Buddy Guy is the guy.

    • @kaiberberich1
      @kaiberberich1 21 день тому +1

      Amen to that !!

  • @bobuxman6096
    @bobuxman6096 10 днів тому +3

    glad to see the freebird solo get recognition! love people supporting small unknown songs such as that

    • @saintnash1
      @saintnash1 4 дні тому

      The category is
      "Best Solo for Each Year".
      Not "Solo With Most Overuse of One Note for Each Year".

  • @creedenceboy
    @creedenceboy Місяць тому +65

    Amazing how so many of those Solo's sound exactly the same.

  • @Jurek_90
    @Jurek_90 Місяць тому +44

    Respect for including Dogs, Comfortably Numb and High Hopes

    • @terr4c0
      @terr4c0 Місяць тому +3

      Well, but it's Gilmour, it's obvious he had to be here, hehe.

    • @bigmike4962
      @bigmike4962 Місяць тому +5

      I might have gone with the end solo on Pigs (Three Different Ones) over Dogs but really can't go wrong with either

    • @AidynTattersall
      @AidynTattersall 25 днів тому

      High hopes didn't really use a guitar it looks like one but it's not considered a guitar

    • @AidynTattersall
      @AidynTattersall 25 днів тому +1

      Comfortably numb is the best guitar solo

  • @johnc.356
    @johnc.356 Місяць тому +59

    These lists are so subjective.
    So many amazing solos leftout 😢
    Appreciate the effort it took to compile all the clips.
    Thanks for posting.😃

    • @BarbarraBay
      @BarbarraBay Місяць тому +5

      awful list where the solos started sounding the same

    • @davidwtaylor7180
      @davidwtaylor7180 Місяць тому +1

      Agreed. It's impossible to compile a list that everyone will agree upon. But at least a list like this, that had some thought behind it, gets people thinking about playing guitar and the music industry in general. And THAT is the best that anyone could hope for.

    • @guillaumecerutti72
      @guillaumecerutti72 Місяць тому

      I agree with @Barbarrabay : these solos sound all the same and according to me they're not well played, not doing justice to the players.

    • @Yodelinthegully-d7r
      @Yodelinthegully-d7r 24 дні тому

      It morphed into an ear splitting shredfest.

    • @joaquinlezcano2372
      @joaquinlezcano2372 9 днів тому

      ​@@BarbarraBaywhere?

  • @MCBIGlilRonDogs
    @MCBIGlilRonDogs Місяць тому +26

    I really was NOT expecting to see Death make the list. Im really glad they did though, Trapped in a Corner is one of the best death metal songs

  • @Panda_man..
    @Panda_man.. Місяць тому +6

    I know some of you probably don’t think too highly of it, but I think the guitar solo from Prince’s Purple Rain deserves a mention for 1984.

  • @Mouseend
    @Mouseend Місяць тому +3

    Actually never thought Telegraph road nor Brothers in arms would reach this list. All though, I totally agree. Amazing solos!

  • @NatureLover-cc2hf
    @NatureLover-cc2hf Місяць тому +93

    Ritchie Blackmore was way ahead of his time

    • @qivarebil2149
      @qivarebil2149 Місяць тому +9

      He still is. I would like to see "Stargazer" on this list, too.

    • @CraigGoldsberry-rz6fn
      @CraigGoldsberry-rz6fn Місяць тому +2

      I think his version of Jeff Beck's Still I'm Sad would be the one to use and it has no vocals either and he did one up on that too

    • @thomaslynn8441
      @thomaslynn8441 Місяць тому +2

      Child in time - Made in Japan live version

    • @PepLeZinzin
      @PepLeZinzin Місяць тому +1

      Gates of babylon is my number 1.

    • @NatureLover-cc2hf
      @NatureLover-cc2hf Місяць тому

      @@PepLeZinzin He doesn’t have a bad solo tbh, all of them are great

  • @qatayri1479
    @qatayri1479 Місяць тому +93

    you know it's a good video when there is Terry Kath

    • @phreemynd
      @phreemynd 21 день тому +5

      Jimi Hendrix after hearing Terry Kath: "He's better than me."

    • @teagiagiteakarotu7027
      @teagiagiteakarotu7027 3 дні тому

      @@phreemyndlol😂❤

    • @phreemynd
      @phreemynd 2 дні тому

      @@teagiagiteakarotu7027 True story.

  • @fightforfreedom-mf5cz
    @fightforfreedom-mf5cz Місяць тому +25

    It's good to see Alex Lifeson get some recognition.

  • @Kryptofónica
    @Kryptofónica 10 днів тому +4

    Hubiese sido chévere agregar a Nuno con el solo de "Rise" para 2023 ¡Súper Genial!

  • @erikrom11
    @erikrom11 23 дні тому +17

    1:32 is the best of all

    • @kaiberberich1
      @kaiberberich1 21 день тому +1

      Especially live on "Pulse" - that's JUST EPIC !!

  • @tuffsheddweller
    @tuffsheddweller Місяць тому +23

    So happy Terry Kath of Chicago is getting attention. That 25 or 6 to 4 solo at Tanglewood is severely underrated.

  • @Adam-mu6cx
    @Adam-mu6cx Місяць тому +21

    Good to see Alex Lifeson getting some recognition. Much deserved.

    • @IsothermeMusic
      @IsothermeMusic 17 днів тому +1

      I expected him to be overlooked!

    • @Adam-mu6cx
      @Adam-mu6cx 17 днів тому +2

      @@IsothermeMusic yah me too. Surprised and bot Surprised all at rhe same time.

  • @Dan-zq5wt
    @Dan-zq5wt Місяць тому +15

    Don Felder is criminally underrated. One of the most melodic players ever. Agree with Hotel California comments. Eric Johnson deserves some love. Good list though. I’d also put Clapton Crossroads in 1968. I still think that solo is the gold standard for blues rock. The all time greats - Page ,Clapton, Beck, VH, Blackmore, Gilmour etc can fill a top 100 easily because their solos are so memorable.

    • @leadwatcher
      @leadwatcher Місяць тому +1

      Peter Green, Gary Moore, Rory Gallagher , Michael Schenker, Scott Gorham,Snowy White, Mick Taylor, Martin Barre...

  • @vincentbuccieri9305
    @vincentbuccieri9305 26 днів тому +3

    To Leave Out Master Clapton in the 60's is a Real Slap in the Face!
    And None Should Have Been Given More than One Slot!
    I Have Been Studying Guitar and Its History for Over 50 Years ,
    So I am an Expert!

    • @Yodelinthegully-d7r
      @Yodelinthegully-d7r 24 дні тому +1

      I love the fact that Jimi made Clapton and Townsend shit their pants after hearing Jimi. Clapton ripped off black blues players which is ironic coming from the “Keep Britain white” Clapton who is at best, boring and predictable.

  • @Awkw4rdguy
    @Awkw4rdguy 25 днів тому +3

    My personal opinion:
    1991: The Unforgiven - Metallica
    1992: Walk - Pantera
    1974: Burn - Deep Purple
    2013: Shepard Of Fire - Avenged Sevenfold
    1982 Beat it - EVH
    1990 Cliffs of Dover - Eric Johnson

  • @Thin_Whlte_Duke
    @Thin_Whlte_Duke Місяць тому +115

    I love Bohemian Rapsody solo, but my number 1 is Time, David Gilmour is the best

    • @channel-zd4ux
      @channel-zd4ux Місяць тому +15

      Dark side of the moon is 1973

    • @Thin_Whlte_Duke
      @Thin_Whlte_Duke Місяць тому +9

      @@channel-zd4ux My mistake, off cause Wish You Were Here is 1975, don't know how I mixed it up😅

    • @כנאןעסאקלה
      @כנאןעסאקלה Місяць тому +3

      My favorite guitar solo for years!
      Time - pink floyd ❤

    • @Thin_Whlte_Duke
      @Thin_Whlte_Duke Місяць тому +7

      And I still love Time solo more than Free Bird, for me it's number 1 in 1973

    • @joelstanger1266
      @joelstanger1266 Місяць тому +1

      Agreed, thanks for posting this. Time might be my favorite solo of all time.

  • @timriglar4502
    @timriglar4502 Місяць тому +294

    Yet again Gary Moore gets left out. Parisienne Walkways anyone?

    • @DanielLey-hs5jn
      @DanielLey-hs5jn Місяць тому +4

      I agree

    • @lurkerinthetube
      @lurkerinthetube Місяць тому

      Taj Farrrant has rediscovered Gary Moore's Parisienne Walkways: ua-cam.com/video/S-LQa3r0FFQ/v-deo.htmlsi=pajflNBwyZwWdSsx

    • @zim1970
      @zim1970 Місяць тому +30

      Gary Moore never gets the recognition he deserves

    • @RatsmithNZ
      @RatsmithNZ Місяць тому +8

      Adrian and Dave from Iron Maiden missing as well…..

    • @PFB1994
      @PFB1994 Місяць тому +9

      Still Got the Blues should have gotten in there for 1990. But many , many good choices overall.

  • @worse-than-gnomes
    @worse-than-gnomes Місяць тому +22

    1990 has to be Nuno Bettencourt “Get the Funk Out”. I’m not an Extreme fan but I recognise a cracking solo when I hear one!

  • @drumhaver223
    @drumhaver223 Місяць тому +11

    Leaving out Carlton's solo in Kid Charlemagne is criminal.

  • @dylanstacey3514
    @dylanstacey3514 17 днів тому

    Great list! Lots of great music in there. So blessed to have gotten to listen to it in my lifetime.

  • @Kouign1718
    @Kouign1718 Місяць тому +27

    Angus Young ! 1977 Whole lotta Rosie🤘

    • @Jamesscearce
      @Jamesscearce Місяць тому +2

      Best guitar solo in any live performance.

    • @marc-andrebrun8942
      @marc-andrebrun8942 Місяць тому

      ACDC is a joke good enough for drunk red neck, but nothing more. the only good player is his brother Malcom.

    • @freeman10000
      @freeman10000 24 дні тому

      ​@@marc-andrebrun8942 😅

    • @kaiberberich1
      @kaiberberich1 21 день тому +2

      @@marc-andrebrun8942 - philistine !!!
      But it's not just WLR - my favourite is actually Let there be Rock... and It's a long way to the top...
      Though I do get it - with AC/DC it's more about the Riff, than the Solo !!

    • @doscwolny2221
      @doscwolny2221 12 днів тому

      Over dogs or hotel California?.
      I'm not sure about that.

  • @henrybeetle5223
    @henrybeetle5223 Місяць тому +93

    Maggotbrain should definitely be on here

    • @dylanwesley3964
      @dylanwesley3964 Місяць тому +2

      1000 percent

    • @AyoubKebsisi
      @AyoubKebsisi Місяць тому +2

      Oh finally someone knows this song

    • @CalebthegiganticMariofan
      @CalebthegiganticMariofan Місяць тому

      but it’s the same year as stairway to heaven and there’s no way that would happen

    • @dylanwesley3964
      @dylanwesley3964 Місяць тому +1

      @@CalebthegiganticMariofan well it should because in my opinion it's better than stairway. Of course stairway is more popular. Not knocking that solo either. But maggot brain is cosmic bliss

    • @Obi-WanKannabis
      @Obi-WanKannabis Місяць тому +1

      Great solo... but it came ou tthe same year as Stairway to heaven, which... well is just the best solo ever written somehow.

  • @jacobcormier5532
    @jacobcormier5532 Місяць тому +24

    Very good picks! The 70s especially, fantastic solos! 🤘🎸

  • @robertrecchia2642
    @robertrecchia2642 День тому

    70’s still the best decade for iconic solos

  • @evobirkz8
    @evobirkz8 Місяць тому +2

    Telegraph road is my favourite song! MK guitar just sounds so much more beautiful then all the other

  • @hsalgado74
    @hsalgado74 Місяць тому +14

    Smooth solo from Carlos Santana should be in this list. Best song and solo of 1999.

  • @clemcovers
    @clemcovers Місяць тому +30

    Sultans of swing SHALL be there !

    • @cameronkirk4218
      @cameronkirk4218 22 дні тому

      Sultans > Eruption is my hot take🔥

    • @shrewdthewise2840
      @shrewdthewise2840 15 днів тому

      Brothers in Arms and Telegraph Road but no Sultans of Swing 🤔 I was wondering the same thing

    • @rogrtorr9886
      @rogrtorr9886 5 днів тому

      Came to post this!

  • @1504Shawn
    @1504Shawn Місяць тому +16

    1968 - Eric Clapton - While My Guitar

  • @kcopt
    @kcopt 24 дні тому +4

    There’s too damn many to try to list the best. They’re all the best in their own right.

  • @airstrive6246
    @airstrive6246 Місяць тому +2

    1973 should definitely be "Time" by Pink Floyd (David Gilmour), imho. I would also give 1969 to Robert Fripp of King Crimson for "21st Century Schizoid Man", although George Harrison for "Something" is still a great choice. Nice list- thanks for posting!

  • @johnnyfry2
    @johnnyfry2 Місяць тому +13

    1970- Since I've Been Loving You - Jimmy Page. Perhaps the greatest guitar solo in rock history and that's saying something. So good that it draws outside the lines of just another blues solo into a new category of its own.

    • @wayneszabo320
      @wayneszabo320 Місяць тому +1

      I was thinking the of that for 70 and Dazed and Confused for 69.
      No Quarter is another one, especially live

    • @omenoflaherty1294
      @omenoflaherty1294 Місяць тому

      Hendrix’s Machine Gun is tops for me in 1970. That was something truly transcendent.

    • @BarbarraBay
      @BarbarraBay Місяць тому

      its not the greatest guitar solo - not even close

    • @DorisGilovan
      @DorisGilovan 25 днів тому

      Also my favourite song of LZ.

  • @andrewpappas9311
    @andrewpappas9311 Місяць тому +14

    Genuinely surprised there was nothing from AC/DC, Clapton, ZZ Top, Black Sabbath, Aerosmith, KISS, Santana, Slayer, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Green Day or any Metallica past the 80s, definitely a lot of really good stuff could’ve been added here

    • @PiotrLangtvedt
      @PiotrLangtvedt Місяць тому +2

      Agree! Nothing from Rory Gallagher, Eric Clapton, Gary Moore too.

    • @stevehorspool2969
      @stevehorspool2969 Місяць тому +1

      Nirvana and Green Day ... Guitar solos?? Ok. Nirvana had a couple. But greatest solos ... No.

    • @boltgaming248
      @boltgaming248 19 днів тому +1

      does green day have any guitar solos?

    • @teagiagiteakarotu7027
      @teagiagiteakarotu7027 3 дні тому

      But Jimi is here

  • @reedgabriel2875
    @reedgabriel2875 Місяць тому +23

    My opinion, some changes:
    1967 - Purple Haze (by Jimi Hendrix)
    1977 - Hotel California (by The Eagles)
    1980 - Crazy Train (by Randy)
    1982 - Beat It (by Eddie)
    1984 - Purple Rain (by Prince)
    1996 - Don't Look Back in Anger (by Noel Gallanger)
    2020 - Selfless (by the Strokes)
    But still solid list though, always like your video.

  • @uups8612
    @uups8612 Місяць тому +3

    Danke für das Video. Endlich wird mal Achilles Last Stand berücksichtigt.

  • @giornogiovanni5655
    @giornogiovanni5655 18 днів тому +1

    We just need to view thus as music appreciation because we all would have a different list, especially the closer we get to the present.

  • @António-c7y5c
    @António-c7y5c Місяць тому +151

    WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS?
    Hotel california?

    • @Evsta
      @Evsta Місяць тому +9

      He did while my guitar gently weeps. 2004. Prince.

    • @soumilghosh5156
      @soumilghosh5156 Місяць тому +9

      well it appeared, but not the Beatles and Eric Clapton one

    • @RichardRenes
      @RichardRenes Місяць тому +10

      Also Hotel California will get you an immediate copyright strike right there... Thanks Don Henley...

    • @CalebthegiganticMariofan
      @CalebthegiganticMariofan Місяць тому +4

      hotel california is not better than Achilles last stand

    • @firewfire
      @firewfire Місяць тому +1

      ​@@CalebthegiganticMariofan no its wayy better 😂

  • @jimimurti
    @jimimurti Місяць тому +15

    1970: machine gun jimi hendrix, from the album band of gypsys.

  • @duanefalk219
    @duanefalk219 Місяць тому +12

    Pretty good list! Tho id replace dogs with Hotel California in 77 and inckude at least one steely dan solo- many to choose from

    • @billemge6550
      @billemge6550 28 днів тому +1

      Kid Charlemagne

    • @larryblumerjr
      @larryblumerjr 24 дні тому

      I thought including Dogs was amazing, but I do have to agree with you.

  • @burgundylust
    @burgundylust 5 днів тому

    So glad you put Blackmore and Lifeson in there

  • @paulhoffbaltzersen3304
    @paulhoffbaltzersen3304 Місяць тому +5

    Now they all sound the same. Thank you very much.

    • @DanielS10291
      @DanielS10291 Місяць тому +2

      This guy obviously has a solo ‘type’

  • @jonesjennings5993
    @jonesjennings5993 Місяць тому +175

    I like how once the 2000s started, the guitar solos were no longer derived from popular songs but just obscure metal bands. Guitar solos just don’t exist anymore…

    • @Azure1013
      @Azure1013 Місяць тому +22

      They do, there’s just an overwhelming amount of music now. OP probably just mostly listens to metal music post-2000s and that’s why we get this result when there are so many other styles. Lately we’ve seen a lot of jazz-rock artists (Geordie Greep, Maruja, King Gizzard to name a few) and really excellent solos to come out of that. Also lamenting the lack of Frank Zappa on this list.

    • @johnday8771
      @johnday8771 Місяць тому +24

      Replaced by “hip hop”(garbage) that has no actual musicians, just “samples” from real artists.

    • @Azure1013
      @Azure1013 Місяць тому +21

      @johnday8771 OK grandpa no more wandering from the retirement home, yeah? We don't wanna have to come get you and put you back every time.

    • @fredgien
      @fredgien Місяць тому +16

      A good solo is not necessarily about playing as many notes per second as you can; many of these solos i find boring….

    • @heygtc
      @heygtc Місяць тому +9

      @@Azure1013 I'm a 'grandpa' who listened to hip hop back in the days and I would say today's rap isn't real hip hop.

  • @wahbro3380
    @wahbro3380 Місяць тому +28

    For 1969 it should've been The End instead of Something. What a way to end the Beatles' final album.

    • @chrisrj9871
      @chrisrj9871 Місяць тому

      Wasn't their final album "Let It Be" in 1970?

    • @NerdCoelho.
      @NerdCoelho. Місяць тому +8

      ​@@chrisrj9871 The Let it Be is last album released, but the last recorded is Abbey Road (sorry my bad english)

    • @tyjuarez
      @tyjuarez Місяць тому +3

      Let It Be was recorded January '69, Abbey Road was recorded later that summer and released that September. Let It Be was released in 1970 to coincide with the film.

    • @chrisrj9871
      @chrisrj9871 Місяць тому

      @@tyjuarez - It was recorded earlier, but it was released last, so that makes it the final album.

    • @frankkkbard0n315
      @frankkkbard0n315 Місяць тому +1

      @@chrisrj9871 Let it be wasnt even finished in fact. you can hear its all very raw, and it has their voices in between.

  • @reaganwestlake
    @reaganwestlake Місяць тому +25

    Glad to see Prince made it

  • @morisscramdoodle1220
    @morisscramdoodle1220 8 днів тому

    I’m so glad you included octavarium, it’s sadly overlooked or entirely omitted from these lists

  • @grantrizmo2002cb
    @grantrizmo2002cb Місяць тому +19

    Only one I disagree with is 2024. Shouldve been Nuno Betancourt's "Rise" solo. Hands down...

  • @TheTornadoMan
    @TheTornadoMan Місяць тому +26

    Finally King Gizzard is in this channel

  • @AntonXul
    @AntonXul Місяць тому +8

    There are a lot of songs I have to look for from the modern day players thanks to this video. Awesome!

  • @leedee4968
    @leedee4968 Місяць тому +1

    Prince's 2004 Induction into the Music Hall of Fame was by far the happiest solo of all time😊 While My Guitar Gently Weeps

  • @MrAfrodrew
    @MrAfrodrew Місяць тому

    Great job. I thought this list was going to piss me off, but it is right on with Blackmore, Lifeson, SRV, Slash, Friedman, etc

  • @peoplevrobot
    @peoplevrobot Місяць тому +4

    There are two solos from Craig Ross of Lenny Kravitz band that were killer in the 90s. 1) Solo from Believe (Pagesque but beautiful) and 2) Are you Gonna go my way. IMO those were 2 of the best of the decade

  • @robloxvids2233
    @robloxvids2233 Місяць тому +10

    69 Whole Lotta Love, 70 Since Ive Been Loving You, both by Page.

  • @zdenkonouzovsky6947
    @zdenkonouzovsky6947 Місяць тому +14

    As I always say, there is no solo that comes close to Blackmore’s Stargazer solo among solos from 1976. And as for 1974, I think that his Burn solo is also quite an obvious choice.

    • @terr4c0
      @terr4c0 Місяць тому +4

      Gates of Babylon too

    • @zdenkonouzovsky6947
      @zdenkonouzovsky6947 Місяць тому

      @@terr4c0 yep that would go for 1978

    • @stevefitzgerald5183
      @stevefitzgerald5183 Місяць тому +5

      I just wrote the same thing before i read this. Those are the two that jumped out at me. You could also throw in any of a number of Blackmore solos in 1973 from the Made in Japan album. Blackmore dominated the 70s pre-Eddie Van Halen.

    • @CraigGoldsberry-rz6fn
      @CraigGoldsberry-rz6fn Місяць тому

      ​@@terr4c0yeah that's incredible even when you watch the video because of the delay and it's being played before you actually hear it

    • @MrAfrodrew
      @MrAfrodrew Місяць тому

      Agreed

  • @sebastianarneson8044
    @sebastianarneson8044 13 днів тому

    My hat is tipped to you for including the modern age and ball and biscuit. You made my day :)

  • @raypfeffer
    @raypfeffer 3 дні тому +1

    Sultans of Swing

  • @jayshepherdguitar
    @jayshepherdguitar Місяць тому +8

    Jimi Hendrix Machine Gun is the most significant electric guitar recording of the 20th century.

    • @jimimurti
      @jimimurti Місяць тому +2

      On the album band of gypsys

    • @davidblantz
      @davidblantz Місяць тому +1

      100% agree. A masterpiece. He changed the way rock guitar was played. Many imitated, not surpassed in 54 years !

  • @honeycomblord9384
    @honeycomblord9384 Місяць тому +4

    John Friuscante's solo on "Tetragrammaton" by The Mars Volta is his best solo of 2006. Way more interesting than what he was doing on "Dani California"

  • @omenoflaherty1294
    @omenoflaherty1294 Місяць тому +13

    1969: Be Careful With A Fool - Johnny Winter
    1970: Machine Gun - Jimi Hendrix
    1971: Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin
    1972: Highway Star - Deep Purple
    1973: Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
    1974: Rock Bottom - UFO
    1975: Green Grass & High Tides - The Outlaws
    1976: Hotel California - Eagles

    • @StephenMitchell-g9e
      @StephenMitchell-g9e Місяць тому +2

      Good man for including Johnny Winter and the Outlaws - how about Blue Sky by the Allmans?

    • @omenoflaherty1294
      @omenoflaherty1294 Місяць тому

      @@StephenMitchell-g9e Yeah, Blue Sky and Loan Me A Dime are definitely worthy of any list.

    • @CalebthegiganticMariofan
      @CalebthegiganticMariofan Місяць тому

      hotel California is 1976

    • @omenoflaherty1294
      @omenoflaherty1294 Місяць тому

      @@CalebthegiganticMariofan You’re right! I’ll have to edit it.

    • @IncitatusConsul
      @IncitatusConsul Місяць тому +2

      Was looking for Rock Bottom down in the comments

  • @dskywalker3397
    @dskywalker3397 19 днів тому

    Thanks for including Allen Collins.

  • @JOHNNYRADIO
    @JOHNNYRADIO Місяць тому +13

    Really solid picks!

  • @davidlima90
    @davidlima90 Місяць тому +32

    How come For The Love Of God by Steve Vai is not featured in there?

  • @dylanwesley3964
    @dylanwesley3964 Місяць тому +5

    Crazy how much Jimi Changed the guitar world

    • @randallrhoads3271
      @randallrhoads3271 Місяць тому

      really??...how?

    • @lynnzick9805
      @lynnzick9805 Місяць тому

      Yes, guitar makers decided to start making guitars for left handers.

  • @problemimentali
    @problemimentali 22 дні тому +1

    I was waiting for Free bird. To me possibly in the top 3 of rock history

  • @vars86
    @vars86 5 днів тому +1

    Purple Rain, While my Guitar, Stargazer, Sultants of Swing, Hotel California, Final Countdown, Nothing else matters - in fact, great solos are the memorable tunes, not just fast shredding.

  • @gsdfan8455
    @gsdfan8455 Місяць тому +42

    I’m disappointed that Rory Gallagher didn’t make the list

    • @DannyHood-j
      @DannyHood-j Місяць тому

      Roy Gallagher is a chip from the ol’ block . LMAO! Blues is embarrassing

    • @matthewashman1406
      @matthewashman1406 Місяць тому +1

      ​@@DannyHood-j😮

    • @CalebthegiganticMariofan
      @CalebthegiganticMariofan Місяць тому +1

      ye i feel like there’s a chance bad penny could’ve actually beaten comfortably numb, idk tho

    • @holland736
      @holland736 Місяць тому +1

      Most this discordant crap which the poster likes Kirk Hammett is a joke as is Jack White

    • @PiotrLangtvedt
      @PiotrLangtvedt Місяць тому +7

      Rory Gallagher was a beast at soloing!!!

  • @butchcat1423
    @butchcat1423 Місяць тому +13

    Now do the greatest drum solos from each year please!

  • @hefciooo
    @hefciooo Місяць тому +11

    1968 - Cream (Eric Clapton) - Crossroads

  • @jean-marcmathers3215
    @jean-marcmathers3215 Місяць тому +1

    Nice to see some Alex Lifeson, so underrated

  • @ilpilgrim
    @ilpilgrim 4 дні тому +1

    I'm shocked no alvin lee on here.. his solos were legendary...id love to change to world solo and bluest blues solo are just amazing if you haven't listened to either one you should :)

  • @scrumpymanjack
    @scrumpymanjack Місяць тому +10

    I mean, you gotta love that they included Joe "Bonasamma"!

    • @remycadby4445
      @remycadby4445 Місяць тому +4

      I was looking for this comment... 😂

  • @markfriedmann1670
    @markfriedmann1670 Місяць тому +16

    To me All Along the Watchtower is the greatest cover song ever made. But in my opinion the best solo from ‘68 was Clapton on Crossroads. And agree with all those who say Hotel California should be there

    • @tommymack2185
      @tommymack2185 Місяць тому +2

      What year was White Room? That's probably my fave Clapton solo.

    • @MrAfrodrew
      @MrAfrodrew Місяць тому

      I'll agree with you on both points. 👉

    • @ColdApe02
      @ColdApe02 Місяць тому +1

      So good that Bob Dylan even assume that Jimi’s version was the greastest

    • @tommymack2185
      @tommymack2185 27 днів тому

      @@ColdApe02 yeah, I just read David Cross's bio of Hendrix. Dylan comes up to him on the street in Greenwich Village and tells him how much he loved his version which made Jimi's day as Dylan was one of his heroes.

  • @martinbarrios7920
    @martinbarrios7920 Місяць тому +8

    1968 while my guitar
    1971 Maggot brain
    1973 Time
    ...

  • @dwmcever
    @dwmcever 13 днів тому +1

    Saw Hendrick twice. Lead Zep once. Knew Stevie. See a dozen or more playing with their case open for money on a given weekend night in Austin, Tx as good as most of the rest.

  • @marcopanichi
    @marcopanichi Місяць тому

    Great selection man! Tks!!

  • @CalebthegiganticMariofan
    @CalebthegiganticMariofan Місяць тому +5

    imma clear up a very common misconception here: hotel California is 76, not 77
    and Achilles last stand and dogs are way better also

  • @Ellerwook
    @Ellerwook Місяць тому +11

    Holy shit telegraph road got mentioned

    • @evobirkz8
      @evobirkz8 Місяць тому +2

      Best song ever! For me tunnel of love is best of 1980!

  • @ScottB-d8b
    @ScottB-d8b Місяць тому +4

    Steely Dan “Reelin In The Years” belongs top 10 easily…imho

  • @michaeljamsmithband
    @michaeljamsmithband 22 дні тому

    Great list

  • @leehackett1614
    @leehackett1614 Місяць тому +1

    Comfortably Numb is unbelievably transcendent. It’s just an incredible solo

  • @govs213
    @govs213 Місяць тому +4

    Hell yea ending the list with some fucking King Gizzard

  • @PatrickMcF
    @PatrickMcF Місяць тому +6

    Peter Framton ? Eric Clapton? Peter Green? Just off the top of my old head.