Top 30 Greatest Guitar Solos Of All Time

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  • These guitar solos are certified face-melters. Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the most memorable lightning-lead guitar performances of all time! Our countdown of the top guitar solos of all time includes Ace Frehley from KISS’ “Love Gun”, Eddie Van Halen’s “Eruption”, Mark Knopfler from Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing”, Brian May from Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody”, Slash from Guns N’ Roses’ “Sweet Child o’ Mine”, and more! Which guitar solo gives YOU the chills! Let us know in the comments!
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  • @WatchMojo
    @WatchMojo  5 місяців тому +21

    Which guitar solo gives YOU the chills! Let us know in the comments!
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    • @Reaperguy67
      @Reaperguy67 5 місяців тому +4

      @Funny.Man101 imagine spamming king cinephile alt account

    • @kenterminateddq5311
      @kenterminateddq5311 5 місяців тому +1

      Eddie Van Halen's performance on "Eruption" and guitar solo on "Hot For Teacher" is legendary.

    • @derricktalbot8846
      @derricktalbot8846 5 місяців тому

      hey Boss.... can you make a spotify playlist for this one?

    • @mylsyl
      @mylsyl 5 місяців тому

      David gilmour time from pink floyd
      Jerry cantrell Sea of sorrow from aic
      Steve Jones anarchy from pistols first solo
      Paul weller champagne supernova from oasis
      Albert hammond jr vision of division from strokes
      Chris shiflett rope from foo fighters
      Kerry King no sleep til brooklyn from beastie boys

  • @kenterminateddq5311
    @kenterminateddq5311 5 місяців тому +64

    RIP Eddie Van Halen. Your performance on "Eruption" and guitar solo on "Hot For Teacher" is legendary.

  • @besabass
    @besabass 5 місяців тому +69

    No guitar solo can make a grown up man cry as Comfortably Numb. Top 5 sports for just that one song.

  • @acc3209
    @acc3209 5 місяців тому +183

    With all respect, this list is a crime

    • @TheBlaqSpiderman
      @TheBlaqSpiderman 5 місяців тому +14

      You must be new here

    • @JulieCaptivatedinFl
      @JulieCaptivatedinFl 5 місяців тому +7

      Great minds think alike. I was thinking the same thing.

    • @Waas
      @Waas 5 місяців тому +17

      @@TheBlaqSpiderman You'd figure with 25 million subs that they could reach out to a couple actual guitar players from multiple genres to ask for recommendations for a better list. Cause this was pretty ass.

    • @slimnave4846
      @slimnave4846 5 місяців тому +4

      Glad someone said it

    • @TheBlaqSpiderman
      @TheBlaqSpiderman 5 місяців тому +5

      @@Waas they do this with literally every subject

  • @dtay8913
    @dtay8913 5 місяців тому +68

    Prince was a VERY underrate guitarist. One of the greatest.

    • @BlackHatCinephile
      @BlackHatCinephile 5 місяців тому +1

      🥈

    • @Reaperguy67
      @Reaperguy67 5 місяців тому +3

      ​@@BlackHatCinephile no one wants your pointless medals

    • @scottlemiere2024
      @scottlemiere2024 5 місяців тому +6

      Prince is underrated as a guitarist because of how good he was with everything he played.

    • @Reaperguy67
      @Reaperguy67 5 місяців тому +3

      ​@Funny.Man101 no one asked if anyone is

    • @clarkness77
      @clarkness77 5 місяців тому +1

      What r u talking about 😅 he got tons of props for his guitar playing

  • @EvilGoatBoy
    @EvilGoatBoy 5 місяців тому +70

    Holy fuck, who wrote this list? Helen Keller?

    • @henrydavel1440
      @henrydavel1440 5 місяців тому +6

      Even Worse….Watchmojo.

    • @DavidMiller-x9k
      @DavidMiller-x9k 5 місяців тому

      @@henrydavel1440 watchmojo makes good lists just sometimes biased

  • @DrMedioPato
    @DrMedioPato 5 місяців тому +4

    The fact that Gilmour have 2 solos in the top 10, and others like Time, Hey You, High Hopes, and Another Brick in the Wall pt II were left out, speaks tons of what a great soloist he is

  • @fredericlatreille
    @fredericlatreille 5 місяців тому +8

    "Dogs" is the only solo on this list that gives me goosebumps and that song is rarely mentioned on any videos ... good job!

  • @southernpanda33
    @southernpanda33 5 місяців тому +28

    0:01 *Sits down ready for disappointment* This should be entertaining.

  • @madtheghost337
    @madtheghost337 5 місяців тому +26

    So many to name, here's a few unsung heros imho:
    Smashing Pumpkins: Soma
    A7X: Hail to the King
    Megadeth: Tornado of Souls
    No Doubt: Don't Speak
    Sublime: Santeria
    311: Beautiful Disaster
    Bon Jovi: Wanted Dead or Alive
    Skid Row: I Remember You
    Heart: Dreamboat Annie
    Iron Maiden: Aces High
    MCR: I'm Not Okay
    Pantera: Cemetery Gates

    • @lynnevetter
      @lynnevetter 5 місяців тому +1

      Skid Row and Pantera.. oy.. chills!❤❤❤❤

  • @verrucaavocado9461
    @verrucaavocado9461 5 місяців тому +11

    Here are some more great solos:
    Highway star - Deep Purple
    Back in black - ACDC
    Reelin in the years - Steely Dan
    Since I’ve been loving you - Led Zeppelin
    Achilles last stand - led Zeppelin
    Let’s go crazy - Prince
    Still in love with you (live) - Thin Lizzy
    Still got the blues - Gary Moore
    More than a feeling - Boston
    Time and Money - Pink Floyd

    • @ryanbennett2806
      @ryanbennett2806 5 місяців тому +3

      Dazed and Confused also. Just for the creativity to pursue the use of the bow on an electric guitar. While he had done it before, and others had done it before him, he certainly brought it into the spot light.
      Terry Kath's in “25 OR 6 TO 4” is one we all recognize immediately. Poor guy is underrated.

    • @verrucaavocado9461
      @verrucaavocado9461 5 місяців тому +1

      I totally agree. And the live version at Madison Square Garden 1973 dazed and confused is an absolute masterpiece.

    • @Sibiniti
      @Sibiniti 16 днів тому

      Faltou master of puppets 1 solo

  • @scottlemiere2024
    @scottlemiere2024 5 місяців тому +19

    Best part is that the riff for Sweet Child was nothing more than Slash's warm-up.

    • @trevorcook4439
      @trevorcook4439 5 місяців тому +2

      I believe that is false yet widely believed to be true.

    • @ashleysmith91
      @ashleysmith91 5 місяців тому

      Fun Fact : Guns N Roses “Sweet Child O Mine” is a rip-off of “Unpublished Critics” by Australian Crawl.

  • @Kickinthescience
    @Kickinthescience 5 місяців тому +60

    Prince was more versatile than everyone on this list

    • @roellek16
      @roellek16 5 місяців тому +5

      Of Course, He could also play ANY instrument as well. He was an amazing musician, singer, songwriter, and producer.

    • @parttimefilm
      @parttimefilm 5 місяців тому +3

      Insane how musically talented that man was in so many ways.

    • @fazlizahari88
      @fazlizahari88 5 місяців тому +2

      Bu||$#i+!!!

    • @elizabethgrantz7962
      @elizabethgrantz7962 5 місяців тому +1

      I love me some princess, but no

    • @MrMg6793
      @MrMg6793 4 місяці тому +2

      Have to put Prince in my top 5 best guitarists of all time, Page, Gilmore, Richards, Clapton.. Shit EVH in there somewhere, Blackmore (solo from Child in time is completely mental).

  • @mightymadzak
    @mightymadzak 5 місяців тому +4

    Randy Rhoads' "Mr. Crowley" solo is the greatest of all time. Sweet Jesus, his playing on that song is so moving it brings a tear to my eye. Literally.

  • @glitchedgirI
    @glitchedgirI 5 місяців тому +6

    In no particular order of my favorite solos and duos,
    Eruption - Van Halen
    Speed Metal Symphony - Cacophony
    Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
    November Rain - Guns n Roses
    Cliffs of Dover - Eric Johnson
    Angel of Salvation - Galneryus (it's japanese but this song is fantastic)

  • @Imnotbotheredgary
    @Imnotbotheredgary 5 місяців тому +18

    So… basically this is the 30 greatest solos ever, compiled by someone who knows next to nothing about guitar playing and just went with the popular hits?
    Ok, great, thanks for that.

  • @tmex9588
    @tmex9588 5 місяців тому +2

    Some of my favs that weren’t mentioned:
    Floods - Dimebag
    Tempest - Adam Jones
    Tornado of Souls - Marty Friedman
    One - Kirk Hammett
    Three Days - Dave Navarro

  • @mikeycomics313
    @mikeycomics313 5 місяців тому +6

    Eruption at 21?!?!! WOW!!!!!

  • @Another_Broke_Musician
    @Another_Broke_Musician 5 місяців тому +36

    I'm not an Eddie fanboy. But Eruption at #21? Popularity? Maybe. Influence? Gotta be top 3. And sorry to be a hater, but nothing Jack White played is better than anything Eddie did. That one dropped my jaw. But to be fair, Jack is a great songwrifer. Also, where are the shredders?

    • @EvilGoatBoy
      @EvilGoatBoy 5 місяців тому

      This list was written by an edgelord dipshit that's never touched a guitar in their life. The fuckig disrespect to Dimebag, and by putting Rhodes & EVH so high on the list when they're the top 2 of all time.

    • @turk3nf
      @turk3nf 5 місяців тому +1

      Agree. Eddie #21 I just can’t agree. Top 5 at least.

    • @donaldkennedy9573
      @donaldkennedy9573 5 місяців тому +1

      And where is Painkiller?????

    • @CatherinePearl100
      @CatherinePearl100 5 місяців тому +4

      Shredding is simply impressive finger gymnastics. There’s usually no emotion or soul in it - only a multitude of notes.

    • @Another_Broke_Musician
      @Another_Broke_Musician 5 місяців тому +3

      @@CatherinePearl100I'm a musician. I've never written anything that didn't come out of me naturally. It's whatever I'm feeling at that moment. And a lot of the time it comes out more "complicated" than music that's more conventional. I love music that requires your attention, but I also love to lay back and groove or do something smooth and slow. It's all from my soul and emotions. And it's not just shredders that play a lot of notes. Mozart, Vince Gill, Coltrane and on and on. But If that music doesn't speak to you, there's nothing wrong with that.

  • @TheHarracane
    @TheHarracane 5 місяців тому +26

    It's a crime that Dimebag Darrell wasn't on this list. Cemetery Gates. Floods. Come on people.

    • @Waas
      @Waas 5 місяців тому +1

      Absolutely fucking snubbed.

    • @t.mccullough2573
      @t.mccullough2573 5 місяців тому

      There's that!

    • @justinernst6426
      @justinernst6426 5 місяців тому +1

      Before I even watched this crap I knew Dimebag would be left off because this shit is always such a joke

    • @AndrewEggebrecht
      @AndrewEggebrecht 5 місяців тому

      We'll Meet Again. I think it's probably his best.

    • @thebadash4165
      @thebadash4165 2 місяці тому

      LOL..top 500 maybe...jesus..learn to music.

  • @tonylouis6072
    @tonylouis6072 5 місяців тому +25

    Eruption all the way down at 21 is definitely one of the takes of all time

  • @Slayde.Wilson
    @Slayde.Wilson 5 місяців тому +20

    Favorite guitar solo is "Ocean" by Led Zeppelin and "Crazy on You" by heart.

    • @donlawrencessongs188
      @donlawrencessongs188 5 місяців тому +5

      I was thinking "Magic Man" by Heart.

    • @ComaDave
      @ComaDave 5 місяців тому +1

      @@donlawrencessongs188 Roger Fisher. Tragically underrated.

    • @CatherinePearl100
      @CatherinePearl100 5 місяців тому +1

      Roger Fisher is always missing from these lists.

  • @NickCC23
    @NickCC23 5 місяців тому +2

    Tom Morello's Outro when performing live with Bruce Springsteen on "the Ghost Of Tom Joad" (which was release on an EP) was also awesome.

  • @moviefan2517
    @moviefan2517 5 місяців тому +28

    Eruption at #21???? I'm sorry but...are you out of your f'ing minds?!?!? Anything less than #1 is an insult. In the hands of Eddie Van Halen, a guitar ceased to be a musical instrument and became a living thing. Eruption is unequalled. And Don Felder & Joe Walsh should be #2.

    • @toddvergith9485
      @toddvergith9485 5 місяців тому +1

      I agree completely! Also Hot For Teacher should be on this list.

    • @tjclarke4604
      @tjclarke4604 5 місяців тому +1

      Much agreed. This list literally put the GOAT out to pasture, shame on them. It's especially uncouth given we just lost Eddie.

    • @bringo4392
      @bringo4392 5 місяців тому +3

      I haven’t made it to that part of the video but eruption isn’t a better solo than Jimi Hendrix machine gun at the filmore east…. Eruption is just a bunch of flashy shred guitar with no feeling and no soul. He was just shredding. Very impressive shredding I might add… some of the best shredding of any guitarist for sure but… yeah it’s just shredding across the fretboard and it’s basically just flashy playing.

  • @tylergoodman3560
    @tylergoodman3560 5 місяців тому +10

    Bohemian Rhapsody has the best guitar solo; Purple rain is a close second 🎉

    • @balasubramanianb2308
      @balasubramanianb2308 5 місяців тому +2

      Top 10 at best,
      Stairway to heaven hard clears
      Every solo.

  • @OttoByOgraffey
    @OttoByOgraffey 5 місяців тому +8

    Prince, Eric, Eddie , Alex, Mark, yep!

  • @carllockamy6162
    @carllockamy6162 5 місяців тому +9

    I’m a little shocked that Kirk Hammett’s solo from One wasn’t on here.

  • @jjbenavidez6
    @jjbenavidez6 5 місяців тому +18

    Prince's legacy only gets more profound with tine

    • @Cephlapodninja
      @Cephlapodninja 4 місяці тому

      What's tine?
      And where do I get some

  • @TheClownfight
    @TheClownfight 5 місяців тому +2

    Hold on, it was important to mention that Eruption wasn't even, or ever, a composition for release. It was his daily warm up routine to loosen his fingers. He did it daily, and the engineers on the record wisely hit record one day. Supposedly, the album version is just that, his candid warm up routine, having no idea he was being recorded.

  • @TheHarracane
    @TheHarracane 5 місяців тому +20

    No Tornado of Souls? This is bullshit

  • @jasonmercer5779
    @jasonmercer5779 5 місяців тому +1

    1. Eddie Hazel, Funkadelic- Maggot Brain
    2. Trey Anastasio, Divided Sky- Phish
    3. Duane Allman and Dickey Betts- Blue Sky
    4. Dave Navarro, Jane's Addiction-Three days
    5. Frank Zappa- watermelon in Easter hay

  • @scottmgagnon
    @scottmgagnon 5 місяців тому +3

    Maybe...Stairway to Heaven solo is top 5 but Comfortably Numb is #1 all day long

  • @kassiuskanalha8935
    @kassiuskanalha8935 5 місяців тому +12

    My top 50 (Today):
    Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears [Zakk Wylde]
    Megadeth - Tornado of Souls [Marty Friedman]
    Judas Priest - Beyond the Realms of Death [Glenn Tipton/K. K. Downing]
    Ozzy Osbourne - Over the Mountain [Randy Rhoads]
    Savatage - Edge of Thorns [Criss Oliva]
    Pantera - Floods [Dimebag Darrell]
    Black Sabbath - Lonely is the Word [Tony Iommi]
    Iron Maiden - Wasted Years [Adrian Smith]
    Eric Johnson - Cliffs of Dover [Eric Johnson]
    Dream Theater - Under A Glass Moon [John Petrucci]
    Testament - Return to Serenity [Alex Scolnick]
    Led Zeppelin - Heartbreaker [Jimmy Page]
    Metallica - Fade to Black [Kirk Hammett]
    Guns N' Roses - Locomotive [Slash]
    AC/DC - Ride On [Angus Young]
    Overkill - Hello From The Gutter [Bobby Gustafson]
    Dio - The Last In Line [Vivian Campbell]
    Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss [Kerry King/Jeff Hanneman]
    Exodus - Good Day To Die [Gary Holt]
    Dokken - In My Dreams [George Lynch]
    Joe Satriani - Summer Song [Joe Satriani]
    Alice In Chains - Them Bones [Jerry Cantrell]
    Kiss - Parasite [Ace Frehley]
    Queensrÿche - Operation Mindcrime [Chris DeGarmo]
    Dire Straits - Telegraph Road [Mark Knopfler]
    Van Halen - Hot for Teacher [Eddie Van Halen]
    Motörhead - Shine [Brian Robertson]
    Ozzy Osbourne - Bark at the Moon [Jake E. Lee]
    Rainbow - Catch The Rainbow - [Ritchie Blackmore]
    Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V) [David Gilmour]
    Iron Maiden - Powerslave [Dave Murray]
    Annihilator - Alison Hell [Jeff Waters]
    Metal Church - Watch the Children Pray [Kurdt Vanderhoof]
    Morbid Angel - Where the Slime Live [Trey Azagthoth]
    Scorpions - The Sails of Charon [Uli Jon Roth]
    Iced Earth - Slave to the Dark [Jon Schaffer]
    Accept - Princess of the Dawn [Wolf Hoffmann]
    Lamb of God - Walk with Me In Hell [Mark Morton]
    Sepultura - Territory [Andreas Kisser]
    King Diamond - Black Horsemen [Andy LaRocque]
    Disturbed - Stricken [Dan Donegan]
    Pearl Jam - Alive [Mike McCready]
    Queen - Don't Stop Me Now [Brian May]
    Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion [Joe Perry]
    ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man [Billy Gibbons]
    Mercyful Fate - Evil [Hank Shermann]
    Testament - Trail of Tears [James Murphy]
    Def Leppard - Die Hard The Hunter [Steve Clark]
    Venom - Buried Alive [Mantas]
    Bon Jovi - Dry County [Richie Sambora]

  • @CandiceVidito
    @CandiceVidito 5 місяців тому +16

    The tune from Michael Jackson's Beat It song was catchy af!

  • @WilbertMartinez-q3r
    @WilbertMartinez-q3r 5 місяців тому

    Wow! Thank you 😊

  • @cathycuttell9567
    @cathycuttell9567 5 місяців тому

    I'm quite certain it's impossible to make this list suit everyone's taste. Thank you. I quite enjoyed it and learned some neat stuff. Really glad Alex Lifeson was on the list.

  • @Meep207
    @Meep207 5 місяців тому +3

    I can’t wait for Music is Win’s reaction video.

    • @johnrhodes8757
      @johnrhodes8757 5 місяців тому

      No doubt. I believe he will go scorched earth on this list.

  • @vuexiong854
    @vuexiong854 5 місяців тому

    This list is WILD!

  • @adrianrust3229
    @adrianrust3229 5 місяців тому +1

    Shout out to my favorite guitar solo in Runnin' Down a Dream by Tom Petty.
    My second favorite is the 2nd guitar solo in Sweet Child O'Mine, third favorite is the 3rd guitar solo in Sweet Child O'Mine, and my fourth favorite is the 1st guitar solo in Sweet Child O'Mine. 😁

  • @Bloss2187
    @Bloss2187 5 місяців тому +4

    I saw Prince and instantly click led the video 7:28

  • @plaguedoct0r
    @plaguedoct0r 5 місяців тому +12

    How DARE you forget Iron Maiden!!!

    • @bombercountyblues
      @bombercountyblues Місяць тому

      Maiden built their sound on twin guitar harmonies, not solo's.

  • @nickmoore3049
    @nickmoore3049 5 місяців тому +17

    Comfortably numb solo>stairway to heaven solo

  • @sebastiankvamme8769
    @sebastiankvamme8769 25 днів тому

    Imo the solo on «Rock you like a hurricane» is sooo under appriciated, never seen it on any list, the solo is SO electric, i adore it

    • @sebastiankvamme8769
      @sebastiankvamme8769 25 днів тому

      I would also add Killer Queen - Queen, short and sweet

    • @Sibiniti
      @Sibiniti 16 днів тому

      Eu acrescentaria master of puppets 1 solo

  • @josh72456
    @josh72456 5 місяців тому

    I know Sympathy For The Devil, Fade To Black, Purple Rain, Killing In The Name, Sultans Of Swing, Bohemian Rhapsody, Beat It, Hotel California, Sweet Child O’Mine, All Along The Watchtower and Stairway To Heaven. I might know others I just don’t remember from the tunes.

  • @hugomarx1324
    @hugomarx1324 5 місяців тому +16

    The REAL top 20 Solos
    1. Pink Floyd - Comfortably numb
    2. Led Zeppelin - Since i've been loving you
    3. Queen - You don't fool me
    4. Dire Straits - Sultans
    5. Pink Floyd - Time
    6. Led Zeppelin - Stairway
    7. EAGLES - Hotel Cali
    8. Dire Straits - Tunnel of love
    9. Pink Floyd - High Hopes
    10. Pink Floyd - Have a Cigar
    11. Dire Straits - Telegraph road
    12. Pink Floyd - Echoes (Pompei)
    13. Pink Floyd - Dogs
    14. QUEEN - Bohemian Rhapsody
    15. Guns & Roses - November rain
    16. Led Zeppelin - 10 years gone
    17. Queen - Killer Queen
    18. Jimi Hendrix - Watch tower
    19. Queen - We will rock you
    20. Pink Floyd - Money

    • @MarioGarcia-bf6mf
      @MarioGarcia-bf6mf 5 місяців тому +4

      "You don't fool me" is definitely the most underrated Queen song. Brian May had some great solos but if there's one standing out it's definitely "You don't fool me" it's by far his best solo. 100 agree 💯

    • @HeidiHeidi-mh9ct
      @HeidiHeidi-mh9ct 5 місяців тому +1

      Since i've been loving you should be nr.1. Greatest solo in the history of music.

    • @LucrismLukas
      @LucrismLukas 5 місяців тому +1

      Great list, your obviously a big fan of Pink floyd, Zeppelin, Queen and Straits 😂 can't blame you though. Those 4 guitarist were in my opinion also the best. 👌

    • @DarioOle-tp5tp
      @DarioOle-tp5tp 5 місяців тому +2

      "Since i've been loving you" is GOD TIER 🙌

    • @user-qj6to4yj3s
      @user-qj6to4yj3s 5 місяців тому +1

      Must say I've never heard You don't fool me but wow. That's the best solo I've ever heard from Brian May. Didn't know he could play like that.

  • @grh5104
    @grh5104 5 місяців тому +5

    This is the first list of greatest guitar solos that don’t have Comfortably Numb’s solo as number 1!
    Of course they do the boring generic thing and make it Stairway!

  • @Sweetbry22
    @Sweetbry22 5 місяців тому +2

    This video should be retitled to top 30 best single releases solos of all time

  • @huntermyers3551
    @huntermyers3551 5 місяців тому +1

    Well for your information! All of the guitar solos gave me chills if you know what I mean by the way.

  • @Eric-xv5eb
    @Eric-xv5eb 5 місяців тому +5

    Agree with number 1, but Eddie/eruption and then free bird are both far, far too disrespected on this list.

  • @Jeremiah_Rivers76
    @Jeremiah_Rivers76 5 місяців тому +1

    Guns n’ Roses’ Slash’s “Sweet Child O’ Mine” and “November Rain,” Queen’s Brian May’s “Bohemian Rhapsody,” and Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page’s “Stairway to Heaven” are among the best guitar solos!

  • @zeroryoko1974
    @zeroryoko1974 5 місяців тому +4

    Eddie should be top 5 not 20th

  • @Smith559
    @Smith559 5 місяців тому +9

    STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN IS A GLORIFIED FINGERING EXERCISE AND YOU KNOW IT

  • @antonylaws6554
    @antonylaws6554 5 місяців тому +10

    Why is Prince's solo for While My Guitar Gently Weeps? It should have been in the top 3... arguably number 1.

  • @Nowheremt
    @Nowheremt 5 місяців тому +3

    Velvet Underground, “I Heard Her Call My Name.” …well, at least you mentioned “Maggot Brain”….

  • @Musicfan88.
    @Musicfan88. 5 місяців тому +14

    Ride the lightning and Floods- Pantera

    • @Waas
      @Waas 5 місяців тому +4

      Dimebag got snuffed hard on this list.

    • @whodoes3481
      @whodoes3481 5 місяців тому +2

      @@Waas DIMEBAG>KIRK>SLASH

    • @LambertginiMercy
      @LambertginiMercy 5 місяців тому +1

      Dime getting snubbed is wild. This is mojo but man, big L

    • @Musicfan88.
      @Musicfan88. 5 місяців тому

      @@LambertginiMercy definitely. Most likely cause Pantera’s groove metal, and doesn’t fit the mold.

  • @BluesFishRico
    @BluesFishRico 5 місяців тому

    on Solos i would add DFW & Telephone Song from Family Style (Vaughan Bros) also Eastside Blues 1980s from Omar & The Howlers Great guitar work

  • @RockTeen4457
    @RockTeen4457 4 місяці тому +1

    This channell is clear sheet for music

  • @vaibanez17
    @vaibanez17 5 місяців тому

    Mr Crowley top 10, finally given the respect that set of guitar solos deserves!

  • @batgurrl
    @batgurrl 5 місяців тому

    Hotel California was my favorite on this list 🎉

  • @saynomeows54
    @saynomeows54 5 місяців тому

    This list is criminal

  • @DustinKopperman
    @DustinKopperman 5 місяців тому +1

    Keith Richards From The Rolling Stones Sympathy For The Devil and Ace Frehley From Kiss' Love Gun and Tony Iomni From Black Sabbath's Paranoid and Kirk Hammett From Metallica's Fade To Black and Randy Rhoads For Ozzy Osbourne's Crazy Train and Jeff Beck's Cause We've Ended As Lovers and Eric Clapton For The Beatles While My Guitar Gently Weeps and Prince & The Revolution's Purple Rain and Carlo's Santana's Black Magic Woman and Eddie Van Halen's Eruption and Alex Lifeson From Rush's Freewill and Tom Morello From Rage Against The Machine's Killing In The Name and Jack White From The White Stripes Icky Thump and Ritchie Blackmore From Deep Purple's Highway Star and Mark Knopfler From Dire Straits' Sultans Of Swing and Johnny Greenwood From Radiohead's Paranoid Android and Eric Clapton From Cream's Crossroads and Brian May From Queen's Brighton Rock and Allen Collins & Gary Rossington From Lynyrd Skynyrd's Free Bird and Slash From Guns N' Roses November Rain and Randy Rhoads For Ozzy Osbourne's Mr. Crowley and David Gilmour From Pink Floyd's Dogs and Brian May From Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody and Stevie Ray Vaughn's Texas Flood and Eddie Van Halen From Michael Jackson's Beat It and Don Felder & Joe Walsh From Eagles Hotel California and Slash From Guns N' Roses Sweet Child O' Mine and Jimi Hendrix From The Jimi Hendrix Experience's All Along The Watchtower and David Gilmour From Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb and Jimmy Page From Led Zeppelin's Stairway To Heaven gives me the chills on the phone

  • @philiprobertson395
    @philiprobertson395 5 місяців тому

    Slash November rain solo. My personal favorite ❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @josed7576
    @josed7576 5 місяців тому +1

    #24 could be argued that Prince take on that solo was quite spectacular if not better it was better

  • @mark3905
    @mark3905 5 місяців тому +3

    I was suprised 25 or 6 to 4 didn't make the list with Terry Kath.

  • @chrisfromwiisports7510
    @chrisfromwiisports7510 5 місяців тому

    THIS LIST IS BLASPHEMOUS!!!! BRIGHTON ROCK SHOULD BE #1!!!!!!

  • @gwc656g
    @gwc656g 5 місяців тому +6

    EVH [Eruption]should have been one or two, not 21.

  • @Hammerhead547
    @Hammerhead547 5 місяців тому

    Others that should've been on this list:
    If I Could Fly: Joe Satriani
    Whispering A Prayer: Steve Vai
    Over My Head (extended live version): Ty Tabor (King's X)
    Tears Of The Dragon: Roy Z (Bruce Dickinson)
    Black Star: Yngwie Malmsteen
    The Spirit Carries On: John Petrucci (Dream Theater)
    How Far Jerusalem: Terry Clarkin (Magnum)
    Catch The Rainbow (Live From Munich 1977 version): Ritchie Blackmore (Rainbow)
    The Clown Is Dead: Axel Rudi Pell
    Kingdom Of Desire/Rosanna: Steve Lukathur (Toto)
    Neverland: Steve Rothery (Marillion)
    We'll Burn The Sky: Uli Jon Roth (Scorpions)

  • @nonenone7761
    @nonenone7761 5 місяців тому +2

    WTF wrote this?
    There’s no way Rebecca said “Paranoid” is perhaps the most known Black Sabbath song of all time.
    It’s not even fucking remotely close what they are mostly known for.
    ‘Iron Man’ is the most famous metal riff ever, with only ‘Smoke On The Water’ having any say as to what the best actually is.

  • @Renas_Is_My_King
    @Renas_Is_My_King 5 місяців тому +1

    The guitar 🎸 solo from Michael Jackson's beat it so great imo.
    Edit: I commented before watching the vidoe so I'm really happy to see it make it into the top 6!

    • @Reaperguy67
      @Reaperguy67 5 місяців тому +2

      @@Renas_Is_My_King doesn't matter if you are top 6. It's not a race

    • @Renas_Is_My_King
      @Renas_Is_My_King 5 місяців тому +1

      @@Reaperguy67 ok

    • @Renas_Is_My_King
      @Renas_Is_My_King 5 місяців тому

      @Funny.Man101 I was talking about Michael Jackson's song being top 6 and he thought I'm celebrating for being the 6th comment

    • @Reaperguy67
      @Reaperguy67 5 місяців тому +1

      ​@Funny.Man101 no one asked if anyone is 🤡

    • @Reaperguy67
      @Reaperguy67 5 місяців тому +1

      ​@@Renas_Is_My_King Mr funny man is someone who has a alt account called king cinephile.

  • @ComaDave
    @ComaDave 5 місяців тому

    Pretty good list, though being a Floyd fan for 47 years - I'd have Gilmour's "Numb" at No.1 and his "Time" from DSOTM in there somewhere as well.

  • @TheClownfight
    @TheClownfight 5 місяців тому

    Last comment - missing are (studio) Jerry Garcia's amazing and perfectly melodic solo on 'Touch of Grey' (that truly accidentally launched them into the stratosphere) and - live - Princes solo on while my guitar gently weeps. Legend has it he only learned the chords hours before. He doesn't even show up until the end of the song. But watch the clip. The other greats on stage go from being a bit annoyed to realizing the moment they were watching was transcendental. Also surprised to see no John frusciante on the list.

  • @ryanhoover8130
    @ryanhoover8130 5 місяців тому +1

    Floods is the greatest guitar solo of all time and I will hear nothing to the contrary

  • @ekuzy
    @ekuzy 5 місяців тому +1

    Geez. Nobody that understan guitars was involved of the selection of this list. WTH watchmojo

  • @manoftheusajones5147
    @manoftheusajones5147 5 місяців тому +1

    TOP 10 Wayne Knight Roles

  • @Bls0456
    @Bls0456 5 місяців тому

    Perhaps off on some, but you hit the nail on the head with Jimmy Page’s Stairway to Heaven solo for number one …. especially the live version at Madison Square Garden which was a glorious extended version.

  • @marcboland6492
    @marcboland6492 5 місяців тому

    Before watching , if November Rain, Comfortably numb , Eruption , Sultans of Swing , and anything by Jeff Beck arent here ,I Riot

  • @michaelcolfin8464
    @michaelcolfin8464 5 місяців тому +2

    How can it be a guitar solo if it's a duet?

  • @_inamorata_
    @_inamorata_ 5 місяців тому +1

    I'm shocked Angus Young didn't make this list.

  • @annetteg9282
    @annetteg9282 5 місяців тому

    I really think that Prince's Purple Rain guitar solo should be much higher on your list. How is it not in your top ten? Sometimes your lists can definitely miss the mark.

  • @davidsecord6412
    @davidsecord6412 5 місяців тому +1

    Every time I read of this or that about Prince Rogers being one of the greatest guitarists ever, I laugh. If you play the guitar or know any theory, all Prince does is use a crapload of sustain, distortion and chorus and run the Pentatonic scale. Over and over. The only thing more absurd than the claim that Prince is a master guitarist is one rating wherein someone claimed that Bruce Springsteen was a master guitarist!! What a joke.

  • @rosario508
    @rosario508 5 місяців тому +7

    A solo that I think is highly underrated is Trevor Rabin in Owner of a Lonely Heart

  • @bessonovafan6454
    @bessonovafan6454 5 місяців тому

    Alex Lifeson is one of the most musically talented guitarists of all time. He was able to find places to shine in every song, and didn't need to be flashy to be powerful.
    Freewill is such an interesting choice for this list, it's a 3 person individual jam session that just happens to work with the context of the original thematic passage of the song. You could have put Alex or Geddy on this list for that section and either one would have been acceptable.

  • @samsimpsmusic
    @samsimpsmusic 5 місяців тому +2

    Okay, Prince should be number one and he has better solos than purple rain solo

    • @lexkanyima2195
      @lexkanyima2195 5 місяців тому

      His guitar in Purple Rain was so smooth. So that's a deserving spot

  • @jjjohnson1607
    @jjjohnson1607 5 місяців тому +3

    Metallica’s “One” isn’t on here - wow.

  • @Jen18lol
    @Jen18lol 5 місяців тому

    Sweet chips o’ mine always be my personal fav

  • @FreddyKurganNimmo
    @FreddyKurganNimmo 5 місяців тому +2

    Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac in "I'm So Afraid"(Live '97 from The Dance).

  • @johnpodger8507
    @johnpodger8507 5 місяців тому

    Rock Around The Clock by Bill Haley has the best guitar solo in rock history! The birth of speed metal!

  • @jacobreamer3541
    @jacobreamer3541 5 місяців тому

    No guitar solo is more greater but more importantly more damn iconic than from Free Bird. So not sure how that’s not number 1

  • @lucasharris1004
    @lucasharris1004 5 місяців тому +1

    "Brothers in arms " dire straits

  • @joonassummanen6130
    @joonassummanen6130 5 місяців тому +1

    Why don't you have any Scorpions here? Still Loving you, Wind of Change and Holiday deserve at least an Honorable mention. I would've also had Pearl Jam's Even Flow, Sad or Alive.

  • @grayshigami6797
    @grayshigami6797 5 місяців тому +4

    Top 20 protest songs
    Fight the Power (Public Enemy)
    Killing in the Name (Rage Against the Machine)
    They Don't Care About Us (Michael Jackson)

  • @Joewhacker
    @Joewhacker 5 місяців тому +2

    Where the FUCK is AC/DC?! Angus deserves better.

  • @lynnevetter
    @lynnevetter 5 місяців тому +2

    🎉Need somd Pantera on this list. 🎉

  • @Waas
    @Waas 5 місяців тому +5

    No Pantera. No Iron Maiden. No Judas Priest. No Slayer. No Megadeth. No Zakk Wylde. No Avenged Sevenfold. No Soundgarden. And a dozen other bands I can't think of at the moment. You need to tap into actual guitar players from multiple genres to get a better list cause this was pretty ass.

  • @dietersmit6639
    @dietersmit6639 22 дні тому

    No Gary Moore, GlennTipton, Adrian Smith, Tom Scholtz, John Petrucci, John Fuciante, Steve Vai, Dave Mustaine, yet spots for Morello, Frehley, Hammet, Slash, White, Richards. These type o lists are just so subjective and should be made ileagal!

  • @wickman33
    @wickman33 5 місяців тому

    Adam Jones - Descending deserves a slot

  • @thevideogamehit9016
    @thevideogamehit9016 5 місяців тому +2

    My favorite one is from DragonForce song through the fire and flames

  • @deandrephillips624
    @deandrephillips624 5 місяців тому

    WatchMojo be trollin' 🤣🤣

  • @mariaeflorespatino1079
    @mariaeflorespatino1079 5 місяців тому +3

    Why is eruption at 21😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬😡😡

  • @jasonwilliams8278
    @jasonwilliams8278 5 місяців тому

    Prince and Tom Petty "My guitar gently weeps" hall of fame induction should be number one.