# My all time favorite rock guitar solo... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 26, 2014, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-all-time-favorite-rock-guitar-solo/687015 "2014-04-26T02:32:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Esox\_Lucius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-all-time-favorite-rock-guitar-solo/687015/81 "2014-04-30T00:19:08Z")
I don’t think I can pick a favourite solo, but Santana on Everybody’s Everything is the first that comes to mind. A high-octane song that Carlos kicks into overdrive with his guitar. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2wwfUEM3BWU/hqdefault.jpg "Santana ~ Everybody's Everything") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wwfUEM3BWU) ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-all-time-favorite-rock-guitar-solo/687015/82 "2014-04-30T11:39:55Z")
[quote=“Esox\_Lucius, post:81, topic:687015”] I don’t think I can pick a favourite solo, but Santana on Everybody’s Everything is the first that comes to mind. A high-octane song that Carlos kicks into overdrive with his guitar. [/QUOTE] Well, I can’t resist throwing this one in the mix now: [Europa](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg9Z8SJ7YcM) ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-all-time-favorite-rock-guitar-solo/687015/83 "2014-04-30T17:09:05Z")
Maybe it’s partly just relief that the brain-killingly bad lyrics and singing are over, but the guitar solo to “Sweet Child of Mine” is just amazing. Clapton-esque lyricism, Jimmy Page swagger, and whoever-your-favorite-metal-shredder-is wailing. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-all-time-favorite-rock-guitar-solo/687015/84 "2014-04-30T17:34:17Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Robert Quine’s solo on Matthew Sweet’s Girlfriend must just _work_ for you. > [http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9aWPTCc2r0](http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9aWPTCc2r0) In addition to Quine, Richard Lloyd’s work on those three albums (_Girlfriend_, _Altered Beast_, and _100% Fun_) was just awesome. Gloriously ragged and messy in a way that really elevated some of Matthew Sweet’s otherwise too…sweet…material. ---
**Author:** ![tullsterx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tullsterx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tullsterx)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-all-time-favorite-rock-guitar-solo/687015/85 "2014-04-30T17:38:33Z")
Martin Barre’s solo on Aqualung by Jethro Tull: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7-EEGiABBU) ---
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-all-time-favorite-rock-guitar-solo/687015/86 "2014-04-30T18:38:17Z")
I’ll throw in Audioslave’s _Like A Stone_. Not on the same level as most of these, but it sounds kinda like an alien trippin’ on LSD. Or something. I like it. [Listen for yourself.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=7QU1nvuxaMA#t=174) Sorry about the ad. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-all-time-favorite-rock-guitar-solo/687015/87 "2014-04-30T21:00:41Z")
I’d be hard pressed to pick just one, [but I’ve always really liked the solo from _Lunatic Fringe_ by Tom Cochrane & Red Rider](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqUa_G1h3pw#t=02m27s) ETA: this video is kinda lame, [but you can see the guitar work.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTFVMMCwsss#t=02m17s) ---
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It’s more “dark pop-rock” than rock but one of my favourite guitar solos is in **Axel Bauer** ’s _Cargo de Nuit_. What I like about it is that it uses some unusual, vaguely oriental scales without sounding like a parody. The musical ideas are catchy and weird at the same time and while it doesn’t seem difficult, it’s kind of tricky to get it right because the fingerings are often unpredictable and slightly outside the box. Careful, the video is NSFW: /watch?v=gO96CaLFRBw ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-all-time-favorite-rock-guitar-solo/687015/89 "2014-05-02T12:47:30Z")
> [@Anamorphic](#): > > Allman Brothers, “[Blue Sky](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYYwzmVz3Ng)”. It’s not as technically impressive in difficulty as many of the others mentioned here, but it’s just so damn beautiful and never fails to make me happy. This. I feel like that song was playing every time I pulled up to the put-in, back when I paddled whitewater. The first guitar solo I remember noticing when I was a kid was Pink Floyd’s _Mother_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-all-time-favorite-rock-guitar-solo/687015.md?page=4)