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badbrain
10-30-2008, 05:56 PM
Mine would be Styx. Too much time on my hands.
gainiac
10-30-2008, 06:08 PM
"Child Of Time"- DP
cvansickle
10-30-2008, 06:19 PM
Culture Club's "Miss Me Blind."
Stike
10-30-2008, 06:21 PM
Most White Lion and a lot of Dokken.
pcutt
10-30-2008, 06:59 PM
Bob Seger - Strut
bug0711
10-30-2008, 07:10 PM
stairway
dk123123dk
10-30-2008, 07:14 PM
I like the lead for Layla, but the rest of the song is kinda boring to me. But that lead sure is fun to play!

dk
Telebuckers
10-30-2008, 07:17 PM
Man this is funny as I was just thinking about it the other day per Joe Perry. I love the solo in "Dude Looks Like a Lady" but good lord is that song brutal. Actually I like a lot if his leads and not too many of their songs.
stump
10-30-2008, 07:41 PM
Joe Satriani- Strange off of Flying in a Blue Dream
baxen
10-30-2008, 08:00 PM
The Carpenters "Goodbye To Love", gotta love Tony Pelusa's solo on that one.
Caretaker
10-30-2008, 08:03 PM
Gerry Rafferty`s Baker Street. Simple but cool. Horrid tune though.
harvestmark
10-30-2008, 08:59 PM
John Mayer's "Waitin' On The World To Change". Not a big fan of the song, but the solo is very melodic & has a cool tone. The solo sounds like it was done entirely on one string, like a cello player would do in certain instances. Don't know this for sure, just sounds like it.

Mark Miller
MBreinin
10-30-2008, 09:09 PM
Tears for Fears, "Everybody Wants to Rule the World." Killer solo late in the song. Also, quite a few Mister Mister songs had good solos, but the rest sucked. Toto songs too....
sysexguy
10-30-2008, 09:38 PM
TNT "10,000 Lovers" arghh now I have those vocals stuck in my head....what a great guitarist though

Andy
Gris
10-30-2008, 09:41 PM
Whatever that Journey song is where the chorus is "when the lights go down in the city..." I guess Craig C. is the one soloing. Great simple phrasing that builds to a cool climax. Great cover tune if you have a good crooner and want to look like a guitar hero... :-)
MBreinin
10-30-2008, 10:45 PM
Whatever that Journey song is where the chorus is "when the lights go down in the city..." I guess Craig C. is the one soloing. Great simple phrasing that builds to a cool climax. Great cover tune if you have a good crooner and want to look like a guitar hero... :-)

Would that not be Neal Schon? I thought Craig was playing with Starship?

Speaking of which...killer solo on "Jane", but the whole song is good.
CharAznable
10-30-2008, 11:03 PM
"Justicia Tierra Y Libertad" by Mana

God, I hate hate hate hate that band with a passion... their fakeness, their posturing, their crass commercialism.. but that song has some of the best Santana soloing on record. I saw them on TV with their usual guitarist trying to play the song and he just couldn't cut it.
Frankee
10-31-2008, 12:06 AM
"Justicia Tierra Y Libertad" by Mana

God, I hate hate hate hate that band with a passion... their fakeness, their posturing, their crass commercialism.. but that song has some of the best Santana soloing on record. I saw them on TV with their usual guitarist trying to play the song and he just couldn't cut it.

+1........and I'm probably the only other person on the board who knows that song.

I'll add "Oblivious" by Aztec Camera. Roddy Frame is an amazing talent....don't care for that particular track....but his playing is spectacular.
Ulysses
10-31-2008, 12:24 AM
"On The Cover Of The Rolling Stone" ......"aw man, that's beautiful"......
Bill Brasky
10-31-2008, 12:55 AM
'Unbelievable' by EMF
jazzandmetal?
10-31-2008, 12:58 AM
Any song by Ratt
twinrider1
10-31-2008, 01:04 AM
Most White Lion and a lot of Dokken.

:rotflmao
Ha, when I saw the thread title I immediately thought, "The entire White Lion catalog."

Great guitar, super cheesy vocals/lyrics.

Wait.....wait...I never had a chance to laaaaouhh ooooh.
Lightningrt
10-31-2008, 04:52 AM
Beat It - Michael Jackson - the solo seems to take forever to come in.

The Chain - Fleetwood Mac
NyteOwl
10-31-2008, 07:45 AM
Whatever that Journey song is where the chorus is "when the lights go down in the city..." I guess Craig C. is the one soloing.

Would that not be Neal Schon? I thought Craig was playing with Starship?Correct on both counts, and the song is Lights. On the live Journey album they segue into another tune called Anything, with a very nice solo during the transition.
Big Boss Man
10-31-2008, 08:17 AM
Tears for Fears, "Everybody Wants to Rule the World." Killer solo late in the song.

+1. I have always wondered how such a great solo got into an 80s pop song like this.
Scottone
10-31-2008, 09:13 AM
IMO Styx and Journey were bands who has consistently great lead playing, but sometimes overly sappy tunes.

My vote would be for "Anyway You Want it" by Journey. Never liked the tune, but the playing is great.
MikeyG
10-31-2008, 09:19 AM
There's a Donna Summer song, I think it might be 'Bad Girls', that has a killer solo.
Robertito
10-31-2008, 09:52 AM
Anything by Larry Carlton.
sylvanshine
10-31-2008, 11:55 AM
"Maniac" by Michael Sembello
cr8z4life
10-31-2008, 12:07 PM
Main St Bob Seeger
Hold the Line Toto
MikeyG
10-31-2008, 01:12 PM
"Maniac" by Michael Sembello

We may have a winner here, folks.
Vaachek
10-31-2008, 01:14 PM
Queen,
Bohemian Rhapsody
MuseCafeChris
10-31-2008, 01:17 PM
Correct on both counts, and the song is Lights. On the live Journey album they segue into another tune called Anything, with a very nice solo during the transition.

That would be "Stay Awhile."
Prodigy
10-31-2008, 01:27 PM
My Sharona by the Knack.
Bearded
10-31-2008, 01:30 PM
Anything by Brad Paisley. I hate his voice, but he's a hell of a player.
Guitar Dave T
10-31-2008, 01:45 PM
Tears for Fears, "Everybody Wants to Rule the World." Killer solo late in the song. Also, quite a few Mister Mister songs had good solos, but the rest sucked. Toto songs too....


Yep. Played through a bunch of that stuff in an 80's pop band (back in the 80's of course). A lot of those players back then were former fusion heads. Def some higher level musicianship.
Guitar Dave T
10-31-2008, 01:48 PM
Beat It - Michael Jackson - the solo seems to take forever to come in.

Ah, the famous EVH guest solo. I used to love that solo, until Wierd Al spoiled it for me with his spoof video, "Eat It." After that I kept looking for Eddie to explode.
therhodeo
10-31-2008, 01:51 PM
My Sharona by the Knack.

Good choice. I love that solo section.
michael.e
10-31-2008, 01:55 PM
Oh Sherry...


I hate that song, but the guitar solo is otherwordly..
soli528
10-31-2008, 02:20 PM
Just about any of Garcia's work with Bruce Hornsby
fr8_trane
10-31-2008, 04:04 PM
Dirty laundry by Don Henley with Joe Walsh and Lukather splitting time. Joe's solo is so OUT. I love it. The song is ...meh.

Lots of zappa but especially Montana. That song is SOOO goofy (even for zappa) but the solo kills.
rickmebe
10-31-2008, 05:01 PM
Physical...Olivia Newton-John
funkycam
10-31-2008, 06:12 PM
Several from alan holdsworth's catalog.

in the dead of night
metal fatigue

there was one on secrets that had a particularly wonderful electric solo & particularly awful vocals...
blood5150
10-31-2008, 07:22 PM
Most White Lion and a lot of Dokken.

I think that Vito Bratta was so underated... what a melodic player.
90wreck
10-31-2008, 11:50 PM
"Hello" Lionel R.
The song is o.k.......but the solo.....Whew.
pir8matt
11-01-2008, 07:39 AM
Bon Jovi's - Runaway

The song is ridiculous, but has a great guitar solo and cool harmonic phrases in the middle parts.

It's so good to finally admit it!
pir8matt
11-01-2008, 07:40 AM
My Sharona by the Knack.

+1! The solo in the outtro is actually pretty good!
SybianRiot
11-01-2008, 11:57 AM
Any robben ford song with vocals. And wait by white lion is a killer hair metal tune. Half ballad,half rocker.,Now Winger is another story.....headed for a heartbreak in particular. And watch thwe rafferty bashing
donostia13
11-01-2008, 12:02 PM
I don't hate the song exactly, but it's one of Eric Johnson's weaker pop efforts:

"Lonely in the Night"
The solo breaks are painfully gorgeous...
mik777
11-01-2008, 07:28 PM
Physical...Olivia Newton-John

I believe thats Buzz Feiten!
live-I-evil
11-02-2008, 12:46 AM
I like the lead for Layla, but the rest of the song is kinda boring to me. But that lead sure is fun to play!

dk

Duane sure knew how to play the guitar, that's a fact.
boog204
11-02-2008, 08:12 AM
white lion immediately came to mind... also, virtually anything by extreme. nuno is a badass.
Josh O
11-02-2008, 08:25 AM
most anything by Bon Jovi, no fan of Bon Jovi but Sambora can really tear it up.
keninsyr
11-02-2008, 10:18 AM
Tears for Fears, "Everybody Wants to Rule the World." Killer solo late in the song. Also, quite a few Mister Mister songs had good solos, but the rest sucked. Toto songs too....
The short double stop solo in this tune is pretty cool as well.
keninsyr
11-02-2008, 10:21 AM
Physical...Olivia Newton-John
Buzzy Feiten
6Tones
11-02-2008, 11:13 AM
Beat It- Michael Jackson
Hotel California...ok I like the song,but after 34,377 hearings, I can still appreciate the solo everytime.
:p
kayemmsee
11-02-2008, 11:17 AM
mine'd probably be Feels So Good - CHuck Mangione. i just love that solo . . .
MikeE
11-02-2008, 11:54 AM
Jeff Beck's solo on Jon Bon Jovi's Blaze Of Glory. As usual Beck kills on that solo.
snarkle
11-02-2008, 12:47 PM
Haven't read the whole thread, so I'm not sure if anyone's mentioned this yet, but "Midnight at the Oasis" is pretty high on my list...kitschy song, twee vocal, cornball lyrics, and an utterly miraculous and baffling solo from Mr. Amos Garrett.

Back in the days before digital technology I think I actually recorded "Midnight" on cassette and spliced out Garrett's part to make a tape loop that I could play over and over...but I never did figure out that solo!