jack99 Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 Numb voted best guitar soloAugust 28, 2006 01:33pmArticle from: Press AssociationPINK Floyd's Comfortably Numb has the best guitar solo of all time, according to a new poll.It was chosen ahead of the opening riff from Sweet Child O' Mine by Guns N' Roses. Third was Freebird by Lynyrd Skynyrd, while Eruption by Van Halen was fourth and Guns N' Roses' November Rain fifth. Led Zeppelin classic Stairway to Heaven was in sixth place. British radio station Planet Rock asked listeners to come up with a top 40. The rest of the top 10 featured Sultans of Swing by Dire Straits, Aqualung by Jethro Tull, Hotel California by The Eagles and Child In Time by Deep Purple. Top 20 1 Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb 2 Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine 3 Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird 4 Van Halen - Eruption 5 Guns N' Roses - November Rain 6 Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven 7 Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing 8 Jethro Tull - Aqualung 9 The Eagles - Hotel California 10 Deep Purple - Child In Time 11 Queen - Brighton Rock 12 Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower 13 Deep Purple - Highway Star 14 Wishbone Ash - Throw Down The Sword 15 Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears 16 Cream - Crossroads 17 Guns N' Roses - Paradise City 18 Led Zeppelin - Since I've Been Loving You 19 Ten Years After - I'm Going Home (Woodstock) 20 Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo ChileSource: http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story...71-7484,00.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead Flower Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 Hooray for Slash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Manson Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 Even though this things aren't anything to go by, its cool that a few Guns songs made the list quite high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack99 Posted August 28, 2006 Author Share Posted August 28, 2006 Even though this things aren't anything to go by, its cool that a few Guns songs made the list quite high. Yeah, it's cool that Gnr is the only band with 3 entries on the list. B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.drummin Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 And Estranged is where? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible_rose Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 I'd probably put Alive in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChineseDemocracy2004 Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 gotta love GN'R guitar solos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead Flower Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 Yeah, why isn't this thread in the 'Early Days' section? No talking about Slash in this section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Seal Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 Great to see that the solos are still rated so high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Manson Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 Yeah, why isn't this thread in the 'Early Days' section? No talking about Slash in this section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolio GNR Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 Comfortably Numb deserved the title Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kickingthehabit Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 Congratulations to Slash for having three solos in the Top 20 of All Time..I know someone who is going to be furious.. -Kickingthehabit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetness Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 Thats a pretty good list too, cant argue with Comfortably Numb in the #1 spot, but #2 is fucking great. Slash is a legend rock1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malicious Matt Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 Those songs deserve what they got. Slash is a guitar hero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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