"Stairway To Heaven" tops solo guitar survey

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[lunarbicep]

Guitarist Jimmy Page of the band Led Zeppelin has been voted the top guitar soloist of all time for the song Stairway to heaven.

According to contactmusic.com, Page's performance topped the survey held by the website aboutguitars.com and beat out the likes of Eddie Van Halen for the track Eruption.

The third place was occupied by the dual guitar solo by Allen Collins and Gary Rossington on Lynyrd Skynyrd's Freebird.

The top 10 guitar solos are:

1. Stairway to heaven - Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin)

2. Eruption - Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen)

3. Freebird - Allen Collins and Gary Rossington (Lynyrd Skynyrd)

4. Comfortably numb - David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)

5. All along the watchtower - Jimi Hendrix

6. November rain - Slash (Guns N' Roses)

7. One - Kirk Hammett (Metallica)

8. Hotel California - Don Felder and Joe Walsh (The Eagles)

9. Crazy Train - Randy Rhoads (Ozzy Osbourne)

10. Crossroads - Eric Clapton (Cream)

[BigSkyFreeper]

A couple of obscure one-hit wonders that can be cranked up loud are The Call Let The Day Begin, and The Smithereens A Girl Like You, or Streetheart's cover of a Van Morrison song Here Comes The Night.

[mrsmel]

I agree,it's the best overall,but I have a fondness for "Who's Next"-love that cover too;)

[BigSkyFreeper]

I agree,it's the best overall,but I have a fondness for "Who's Next"-love that cover too;)

You're right. Most of the songs I've ripped come from that particular album. LOL!

[mrsmel]

I'll look for those,I like 70s one hit wonders(like Martian Boogie and Don't Call Us We'll Call You),and I love playing them really loud when I have to do any distance driving.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Actually those three are mid-1980's tunes, but they have good guitar riff's. :)

[mrsmel]

Oops! They sound kind of 70s,but I believe you,I didn't know. I like funny "Dr Demento" kind of songs like those.

[L.N. Smithee]

I haven't reviewed the list, but it's heartening to see the Rolling Stone list that had Eddie Van Halen ranking in the seventies on a list of the 100 greatest rock guitarists was an aberration.

[L.N. Smithee]

For what it's worth: If I went out my front door and started walking, I could be outside Kirk Hammett's new home in about 25 minutes.

Like I said, for what it's worth.

[BigSkyFreeper]

I've been piecing together a Dr. Demento collection through purchases at Amazon. As far as tunes go, I've got quite a collection of rock songs from the 1960's on to the present. The 1970's is particularly a decade I've still got some work to do with. Rock during that decade is kind of hard to come by if your not into disco like I am. LOL!

[BigSkyFreeper]

For what it's worth: If I went out my front door and started walking, I could be outside Kirk Hammett's new home in about 25 minutes.

My brother lives not too far from Jason Newsted's residence.

[L.N. Smithee]

Patheticos on parade. Cheez. Boring music for stupid people.

Childish comments by a jerk with a superiority complex.

[L.N. Smithee]

I like 70s one hit wonders(like Martian Boogie and Don't Call Us We'll Call You),and I love playing them really loud when I have to do any distance driving.

When I got my first CD Writer, I downloaded a mess of songs and burned them. On my first disk was Brownsville Station's "Martian Boogie," one of the funniest records ever ("EAT!"). Sugar Loaf's "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You" is another great song (love the "I Feel Fine" riff in the middle), but unlike Brownsville Station, they weren't a "one hit wonder" -- they are the same band that did the AOR classic "Green-Eyed Lady."

[DUH]

Freebird has been beaten to death...if I never hear that crap song again it will still be too soon

Finally!!! ... someone speaks the truth !!!

Steve Morse remains the King of the strings

[Supernatural]

Correct answer, you win a cookie, as Don Rickles used to say.

[Netheron]

Heck, where is Yngwie Malmsteen for that matter?

[Ouderkirk]

I always like Steve Morse...preferred his stuff with the Dixie Dregs to his work with Kansas.

[kidd]

Telegraph Road from "Brothers in Arms" Album

[kidd]

Hey! Another Dregs fan!

I always play "Take it Off the Top" when I'm looking for converts. Gets em every time.

[Netheron]

758 posts and no-one has mentioned the greatest game ever for the Playstation:

GUITAR HERO!!!

You can play Black Sabbath!

You can play Jimi Hendrix!

And, of course, Smoke on the Water:

Green, Red, Yellow...

Green, Red, Blue Yellow...

Green, Red, Yellow, Red Green...

[tallhappy]

Ha ha.

Hit home eh?

You like Ozzie Osbourne?

I mean, this list, whole idea is corny -- guitar solos?

What is this, the 70's.

AC-DC had a good song or two. Zepellin had a few more, but they were kitschy too much to be taken particularly seriously.

Jimi Hendrix was great.

Other than that, this list is a list of bands young boys who grow peach fuzz moustache's and smoke cheap dope love.

Am I wrong?

Are you serious?