Solos that don't fade out but you wished they did!!

kelvinburn

Despite my love of the Floyd I've always felt the second solo on Comfortably Numb is a bit of an anti climax.  Mainly because the first solo is perfection though

HAL9000

Middle sections for me like the ciggy break in Echoes, or the Clangers bonking session half way through Whole Lotta Love.

RocknRollDave

Another +1 to the unlistenable mess that is the end of Layla.

And I'll add:

Queen - Brighton Rock.    You know the part, the bit with the echo box that turned into a real snoozefest live. Some great guitar playing on the track, even a cracking tiny wee solo, but the slow solo...zzzzzzz

thumpingrug

If they mention Gary Moore, I turn off before the song starts.  Im not hanging round for the solo.

Lew

Anyone said Frank Zappa yet? Not saying I'd agree mind.

impmann

November Rain by Guns n Roses. Awful song all round made 10 times worse by the over-bent out of tune widdle fest at its death.

Nunogilberto

Love Ain't No Stranger and Give Me All Your Love by Whitesnake. I'm a big WS fan but John Sykes' soloing bores me senseless. Good songs otherwise.

A Girl Like You by Edwyn Collins - crappy fuzz solo that again, bores me stupid.

The outro of Layla gets another vote from me.

JookyChap

Heartfeltdawn said:

Comfortably Numb. There, I've said it. 

Hallelujah! have another wisdom

equalsql

Lew said:

Anyone said Frank Zappa yet? Not saying I'd agree mind.

I've got 'Shut Up And Play Your Guitar' somewhere in the attic. There...I've admitted it.

ICBM

RocknRollDave said:

Queen - Brighton Rock.    You know the part, the bit with the echo box that turned into a real snoozefest live. Some great guitar playing on the track, even a cracking tiny wee solo, but the slow solo...zzzzzzz

Nunogilberto said:

A Girl Like You by Edwyn Collins - crappy fuzz solo that again, bores me stupid.

Two more favourites of mine, as well as the end section of Layla… !

I'll add a whole album though… pretty much every track on Brothers In Arms. Unlike Tunnel Of Love and Telegraph Road, they just go on and on for no very good reason. The only one that's not too bad is the title track.

MikkiMcMurderer

impmann said:

Freebird after the first 20 secs. Dull

Definitely - what the hell do people like about this!?!?!??!

Dave_Mc

boogieman said:

The whiney never-ending stuff that is the slow bit of Layla. :-S

+1 )

I really like layla but the awesome bit is the bit with the riff (IMO obviously).

MikkiMcMurderer

kelvinburn said:

Despite my love of the Floyd I've always felt the second solo on Comfortably Numb is a bit of an anti climax.  Mainly because the first solo is perfection though

Except the Pulse version - that 2nd solo is perfecto!

57Deluxe

Blueingreen said:

ICBM said:

Neil Young - Cortez The Killer

I love Neil Young usually, but why this piece of longwinded tedious nonsensical rubbish seems to feature in many 'best of' lists is truly beyond me.

Dittio

robinbowes

"solos go on too long"

Does... Not ... Compute...

CHRISB50

I love Hendrix.

But a majority of his live stuff goes on, and on, and on. Some of it is good, but a lot isn't.

Same with Cream.

I understand it was sort of the done thing at the time, but some of the live stuff doesn't come across so well now on record.

Gizmo

Steve Howe - Asia - Heat of the moment

No melody or hook just random noodling and out of tune bends...horrid

John McLaughlin and Sting - The Wind Cries Mary

Fantastic till the solo then it's just "play a jazz noise here"and down hill from then on....

DrJazzTap

November Rain GNR

DrBob

JookyChap said:

Heartfeltdawn said:

Comfortably Numb. There, I've said it. 

Hallelujah! have another wisdom

Woah there pilgrim ! Of all the moments in rock, the one I'd give it all up for would be to be up on top of that wall in my jumpsuit blazing away on that song... Oh arse, just read that back and realised that even in music, my aspirations extend no further than emulating a middle class, angst ridden, white boy blues moment.. Still, on top of that wall, everyone looking up in blind adoration ? ;-)

boogieman

ICBM;264222" said:

Derek Trucks bores me rigid… not really familiar with Sonny Landreth.

Maybe Duane *meant* it to sound like that? I don't know. But to me, it sounds like exactly what the song is about, so to me it is perfect - and it could actually go on longer if they'd done so, although it does end well too.

To me a lot of the point of slide is that ability to easily play in between the scale, and on chords as well if you want to.

Well let's agree to disagree then. You really should listen to some Sonny Landreth though. Amazing slide player.