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Numb voted best guitar solo

Numb voted best guitar solo
www.news.com.au/ ^ | August 28, 2006 01:33pm

PINK 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 Chile


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Topic - Numb voted best guitar solo - LWR 07:28:47 08/28/06 (29)


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