Numb voted best guitar solo
www.news.com.au/ ^ | August 28, 2006 01:33pmPINK 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)
- Re: Numb voted best guitar solo - rpcoins 12:11:37 09/11/06 (0)
- Re: Numb voted best guitar solo - roxymott 07:05:18 08/31/06 (0)
- Nothing by Gilby Clark? Damn.... - The Inquisitive Wanker 14:27:05 08/30/06 (0)
- 'Got RUSH' ??? - CQ DX 13:49:25 08/29/06 (0)
- What about - rocky raccoon 10:26:55 08/29/06 (0)
- any of those brain-deads vote for - unleasHell 19:10:01 08/28/06 (0)
- Have they forgotten;"Do What You Like" - ArdRi 18:48:17 08/28/06 (0)
- undoubtedly the dumbest list ever..nt - musiclistener 16:48:04 08/28/06 (0)
- "Theme From An Imaginary Western" - Mountain (Leslie West) - dwill123 15:19:36 08/28/06 (0)
- If people would pause for a moment - Bruce Kendall 14:43:08 08/28/06 (1)
- I don't think you are wrong. (nt) - eeerie1 09:37:43 08/29/06 (0)
- what happened to the last 30 years.... - dave c 13:53:01 08/28/06 (0)
- RT. - Martin Taylor 13:52:28 08/28/06 (5)
- Robin Trower??? - CQ DX 13:51:44 08/29/06 (0)
- Who else? - odd 16:41:07 08/28/06 (3)
- RT - LWR 18:55:18 08/28/06 (2)
- any time is RT time - dave c 19:59:20 08/28/06 (1)
- Of the 20 times or so I have seen him - LWR 20:20:16 08/28/06 (0)
- Robert Fripp, 'Baby's on Fire,' from Brian Eno's "Here Come the Warm Jets." - J.R. 12:57:56 08/28/06 (4)
- Agreed, but - roxymott 10:03:18 08/31/06 (2)
- No argument here. - J.R. 10:15:22 08/31/06 (1)
- Re: No argument here. - roxymott 10:59:04 08/31/06 (0)
- That would be my pick too... - Ex Lion Tamer 05:21:59 08/29/06 (0)
- 1. Frank Zappa, "Inca Roads" 2. Larry Carlton, "Kid Charlemagne". (nt) - rditmars 12:11:06 08/28/06 (0)
- Best guitar solo of all time: Michael Schenker's solo in Rock Bottom for UFO. - Audiophilander 11:11:15 08/28/06 (1)
- How about 'Lost Horizons' or 'Lights Out'?!! - CQ DX 13:56:05 08/29/06 (0)
- Re: Numb voted best guitar solo - PdL 10:23:13 08/28/06 (0)
- What an absolute load of crap!! - EBerlin 09:28:53 08/28/06 (1)
- LMAO!!! Or best '70s CAMEL-TOE!!! - CQ DX 13:58:30 08/29/06 (0)