Ghost of Electricity Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 Not just a great solo- there are countless numbers of those- but ones which do a particularly good job of building and then releasing tension. Could even be done without guitars, really. Some thing come to mind: Eagles "Hotel California" (it had to be said)Pavement "Transport id Arranged"Wilco "Side With The Seeds"The Beatles "Polytheme Pam">"She Came in Through the Bathroom Window"The Jayhawks "Take Me With You When You Go" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
remphish1 Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 Sigur Ros "Vidrar Vel"Sigur Ros "Olsen Olsen"Radiohead "Nice Dream"Radiohead "Fake Plastic Trees" Will add more later! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Atticus Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 stash Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stooka Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 Slash - Sweet Child Of MineJimi Hendrix - Machine GunJimmy Page - Whole Lotta LoveSteve Vai - Bad HorsieRandy Rhoads - Crazy Train Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Basil II Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 "Pasted" by Eyes Adrift "Eight Miles High" on the later Byrds album Untitled "Light My Fire" by The Doors "All By Myself" by Eric Carmen just off the cuff...... -Robert Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 Impossible Germany Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mountain bed Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 stashThere ya have it, folks. End of thread. I'll throw in my .02 and say "Starless", from KC's Red album. Disturbing and powerful. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 FREE BIRD! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Somnambulist Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Blind Faith "Presence of the Lord" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stooka Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 I really like it when you think the guitar solo can't get any better.... then it does! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 3 Days - Jane's Addiction Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mountain bed Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Not necessarily tension-building, but there are few pickers out there that can construct a lenghty solo better than Mr. Richard Forrest Betts. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Winston Legthigh Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Black Keys - All you ever wanted. Slow build up to the Best Hammond Organ eruption EVER. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mountain bed Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Green Grass and High TidesI know that's what you meant to say. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The High Heat Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Sunken Treasure Poor Places (the ending going into Reservations) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
augurus Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 FREE BIRD!Way to beat the dead bird.Oh, I get the dead pun.Ha. Ha. I recommend Television's Marquee Moon, Wilco's Sunken Treasure, and Yo La Tengo's I Heard You Looking. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Yo La Tengo - "Pablo and Andrea" Best solo. Ever.And yeah, it def. has that tension/release thing happening. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
J_Lefty Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 A few NY and Crazy Horse songs come to mind, Southern ManDown by the RiverCowgirl in the Sand Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gobias Industries Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 I mean, Wilco's "At Least That's What You Said" was the first thing that popped into my head. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
moxiebean Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Peter Frampton - "Do You Feel Like We Do" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thermocaster Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 The electric guitar solo leading to the double-electric part of "Wiser Time" by the Black Crowes. "Sway" - Rolling Stones "100 Years Ago" - Rolling Stones "Third World Man" - Steely Dan "Strawberry Letter 23" - Shuggie Otis Both "The Rover" and "Ten Years Gone" by Led Zeppelin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jff Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Owner of a Lonely Heart. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jff Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 EVH on "Beat It". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Runaway Jim Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Chalkdust Torture. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Feelies - Slipping into Something (the whole song more than one specific solo) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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