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Led Zeppelin's 'Stairway To Heaven' Voted Best Guitar Solo Ever
GigWise ^
| 3-26-2006
Posted on 03/27/2006 11:20:47 AM PST by Cagey
Led Zeppelin’s classic ‘Stairway to Heaven’ has been voted the best guitar solo of all time.
The rock behemoth fought off competition from Van Hallen’s ‘Eruption’ and Guns n Roses’ ‘Paradise City’ which were number two and three respectively.
The list was based on 2,000 votes in a poll conducted by Total Guitar magazine.
Magazine editor Stephen Lawson said: "Everyone loves to play air guitar when they hear the moment in a song where the guitarist rocks out."
The full Top 10 is as follows:
1. Led Zeppelin – ‘Stairway to Heaven’
2. Van Halen – ‘Eruption’
3. Guns N' Roses – ‘Paradise City’
4. The Eagles – ‘Hotel California‘
5. Metallica – ‘Enter Sandman’
6. Cream – ‘Crossroads’
7. Jimi Hendrix – ‘Voodoo Child’
8. Ozzy Osbourne – ‘Crazy Train’
9. Free – ‘All Right Now’
10. Queen – ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’
TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: 70srock; corporaterock; fckinledballoon; music; myopiclist; nope; rockandroll; rockmusic
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Led Zeppelin’s classic ‘Stairway to Heaven’ has been voted the best guitar solo of all time.
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posted on
03/27/2006 11:20:51 AM PST
by
Cagey
To: Cagey
Wow, great list. I don't like all the songs but no doubting the quality musicianship here.
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posted on
03/27/2006 11:28:39 AM PST
by
RightCanuck
(Not right enough.)
To: Cagey
Link Wray's Rumble launched a lot of guitarists.
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posted on
03/27/2006 11:28:50 AM PST
by
weegee
("Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but Democrats believe every day is April 15.")
To: Cagey
How about Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Free Bird"?
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posted on
03/27/2006 11:31:08 AM PST
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
To: Cagey
Rush-
La Villa StrangiatoHe's never had the recognition of Geddy's bass or Neal's percussions, but Alex Lifeson is one heck of a guitarist.
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posted on
03/27/2006 11:31:21 AM PST
by
flada
(Posting in a manner reminiscent of Jen-gis Kahn.)
To: flada
Oops... make that Neil, not Neal.
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posted on
03/27/2006 11:31:58 AM PST
by
flada
(Posting in a manner reminiscent of Jen-gis Kahn.)
To: Cagey
Led Zeppelin’s classic ‘Stairway to Heaven’ has been voted the best guitar solo of all time. That's not even Jimmy Page's best solo.
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posted on
03/27/2006 11:32:29 AM PST
by
tallhappy
(Juntos Podemos!)
To: Cagey
Man, we have new "best" every week it seems.
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posted on
03/27/2006 11:34:18 AM PST
by
caver
(Yes, I did crawl out of a hole in the ground.)
To: tallhappy
Who are the so called judges?
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posted on
03/27/2006 11:34:29 AM PST
by
xarmydog
To: Cagey
"Stairway to Heaven"--give me a break.
Where is Dire Straits "Sultans of Swing."
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posted on
03/27/2006 11:34:49 AM PST
by
MotleyGirl70
(Most cats are democrats - did you ever meet a creature with such an inborn sense of entitlement?)
To: xarmydog
Who are the so called judges? Apparently people who read "Total Guitar" magazine.
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posted on
03/27/2006 11:36:49 AM PST
by
tallhappy
(Juntos Podemos!)
To: Cagey
Surprising that Ted Nugent didn't make the cut.
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posted on
03/27/2006 11:37:10 AM PST
by
jla
To: Cagey
I could name 10 Zappa solos off the top of my head that would put anything on that list to shame.
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posted on
03/27/2006 11:37:18 AM PST
by
thoughtomator
(Pacifism is objectively pro-terrorist; Amnesty for illegals is objectively anti-American)
To: MotleyGirl70
Regarding your tagline: not to mention they sleep all the time and never do any work. Also they create s*** and expect others to clean it up.
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posted on
03/27/2006 11:37:18 AM PST
by
flada
(Posting in a manner reminiscent of Jen-gis Kahn.)
To: Cagey
Does someone have the "NO Stairway" graphic from Wayne's World?
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posted on
03/27/2006 11:38:21 AM PST
by
freedumb2003
(Don't call them "Illegal Aliens." Call them what they are: CRIMINAL INVADERS!)
To: Cagey
No "Money for Nothing"?????????????
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posted on
03/27/2006 11:38:59 AM PST
by
freedumb2003
(Don't call them "Illegal Aliens." Call them what they are: CRIMINAL INVADERS!)
To: Cagey
6. Cream – ‘Crossroads’ ...... This one ranks for me. Mick Taylor's solos for the Stones (Sway) were blistering and are on the better bootlegs
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posted on
03/27/2006 11:39:04 AM PST
by
dennisw
(I like Ike)
To: theDentist
I think once you get 3 guitar players working you can no longer call it a "solo".
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posted on
03/27/2006 11:41:03 AM PST
by
discostu
(raise your glass of beer on high, and seal your fate forever)
To: discostu
Hmmmmmmmmmmm... you may have a point.
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posted on
03/27/2006 11:44:45 AM PST
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
To: Cagey
What? No "Money for Nothing" Dire Straits? Or does that only qualify more generally as greatest intro ever?
And no Chuck Berry. The bias for long-haired homeless-looking white dudes from the '70s (and now '80s) is way too heavy.
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posted on
03/27/2006 11:45:19 AM PST
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
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