Typical Rolling Stone list, hit and miss. My two cents.
98) Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Under The Bridge"
Love the song, such a simple guitar part though, and theres a lot of RHCP songs that make better examples of Frusciantes talent. Scar Tissue or Californication would have been a better choice.
96) Husker Du - "New Day Rising"
Are you kidding me? One of the weakest songs on the album, just a few feedback covered notes and repetitive chanting, I don't see any real guitar genius in that.
87) King Crimson - "Red"
21st Century Schizoid Man and Fallen Angel would have been better choices, but hey I can't complain.
83) Sublime - "What I Got"
Hahahahahahaha, what?
81) Michael Jackson - "Beat It"
It's a great pop song and a great riff, so why not? Certainly wasn't usual for an R&B/Soul singer to do a song with a hard rock riff and a heavy metal guitar solo.
70) Smashing Pumpkins - "Bullet With Butterfly Wings"
Of all the Smashing Pumpkins songs, they pick this one? Is this nothing more than a popularity contest?
69) Pink Floyd - "Money"
Its a sweet solo, but Gilmours best guitar song? No way, not even close.
39) Santana - "Black Magic Women"
46) **** Dale And The Del-Tones - "Miserlou"
49) Jimi Hendrix - "Machine Gun"
51) Ozzy Osbourne - "Crazy Train"
55) Cream - "White Room"
57) Grateful Dead - "Dark Star"
58) Link Wray - "Rumble"
59) Jeff Beck - "Freeway Jam"
60) Funkadelic - "Maggot Brain"
75) Frank Zappa - "Willie The Pimp"
These should all be higher.
48) The Clash - "London Calling"
Great song, but no.
36) Pink Floyd - "Interstellar Overdrive"
Astronomy Domine is a better choice.
32) Dire Straits - "Sultans Of Swing"
Well they got this one right, that solo is divine.
24) Rage Against The Machine - "Killing In The Name"
Great choice, it should be here, but nowhere near this high.
21) The White Stripes - "Seven Nation Army"
No way no way no way.
Sure its a hot song, but c'mon, it's just a ridiculously simple riff repeated into oblivion, it's the whole damn song.
18) Ramones - "Blitzkrieg Bop"
And it was such a great riff they kept using it over and over.
15) The Who - "My Generation"
The Live at leeds performance alone is top 10 worthy.
11) Led Zeppelin - "Whole Lotta Love"
8) Led Zeppelin - "Stairway To Heaven"
Theres god knows how many Zep songs that are more deserving. Dazed & Confused, Heartbreaker, Since I've Been Lovin' You and Song Remains the Same are all better choices.
10) Nirvana - "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
I love Nirvana, but hell f*cking no.
7) The Beatles - "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
Great choice, I could see this being top 10. My favorite Clapton solo.
6) Van Halen - "Eruption"
Laugh all you want, it's one of the most influencial guitar solos ever, so yeah it deserves to be top 10.
5) The Rolling Stones - "Brown Sugar"
I always thought this was a dull riff, dosen't excite me at all. Where in the hell is Satisfaction?
4) The Kinks - "You Really Got Me"
Great choice, but not this high.
2) The Jimi Hendrix Experience - "Purple Haze"
Meh, a lot of better choices IMO. Voodoo Chile, All Along the Watchtower, Little Wing, Third Stone From the Sun.
1) Chuck Berry - "Johnny B. Goode"
Sure why not?
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