Originally Posted by khfreek

Crazy Train brought nothing interesting to the table that hadn't been done already. The tapping's a little exciting, but all of the non-tapping parts of the solo are bland at best. It's a great song, but not because of the solo.

And Free Bird is wankery. I like wankery, but it doesn't make up the best solos, and how does it fit the song's theme AT ALL? They could have made the solo 2 minutes long and it would have been far better off.

So no, I'm not retarded. I just love to rip on a list of the most obvious picks for great guitar solos ever.

Now HERE'S a solo.