Qué canción tiene el mejor solo de guitarra es un debate que siempre se da.
Para despejar las posibilidades, el sitio inglés especializado en música, NME, realizó un listado con los 50 mejores solos. Quien lidera la lista es el solo de Slash de Guns N’ Roses en “Sweet Child O’ Mine”.
Aquí los top 10 de esta larga lista de buenos guitarristas:
#1 “Swett Child O’ Mine” Guns N’ Roses
#2 “Stairway To Heaven Live” Led Zeppelin
#3 “All Along The Watchtower” Jimi Hendrix
#4 “Rage Against The Machine” Killing In the Name
#5 “Knights Of Cydonia” Muse
#6 “Smells Like Teen Spirit” Nirvana
#7 “The Bends” Radiohead
#8 “Johnny B. Goode” Chuck Berry
#9 “Paranoid Android” Radiohead
#10 “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” Pink Floyd
Y así continúa el listado:
1. “Highway Star” – Deep Purple
12. “Hey Hey My My” – Neil Young
13. “Sympathy for the Devil” – The Rolling Stones
14. “Live Forever” – Oasis
15. “Communication Breakdown” – Led Zeppelin
16. “Hotel California” – Eagles
17. “Beat It” – Michael Jackson
18. “Bohemian Rhapsody” – Queen
19. “Stockholm Syndrome” – Muse
20. “I Am the Resurrection” – The Stone Roses
21. “Just” – Radiohead
22. “November Rain” – Guns N’ Roses
23. “Reptilia” – The Strokes
24. “The Boys Are Back in Town” – Thin Lizzy
25. “Since I’ve Been Login You” – Led Zeppelin
26. “Free Bird” – Lynyrd Skynyrd
27. “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” – George Harrison feat. Eric Clapton
28. “Last Nite” – The Strokes
29. “Eruption” – Van Halen
30. “Sway” – The Rolling Stones
31. “Time for Heroes” – The Libertines
32. “Crossroads” – Cream
33. “Venus” – Television
34. “Let There Be Rock” – AC/DC
35. “Soul Sacrifice” – Santana
36. “Purple Rain” – Prince
37. “I Love Rock N’ Roll” – Joan Jett and The Blackhearts
38. “Buddy Holly” – Weezer
39. “Coffee + TV” – Blur
40. “Banned in DC” – Bad Brains
41. “Roisin Dubh (Black Rose)” – Thin Lizzy
42. “Soma” – The Smashing Pumpkins
43. “Get Me” – Dinosaur Jr.
44. “Holy Are You” – Electric Prunes
45. “La Tristesse Durera” – Manic Street Preachers
46. “I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man” – Prince
47. “Ball and Biscuit” – The White Stripes
48. “Bulls on Parade” – Rage Against the Machine
49. “Animal Nitrate” – Suede
50. “Carry On My Wayward Son” – Kansas
51. “The Mexican” – Babe Ruth