Originally Posted by Niglett

A few months ago, I got really addicted to guitar solos. So I went on an internet hunt trying to get other websites' opinions on which ones are the greatest. Websites like digitaldreamdoor.com and the Guitar World website really helped a lot, but in the end, it was my own opinion that sealed the deal. Now of course, this isn't a "definitive" list, just my opinion, and I felt that I should post this somewhere to get exposure. It's a good list that includes solos that are great (duh), but also popular. The songs themselves are popular, I'm sure. I mean yeah, I could've put a bunch of 10 minutes solos up here that nobody's ever heard of, but what's the point in that?

Anyways, without further ado:

Stairway to Heaven – Led Zeppelin
Comfortably Numb – Pink Floyd
Free Bird – Lynyrd Skynyrd
Maggot Brain – Funkadelic
Eruption – Van Halen
Crossroads – Cream
All Along the Watchtower – The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Hotel California – Eagles
Texas Flood – Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
November Rain – Guns N’ Roses
Highway Star – Deep Purple
Layla – Derek & the Dominos
Voodoo Child (Slight Return) – The Jimi Hendrix Experience
One – Metallica
Cliffs of Dover – Eric Johnson
Crazy Train – Ozzy Osbourne
Time – Pink Floyd
For the Love of God – Steve Vai
Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
Cause We’ve Ended as Lovers – Jeff Beck
Sweet Child O’ Mine – Guns N’ Roses
Mr. Crowley – Ozzy Osbourne
Sultans of Swing – Dire Straits
Heartbreaker – Led Zeppelin
Surfing With the Alien – Joe Satriani
Beat It – Michael Jackson
Since I’ve Been Loving You – Led Zeppelin
Aqualung – Jethro Tull
Alive – Pearl Jam
Blue Sky – The Allman Brothers Band
Satch Boogie – Joe Satriani
No More Tears – Ozzy Osbourne
Lazy – Deep Purple
Pride and Joy – Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
Fade to Black – Metallica
Stranglehold – Ted Nugent
Money – Pink Floyd
Let’s Go Crazy – Prince
Brighton Rock – Queen
Whole Lotta Love – Led Zeppelin
Master of Puppets – Metallica
Go Your Own Way – Fleetwood Mac
War Pigs – Black Sabbath
Tornado of Souls – Megadeth
The Star Spangled Banner – Jimi Hendrix
Black Star – Yngwie Malmsteen
Jessica – The Allman Brothers Band
Mean Street – Van Halen
Purple Rain – Prince
While My Guitar Gently Weeps – The Beatles
Working Man – Rush
Green Grass and High Tides – Outlaws
Europa (Earth’s Cry Heaven’s Smile) – Santana
Walk This Way – Aerosmith
Machine Gun – Jimi Hendrix
Man in the Box – Alice in Chains
Killer Queen – Queen
Paranoid – Black Sabbath
Sympathy for the Devil – The Rolling Stones
Hot for Teacher – Van Halen
2 Minutes to Midnight – Iron Maiden
Sharp Dressed Man – ZZ Top
Cult of Personality – Living Colour
Dazed and Confused – Led Zeppelin
Whipping Post – The Allman Brothers Band
Love Removal Machine – The Cult
Welcome Home (Sanitarium) – Metallica
Reelin’ in the Years – Steely Dan
Cocaine – Eric Clapton
Black Hole Sun – Soundgarden
Enter Sandman – Metallica
Ramblin’ Man – The Allman Brothers Band
Love in an Elevator – Aerosmith
White Room – Cream
25 or 6 to 4 – Chicago
(Don’t Fear) the Reaper – Blue Oyster Cult
Hangar 18 – Megadeth
Rock You Like a Hurricane – Scorpions
Cherub Rock – Smashing Pumpkins
All Right Now – Free
Painkiller – Judas Priest
Black Magic Woman – Santana
Sunshine of Your Love – Cream
Round and Round – Ratt
Any Way You Want It – Journey
Carry On Wayward Son – Kansas
Achilles Last Stand – Led Zeppelin
Let It Rain – Eric Clapton
YYZ – Rush
Heartbreaker – Pat Benatar
Paradise City – Guns N’ Roses
The Final Countdown – Europe
21st Century Schizoid Man – King Crimson
Shock Me – KISS
Won’t Get Fooled Again – The Who
Light My Fire – The Doors
Talk Dirty to Me – Poison
Play With Me – Extreme
We Will Rock You – Queen
Scuttle Buttin’ – Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble

Please let me know what you think!