Brian May's Bohemian Rhapsody Guitar Solo Voted Greatest Of All Time

Eleanor Rigby 14 · 01-19-2021, 03:09 AM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

As you can see, Marie and Bat are very negative influences and quite honestly the type of people you might want to avoid. Life is about making the right decisions, Ms. Rigby.

Did you go back for your second listen to the Velvet Underground?

Yes, and I'm sorry but I still think the same about it, with the exception that now I like Nico's voice more.

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Originally Posted by Exo

Here's two black and white...literally...guitar solos for OP.

First we have the most sublime and buttery slide guitar solo from a boring ass white dude (starts at 4:00). Boring ass white people music with a beautiful solo. The Allman brothers made an entire career out of doing it and Trucks will be doing it for 30 more years.

Then we have a funky screeching facemelter by the f*cking legend Sonny Sharrock who is cooler than the other side of the pillow. Nobody is doing this anymore because Sonny Sharrock is f*cking dead.

...

Hence, the poll for best guitarist of all time is really a list for the best "boring ass white dude who can wail on guitar of all time" and they didn't even get it right.

I didn't think I was going to say this, but...both solos were way much better than Bohemian Rhapsody lol
I love B. R. as a song, I think it's amazing and original, but the solo is very far from being the best one imo. I think that even Killer Queen's solo is better.

ando here · 01-19-2021, 03:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Exo

These magazines and polls are akin to Fast Food Magazine crowning the Big Mac "Best Cheeseburger of All Time".

I think it's garbage. Don't may no mind.

quite.

ando here · 01-19-2021, 03:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Exo

These magazines and polls are akin to Fast Food Magazine crowning the Big Mac "Best Cheeseburger of All Time".

I think it's garbage. Don't may no mind.

Ok, I'm actually going to engage in this ridiculousness. Maybe I've mised something all these years...

solo breakdown

ando here · 01-19-2021, 04:07 AM

Now, I'm putting that up against one of my favorite solos from Stevie Ray Vaughan taken from the commercial release, Live at the El Mocambo: Texas Flood.

3:49 starts the solo

solo breakdown

ando here · 01-19-2021, 04:11 AM

Now let me go back to Lady May.

Really?

against my 2nd favorite by Prince (for a short segment comparison).

And, in all honesty, I never heard Prince better this ending of Let's Go Crazy LIVE or otherwise.

Eleanor Rigby 14 · 01-19-2021, 04:25 AM

Well, I think people have chosen it becasue it's very popular, it becomes more famous every year, specially after the movie in 2018, so I think it's normal that readers have voted for Brian May as the best guitarist, but I don't really understand Bohemian Rhaposdy having the best solo. Stairway To Heaven usually wins this, and it's surprising that being such a famous song it hasn't won this time. I don't think Stairway has the best solo either, but I think that it is not only better than Bohemian Rhapsody's, but also more iconic and legendary. So now I was quite surprised when I saw this. And Bohemian Rhaposdy is a marvellous composition, one of rock music's best songs and one of the most representative ones, too. But it doesn't shine thanks to the solo, I'm sorry.

Trollheart · 01-19-2021, 06:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Eleanor Rigby 14

For me Bohemian Rhapsody>We Will Rock You, but I think the greatest thing Brian May ever did was The Show Must Go On.

Yeah, I'm very far, too, in the end I value more the feeling.
That one is freakin' amazing. When I listened to it for the first time on the radio thinking that it was a song by Cream, I was like "ohhhhhh my, ohhh my I can't believe it". That may sound a bit exaggerated but it's true.

And the best solo of all time apart from that one imo would be Still Got The Blues, Since I've Been Loving You, Hotel California, Heartbreaker or Voodoo Child (Slight Return).

Bolded one: Gary Moore?
Bolded two: Hotel California's ending is not a solo; there are about five guitars going. At best it's a guitar chorus outro. Maybe.

Best, certainly most unexpected wtf solo...

(from 2:48)

from wiki

While the Carpenters were working on the song, Carpenter decided that a fuzz guitar solo should be included. Karen Carpenter called guitarist Tony Peluso and asked him to play on the record. Tony remembers: "At first I didn't believe that it was actually Karen Carpenter on the phone but she repeated her name again. ... It was at this point that I realized it was really her and that I was speaking to one of my idols." She told him that she and Richard were working on a song called "Goodbye to Love", that they were familiar with Tony's work with a band called Instant Joy, and that he would be perfect for the sound they were looking for.[3] Peluso first played something soft and sweet, but then Richard Carpenter said:

"No, no, no! Play the melody for five bars and then burn it up! Soar off into the stratosphere! Go ahead! It'll be great!"[4]

John Bettis has said that Richard Carpenter kept calling him, raving about the guitar solo. He was wondering why Richard was going on about the solo until he heard it. The lyricist said he cried when he first heard the song because he had never heard an electric guitar sound like that. He said Tony Peluso "had a certain almost cello sounding guitar growl that worked against the wonderful melancholia of that song". He went on to say the "way it growls at you, especially at the end" was unbelievable.[5]

Eleanor Rigby 14 · 01-19-2021, 06:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Bolded one: Gary Moore?
Bolded two: Hotel California's ending is not a solo; there are about five guitars going. At best it's a guitar chorus outro. Maybe.

Best, certainly most unexpected wtf solo...

(from 2:48)

from wiki

While the Carpenters were working on the song, Carpenter decided that a fuzz guitar solo should be included. Karen Carpenter called guitarist Tony Peluso and asked him to play on the record. Tony remembers: "At first I didn't believe that it was actually Karen Carpenter on the phone but she repeated her name again. ... It was at this point that I realized it was really her and that I was speaking to one of my idols." She told him that she and Richard were working on a song called "Goodbye to Love", that they were familiar with Tony's work with a band called Instant Joy, and that he would be perfect for the sound they were looking for.[3] Peluso first played something soft and sweet, but then Richard Carpenter said:

"No, no, no! Play the melody for five bars and then burn it up! Soar off into the stratosphere! Go ahead! It'll be great!"[4]

John Bettis has said that Richard Carpenter kept calling him, raving about the guitar solo. He was wondering why Richard was going on about the solo until he heard it. The lyricist said he cried when he first heard the song because he had never heard an electric guitar sound like that. He said Tony Peluso "had a certain almost cello sounding guitar growl that worked against the wonderful melancholia of that song". He went on to say the "way it growls at you, especially at the end" was unbelievable.[5]

Yes, I'm talking about Still Got The Blues by Gary Moore.
And people refer to Hotel California's ending as a guitar solo. I'm not an expert on this, but it always appears on the top guitar solos lists.
P.S. Thanks for posting the video, right now I can't listen to it because I'm connected to an online German lesson, but I'll listen to it.

Psy-Fi · 01-19-2021, 08:16 AM

If I made a list of my top 50 favorite guitarists, Brian May wouldn't even make the list.
If I made a list of my top 50 favorite guitar solos, the solo in Bohemian Rhapsody wouldn't even make the list.
If I made a list of my top 50 favorite rock groups, Queen wouldn't even make the list.

OccultHawk · 01-19-2021, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Psy-Fi

If I made a list of my top 50 favorite guitarists, Brian May wouldn't even make the list.
If I made a list of my top 50 favorite guitar solos, the solo in Bohemian Rhapsody wouldn't even make the list.
If I made a list of my top 50 favorite rock groups, Queen wouldn't even make the list.

I’m pretty sure you could go much higher than 50 in all those categories. I’m thinking not even top 200 and that’s probably too generous.

01-19-2021, 04:11 AM	#35 (permalink)
ando here Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2020 Location: NY, NY Posts: 1,802	Now let me go back to Lady May. Really? against my 2nd favorite by Prince (for a short segment comparison). And, in all honesty, I never heard Prince better this ending of Let's Go Crazy LIVE or otherwise. Last edited by ando here; 01-19-2021 at 04:18 AM.

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ando here Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2020 Location: NY, NY Posts: 1,802	Now, I'm putting that up against one of my favorite solos from Stevie Ray Vaughan taken from the commercial release, Live at the El Mocambo: Texas Flood. 3:49 starts the solo solo breakdown

01-19-2021, 04:25 AM	#36 (permalink)
Eleanor Rigby 14 Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2021 Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 413	Well, I think people have chosen it becasue it's very popular, it becomes more famous every year, specially after the movie in 2018, so I think it's normal that readers have voted for Brian May as the best guitarist, but I don't really understand Bohemian Rhaposdy having the best solo. Stairway To Heaven usually wins this, and it's surprising that being such a famous song it hasn't won this time. I don't think Stairway has the best solo either, but I think that it is not only better than Bohemian Rhapsody's, but also more iconic and legendary. So now I was quite surprised when I saw this. And Bohemian Rhaposdy is a marvellous composition, one of rock music's best songs and one of the most representative ones, too. But it doesn't shine thanks to the solo, I'm sorry.