Favorite "emotional" guitar solo

[dave64o]

The two that immediately came to mind were:

The first solo in "Comfortably Numb" isn't mentioned very often but I think Gilmour did a masterful job of conveying veiled pain on that one. It sort of sounds happy but there's clearly an underlying pain in it. However, the second one just OOZES pain and anguish. Actually, there are many moments on The Wall that express pain, sadness, estrangement, etc. (such as the hopeful, "Everything will be OK, right Mum?" sound of the organ when it first comes in during "Mother"). The Wall is hard to beat as an expressive, emotional album.

And to go the opposite direction, I think the main guitar riff as well as the middle solo in The Allman Brothers' "Jessica" simply sings with joy.

 

[Barkless Dog]

Don't Let the World Pass You By By Jean Luc Ponty, which I think was Alan Holdsworth.


Fred by Tony Williams Lifetime again Holdsworth

Gary Moore with Coliseum II had some great emo solos.


Todd Rundgren the song "Mated" He is a great guitarist that is overlooked

 

[Jeff K]

I haven't read through all the posts yet (I will later when I have more time). But the first one that popped into my mind was "Still Got The Blues For You" by Gary Moore. Awesome... (Sorry if somebody already mentioned it!)

 

[D Rokk]

atreyu's lip gloss and black.. gives me chills..

a song called "when the sun kisses the morning" by a band called "prayer for cleansing" has a quadrupel layered guitar lead before the second verse that is amazing..

 

[D Rokk]

I Won't See You Tonight (Part 1) - Avenged Sevenfold... It Really Moves me...Can't think of other songs right now... I mean the whole song is emo like, not only the solo, (no not EMO the Genre!!!), emo as if in moving...

very very talented guys.. although i cant say i enjoy the music they are making nowadays much..

i love warmness on the soul

 

[jaywa]

- The second lead (i.e, the rideout) of "Comfortably Numb"

- The last lead of "Do You Feel Like We Do" - hard to describe where it starts but I think you all know; it's after he's done with the mouth tube and just rips into that Les Paul and doesn't let up till the end of the song

- The entire Stevie Ray Vaughn cover of "Little Wing"

- Big Head Todd "Bittersweet" - really more of a rhythm/lead hybrid but just a great, incredibly emotional song, beautifully constructed with awesome ebb and flow; great bass tone on this song, too

- "Hotel California"

- Lindsay Buckingham's rideout on "Go Your Own Way".

 

[baba]

My immediate thoughts were David Gilmour. I couldn't pick a particular solo.

 

[JKT]

"Samba Pa Ti" by Santana

 

[JTE]

The solo on "Bell Bottom Blues" from the album "Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs" by Derek & The Dominoes.

The solo Clapton played on "Wonderful Tonight" on a Saturday Night Live appearance a long long time ago. It was the quintessential "make the audience cry with one note" solo.

Neil Young, also on Saturday Night Live playing "Keep On Rockin' In The Free World" with Charlie Drayton on bass. Pure naked emotional energy pouring out of the amp.

Jeff Beck on "'Cause We've Ended As Lovers" from the "Blow by Blow" album.

Duane Allman on "Goin' Down Slow" from his posthumous anthology

Albert Lee's solo for "On A Real Good Night" from his now discontinued album "Hiding"

PS--- and "Junkie" from Steve Vai's first album, "Flex-Able"

jte

 

[P. Aaron]

How can nobody have posted Joe Satrianis' "Always With Me, Always With You" ?

IF it's Satriani, one has to select; "Echo" from Surfing With the Alien. Heavy EMO all the way.

I love Phil Manzanera's solo on "Prairie Rose" from Roxy Music's Country Life LP.

Roxy Music had many great moments and many great bassists.

 

[Nolifer]

RHCP - I Could Have Lied
Metallica - To Live Is To Die, Fade To Black, The Unforgiven
Queen - Too Much Love Will Kill You
Megadeth - Tornado Of Souls
Audioslave - The Curse

 

[Illbay]

Haven't looked through the whole thread but I'll bet no one thought of:

"Prince Rupert's Lament," an extraordinary solo by Robert Fripp on the King Crimson album "Lizard."

Used to send shivers up my teenaged spine back in the day.

(Cool minimalist bass guitar by Gordon Haskell on that one, too, by the way).

 

[Illbay]

My immediate thoughts were David Gilmour. I couldn't pick a particular solo.

Gilmour is a great example of a "hard rock" guitarist who doesn't shred, doesn't play particularly fast, but has an instantly recognizable style that is essential to the Floyd sound.

 

[megadan]

Comfortably Numb

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[Lo end PUNCH]

"Voyage to Atlantis" played by Ernie Isley. Album-Go for your Guns

 

[thumpbass1]

Stevie Ray Vaughn on ' Leave my little girl alone.' It just seems to pull off that anger a man feels when some other guy starts trying to mess around with his special lady. It's one of my top faves out of many solos that he did during his tragically cut short life and career.

 

[aurra1]

You have to add "Maggot Brain" to the list

 

[Spector_Ray]

Stevie Ray Vaughn - Riviera Paradise

 

[edbutler3]

Steve Hackett's guitar solo on "Firth of Fifth". This is on the Genesis "Selling England by the Pound" album. Steve makes his guitar cry in a way that it's sound still sends chills through me.

Paul Mac

+1

 

[edbutler3]

Sorry this is a little off topic because it's not a guitar solo, but Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings is IMO one of the most beautiful and emotive pieces I've ever heard.