Sonic Youth Gossip - Let's talk guitar solos

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by no means the greatest but easily the funniest:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSNLfa1VPwo

Julian Cope on "Safe Surfer". Or whoever it is that plays guitar on that.

pretty much any necrophagist solo.

I agree with Maggot Brain, Eddie Hazel is amazing.
Every solo on Sleep's Dopesmoker, I can think of one in particular in my head but it's pretty hard to discribe.
Actually any Matt Pike solo, except on that Kalas album.
Rocket From the Tombs "30 seconds over Tokyo".

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Originally Posted by The Lung

I always thought that one was a bit cheesy, it's too polished for my liking. The last few albums the solos are good technically from a guitarists point of view but they're pretty boring really. On the first few albums the solos were really raw and innovative and are far better in my opinion.

I completely agree... Mascis' style got too smooth as he got better at playing solos, and the later ones are just not as good. Solos off the first three dinosaur albums... My god. Amazing.

The start of that solo in Raisans is just the best ever.

Also, Paranoid Android by Radiohead. Big fan of radiohead solos. Bloc Party too, though the guitarist in Bloc Party basically rips off Jonny Greenwood...