What songs have the best guitar solos?
 

Like I've said before, I'm just getting into FM. Over and over again I am mexmorized by Lindsey's guitar playing. I was even more amazed when I read that he taught himself to play ( :D yay! I taught myself to play too. Maybe there's hope!). I also found it interesting that he doesn't use a flat pick. Ouwwwwwch! I don't know how he does it. His finger nails must be pretty worn.

Anyways, in your opinions, what FM songs have the best guitar solos?

I'm proud to say I can play the solos in Go Your Own Way, Silver Springs, and I Don't Wanna Know :D (I stayed up late last night to figure that one out!).

Thanks in advance for your replies. I'm really loving this board.

GYOW, ISA, and Isn't It Midnight are personal favorites.

When you're ready for non BN era Mac, you'll love the "Live in Boston remastered (Vols 1, 2 & 3)". They're "guitar solo heaven". :)

John

Solos...
 

#1 is my #1...rest in no particular order:

1. ISA (Dance....best guitar solo EVER IMHO!)
2. The Chain (Mirage concert is the BEST live version EVER, IMO!)
3. GYOW
4. Tango in the Night
5. Isn't It Midnight
6. Landslide
7. Come
8. Murrow
9. Oh Well (Peter Green era)
10. Green Manalishi (Ditto)

My faves...

The Chain
Murrow
Gypsy
Sisters of the Moon
You Make Lovin Fun
Come
Go Insane (live from The Dance)
Big Love (ditto the above)
Oh Well (Peter Green)
Hold Me (I love the mixing of the accoustic and electric guitars)

Lindsey's best guitar solos
 

With Fleetwood Mac:

1) I'm So Afraid (The Dance)
2) Rhiannon (outro solo on the white album)
3) Never Going Back Again
4) The Chain (Rumours or the Dance)
5) Go Your Own Way (Rumours or the Dance)
6) Sisters of the Moon (live Mirage 82)
7) Isn't it Midnight
8) Tango in the Night
9) Big Love (the Dance)
10) My Little Demon (the Dance)
11) Murrow Turning Over in His Grave
12) Come

Stuff without the Mac:

1) Frozen Love (Buckingham/Nicks)
2) Stephanie (similar to sound of Eyes of the World)
3) Trouble (outro solo on Law and Order album)
4) This is the Time (Out of the Cradle)
5) Countdown (outro solo-Out of the Cradle)

THat's not ALL of his best...but most of the ones I prefer to play on guitar myself.

enjoy!

1) Rattlesnake shake - live (24 minutes) live in boston
2) ISA (03-07-03 Dallas, SYW-tour) although I only experienced it once, never hear it back....yet:) )
3) Come ( live SYW tour)
4) GYOW (live '80)
5) Eyes of the world ( live miragetour)

gerald

My favorites:

1. Gypsy
2. Murrow
3. Tango In the Night
4. Sisters of the Moon
5. Isn't It Midnight

If you're limiting this to just the Rumours era, I'd say:

1) Isn't It Midnight (by far, Lindsey's best solo in the studio)
2) Go Your Own Way (I almost credit Ken Caillat & Richard Dashut for this one...taking multiple takes of Lindsey's solos and forming one awesome one)
3) Sisters Of The Moon (Lindsey's second best solo on record)
4) (3 way tie) I'm So Afraid/Tango In The Night/Murrow (basically the same solo within different songs)
5) Big Love (The Dance version...the whole THING is a guitar solo)
6) Book Of Love (unfortunately, he just seems to get going as the song fades...just leaves me wanting to hear how this one would play out live)
7) Family Man (uh..yeah!)


ALL of Fleetwood Mac...here are some non-Lindsey highlights, in no particular order...even though I numbered them:

1) Oh Well (any version)
2) Rattlesnake Shake (any live version from 1969/70)
3) Jumping At Shadows (Peter Green at a peak)
4) For Your Love (the best example of Bob Weston's contributions...plays his ass off on this one)
5) Searching for... and Fighting For...Madge (Peter & Danny trading off awesomely)
6) In The Back Of My Mind (two words...RICK VITO)
7) Winds Of Change (Dave Mason's best solo on the TIME album)
8) Homeward Bound (Danny Kirwan & Bob Welch's harmonized solo at the end is top notch)

I'm So Afraid, World Turning and the Dance version of Big Love are some of my personal favorites.

So many...

Aside from all the usual suspects, I'd like to put in a good word for Book of Love (magnificent) and Hold Me - both really exultant solos.

Mystified is much unheralded but has a lovely little bit of guitar playing in it.
Also, I'm not sure people quite give credit to his lovely playing on Say You Love Me.
As a guitar song Dont Let Me Down Again is ace.
The overall best kick ass playing is on Tango In The Night- how can this have never been played live???

Well, it's obvious to name So Afraid, many (often similar) incarnations exist. The Tus-era ones are great, bu t see goes for his snare-strumming exercises on the latest tours.

I also like the live version of ' Come' from the SYW-tour very much.

The outro of Frozen Love, the solo in Tango in the Night (pretty the same as a live ISA) as well as his guitarplaying in I Know I'm not wrong ...

Don't Let Me Down Again from the live album

This...


And this...



Mick is clearly in his glory playing the old FM songs.

The Smile I Live For

Lindsey's playing has always been more about enhancing the song than playing a screaming solo. Examples of his best work in this vein for me are the studio version of Gypsy, his acoustic playing (layers and layers of it) on Sara and Silver Springs (studio version), Johnny Stew, Bel Air Rain, Gift of Screws.....

But solos...... I loved the Tusk-era live solo on Not That Funny, Frozen Love, Hold Me, Isn't it Midnight.

There is only one...

The title of this thread should be changed to best guitar work because many of the listed songs have no guitar solos but have amazing guitar work. I don't want to sound like I am splitting hairs but there is a huge difference between rocking guitar melody and guitar solos.
Anyhoo....every song Lindsey layers in some fine guitar. I wish he would add more guitar solos. Hold Me and Isnt it Midnight are 2 of my favorite.

One song that the guitar work by Lindsey took the song to another level is You Make Loving Fun. Those guitar licks turn a smokey love song into a rocking ballad.

I don't know if I grasped the concept but my favourite guitar moments are:

- Green Manalishi
- Frozen Love
- Rhiannon (live)
- I'm so afraid
- The chain
- Gold dust woman (live)
- Sisters of the Moon (live)
- Tango in the Night

If we're going with the Rumours band, here are my pics, in no order:

Go Your Own Way (both solos)
Smile I Live For (a solo song but essentially an FM tune with Mick, Chris, and Lindsey)
I'm so Afraid (but terrible vocal on the record)
Isn't it Midnight
Gypsy
My Little Demon

But Lindsey isn't as much a soloist as much as he's a part player. There are brilliant guitar bits in the ensemble sections of Hold Me, Gold Dust Woman, Eyes of the World, and Sara, among others.

If we're considering the rest of the lineups, my picks are:

Black Magic Woman
Before the Beginning
Coming Your Way (the end part)
Like it This Way
Oh Well
Trinity (the opening part)
Tell Me all the Things You Do (all of the guitar parts)
Future Games (all the guitar parts)
Miles Away
Revelation

Countdown... great solo

Oh, if we include his solo work, I think there is so much to choose from! This is the Time rocks like hell. And the guitar fills are fierce.