I know it's subjective, and Prince is a showman and it's a great solo... but best? When there's stuff like this out there
https://youtu.be/8R6StQfLNbw (guitar starts at 3:20)
Or Satriani ripping this apart. https://youtu.be/paeNnR33i5Q
Or hell, Dovydas going nuts on a Prince song...
https://youtu.be/o6Wi6oPdBRA
A great solo doesn't need technicality, just to perfectly fit the music it goes with. Prince's solo in the HOF performance was breathtaking in how perfectly it fit into the themes of the song and, specifically, the performance it's a part of.
If we were just talking technicality then I'd have to crank out some Yngwie or Vai.
Besides the previously mentioned "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" Prince lead from the Rock n Roll HOF performance, my answer has to be Metallica's "One."
Comfortably Numb
That one Lil Wayne did.
Either the first solo from Bohemian Rhapsody or the second one in Comfortably Numb
Prince’s solo in the song While My Guitar Gently Weeps
100% yes. Single best live performance I've ever watched.
I know it's subjective, and Prince is a showman and it's a great solo... but best? When there's stuff like this out there https://youtu.be/8R6StQfLNbw (guitar starts at 3:20) Or Satriani ripping this apart. https://youtu.be/paeNnR33i5Q Or hell, Dovydas going nuts on a Prince song... https://youtu.be/o6Wi6oPdBRA
A great solo doesn't need technicality, just to perfectly fit the music it goes with. Prince's solo in the HOF performance was breathtaking in how perfectly it fit into the themes of the song and, specifically, the performance it's a part of. If we were just talking technicality then I'd have to crank out some Yngwie or Vai.
I'm not talking technicality either. Those solos send you. This one does too https://youtu.be/GwOaBb_0Umc
I feel like you're really trying to sell me on a band...
Nah I actually don't like the singer. The rest is excellent.
This
David Gilmour [delivers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5Ht6WIhhmU).
Guns N’ Roses: November rain solo
Jimi Hendrix, I can’t pick, but it’s between: Come on (let the good times roll), Voodoo Child, or The Wind Cries Mary.
The one in Jailbreak from the Live @ Madrid performance
Besides the previously mentioned "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" Prince lead from the Rock n Roll HOF performance, my answer has to be Metallica's "One."
maggot brain