We asked for the greatest guitar solos of all time. You gave us your nominations (including some riffs — we’ll get to those another time, folks). After much complicated tallying, here’s the final list:
1. “Sweet Child O Mine,” Guns N’ Roses
2. “Freebird,” Lynyrd Skynyrd
3. “One,” Metallica
4. “Comfortably Numb,” Pink Floyd
5. “Marquee Moon,” Television
6. “Crossroads,” Cream
7. “Purple Rain,” Prince
8. “Machine Gun,” Jimi Hendrix
9. “Ball and Biscuit,” The White Stripes
10. “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” The Beatles
11. “Stairway to Heaven,” Led Zeppelin
12. “Eruption,” Van Halen
13. “November Rain,” Guns N Roses
14. “Alive,” Pearl Jam
15. “Paranoid Android,” Radiohead
16. “Maggot Brain,” Funkadelic
17. “Fortunate Son,” Creedence Clearwater Revival
18. “Time,” Pink Floyd
19. “Hotel California,” Eagles
20. “Cinnamon Girl,” Neil Young
21. “Yellow Ledbetter,” Pearl Jam
22. “Telegraph Road,” Dire Straits
23. “In Memory of Elizabeth Reed,” Allman Brothers
24. “Soma,” Smashing Pumpkins
25. “Scar Tissue,” Red Hot Chili Peppers
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