How about Pete Towshend's solos in "I Can't Explain"? -- Ken Kase Editor www.nighttimes.com / Night Times, LLC On 2/15/05 2:59 PM, "Miguel Motta" wrote: > ...as I sit here at home bored-out-of-my-head after a minor surgery (never > thought I'd actually want to go back to work)... I was thinking about guitar > breaks in songs that have caught my attention... > > ...Thinking about those guitar breaks that you wait for anxiously when hearing > one of your favorite songs... Just thought some of you would like to list some > of your favorites... You know...the kind that make you break out the air > guitar and wail along... > > Some of my favs... > The "brutal" (at the time) guitar break in "You Really Got Me" (complimented > nicely by one of the Davies brothers chiming in with "Oh, Get 'em all!" just > before unleashing that lethal solo... > > George Harrison's most brilliant guitar break in "All My Loving" ... dunno, > just sets the stage for everything that would encompass Beatlemania in years > to come... > > Keith Richard's very tight solo on The Stones' "Down the Road Apiece" (Around > & Around deserves a mention too) > > Badfinger fared very well in this department with the very tight break in > "Look Out California" on their reunion "Airwaves" album (the one on "I Got > You" from the "Say No More" album wasn't too bad either) > > And probably my favorite... tour-de-force breaks (two, count 'em ...two!) on > The Beatles' "Long Tall Sally"... don't know if such musical power was ever > captured before in a recording studio (legend has it recorded in one take... > not sure if this is true)... McCartney's screams just before Harrison lashes > out two of the best guitar solos recorded just rounded out the effect > perfectly... > > There are probably more... and if more auditeers chime in I might try to jog > my musical memory even more...hehehe.... > > Cheers, > > Miguel