Guitar Worlds 100 Worst Guitar Riffs, solos, etc.

[diamondsgirl]

Did anyone get the Dec. 2004 issue??

I heard that Steve Vai's solo in Yankee Rose was listed as one of the worst.

Can someone post the entire list?

[sambo]

Don't have it but found this...

The Worst 50 Guitar Solos of The Millenium

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/top/solos/

37. "Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay" by Sammy Hagar and Steve Cropper
Soloist: Sammy Hagar, Steve Cropper
Album: Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay EP
Year: 19xx

Too bad poor Steve Cropper, the king of soul, was forced to become such a guitar whore. Later in his career, he was given the unfortunate task of playing with the Blues Brothers, and here, Sammy Hagar. This isn't really a solo, per se. But the guitar work deserves mention as one of the most mismatched twin- guitar collaborations in history. Hearing the Red Rocker's clumsy power chords clash with Cropper's smooth soul licks is depressing, to say the least.

[DeadOrAlive]

Mandocello from Cheap Trick!?!?!? That's a load of shit! That song and album is great!

[DeadOrAlive]

Dazed and Confused... fuck you pitchforkmedia!

[DeadOrAlive]

Tush... now this is crap. Who made this list!? They need a good ole ass whoopin'!

[DeadOrAlive]

More Than A Feeling... A Great song, you bastards!

[DeadOrAlive]

Do You Feel Like We Do... now I think they are jealous. This is just illegal. It's one of the best songs ever made!

[DeadOrAlive]

RENEGADE!?!?!? That's one of my favorite songs!!! What in the name of hell is wrong with them!?

[DeadOrAlive]

These guys are assholes. They even put Freebird on the list. :fu2:

[DeadOrAlive]

Can't belive that! Who agrees with me!

[sambo]

Yep I know.... the list is a shocker... this however is interesting..

27. "Sucker in a 3-Piece" by Van Halen
Soloist: Eddie Van Halen
Album: OU812
Year: 1988

Sure, ol' Eddie has had his moments-- he flaunts his nimble fingertips on early VH instrumentals like "Cathedral" and "Eruption." Yet he's probably one of the worst group players in history. To anyone whose higher brain functions have developed beyond a sixth grade level, these aforementioned instrumentals must seem like empty, childish pleas for attention. Eddie is all about showy technique that elicits a lot of "Wow, dude's" from hyperactive, misguided suburban adolescents. But at least this kind of technically- obsessive masturbation was somewhat original for its time. On "Sucker in a 3-Piece" Eddie relies on hyperbolic whammy-bar hijinks without really "playing" much of anything. Unable to break out of the stylistic prison he locked himself in years before, he's seen here as just another aging rock virtuoso making stale rock- god gestures on yet another incredibly forgettable Van Halen album.

[Matt White]

Those who CAN'T play guitar rip on those WHO DO!!!!

FUCK 'EM!!!

DAVE OR THE GRAVE BABY!!!

[Seshmeister]

The guy is an idiot.

[Figs]

A lot of bullshit in this article. Nothing from the 90's or newer, not that there were a lot of solos. The guy hates everything.

[bueno bob]

Originally posted by Figs
A lot of bullshit in this article. Nothing from the 90's or newer, not that there were a lot of solos. The guy hates everything.

I hate everything, too, including the guy who wrote that article.