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Title: Favorite guitar solo by Brian May?
Post by: WildRanger on June 15, 2018, 02:08:00 PM

For me it would be Brighton Rock(esp. Live Killers version).

Your choice?

Title: Re: Favorite guitar solo by Brian May?
Post by: TheCountOfNYC on June 16, 2018, 02:52:38 AM

Killer Queen.

Title: Re: Favorite guitar solo by Brian May?
Post by: Mladen on June 16, 2018, 03:11:58 AM

Quote from: TheCountOfNYC on June 16, 2018, 02:52:38 AM

Killer Queen.

Probably.

Also, Good old-fashioned lover boy, Bohemian rhapsody, Misfire and The Millionaire waltz come to mind at the moment, although there are obviously plenty more fantastic solos.

Title: Re: Favorite guitar solo by Brian May?
Post by: Stadler on June 17, 2018, 10:53:44 AM

BoRHap is good.  There's one I LOVE and I'm blanking on...

Title: Re: Favorite guitar solo by Brian May?
Post by: erwinrafael on June 17, 2018, 04:54:02 PM

Too Much Love Will Kill You original acoustic version. It's like a separate sad song in itself.

Back to the Light.

Hammer To Fall outro solo, Live at Wembley version. That literally made him my favorite guitarist.

And of course his instrumental The Last Horizon, especially the slow and deamatic live versions in the Queen+Paul Rodgers tour.

Title: Re: Favorite guitar solo by Brian May?
Post by: Zydar on June 18, 2018, 12:17:22 AM

Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy is the first one that comes to mind.

Title: Re: Favorite guitar solo by Brian May?
Post by: wolfking on June 18, 2018, 04:54:16 AM

I admit I don't know a lot of Queen or Brian May's solos, but the one that comes to my mind is Black Sabbath's When Death Calls.  Check it out, one of my favs of all time by anyone actually, it rips.

Title: Re: Favorite guitar solo by Brian May?
Post by: Fritzinger on June 18, 2018, 05:00:58 AM

I love the guitar solo in I Want To Break Free, but it's surely not my favorite... I still have to think about it for some time...

Title: Re: Favorite guitar solo by Brian May?
Post by: Kwyjibo on June 18, 2018, 05:23:51 AM

I like the Crazy Little Thing Called Love solo, maybe because it's so different from most of May's other solos.

Title: Re: Favorite guitar solo by Brian May?
Post by: wolfking on June 18, 2018, 05:26:43 AM

I Want It All rips hard too.

Title: Re: Favorite guitar solo by Brian May?
Post by: sfam2112 on June 18, 2018, 06:09:16 AM

The Miracle

Title: Re: Favorite guitar solo by Brian May?
Post by: Schurftkut on June 18, 2018, 05:53:21 PM

i want to break free is a synthsolo  ;)

i like the live in brixton Too much love will kill you solo. very emotional performance

Title: Re: Favorite guitar solo by Brian May?
Post by: Bertielee on June 19, 2018, 12:33:58 PM

Quote from: wolfking on June 18, 2018, 05:26:43 AM

I Want It All rips hard too.

You bet! I also love the one in A kind of Magic.

B.Lee

Title: Re: Favorite guitar solo by Brian May?
Post by: Nekov on June 19, 2018, 02:05:00 PM

Quote from: wolfking on June 18, 2018, 05:26:43 AM

I Want It All rips hard too.

Yeah, this one rocks hard.

Title: Re: Favorite guitar solo by Brian May?
Post by: gborland on June 19, 2018, 04:57:02 PM

Quote from: wolfking on June 18, 2018, 05:26:43 AM

I Want It All rips hard too.

Yes! The solo in the intro is short and sweet - just 10 seconds - but it's one of my favourite solos of all time.

https://youtu.be/hFDcoX7s6rE?t=17s

Title: Re: Favorite guitar solo by Brian May?
Post by: wolfking on June 20, 2018, 05:47:38 AM

Quote from: gborland on June 19, 2018, 04:57:02 PM

Quote from: wolfking on June 18, 2018, 05:26:43 AM

I Want It All rips hard too.

Yes! The solo in the intro is short and sweet - just 10 seconds - but it's one of my favourite solos of all time.

https://youtu.be/hFDcoX7s6rE?t=17s

His pentatonic trills right at the start of that section are just so tasteful, beautiful phrasing.

Title: Re: Favorite guitar solo by Brian May?
Post by: King Postwhore on June 20, 2018, 07:51:38 AM

Quote from: sfam2112 on June 18, 2018, 06:09:16 AM

The Miracle

That flanger fade solo is amazing.