[Josh]

Post them up here!

For your perusal, I give you "My Sharona" by The Knack. Not one, but two fingertwisting yet catchy and melodic leads in one pop song!

 

[Josh]

Also, Chicago's "25 or 6 to 4."

An absolute ripper that is complex and FAST (especially for it's time!) Some great breaks all over the place too, but especially after the first chorus at 1:07. More awesomeness begins at around 2:00 in.

 

[Josh]

Also, Muse's "Invincible." Technical and very widdly, yet fits very well into the song and has a coherent hook and melody. The culmination of the whole song's gradual buildup.

Starts around 4:20.

Post up others!

 

[MFB]

ITT : Josh talks to himself, much like Chris in his "Black Company" thread

 

[1]

Fuck you, Ben. :lol:

 

[noodles]

Pat Benatar, who has a husband that just tears it the fuck up on guitar:

Chris Isaak hired the dude that played for Don Henley, and it was pure awesome:

Same guy as above, playing for the guy mentioned above:

Dire Straits > You

 

[Hungoverstin]

knopfler is mind boggling

 

[Kim]

Chris Isaak hired the dude that played for Don Henley, and it was pure awesome:

YouTube - WICKED GAME [HD] Chris Isaak

Helena Christensen :wub:

 

[White Cluster]

Captain Obvious is being obvious

 

[Drew]

Good call on the Chris Isaac, my parents listened to a decent amount of him and that's actually a pretty good tune. :yesway:

Maybe not "pop," but the Smashing Pumpkins' "Rhinoceros" has a completely unexpectedly intense solo section:

Also, I've always been a huige fan of Sarah McLachlan's guitarist on "Surfacing," particularly his playing on this track:

It's barely even a "solo" or even a "performance" in the traditional sense, but it's fucking awesome. It's really just the sound of a guitar distilled to the point of abstraction.

 

[Variant]

Dire Straits > You

This. :agreed: Knopfler should have been the "king of pop" template that that black-then-white guy got toted as. Michael Jordon... Johnson... Jackson... or whatever his name was. :shrug:

 

[Leon]

 

[MFB]

Fuck you, Ben. :lol:

:lol:

I figured it was fair game since you pre-faced some of your posts saying, "Probably talking to myself here"

 

[ohio_eric]

 

[pardon miasma]

YouTube - East Bound and Down

A million times this. So awesome. Jerry Reed is the man.

 

[Bloody_Inferno]

Daft Punk - Digital Love

Epic solo. :yesway:

 

[Kagami]

tone is sick lol

beforu actually has quite a bit of good solos in their songs lol

 

[playstopause]

 

[Randy]

 

[343]

How about a pedal steel solo

I always kind of liked this