Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway To Heaven” named greatest solo guitar song everOctober 10, 2016 - 16:36 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Led Zeppelin’s ‘Stairway To Heaven’ has been announced as the greatest solo guitar song ever, Gigwise reports. Critics, musicians and music writers have all been polled by Classic Rock magazine and the resounding answer was that ‘Stairway To Heaven’ was the top song on offer to date. This song is one that many aspiring guitarists make for their target to achieve. The track itself has seen controversy recently when a court case was brought against the band when the family of former Spirit guitarist Randy California alleged that Led Zeppelin had stolen part of the song from him. Jimmy Page and Robert Plant however won that battle. Guitar solos will always be a subject music fans rejoice in debating as ever one has their own ear to the sound and the performer has their own take on the material, Gigwise said. Polls have put Zeppelin on top with ‘Stairway’, yet Chuck Berry hit ‘Johnny B. Goode and Guns ‘n’ Roses anthem ‘Sweet Child of Mine’ Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour (on Comfortably Numb), Don Felder and Joe Walsh were also there for the iconic Eagles song ‘Hotel California’ and have all been cited as its worthy successor. The top ten to date is: Stairway to Heaven - Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin) Comfortably Numb - David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) Hotel California - Don Felder and Joe Walsh (Eagles) Freebird - Allen Collins (Lynyrd Skynyrd) All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix (Jimi Hendrix Experience) Eruption - Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen) Killer Queen - Brian May (Queen) Sweet Child of Mine - Slash (Guns N' Roses) Purple Rain - Prince (Prince and the Revolution) Paranoid - Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath) Related links: Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | India wants Armenia’s proposals on use of Chabahar port India is expecting proposals from Armenia regarding the use of Chabahar port in Iran, Indian ambassador says. EU welcomes Armenia-Azerbaijan “progress” The EU has welcomed “progress” made in the framework of the Armenia-Azerbaijan border delimitation process. Belarus opposition leader slams Lukashenko for Karabakh trip Belarusian opposition politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has harshly criticized the visit of Lukashenko to Karabakh. Mkhitaryan raises arrest of former Karabakh leaders in Azerbaijan Inter Milan star Henrikh Mkhitaryan has shared a news story about the extension of the arrest of former Karabakh leaders. |