I 20 migliori assoli secondo Guitarist e RollingStone

Di classifiche, si sa, se ne sono stilate davvero tante. Scordatevi la "solita" lista pubblicata da RollingStone, il mensile "Guitarist", con una buona dose di coraggio, c'è da dirlo, ha rielaborato e stravolto non poco le cose. Eccovi le due classifiche a confronto:

GUITARIST
1.”Blackbird” – Alter Bridge (Mark Tremonti & Myles Kennedy)
2.”Eruption” – Van Halen (Eddie Van Halen)
3.”Sweet child o’ mine” – Guns N’ Roses (Slash)
4.”November rain” – Guns N’ Roses (Slash)
5.”Comfortably numb” – Pink Floyd (Pulse: Live) (David Gilmour)
6.”Hollow years” – Dream Theater (Live at Budokan) (John Petrucci)
7.”Under a glass Moon” – Dream Theater (John Petrucci)
8.”Stairway to Heaven” – Led Zeppelin (Jimmy Page)
9.”Free bird” – Lynyrd Skynyrd (Gary Rossington & Allen Collins)
10.”Tornado of souls” – Megadeth (Marty Friedman)
11.”Voodoo child” (Slight return) – Jimi Hendrix
12.”For the love of god” – Steve Vai
13.”All along the watchtower” – Jimi Hendrix
14.”Hotel California” – Eagles (Joe Walsh & Don Felder)
15.”Sultans of swing” – Dire Straits (Mark Knopfler)
16.”Since I’ve been loving you so long” – Led Zeppelin (Jimmy Page)
17.”Still got the blues for you” – Gary Moore
18.”Beat it” – Michael Jackson (Eddie Van Halen)
19.”Motorcycle emptiness” – Manic Street Preachers (James Dean Bradfield)
20.”Aqualung” – Jethro Tull (Martin Barre)
ROLLINGSTONE (6 AGOSTO 2007)
1. "Sweet Child O' Mine," Guns N' Roses
2. "Freebird," Lynyrd Skynyrd
3. "One," Metallica
4. "Comfortably Numb," Pink Floyd
5. "Marquee Moon," Television
6. "Crossroads," Cream
7. "Purple Rain," Prince
8. "Machine Gun," Jimi Hendrix
9. "Ball and Biscuit," The White Stripes
10. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," The Beatles
11. "Stairway to Heaven," Led Zeppelin
12. "Eruption," Van Halen
13. "November Rain," Guns N' Roses
14. Alive," Pearl Jam
15. "Paranoid Android," Radiohead
16. "Maggot Brain," Funkadelic
17. "Fortunate Son," Creedence Clearwater Revival
18. "Time," Pink Floyd
19. "Hotel California," Eagles
20. "Cinnamon Girl," Neil Young
Una bella ventata di novità ci vuole, ogni tanto.