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 | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel. Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. |