I joke not. The general consensus is that David Gilmour's guitar solo in Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb" is the best ever. [Well, technically it is only second best because he recorded the greatest solo for the song and everyone was awestruck and didn't speak or move for a long time. Then they asked the engineer to rewind the tape to hear it again, they found it wasn't recorded! So he had to try again and this is the solo you here in the song]
Let me turn to what I think is the superior solo. Nearly 7 minutes of aural pleasure. Steve Hackett was the lead guitarist in Genesis until he left in 1978 because he did not like how they were shifting in a commercial direction. On his third solo album "Spectral Mornings" from 1979, he closes out the track listing with the song "Spectral Mornings" I think it is his hallmark achievements and one of the greatest guitar songs ever. The guitar lines are a sublime bittersweet tragic-triumph. What player would I be in this band? Not Steve Hackett, but playing those the mellotron with those washing string lines in the background. So...
here is the song in all its full glory. It's only up for 7 days or 100 downloads, so get it while it lasts!
http://download.yousendit.com/12B3269F639B04B2
Once the yousendit link runs out, you can "watch" it here. You don't need to be watching the car racing to enjoy it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOnrpdCFHTU
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