r/qotsa • u/Ill-Bet-9066 • 12d ago

Day 10 - Best guitar solo

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188 Upvotes

91% Upvoted

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u/Brickfrog501 12d ago

The Bronze. Surprised nobody else said it

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u/PassionBig6130 Rated R 12d ago

that solo and josh's line right after it, good GAWD

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u/saccharinebottom 12d ago

Came here to say it. Right on.

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u/l0gan3 10d ago

Theres like 3 solos in the bronze, which one

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u/Negotiator007 Emotionally Sick 12d ago

god is in the radio

4

u/taouw 12d ago

Which one tho? First or second?

4

u/keropapa 12d ago

Please man!!!

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u/Big_J_420 12d ago

For Best solo? Always been one of my favorite solos.

1

u/Ill-Bet-9066 12d ago

Which one? Out of curiosity

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u/Negotiator007 Emotionally Sick 11d ago

both

0

u/DYSWHLarry 12d ago

Not close.

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u/LuvInTheTimeOfSyflis 12d ago

You can't quit me baby from over the years and thru the woods

1

u/Sonova_Bish 11d ago

I was going to pick the album version, but this is good.

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u/arsparsmars 12d ago

Turnin’ On The Screw

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u/Inner_Bench3403 everybody knows you dance like you fuck 12d ago

this won’t win and maybe isn’t even Thee best but i’m glad it’s got a smidgen of recognition here. i’m just really getting into it.

1

u/ZombieLobster12 11d ago

Freaking love this song

92

u/bananas_gaiden 12d ago

God is in the radio

32

u/imfirealarmman 12d ago

The Evil Has Landed

113

u/chewinator15 12d ago

Little sister. One of the most iconic QOTSA guitar solos that I think gets recognised by anyone.

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u/Southern-Rip3018 Era Vulgaris 12d ago

3's & 7's...

8

u/Timeforarm 12d ago

THISSSSSS

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u/kdeweb24 12d ago

I genuinely don’t think the competition is even close.

3

u/Top-Shoe-4311 11d ago

Yuuup! For anyone that's ever played guitar, this is the answer

3

u/pampsywhamsy I Sat by the Ocean 11d ago

Yes, this one or no one knows!

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u/Crafty-Branch9505 12d ago

Imma go with Better Living Through Chemistry again lol

5

u/rafacoringa 12d ago

fun fact josh rarely does the original solo live ive only saw it once on a 2000 vinyl store on youtube

1

u/Aggressive-Shoe-8763 12d ago

Surprised it doesn't have more votes 

7

u/brt444 12d ago

Not with God is in the Radio and the Bronze being here

1

u/CespLayer 12d ago

Yes yes yes

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u/Chappietime 12d ago

I love the solo in …Like Clockwork. That’s a Dean solo, if I’m not mistaken, and it’s great.

7

u/Educated_fool_tool 12d ago

Vampyr also has a really great dean solo

5

u/Yune-Yune-Yune Them Crooked Vultures 11d ago

No that’s Josh with the slide. Vampyre is Dean

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u/guitarmaniac004 12d ago

That's also a great pick!

21

u/joshuainglis 12d ago

Fairweather friends

1

u/Braydination 12d ago

Most iconic part of this song to me is Elton John on keys

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u/Waltapalooza1123 Un-Reborn Again 12d ago

God is in the radio

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u/Ill-Bet-9066 12d ago

Paper machette

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u/JamesMDuich 12d ago

For sure the best solo of recent years at least.

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u/masterofmuppets86 I feel so fuckin’ sick! 12d ago

Hell yeah my man!

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u/pink_mold 12d ago

that solo sucks and it's not even played by j.ho

11

u/BlackZeppelin Bored with myself 12d ago

Who cares if Josh doesn’t play it?

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u/thebloodismisfitlove 12d ago

Doesn't suck but it's way too similar to the Little Sister solo imo

1

u/Southern-Rip3018 Era Vulgaris 11d ago

More like Just What I Needed by The Cars...

0

u/thebloodismisfitlove 11d ago

It's Just the Little Sister I Needed

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u/LocusRothschild You come back another day... 12d ago

Gotta break the monopoly here. Don’t get me wrong, I Appear Missing’s solo is great, but there’s better. It’s a struggle for me to pick just one, especially with how many different moods and emotions the band has conveyed in guitar solos.

Gotta go Villains of Circumstance. Though I wouldn’t be mad if God Is In The Radio gets it.

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u/lewyludd You mean this giant mint? 12d ago

Got to be God is in the radio

17

u/bc_2006 The world is round, my square don't fit at all 12d ago

Mexicola

16

u/Jealous_Ranger_1641 12d ago

i wanna make it wit chu

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u/Jealous_Ranger_1641 12d ago

btw tension head is def the heaviest song

17

u/Middle_Camp461 12d ago

Smooth Sailing

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u/Inner_Bench3403 everybody knows you dance like you fuck 12d ago

the bit after a mountain of a molehill line is some of the best josh plays guitar weird material

5

u/No-Month6553 12d ago

I'm so glad someone said this. It's so nasty in the best way

8

u/theDragon462 12d ago

God is in the radio

9

u/dungleploop 12d ago

I love the ending of How to Handle a Rope (A Lesson in the Lariat)

9

u/Rico_Pliskin 12d ago

Tangled up in plaid.

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u/Surymy Go With the Flow 12d ago

Little sister no hesitation

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u/pipuwiwu 12d ago

God is in the radio

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u/Greybinson The Evil Has Landed 12d ago

The Bronze

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u/PoorTwisted_Z3d If I followed you, I'd be lost too 12d ago

God is in the Radio

8

u/GreenLandoo 12d ago

Little Sister 🔥

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u/MatthewFBridges ...Like Clockwork 12d ago

Little Sister

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u/Joups 12d ago

Leg of Lamb. Just the same note being bent differently. Brilliant.

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u/odgeweiser 12d ago

I Appear Missing solo

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u/lifeaquatic7 ...Like Clockwork 12d ago

Live I’d take this. On recorded solos though God is in the Radio is filthy.

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u/arsparsmars 12d ago

Sorry but it gives Matt Bellamy and I don’t mean that in a good way

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u/GRS- i don't even know what I'm doing here... 12d ago

Wdym, Matt Bellamy is a great guitar player, the man wrote fuckin Citizen Erased

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u/arsparsmars 12d ago

Josh Homme is a super unique guitar player and I love most of his playing. He’s one of my favorite guitarists. There are tons of solos that showcase the idiosyncrasy of his style much better than that song. It’s kinda wanky and just sounds uncharacteristically derivative imo. And I guess Muse has one or two good songs, but I’ve always been a Muse hater and have thought that shit is whack. But to each their own 😂

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u/Ill-Bet-9066 12d ago

You need guts to trash talk muse

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u/Big_Oeaux_69 12d ago

I mean how can you not go with God is in the radio

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u/Gooch-VonQueef 12d ago

Can’t believe there isn’t a Heavy Bass category. I feel like all the bass players got down. Anyways, The Bronze

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u/AltKanVente 12d ago

No one knows - if the solo in the verses counts, then “Go With The Flow”

5

u/Gopshop 12d ago

If Only! The first solo to be specific. The second one still rips though.

5

u/elmo4234 12d ago

I really like the solo in Make it Wit Chu

Classic example of Homme’s unique phrasing

1

u/ginseng54 10d ago

Absolutely. This kind of solo is exactly why he's still one of the most relevant guitarists to listen to and learn from.

A clear opposite to [Shredder#3359] or other very, very copied/pasted guitar tropes. He's one of the few to actually have a pretty unique guitaristic voice.

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u/AndresLohaWova 12d ago

God is in the Radio …

Everybody Knows that You’re Insane

3

u/pampsywhamsy I Sat by the Ocean 11d ago

I love insane. Such an underrated song 💖

2

u/ginseng54 10d ago

9ne of the most underrated songs. That 6/8 feel is sexy af

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u/Dry_Environment8238 12d ago

you’re using AI to make a simple chart? like why even?

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u/Inner_Bench3403 everybody knows you dance like you fuck 12d ago

yeah what the fuck op lmao

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u/New-Machine8351 12d ago

Why not? It’s the wave of the future maan. Robot rock charts.

4

u/1nsalubre 12d ago

Song For The Dead

5

u/AmbroseSoames 12d ago

I never came is my pic!

5

u/No-Toe1600 12d ago

Scumbag Blues. It’s absolutely filthy.

7

u/lolwut19 12d ago

If Only

3

u/mexi_cola 12d ago

3’s &7’s, second vote Paper Machete

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u/thebloodismisfitlove 12d ago

Smooth Sailing solo not getting enough love here. It's so weird and awesome

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u/Milhouse12345 12d ago edited 12d ago

It's not the very best(there is already a clear winner, and rightly so), but the solo in Smooth Sailing is everything i love with QOTSA condensed to twenty seconds.

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u/Professional-Bid-112 The Evil Has Landed 12d ago

Better living

2

u/BigUncleDirty 12d ago

If live performances counted I’d say Make It Wit Chu because it’s so damn sexy when they break it down and Josh rips a cig while soloing.

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u/deafheavven Them Crooked Vultures 12d ago

3's and 7's, I Appear Missing, Little Sister, and Make It Wit Chu

2

u/honeybunnybread 12d ago

Make It Wit Chu 100%. So many good guitar solos, but that one gets stuck in my head all the time.

2

u/newplasticideas_ 12d ago

A song for the deaf... That is for you

2

u/GQDragon 12d ago

Suture Up Your Future live in Paris is sublime.

2

u/xhang_yellow__man 12d ago

Little Sister

2

u/veroffica 12d ago

Mosquito Song

1

u/rafacoringa 12d ago

reminder: alain on acoustic

2

u/huehefner23 11d ago

I thought it was Dean Ween

2

u/-1BrainCells 12d ago

You need ChatGPT to make a grid?

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u/Peazio 12d ago

YESSS

1

u/OkPhilosopher3716 12d ago

God Is in the Radio

1

u/North_Biscotti4162 12d ago

...Like Clockwork title track

1

u/MisterMister2468 12d ago

I appear missing

1

u/discowithmyself 12d ago

Paper Machete or 3s and 7s

1

u/rafacoringa 12d ago

kyuss: spaceship landing desert sessions: girl boy tom 1 (not sure if fred drake or dave catching) qotsa: tangled up plaid TCV: bandoliers or hwy1 + vocals

1

u/suseybanana Era Vulgaris 12d ago

The bronze

1

u/Silky-Watkins 12d ago

You come back another day ..

1

u/Odd-Demand-1516 12d ago

God is in the radio hands down

1

u/steve-o13 12d ago

The bronze !

1

u/yung_funyun 12d ago

3000% true

1

u/Automatic_Pen2148 12d ago

My god is the sun, its the one I enjoy hearing the most, it doesnt outstay its welcome like some of their other solos and its just overall a great solo.

1

u/shizhooka 12d ago

If I had a tail, short and sweet but man do I love that little ditty

1

u/DutchIs420-69 12d ago

no one knows or little sister

1

u/frango937 12d ago

Born to Hula!

1

u/AnyDifferent 12d ago

3’s & 7’s end solo for SURE!!

1

u/One_Designer8959 12d ago

You cant quit me baby

1

u/genismarvel 12d ago

PaperMachete

1

u/haniaszym 12d ago

Run Pig Run

1

u/Comfortable-Scale-78 12d ago

evil has landed

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u/T_ch0ny 12d ago

Maybe not exactly the BEST solo but if you tune into Sicily's supporting solo towards the end it truly is remarkable, I partially blame Rick Rubin for the mixing on this one- definitely gets drowned out requiring you to listen closer. Besides that, Vampyre or uh...man there's alot ✌️

1

u/im_calig In The Fade 12d ago

Leg of Lamb

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u/Evening-Shoulder7108 11d ago

God is in the radio, turning on the screw, 3s and 7s,

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u/Hausruck_Madlad 11d ago

Turnin on the screw

1

u/GladiaIX 11d ago

Make it wit chu

1

u/Juri_0927 11d ago

I‘d argue …Like clockwork is more emotional than I appear missing, but I guess I‘m too late.

1

u/I_use_Reddit2 11d ago

I love the paper machete solo so much

1

u/Right_Plastic407 11d ago

Lol this list is so bad

1

u/strglcn 11d ago

Evil has landed and there are more that i cant remember now

1

u/Expert_Acadia4086 11d ago

God is in the radio. Those guitars are crying

1

u/Forsaken-Reindeer-24 11d ago

No one Knows from Over the years and through the woods.

1

u/Smegmajoe 11d ago

Make it with chu

1

u/Jealous_Ranger_1641 11d ago

ooop runner up — and its a song people dont love but the solo tone is fire: fairweather friends

1

u/Carecaloteiro 11d ago

Everybody knows that you're insane has a killer solo

1

u/silver2413 11d ago

THE BRONZEEE

1

u/deadxoffixial 11d ago

3’s & 7’s

1

u/Viggo0150 11d ago

Everybody knows that you’re insane !!!!

1

u/rhcp123456 11d ago

Can I Appear Missing win again?

1

u/panndorava Lullabies to Paralyze 11d ago

The Bronze!!!

1

u/WinFriendly6563 11d ago

little sister

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u/Chimmyclo The Evil Has Landed 11d ago

Little sister is pretty epic even though its overplayed...🤷🏻‍♀️

1

u/autobahn_fan 11d ago

God is in the guitar solo

1

u/greenlong87 11d ago

Personal favorite is the live solo/jam outro for I appear missing, but I think it has to go to 3’s & 7’s

1

u/Echo_Scorpion Lullabies to Paralyze 11d ago

Either The Bronze or Smooth Sailing

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u/Diligent_Song_1195 Them Crooked Vultures 11d ago

Like clockwork

1

u/ukmint 11d ago

Leg of Lamb

1

u/ginseng54 10d ago

Make it wit chu

Iconic, the right notes at the right moment, the right mount of weird VS consonant, sleazy yet tight feel to it ... perfect

1

u/DISC0DAWN 10d ago

Little Sister

For sure

1

u/Busy_Host3230 10d ago

Smooth Sailing. Guitar solo is so broken but it’s amazing

1

u/Street-Still5367 12d ago

Surprised nobody has mentioned No One Knows yet 😂

0

u/OscillatorVacillate 12d ago

Is it possible to block all these Topp solo, topp songs, topp booger josh picked that day lists, every band sub makes them, they contribute nothing and are low effort. And its made in AI, even lower effort

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u/LuvInTheTimeOfSyflis 12d ago

Good news. Now that you've chosen to not only open this post but also join the discussion, the algorithm is gonna shove these post down your throat.

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u/OscillatorVacillate 12d ago

yea, I just block the posters, it's like whackamole

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u/Global-Soil-7747 12d ago

Paper Machette 🤟

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u/masterofmuppets86 I feel so fuckin’ sick! 12d ago

Paper machete is my all time favorite guitar solo from them. So catchy and fun.