By 'pop', I don't mean Beck, Clapton, or some so-called guitar wizard.
I mean stuff like the second, nearly 3 minute guitar break in My Sharona, or the solo in Eddie Money's Two Tickets to Paradise.

One of my alltime favorites:

Howard Leese on Heart's Magic Man and Elliot Easton with The Cars on few of their first 2 albums' singles.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Last Dance With Maryjane.

Those early Cars guitars were fantastic.

Since I was a kid listening to my sister's Best of... loved the guy who played on all those early Bread songs...
just a real nice touch..at 27 and 1:09...and the fadeout.







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Glenn Frey: the solo and that gorgeous fadeout starting at 4:20...







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Real good topic and fine choices by all.

Joy - Apollo 100

Get Together - Youngbloods

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Real good topic and fine choices by all.

Joy - Apollo 100

Get Together - Youngbloods

I love the guitars in Get Together - great pick!.
I have never been able to figure out what he's doing - it sounds like an open tuning, but then it doesn't. It gives the song a real graceful, mournful quality to it.







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Alan Parker - Hurdy Gurdy Man

I hate to go on the straight and narrow but it truly is a fine guitar solo from an unexpected source:

Lindsay Buckingham, Tusk

Greek Goddess of Wisdom, Skill...& War

Lindsey B. on Over My Head..

Keith's in 'It's all over now'...

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Keith, Lindsey... Great choices, but not exactly what I had in mind. Those are great rock and roll guys.
Like the solo in Earth, Wind and Fire's That's the Way of the World.

Two of my favourites (guilty pleasures perhaps) are these little beauties...

Manic Street Preachers - Motorcycle Emptiness (James Dean Bradfield)

Oasis - Live Forever (Noel Gallagher), it was inspired by Shine A Light

Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights (Ian Bairnson)

Pretenders - Kid (James Honeyman-Scott)



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Hey stupidguy2. Yes the My Sharona solo is one of the best of all times.

This is another. The guitarist is Jimmy Ryan. Solo at 2:01







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Jefferson Starship - Save Your Love

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solo starts at 3:35



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Dave Mason - Look at You Look at Me....solo starts at 4:54....





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Two of my favourites (guilty pleasures perhaps) are these little beauties...

yes I also like the solo guitar on Wuthering Heights, so much feeling..
I remember I was in love with Kate Bush when she sang Babooschka in 1980. Curiously, I don't remember Wuthering Heights that came out in 1978 maybe because this song is more difficult to sing.

How about this one at 2:26

slashs sweet child of mine solo is still absolutely outstanding.
phrasing, sense for melodies, attitude, tone. it's so lyrical and yes it's pop.

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Dave Mason - Look at You Look at Me....solo starts at 4:54....

Great song!
This whole album is a gem!!!

Curtains For You by The Only Ones (John Perry!)
Shot by both sides by Magazine (John McGeoch)

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slashs sweet child of mine solo is still absolutely outstanding.
phrasing, sense for melodies, attitude, tone. it's so lyrical and yes it's pop.

Everything you posted is spot on. Good Call. I only wish I didn't hate this song so much as the (lead) guitar is some of the best out there. Oh well, my loss.

Peace,
Mr DJA

Killer Queen has a killer solo (starts at 1:25)

I Want A New Drug - Huey Lewis & The News

A good solo made better when Chris Hayes inserts a reference to Jimi Hendrix at the end.

Actually, Chris Hayes had some other good lines in his days with the News. Also Johnny Cola on Sax added a bunch of his own as well.

Peace,
Mr DJA

I still see Stupidguy2's point, this is not so much about songs that you would also hear on Classic Rock stations like songs by Queen and so on. Yes, they made a bit of a pop crossover hit in those songs.

"Bad to me" by Billy J. Kramer has some nice guitar, I'm not really wired for sound.

The Carly Simon is probably on point.

The Outro to Rosanna by Toto. It has some really cool bluesy piano and guitar.



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