Favorite Indie Guitar Solo

mine are

Sonic Youth's "The Diamond Sea"

and

The White Stripes' "Ball & A Biscuit"

I'll say "Marquee Moon" before Keith gets here and says it for me.

Spock's Beard's -The Doorway

Yo la Tengo - Decora

Sonic Youth - Sugar Kane

Flaming Lips - God Walks Among us Now

At the "super rock" end of indie rock...

Dave Navarro: Jane's Addiciton, The solo at the end of Three Days
Page Hamilton: Helmet, Wilma's Rainbow
John Frusciante; RHCP, the distrubing solo in Suck My Kiss

Quite a few of Steve Malkmus' solos on Pig Lib (they're even greater live), and "Pablo and Andrea" by Yo La Tengo.

Longwave - Pool Song
White Stripes - Black Math
The Clientele - The House Always Wins


[Edited on Dec 08, 2003 by throatneedle]

warren defever, his name is alive. "the dirt eaters"

the backwards guitar solo from that "radio city suicide" song by the Grifters
"epileptic" by the Moonbabies

haha.

j mascis's solos on out there off of where you been. actually, most of the solos on that album rule.

i like the solo from "the biggest lie" by husker du. sure it's one note, but bob mould can squeeze more soul out of that one note than any motherfucker out there.

favorite television solo would be from "days" (2nd solo). but all their solos are so good.

the title of this thread makes me laugh...how precise can you get? it's like the awards shows they have nowadays: Best Performance by an unhuman mammal in a Western under an hour and 50 minutes.

I'm not sure what counts as "indie" but since you said white stripes I will say the same.

"The Evil That Men Do" by Yo La Tengo

edit ps-- *sigh* I'm so forgetful....

"The Evil That Men Do [Pablo's Version]"

[Edited on Mar 10, 2005 by Cheech]

Ooh, good one! That one always gives me shivers.

Also, Built To Spill, the live version of Broken Chairs.

Is Neil Young indie? If so, "Cortez the Killer." If not, "Cortez the Killer" by Built To Spill.

Television - Venus

THIS ONE

Built to Spill - "Cortez the Killer."

[Edited on Mar 12, 2005 by dead_ringer]

Belle & Sebastian - "Stay Loose"

Possibly my favorite guitar solo ever, and I have no idea why.

The solo in "Everywhere With Helicopter" by Guided By Voices.

I dunno, but I'm pretty sure that Ira Kaplan performs it.

"We're An American Band" and the EP version of "Today Is The Day" spring to mind.

[Edited on Sep 18, 2005 by PopTone]

what does Indie mean these days??

"Listen, The Snow Is Falling" by Galaxie 500

Elliott Smith's "Independence Day." It's so beautiful, and Ican't learn to play it for the life of me.

I've seen a few tabs, and it's not easy. Elliott was a way better guitar player than I think a lot of people realize.