Top 10 Bon Jovi Guitar Solo's
 

What are your favourite solo's & why?

1. Wanted Dead Or Alive - Richie's pinch harmonics are simply superb. Not a hard solo to learn but very hard to replicate those harmonics as they are on the album. A million covers & none nail it. (That also includes RS when playing it live - Moscow Music Peace Festival is his best version of this solo)

2. Dry County - Probably make most people's top 3. Beautifully put together, fantastic build up to the 2nd solo. Richie really attacks this solo but still retains his sense of melody. Perfect fit for a perfect song.

3. Let It Rock - Pure 80's indulgence but as with so much of Sambora's work, really well thought out. A few different techniques used as well. Not many RS songs use tapping! Dive bombs and whammy bar tricks too. Great solo.

4. Living In Sin - Not many people seem to choose this when compiling YouTube compilations (maybe it's more appreciated if you play guitar?) I really love the use of harmonics and feedback. Very well structured solo.

5. I'll Be There For You - This solo always feels to me like it is telling a story. Not difficult to play but RS plays it with such emotion and great timing.

6. Wild Is The Wind - From the beautiful intro to the excellent verse and chorus work this solo really highlights why RS was (for me) such an underrated guitarist. He simply doesn't waste notes or overplay.

7. Damned - Fun solo. Love hearing wah wah used in a clever way like Richie uses it here. Got a glimpse of his wah playing on ISWID. This is better.

8. Just Older - Something about this solo that feels different. Sounds like it was played on a Telecaster. Very energetic. Much better than The Next 100 Years solo which is buried too low in the mix for my liking.

9. Hardest Part Is The Night - Love the riffs and pinch harmonics before the solo. But that solo itself, as short as it is, really shows RS at his best. Melodic perfection.

10. Shot Through The Heart - Best solo on their first album. Always loved this one. Great guitar work from a very young Richie.

That was a lot harder than I thought it would be. Whatever Richie is or isn't these days, there should be no doubting he wrote some very good guitar solo's.

My Top 10 would be:
1. Dry County
2. Wanted
3. My Guitar Lies Bleeding in My Arms
4. Keep The Faith
5. Bed Of Roses
6. Lay Your Hands On Me
7. Good Guys dont Always Wear White
8. Have A Nice Day
9. If I Was Your Mother
10. Born To be My Baby


Others greatest:
Bad Medicine
Whole Lot of Leaving
Damned
Never Say GoodBye
Raise Your Hands
Id Die For You
Nex 100 Years
Burning For Love
Homebound Train
Into The Echo

1. Born To Be My Baby
2. Wanted
3. I'd Die For You
4. Keep The Faith (counting the lead during the build-part afterwards)
5. LOAP
6. Dry County
7. In These Arms
8. Wild Is The Wind
9. Always
10. Have A Nice Day

Best since HAND would be I'm With You.

1. Bed of Roses
2. Dry County
3. In These Arms
4. Born To Be My Baby
5 . I'll Be There For You
6. LOAP
7. Always
8. Have a Nice Day
9. Blood on Blood
10. These Days

That saying, Bed of Roses is probably his best. Everything is pure perfection, it's really its own song within the song.

1.Wanted
2.Dry County
3.Wild is the Wind
4.Next 100 Years
5.Born to be my Baby
6.Keep The Faith
7.Let it Rock
8.This Ain't A Love Song
9.Breakout
10.Hey God

As a guitar player who can play all Bon Jovi solos (in no particular order):

Dry County
Hey God
Dirty Little Secret
Raise Your Hands
Always (extended solo)
Just Older
Keep The Faith
Good Guys Don't Always Wear White
Living In Sin
Homebound Train

Other faves:

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
Lay Your Hands On Me (MTV Unplugged version)
I'll Be There For You

I believe the correct answer to this question is Wanted dead or alive. Dem feelz

In no particular order:

Runaway, Silent Night, Let It Rock, Wanted Dead Or Alive, Raise Your Hands, Born To Be My Baby, I'll Be There For You, Blood On Blood, Homebound Train, Stick To Your Guns

Oh yeah, Sambora was on FIRE during the recording of New Jersey!!!

Bon Jovi songs:

01. Dry County
02. Wanted Dead or Alive
03. Homebound Train
04. Damned
05. These Days
06. Born to Be My Baby
07. Keep the Faith
08. My Guitar Lies Bleeding in My Arms
09. Next 100 Years
10. Bullet

Other notable: Raise Your Hands, Bed of Roses, I'm With You, Into the Echo, Lay Your Hands on Me, Living in Sin, Bad Medicine, Right Side of Wrong, Runaway (Tim Pierce)




Solo songs:

01. Blaze of Glory (Jeff Beck)
02. Who I Am
03. Justice in the Barrell (Jeff Beck)
04. When a Blind Man Cries
05. Bang a Drum (Jeff Beck)
06. Billy Get Your Guns (Jeff Beck)
07. Never Say Die (Jeff Beck)
08. In it for Love
09. Please Come Home for Christmas (Don Felder)
10. Great Hall of Fame

Other notable: Stranger in This Town, Made in America, Last Chance Train (Joe Perry), Mr. Bluesman (Eric Clapton), It's Just Me (Eric Bazilian)



RS as a guest:

01. Nowhere to Cry (Horizontal Ladies Club)
02. Guitar Talk (Steve Wariner)
03. Misery (Pink & Steven Tyler)
04. Cadillac Man (Johnny Hallyday)
05. Vehicle (Bo Bice)
06. Can I Walk You Home (Bo Diddley)
07. House of Cards (Rockhead)
08. Hell is Living Without You (Alice Cooper)
09. Whisper (Superbus)
10. We All Sleep Alone (Cher)

Other notable: Why Don't You Love Me (Amanda Marshall), Peace in Our Time (Gorky Park), Gonna Rain (Carmine Appice)



Live solo is another story... another thread.