Best guitar instrumenal in Rock History?

[OldFogey]

OK -- so I have an idea for a new battle: battle of the guitar instrumentals leading up to: "what's the best guitar instrumental of all time?" But I'm not going to pretend like I know it all, so what I'd really like to do is break it up and some different folks run some of the preliminaries. Maybe it could be done along genre lines. So I might take classic rock, blues-rock and jazz-rock.

Then I was thinking about some of my buds who could fill in gaps:

Shred -- metal and if he wants to break it further I'm cool like that.
Schiz (if he's still around) -- prog
Axl -- whatever he wants

I'll coordinate and run the finals.

So I wanna see if there's interest in the battle -- and specifically if Shred, Schiz and Axl are up for running parts of the battle. If others are interested in running a part of the battle that's cool, too. Let me know what you're interested in.

Cheers,
Fogey

[polishdog90]

I would like to nominate:
Nottingham Lace - Buckethead
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYxrdrzmuUw
Coast to Coast - The Scorpions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E35Yad9nd0w
Frankenstein - The Edgar Winter Group (although keyboard is great too)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dujfr...eature=related
The Birth and Death of the Day - Explosions in the Sky
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltQqPJ5A2BI
YYZ - Rush
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHYt0BqSwno
New Years End - God is an Astronaut
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7fa1...eature=related
No Boundaries - Michael Angelo Batio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qG74eVb6V10
Scarified - Racer X
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPGA3vjMLgE
Surfing With the Alien - Joe Satriani
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eYmIHed7xI
For The Love of God - Steve Vai
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp1fLW-DS8Q
Drifting - Andee Mckee
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddn4MGaS3N4
Stairway to Heaven - Rodrigo y Gabriela
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNc5o9TU0t0
Eruption - Van Halen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtOEaMXj5is
One of These Days - Pink Floyd
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQvG2SMVl84

I'm sure I'm forgetting a bunch, but those are some of my favorites. I tried to pick a variation of styles and genres of music, but I'm sure there are others who can add to areas that aren't of my expertise. These are mainly Shred/Metal/Rock/Post-Rock fyi.

[franticfish]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=NLhmhfkphd0
Deep Purple - Mandrake Root
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=sUSgGbuBQ0M
Rainbow - Still I'm Sad
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=3R4hXlWur9Y
The Who - Sparks

[AxlVanHagar]

I think I might be up for this Fogey. Check your in box good sir.

[a21schizoidman]

sounds like a ton of fun Fogey, ill see what I can find and shoot ya a PM

[Soror_YZBL]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIU0RMV_II8

/thread

[My name is Fez]

*Sigh* I wish I had sound at work. Any time Soror says /thread it's bound to be interesting.

EDIT: I forgot to actually mention my choices. YYZ and Cliffs of Dover have since been mentioned, so yeah =p

[Lord_Mhoram]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYcjuv-Pakg

White Cliffs of Dover - Eric Johnson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HoLzNChUAo

Last Horizon - Brian May

[DarkSide247]

Walk, Don't Run -- The Ventures:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ11y7pYl-8

Whale and Wasp -- Alice In Chains:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRbLvtcMk4U

Mountain Jam, Hot 'Lanta, In Memory of Elizabeth Reed -- Allman Brothers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D29T-VhqUNQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSPHu9GgYlw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTFm9gFz3_w

Pet Sounds -- Beach Boys:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1scr_tDRsMs

Fluff, Rat Salad -- Black Sabbath:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtkmRiA5UOE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiK2rs7Vvjk

Foreplay -- Boston
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQifd7O_N5k

Hocus Pocus, Sylvia -- Focus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpV5InLw52U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5gju...eature=related

Storm -- Godspeed You! Black Emperor:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZFzJr9NnPE

Lark's Tongue, Fracture, Red -- King Crimson:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs3ZP50QEgg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txai0wtC9Cc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKqLdqLBxl0

Moby Dick -- Led Zeppelin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOb8otk7Y0U

[OldFogey]

Wow! I thought maybe this idea was gonna fall flat, but I just needed to wait a bit I guess.

Very cool, feedback folks.

Looks like Axl and Schiz are in, so I'm waiting to hear from Shredder.

Love your suggestions, PolishDog -- so once I see what the others come up with there may be room for you to run a prelim of your choice as well.

And yes, Soror, Misirlou will definitely be in the running.

The Buckethead suggestion is just the kind of thing I'm looking for, too -- stuff the rest of the world may know but I haven't caught on to.

So -- thanks everyone. I'll keep gathering input over the next couple of days, and when we've got setlists for the prelims defined I'll publish a schedule and start the fun!

BTW -- how did you all like the idea I did before of allowing multiple votes? So instead of having to pick one out from each list of ten or whatever you could vote for however many you like. Seems like we still wound up with clear winners in most cases, so I thought it worked, but I'm curious what you all think.

I'll see if I can add a poll to get your feedback