# The Best Flaming Lips Guitar Solos

> The 11 best Flaming Lips guitar solos, ranked. #1 is She Don't Use Jelly (1993), then Turn It On and Bad Days. Every video starts at the solo.

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The Flaming Lips' guitar peak came with Ronald Jones in the mid-'90s, whose layers of noise, feedback and effects turned the instrument into a kind of orchestra. Their guitar moments are more about texture and chaos than traditional soloing.

Informed by: [Paste](https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/the-20-best-flaming-lips-songs), [Stereogum](https://stereogum.com/2214085/best-flaming-lips-songs-deep-cuts-rarities-underrated/lists/10-best-songs), [Guitar Player](https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/this-surreal-flaming-lips-performance-is-one-of-the-most-tripped-out-gigs-on-the-internet)

1. [She Don't Use Jelly](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-flaming-lips-she-don-t-use-jelly/) — The Flaming Lips · solo by Ronald Jones · 1993
2. [Turn It On](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-flaming-lips-turn-it-on/) — The Flaming Lips · solo by Ronald Jones · 1993
3. [Bad Days](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-flaming-lips-bad-days/) — The Flaming Lips · solo by Ronald Jones · 1995
4. [The Abandoned Hospital Ship](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-flaming-lips-the-abandoned-hospital-ship/) — The Flaming Lips · solo by Ronald Jones · 1995
5. [Moth in the Incubator](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-flaming-lips-moth-in-the-incubator/) — The Flaming Lips · solo by Ronald Jones · 1993
6. [Convinced of the Hex](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-flaming-lips-convinced-of-the-hex/) — The Flaming Lips · solo by Steven Drozd · 2009
7. [The W.A.N.D.](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-flaming-lips-the-w-a-n-d/) — The Flaming Lips · solo by Steven Drozd · 2006
8. [Unconsciously Screamin'](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-flaming-lips-unconsciously-screamin/) — The Flaming Lips · solo by Jonathan Donahue · 1990
9. [Mountain Side](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-flaming-lips-mountain-side/) — The Flaming Lips · solo by Jonathan Donahue · 1990
10. [Chewin the Apple of Yer Eye](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-flaming-lips-chewin-the-apple-of-yer-eye/) — The Flaming Lips · solo by Ronald Jones · 1993
11. [Silver Trembling Hands](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-flaming-lips-silver-trembling-hands/) — The Flaming Lips · solo by Steven Drozd · 2009

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