# Love Song guitar solo > Captain Sensible's guitar solo on Love Song by The Damned (1979) starts at about 1:12. Ranked #457 of all time across 80 lists. A punk classic from the 1970s. Canonical URL: The Damned, 1979. Solo by *Captain Sensible*. Captain Sensible's fast, flashy lead shows how much playing skill the early punk bands had. Love Song is a fast, catchy punk single, and Captain Sensible's lead guitar shows off serious skill beneath the band's chaotic image. His playing is quick and flashy, with rapid runs and sharp bends that fit neatly into the song's breakneck pace. He blends punk energy with pop hooks, keeping the solo tight and melodic. It proves that early punk bands often had more technical ability than their reputations suggested. Listen for the bursts of speed and how they stay tied to the song's melody, and for the way the guitar cuts through the driving rhythm section, adding an extra layer of excitement to an already frantic, joyful track. Love Song by The Damned is ranked #457 in our consensus of 80 guitar-solo lists. The solo is played by Captain Sensible and the song was released in 1979. It appears on 1 lists, placing as high as #96 (Classic Rock (Louder)). ## In our lists - [The 25 Greatest Punk Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/punk/) — #9 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1979](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1979/) — #11 ## Sources - [Classic Rock (Louder): The 100 greatest guitar solos in rock](https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-100-greatest-guitar-solos-in-rock) — #96 ### Who played the guitar solo on Love Song? Captain Sensible played the solo on The Damned's Love Song (1979). ### Where does Love Song rank among the greatest guitar solos? #457 in the GreatestSolos consensus of 80 published lists; it appears on 1 of them. --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)