Westside Steve Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 day tripper, and your bird can sing, ticket to ride... WSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cysko Kid Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 For my money "my sweet lord", "while my guitar gently weeps" and "something" are among my top George tunes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 For my money "my sweet lord", "while my guitar gently weeps" and "something" are among my top George tunes FYI, I believe it was actually Eric Clapton who did the guitar solo on My guitar gently weeps, wasn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cysko Kid Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 Might have been. I've heard he was a frequent stand in for George when things weren't going well for the Beatles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westside Steve Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 actually mostly because he and George were close friends. WSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 actually mostly because he and George were close friends. WSS It was Clapton who headed up the Memorial concert for George after he died. And, beyond that, didnt they actually like share a wife? Wasn't Patty Boyd married to both of them at one time? Apparently so: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pattie_Boyd According to this she also was screwing Ronnie Wood at some point. (and naturally, the article implies that the blame should be placed on both George and Eric for her breakup with them.... yea, sure, I am sure she was totally innocent) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cysko Kid Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 Yeah pattie boyd although she apparently left both of them for cheating. She was a hot piece too in her day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larryfine Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 This is a great thread, keep it going Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axe Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaCKKHcpf0w Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westside Steve Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 Great WSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickers Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 Eddie Van Halen could play rings around Les Paul Dont even get Me started on this..Les Paul had a full understanding of Jazz,Harmony and Theory that Eddie cant ever touch.. And Les Paul was every bit as technically gifted and even more so. Les Paul was a real picker. Eddies a dynomite player..But Eddie relies more on tricks...Les Paul invented 90% of the gear that is used in the recording studio and spawned the recording industry into the future and beyond. Hers a clip of LP..a middle aged Les Paul but Les could still play right till the day he died. Les was a genius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosar_For_President Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 what they should have asked specifically is the top 100 guitar solos. Musical masturbation. Who wants to hear a 15 minute long solo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieHardBrownsFan Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaCKKHcpf0w Yoko Ono was/is a dumb cunt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miktoxic Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 Musical masturbation. Who wants to hear a 15 minute long solo. i don't either but i betcha everyone can air guitar the gilmour solo on comfortably numb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cysko Kid Posted July 26, 2014 Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 I can't even think of the solo of comfortably numb off the top of my head and even if I could it's not really a song that inspires me to air guitar. Note like take a bunch of xanax and stare at the wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cysko Kid Posted July 26, 2014 Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 Dont even get Me started on this..Les Paul had a full understanding of Jazz,Harmony and Theory that Eddie cant ever touch.. And Les Paul was every bit as technically gifted and even more so. Les Paul was a real picker. Eddies a dynomite player..But Eddie relies more on tricks...Les Paul invented 90% of the gear that is used in the recording studio and spawned the recording industry into the future and beyond. Hers a clip of LP..a middle aged Les Paul but Les could still play right till the day he died. Les was a genius. Well I can't deny that was some pretty impressive playing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowburn Posted July 27, 2014 Report Share Posted July 27, 2014 Beatles came up with a musical blueprint unmatched in modern pop/rock n roll history It changed, for many of us, how we listen and understand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairHooker11 Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 the guys listed so far (and there are many more) are all demigods ln thier own rights for sure... but talk about riffs? my favorite is Phil Keaggy.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axe Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 A riff, by definition is a short repeated phrase.. It doesn't necessarily have to be complicated.. It can be "Smoke on the Water" simple. Zepplin's "Immigrant Song" simple Or "Crazy Train" semi complicated.. The best ones imo are always really simple. Two relatively recent examples.. I don't know, I've done radio shows for a few different outlets and I try, despite my age, to stay riff current.. But I do believe "Smoke on the Water" is regularly voted as the greatest guitar riff of all time.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miktoxic Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 like i said in an earlier post if you want to know what a riff is it can be a collection of chords that make up the structure of the song or it can be a collection of notes that is the hook of the song...perfect example is the repeated guitar in 'satisfaction' by the stones. i don't know how the voting in the OPs original contest is going but i would think that riff would be in the top 5 by the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miktoxic Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 I can't even think of the solo of comfortably numb off the top of my head and even if I could it's not really a song that inspires me to air guitar. Note like take a bunch of xanax and stare at the wall. different era or influences i guess because 'the wall' to us HS kids when it came out was as iconic as the 'frampton comes alive' or the original 'kiss-alive'. might not like the music but they were HUGE sellers and big influences as far as concept albums and live recordings go. i can hear every note of that solo as if it were playing in the background right now. wait? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westside Steve Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 Well it is most certainly generational as to what music creeps into your soul and stays there throughout your life. Those of us who came of age during the Beatles reign were fortunate, I believe, because the Beatles were exceptional talents and societal icons for a good long time. Lots of artists can't sustain that level of influence. Later things got more fragmented, more fraction alized as the availability of media provided a venue for so many different types of music for kids to grab onto. WSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gftChris Posted July 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 I know some of my favourite tunes, the ones I really put on to either kick back or get pumped, are from right around the time I was at high school/early university, like 2003-2006. Things like American Idiot, Mr Brightside etc. can't hold a candle to great guitar songs from Clapton, Hendrix, the Beatles and the rest, but because it's associated with such a fun partying time, those songs will always hold a special place in my heart. I can listen to Day Tripper now (obviously I wasn't born when it was released), and admire the music, but it's not something I have any emotional attachment to. the nearest from those generations (because I'm a metal/punk kinda person) would be things like the kinks, breaking the law from Judas Priest, anything by Iron Maiden, and odd songs here and there from others, like a few black sabbath, pleasant valley sunday (outlier), Led Zep, things like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 Musical masturbation. Who wants to hear a 15 minute long solo. Not quite 15 minutes....but essentially this fits the bill....and yes, I want to hear it: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westside Steve Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 Maggot is a fun song but some really sloppy cheeseball guitar playing compared to other guys we've been talking about. Still I guess that opening riff food goes to route is pretty memorable! WSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 Maggot is a fun song but some really sloppy cheeseball guitar playing compared to other guys we've been talking about. Still I guess that opening riff food goes to route is pretty memorable! WSS Are we talking just technical eptitude.....or about stuff we like to hear? I mean I guess the likes of Hendrix and Page are wonderfully pure technical players.......but I might like to hear a song written by someone that can't match up, but yet writes better melodies. Maybe there are bands out there with a Steve Simmons like guitarists.....yea, OK, not the greatest....but I certainly like songs written by Steve Simmons better than those written by Hendrix overall. (do you write your stuff on a guitar, or on a keyboard, or both?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickers Posted July 29, 2014 Report Share Posted July 29, 2014 Are we talking just technical eptitude.....or about stuff we like to hear? I mean I guess the likes of Hendrix and Page are wonderfully pure technical players.......but I might like to hear a song written by someone that can't match up, but yet writes better melodies. Maybe there are bands out there with a Steve Simmons like guitarists.....yea, OK, not the greatest....but I certainly like songs written by Steve Simmons better than those written by Hendrix overall. (do you write your stuff on a guitar, or on a keyboard, or both?) Page was very good until about 1972 and started pumping heroin in his veins then he became a very sloppy picker....He can barely play these days.. But make no mistake.. Page is one of the masters when it comes to chord choices harmonically and penning great music for guitar or otherwise. As a producer. He's 2nd to none. Heres a remake of Maggot brain I made back in 05..It's not without its recording flaws..I did it just for fun... https://soundcloud.com/#nick-costa-7/maggot-brain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 Page was very good until about 1972 and started pumping heroin in his veins then he became a very sloppy picker....He can barely play these days.. But make no mistake.. Page is one of the masters when it comes to chord choices harmonically and penning great music for guitar or otherwise. As a producer. He's 2nd to none. Heres a remake of Maggot brain I made back in 05..It's not without its recording flaws..I did it just for fun... https://soundcloud.com/#nick-costa-7/maggot-brain Let me just say this: I am not a musician, so, yes, I am not capable of evaluating the technical eptitude about picking or harmonic chord choices. But, I know what I like, and I really am not all that into Led Zeppelin. Certainly there are songs I like, and certainly there is some good music for guitar that he put out. But they just don't float my boat all that much.....so I am sitting low in the water with them. And "what I like" is all that counts in music.....it really is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westside Steve Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 Are we talking just technical eptitude.....or about stuff we like to hear? I mean I guess the likes of Hendrix and Page are wonderfully pure technical players.......but I might like to hear a song written by someone that can't match up, but yet writes better melodies. Maybe there are bands out there with a Steve Simmons like guitarists.....yea, OK, not the greatest....but I certainly like songs written by Steve Simmons better than those written by Hendrix overall. (do you write your stuff on a guitar, or on a keyboard, or both?) technical aptitude. I'm personally not a very good guitar player. Lots better than guys that can't play at all but you understand.Nickers and Axe are well above average. But it's pretty apparent when a guitar solo is sloppy even if it kind of sounds cool. That's all I meant to say. And whether I enjoy something or not personally has very little as to the proficiency required to play or sing a particular piece. My favorite vocalists or guitar players are not the most technically skilled. Personal taste, like mentioning feel or touch or stuff like that, is an intangible often used like this: Charlie is my favorite weightlifter of all time but Sam can lift more weight. WSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westside Steve Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 and usually I write in my head then pick up the guitar since its handy and start putting the chords where I heard them. I don't have the piano in the living room anymore but 1 of these days I will have a digital with weighted keys to play while I'm upstairs. I do have one in the studio. Sometimes the song I hear in my head is a piano song so I go work on it there. but again I'm a vocalist who plays enough piano and guitar to hack through what needs to be done. WSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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