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- kitsua, on 07/10/2009, -4/+42Jimmy Page - definition of rock legend. One of the greatest electric guitarists of all time. More influential than you can imagine.
Jack White - though a lesser legend, nonetheless has the spirit of true rock and roll and is a worthy modern master of the guitar.
The Edge - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q65iSpG1DgQ
By the by, what on earth has Huffpo got to do with this? Why not link straight to the content? - AmyVernon, on 07/10/2009, -3/+24Jimmy Page was far more than co-founder of Led Zep. I got to see Robert Plant in concert and Page in concert and Page's concert so utterly and totally blew away Plant's concert, it's not even funny. Page's concert was practically a religious experience for me, having been a few years too young to have had the opportunity to see Zep in concert.
- benroy, on 07/10/2009, -1/+13I honestly hope that films like this combined with the popularity of Guitar Hero and Rock Band inspire kids to start playing real guitars, you know the analog kind. We're well overdue for the next rock revolution.
- koinek, on 07/10/2009, -4/+15When did Jack White become a "legend"? This movie is a serious fail.
- dafragsta, on 07/10/2009, -6/+15Jack White, sure, Jimmy Page, most definitely. The Edge? He's an effects genius, but I don't know if he's really changed guitar playing like the other two guys. Jack White is MUCH more innovative in changing up this tone and breaking up the monotony of blues scale guitarists all imitating Jimmy Page. Was David Gilmour not available?
- Waynerz99, on 07/10/2009, -4/+13People know the guitar player from linkin parks name?
Please tell me you wikipedia'd that... - Asvetic, on 07/10/2009, -1/+10History of the Electric Guitar? That's a bit of a misnomer. How bout Selected Experiences with an Electric Guitar?
- TheNik, on 07/10/2009, -1/+9Well Jack White plays good music and only 50 year old women still listen to AC/DC...
- benroy, on 07/10/2009, -1/+9That was awesome. I'm off to watch some more Bill Bailey.
- SurrealDream, on 07/10/2009, -0/+8I actually quite like U2 (ATYCLB has a special place in my adolescent heart) but I could never figure out why they named their lead guitarist after a crustless pizza.
- floppytaco, on 07/10/2009, -2/+9How dare they not include Dimebag!! While we're at it how dare they exclude Hendrix, SRV and Rhodes!? It would have been a pretty entertaining documentary if it had a bunch of corpses talking about their lives mastering the guitar.
- Hartley1942, on 07/10/2009, -0/+7Pink Floyd?
- sykotik, on 07/10/2009, -0/+7I think a couple of folks are confused on what "tone" means. I only speak up because I've played guitar for 17 years now. The tone is the sound of the guitar, not the chords or notes played on the guitar, per se. For example, if someone played SRV, but it's a song you haven't heard before, you'd immediately be able to identify it as SRV because of the tone of the guitar, not because of how the notes are being played (i.e. solo vs main riff vs bridge etc)
Tone = strings + amp + effects (if any) + make-up of the guitar + playing style + vibrato (very significant, and very over looked) + pickups + a few other variables.
I'm not trying to be "that guy," I just felt a clear distinction should be made for those unfamiliar with the term. I love to learn, and I love to share! - inactive, on 07/10/2009, -1/+8The White Stipes? are you kidding me? >:|
U2? I can think of a lot more deserving people.
Jimmy Page? yes! :D - TheNik, on 07/10/2009, -0/+7Or grammar, apparently. ;)
- inactive, on 07/10/2009, -1/+7digging me down with out saying how he has changed rock guitar doesnt make me any less right. how about an example? maybe just one single artist that says they were influenced by his playing style. or maybe one new innovation that he introduced to music. come on guys stop being fanboys....
- MonstersAGoGo, on 07/10/2009, -0/+6Yngwie Who?
- bossm4n, on 07/10/2009, -2/+8Carlos Santana is the most overrated guitar hack in the history of rock. Identifiable tone equals playing the same riff for 40 years. Agree with all your other comments though.
- dafragsta, on 07/10/2009, -2/+8By the time Led Zeppelin's fourth album came out, do you doubt that anyone questioned whether Jimmy Page was a rock legend?
- dafragsta, on 07/10/2009, -3/+9All three of these guys have VERY distinctive tones. You can tell who's playing without even asking. I question the Edge more than Jack White.
- Konstantino, on 07/10/2009, -1/+7I think the whole point is that they select one so-called "rock legend" from every generation, so Jack White is the most current representative of this generation.
- DankBuddz, on 07/10/2009, -0/+6Dimebag would still need to be alive to contribute to this article.
- Waynerz99, on 07/10/2009, -3/+9Came here to make the same comment. While i may be biased because I think U2 is terrible, theres no chance you can call their guitar player a rock legend.
- inkubusfan, on 07/10/2009, -1/+7buried you for obviously never listening to The Raconteurs.
- BILLYBOBJOEBOB, on 07/10/2009, -0/+5PAUL. GILBERT.
- johnkemp, on 07/10/2009, -4/+9***** Jack White. And I can see some of his fans going around burying comments critical of him. ***** them too.
- StevieJanowski, on 07/10/2009, -2/+7I hope they document this is spinal tap and turning the amp up to 11
- 1x253, on 07/10/2009, -1/+6He and his wife, Mary Ford, created songs that would be difficult to imitate, let alone compose and design (yes, design). Les Paul created the first real multi-track recorders and invented the modern guitar as we know it, although he was improving on the ideas of others to some degree. Les Paul almost single handedly created modern studio recording as we know it up until the digital age. He, last I saw, was playing every Tuesday night at a club in NYC. He is one of the most amazing jazz guitarists to ever play the instrument and brings real joy to his playing.
He and Mary Ford would do this thing when they would record songs where Mary Ford (a ***** great vocalist) would sing the song straight and then they would lay down a background vocal track. They would rerecord the song omiting the background vocal track and she would sing another background vocal track while listening to the first, varying it in it's disonance and consonance. They would do that for a few generations of background vocal tracks always erasing the previous vocal track and would wind up with still relevant notes in the final background vocal track, but something that would have been impossible to have imagined as a singer singing the song first time around. A real testament to their creativity as artists.
The overriding feeling one gets from listening to their music is that it is infused with real joy and enthusiasm for their art.
I, nonetheless, will still watch the movie just to see Page. I still believe that he is one of the greatest guitarists of all time, despite having stolen from Willie Dixon, et al.
Calling people morons isn't going to make them want to give Les Paul a chance; a different approach might help. Another one worth giving a listen to would be (I'm sure you know him) Wes Montgomery.
Taking an off topic tangent, there are a couple of Gypsy guys from Sevilla, Spain who had a band called "Pata Negra". Both play guitar extremely well, but Raimundo is the Hendrix of Spanish Guitar. He evokes sounds that just seem impossible to get out of any kind of acoustic. You might find a song, maybe two, on the internet, but their music is exceedingly hard to find outside of Europe. They hung out with the Beatles, the Stones and Dylan back in the day and fused outside influences with traditional Flamenco music. They tried to fuse with Reggae for example... and it was terrible. On the other hand, they did one song called "Blues de la Frontera" which is an instrumental (as almost all their music is) that just kicks ass.
I agree wholeheartedly that the film makers dropped the ball and didn't really do their homework. They had a budget and they were just trying to knock out a film. - Kijael, on 07/10/2009, -0/+5Bill Bailey is awesome, so very talented and funny. And I aren't a fan of musical comedy.
- thejackyl, on 07/10/2009, -9/+14Jack White and The Edge are both a big ***** joke. I can think of a thousand guitarists who deserve those spots more than them.
- bussche, on 07/10/2009, -0/+5I agree, at least jack white created a new and different sound, along with being a pretty good player.
- DankBuddz, on 07/10/2009, -3/+7I'm surprised Jimmy Page even showed up, being pooled together with two other complete douchebags.
- DankBuddz, on 07/10/2009, -2/+6Really? Not even Jimmy Page? Do you even know how to play the guitar?
- dafragsta, on 07/10/2009, -1/+5Angus Young? Jimmy Page clone. I'll give you Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton for pure playing, but this seems to be more about the sound of guitar. Eric Clapton never really was a tone freak. He played straight blues rock guitar. Jimmy Page represents that era well. The Edge represents the 80s and 90s, but I think I'd rather have Johnny Greenwood than The Edge. That would've rounded out this group perfectly.
- inactive, on 07/10/2009, -3/+7zakk wylde is so over rated. every bls song sounds the same. sure he sings about drinking and ***** ***** up, but the music is so boring. all the riffs sound the same and every other note is a harmonic. *****, even ozzy announced this morning that he is looking for a new guitarist.
- bussche, on 07/10/2009, -0/+4All of those artists are from the pre-80's era. If you would have actually watched the trailer you would have known the idea was to get someone from 3 DIFFERENT eras.
- serif69, on 07/10/2009, -4/+8The story goes that U2 wanted to start out as a cover band, but the Edge sucked so much at guitar that he couldn't play anyone else's music, so they had to write their own.
- zebraz, on 07/10/2009, -12/+16No Les Paul ?
Totally buried.
Most morons here have no idea who he even is. - bussche, on 07/10/2009, -0/+3No identifiable tone? Do you know what a digitech whammy pedal is?
Santana has been playing the same solo for 30 years, boring zzzzz
Angus is pretty generic blues rock, Yngwie can play fast, big whoop. - sodade, on 07/10/2009, -0/+3You are seriously trying to claim that Jack White is not a songwriter? In the same breath as praising a wankoff like Vai?
There is no doubt that the White Stripes are lo fi, low skill modern pop, but pop music is all about SONGWRITING. Any random kid can learn to shred arpeggios, but it is a rare talent that can write a catchy hook with a unique(ish) vibe.
Don't get me wrong here - I am a big fan of over constructed, self absorbed music (hell, my favorite band these days is the Mars Volta), but, as a musician, I have the sense to recognize the value of a simple pop song. - Fleagleman, on 07/10/2009, -1/+4You get 3 people to talk about mastering the electric guitar, and 2 of them are Jack White and The Edge? No offense to them, but are you ***** kidding me? Ever heard of Eric Clapton? Eddie Van Halen? Joe Satriani? BB King? Chuck Berry? Les Paul? Brian May? Pete Townsend? Carlos Santana?
I'll just stop there. - 1x253, on 07/10/2009, -0/+3And let me just clarify for anyone who dug me down above. Page was not the co-founder, he was THE founder. He had final say on who was in and who was not in the band. Joe Cocker and Rod Stewart were actually in the running as lead vocalist for a while. Thank God they settled on Robert Plant.
- Opiate, on 07/10/2009, -0/+3They should have asked real innovators like Robert Fripp
- flapanthers87, on 07/10/2009, -6/+9Honestly, you're a ***** idiot.
Jack White is the best guitarist out there right now (modern music I mean). If you disagree, you definitely have some form of mental retardation.
Jimmy Page is great yes, but there's a reason he's been accused of stealing music. He's primarily a studio musician who blew up with a band. He's a rock legend yes, but you make is sound like he was a gift from who knows what.
The fact that you mentioned Angus Young just makes you look like the idiot I called you earlier. Angus is good yes, but the man knows one scale and 3 chords. Far from a guitar legend.
You seem like the kinda guy who's so buried in his 70's rock that you can't open your eyes and see that there is talent out there right now. Just because Jack White plays simple music doesn't mean he's a simple guitarist. The guy is a blues virtuoso. - FuzzplugJones, on 07/10/2009, -0/+3Buried for no Alex Lifeson.
- verynegative, on 07/10/2009, -0/+3THANK YOU!
He's boring, have ***** tone (way too muddy) and always play the same ***** over and over, its like he knows only one scale. - patodruida, on 07/10/2009, -1/+4Of course I'm annoying.
Little immature kids like you always find it annoying when adults come over and teaches them a lesson or two.
I know your kind. You are that kid who walks into a Guitar Center during lunch break and starts blasting 64th notes on a pointy 7-string guitar you'll never be able to afford, only to hand it back and return to flipping burgers or making copies when the time is up.
I am sorry you are bitter because of your failed music career.
I am sorry you hate Jack White for being more successful than you.
I am sorry Jack White got the chance to jam with Jimmy Page when you will probable never even get an autograph.
And in the remote case that it were true you are a real songwriter who haa enjoyed at least a minimum amount of success (something very, very doubtful), you would still come across as a smug *****.
Are you proud of yourself? - FearlessFreep, on 07/10/2009, -0/+3The problem is that music tastes have changed such that the really good guitarists and songwriters of today are not in the public eye in the way a Page or Hendrix or Clapton were
- strad2, on 07/10/2009, -2/+5God, that is just unwatchable... U2 sucks so hard.
- patodruida, on 07/10/2009, -1/+4Humour me. What have you "achieved" in your 25 years of existence?
This is not about "knowing more" about music than you or anyone else.
What is music about, then? Jimmy said it best "Are you experienced?"
The answer, in your case, is a resounding no. -
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