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Coldplay sued by Joe Satriani
Dazed:
Jeff Beck in my opinion.
Anyway, I couldn't care less about any of this except that I want the process to be long and horrifically annoying for Coldplay. Preferably bankrupting as well, but I'd settle for serious annoyance.
billiumbean:
--- Quote from: Dazed on 08 Dec 2008, 20:22 ---Anyway, I couldn't care less about any of this except that I want the process to be long and horrifically annoying for Coldplay. Preferably bankrupting as well, but I'd settle for serious annoyance.
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Or like when John Lennon said the Beatles were bigger than Jesus and a bunch of angry Christians burned their records. That would satisfy me, at least.
Christophe:
--- Quote from: Spluff on 08 Dec 2008, 20:05 ---Because they predominantly listen to indie rock, which is about as far away as you can possibly get. Indie rock has people that can barely play their instruments, and that's the way they like it.
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Fig. 1: Andy Cohen, Silkworm
Fig. 2: Ian Williams, Don Caballero/Battles
Fig. 3: Sam Zurick, Make Believe
Fig. 4: Doug Martsch, Built to Spill
Fig. 5: Ted Leo, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
Indie rock has its fair share of guitar heroes.
Dimmukane:
Also, for all the amazing technicality, wankery does not make for good music. I like a handful of Satriani tracks, but most of it is just unengaging. This includes Malmsteen, Vai, Petrucci, and most of the other proggy asshats.
I still haven't heard a Dream Theatre song that I liked.
This is all just personal opinion, so don't attack me for it.
And I'm absolutely positive I heard a riff like the one in question as far back as 2002. Like, exactly like Satriani's version.
Spluff:
Most of Satriani's tracks aren't wankery or even particularly technical. In fact, 95% of his work is rather easy to play - look at the song in question, for example. It is relatively simple but very well executed, managing to deliver about ten times more feeling with the subtle nuances of the guitar than Coldplay did with their vocals. Just because they are capable of playing extremely fast, doesn't mean all of their stuff is just technical masturbation, and many Instrumental Guitar artists cop this criticism a lot, usually unfairly.
Feel free to dislike it, but claiming that it is bad because it is purely wank is just wrong. Sure, some artists do produce mainly wank (Malmsteen, Michael Angelo Batio), but most artists produce a wide range of things, and very rarely (if ever) put out a song that just involves them playing as fast as possible.
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