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MadassAlex:
--- Quote from: ledhendrix on 19 May 2009, 16:38 ---I'm glad people are saying Jimi Hendrix. Normally it's all "He's so overrated blah blah blah"
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He is overrated.
It doesn't stop him from being an awesome musician at all, but the sheer amount of worship that goes on is ludicrous. Especially when people worship his lead work when it was his rhythm work that was more innovative and interesting. I'd argue that contemporaries like Page, Blackmore and Iommi were better lead players.
Mmm. It was definitely Hendrix's rhythms that made him great.
altered_carbon:
Django Reinhardt - His rhythms and counterpoint would stump most guitarists these days to no end.
Robbie Krieger - Easily the most underrated guitarist of the sixties; He was so varied and excellent on every Doors cut.
Robert Fripp - Sheer innovation = win
Johnny Marr - Amazing pop music.
Honorary mention to Mikael Akerfeldt, who is a damn good guitarist, and a lot better of a composer.
The Joker:
--- Quote from: MadassAlex on 19 May 2009, 20:07 ---
--- Quote from: ledhendrix on 19 May 2009, 16:38 ---I'm glad people are saying Jimi Hendrix. Normally it's all "He's so overrated blah blah blah"
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He is overrated.
It doesn't stop him from being an awesome musician at all, but the sheer amount of worship that goes on is ludicrous. Especially when people worship his lead work when it was his rhythm work that was more innovative and interesting. I'd argue that contemporaries like Page, Blackmore and Iommi were better lead players.
Mmm. It was definitely Hendrix's rhythms that made him great.
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And you are now one of the people ledhendrix is talking about. Congratulations.
Try the solo from "The Wind Cries Mary" if you want innovative and interesting lead work. For a while near the end he goes off on these other chords never heard in the song before or after that little solo bit. Also, he broke new ground in recording technique, effects, etc.
Patrick:
--- Quote from: The Joker on 20 May 2009, 11:20 ---Try the solo from "The Wind Cries Mary" if you want innovative and interesting lead work. For a while near the end he goes off on these other chords never heard in the song before or after that little solo bit.
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Ooh yay, somebody doing what Mozart already did centuries before. I'm with Alex, Hendrix's rhythms made him a genius. His effects were stunning, but he revolutionized rhythm guitar from going "strum strum strum strum" to, well, "Little Wing".
Cadeonehalf:
--- Quote from: Patrick on 20 May 2009, 11:29 ---Hendrix's rhythms made him a genius. His effects were stunning, but he revolutionized rhythm guitar from going "strum strum strum strum" to, well, "Little Wing".
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QFT.
See also Castles Made of Sand.
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