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vuh 
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 Topic: Beck,Page or Clapton?
Posted: April 23 2009 at 08:38 |
For years I've heard guitarists heap plaudits on Beck so I assumed he must be really good. I've not heard much by him but most of what I've heard hasn't been very enjoyable. Hi Ho Silver Lining has one of the worst solos I've ever heard, She's a Woman is just terrible and Gets Us All In the End is nothing short of embarassing. Only the tracks I've heard from Truth were worth listening to.
I like Cream but Clapton's solo career leaves me cold. That horrible ooo-wee-ooo-ooo-wee phrase he plays on Wonderful Tonight makes me want to listen to Throbbing Gristle (and I don't even like Throbbing Gristle).
I like Page's sloppiness, extra long guitar strap, dragon flared trousers and violin bow. I also really like his acoustic playing and his production skills.
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Posted: April 20 2009 at 21:15 |
For me.
Page > Beck > Clapton
Granted they're all in the top 5 guitarists of all time IMO.
I'm still a Zep fan, I'm not terribly into the Yardbirds but Becks solo stuff is terrific. As for Clapton, I love Cream and I like the Dominos, his solo stuff is hit and miss, his early stuff like Slowhand is really good, but somewhere along the line he just got really boring. Especially when he got into the adult contemporary/easy listening stuff.
Edited by boo boo - April 20 2009 at 21:23
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Posted: April 20 2009 at 16:03 |
In the order:
Beck
Clapton
(Page isn't in my list)
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crimhead
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Posted: April 18 2009 at 11:57 |
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Still interesting to see that Clapton is getting so little love on here.
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StyLaZyn
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Posted: April 16 2009 at 12:00 |
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Jeff Beck...hands down. Two of his albums rank in my favorites to this day, Wired and Blow by Blow.
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Posted: April 16 2009 at 11:55 |
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This is what made the guitar exciting...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZKuZzPbuIg
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Lost Follower
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Posted: April 16 2009 at 11:53 |
 Negoba wrote:
For those complaining about Page being sloppy live -
And I would still have enjoyed watching the show. |
Wake me up when he's finished.
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Negoba
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Posted: April 16 2009 at 11:47 |
For those complaining about Page being sloppy live -
And I would still have enjoyed watching the show.
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You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all.
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Garion81
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Posted: April 16 2009 at 11:25 |
^ It almost as good as seeing Jeff Beck on the Blow by Blow tour and Mahavishnu Orchestra on the Visions of Emerald Beyond Tour. Seeing John and Jeff share the stage was something else.
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Posted: April 15 2009 at 19:24 |
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yep, Jeff was touring Guitar Shop, and Stevie In Step
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Posted: April 15 2009 at 19:15 |
^ Yes 1989. It was the second to the last tour SRV did.
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Atavachron
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Posted: April 15 2009 at 19:08 |
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^ I saw that show, was it '89? Amazing, and though I'm a huge Stevie fan, I have to say that night Jeff ruled the world. Also saw Beck with Page and Clapton on the Ronnie Lane Appeal tour, he outshone everyone that night too.
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Posted: April 15 2009 at 18:24 |
himtroy wrote:
But really....Stevie Ray Vaughan. Especially if we're just talking about best guitarist and nothing else |
Saw them on the same stage first Stevie then Jeff then both. For blues Stevie maybe has an edge for overall Jeff hands down. Two great guitarists though.
If you want to see Jeff and Eric on the same stage pick up the DVD Live at Ronnie Scott's by Jeff Beck released late last year. Tremendous.
Oh and for Page he is out in the audience watching Jeff Beck at 64 play better than he could ever have hoped too. 
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crimhead
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Posted: April 14 2009 at 13:58 |
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Beck,Page,Clapton > Gilmour ?????
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Mandrakeroot
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Posted: April 13 2009 at 05:19 |
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I vote for Jeff Beck. But Jimi Hendrix wins!
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Posted: April 13 2009 at 03:18 |
mr.cub wrote:
Lost Follower wrote:
Unfortunatey, they were all making a name when Hendrix came along, who left all 3 standing.
Becks problem is he can't write. Page has got quite a back catalogue of great songs (quite a few nicked granted) but Beck just can't write and that puts him at the back of the bus as far as I'm concerned.
Clapton I've just never got. Sends me to sleep.
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Have you heard Blow by Blow? He composed the majority of that album... |
I bought it when it cameout. not really my bag. But in 40 years, one LP's worth of half decent material isn't much to show. You listen to interviews with people he worked with in the 60's and 70's and they'll say the same thing. Like Mick Ronson, great side kick but no main act.
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Posted: April 12 2009 at 18:41 |
mrcozdude wrote:
This must of been done before I'm sure,but I couldn't find anything in search.
Three great guitarists with familiar backgrounds,who's your favourite and why?
I think Beck is probably the better guitarist though he's never had as much commercial success as the others but my favourite would have to Page,Zeppelin influence me hugely more so then anything Clapton has done.
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Beck, hands down, in this no brainer.
But he's quite uneven, but he experimentes mosts.
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword
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mr.cub
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Posted: April 12 2009 at 18:35 |
Lost Follower wrote:
Unfortunatey, they were all making a name when Hendrix came along, who left all 3 standing.
Becks problem is he can't write. Page has got quite a back catalogue of great songs (quite a few nicked granted) but Beck just can't write and that puts him at the back of the bus as far as I'm concerned.
Clapton I've just never got. Sends me to sleep.
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Have you heard Blow by Blow? He composed the majority of that album...
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Atavachron
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Posted: April 10 2009 at 21:54 |
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well it's gotta be Beck, always the superior technician but with as much depth and feeling as Clapton or Page
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himtroy
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Posted: April 10 2009 at 21:36 |
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But really....Stevie Ray Vaughan. Especially if we're just talking about best guitarist and nothing else
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