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Negoba 
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 Posted: April 07 2009 at 17:56 |
Actually I'm pretty sure they both could. Would they ever have composed it?? Probably not.
Could Beck have composed the Rain Song. No....
Could Page have composed Tears in Heaven......well probably.....hmmmm.....
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Posted: April 07 2009 at 18:01 |
 Negoba wrote:
Actually I'm pretty sure they both could. Would they ever have composed it?? Probably not. and you're probably right
Could Beck have composed the Rain Song. No.... i think he could have. Jeff Beck could write some very deep music
Could Page have composed Tears in Heaven......well probably.....hmmmm..... definitely not, the song was written after Clapton's son fell out of a window and died. he had the extra motivation, if you want to call it that.
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Alberto Muñoz
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Posted: April 07 2009 at 18:04 |
For me Page, his live performance was very energetic and very fine improvised no matter how sloppy was.
I have many "unnoficial" Led Zep shows and the 1969-71 are incredible.
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mr.cub
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Posted: April 07 2009 at 18:06 |
I went with Jimmy Page for two reasons
a) solo in Achilles Last Stand
b) solo in Stairway to Heaven
Sure he's sloppy as hell live, and I'll admit Beck is probably the best out of all three (I love his solo work), but there is something unique in Jimmy's playing in studio
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Negoba
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Posted: April 07 2009 at 18:44 |
Conor would be 21 or 22 now. It's so wierd. It seems like not so long ago......
You're probably right. I was being glib.
I really doubt Beck would have it in his soul to do the Rain Song either, though.
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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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Lost Follower
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Posted: April 09 2009 at 03:23 |
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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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Guzzman
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Posted: April 09 2009 at 09:58 |
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My vote goes to Jimmy Page and not only for his work with Led Zeppelin, but also for the numerous recordings he made as a session guitarist before joining the Yardbirds. Seems to me he was able to play whatever was asked for.
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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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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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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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Posted: April 12 2009 at 18:41 |
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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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Lost Follower
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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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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 14 2009 at 13:58 |
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Beck,Page,Clapton > Gilmour ?????
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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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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 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 19:24 |
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yep, Jeff was touring Guitar Shop, and Stevie In Step
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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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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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