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jotah15
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Topic: Jimi V.S. Jimmy Posted: October 15 2005 at 23:37 |
I hope this hasnīt been done before. I looked for it and nothing came out.
Well, this two guys donīt need no presentation.
Jimi Hendrix or Jimmy Page?
what would you guys say...
I vote HENDRIX!!!!
he expands his possibilities far more than Page does. Page is more commited to a specific style, and that is his limitation.
When I discuss this with my friends, they always say that Hendrix
didnīt compose something as good as "the song remains the same", "dazed
n confused" or "Achilles' last stand". But I think Hendrix is way more spiritual and deep.
And of course, as Nipsey88 said: "He literally single-handedly invented electric guitar, nuff said."
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marktheshark
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Posted: October 15 2005 at 23:47 |
I'd go with Jimi anytime. Jimi could out-improv Jimmy just with his teeth. Seen the new 2 disc Jimi At Woodstock DVD? Just got it, looks and sounds great.
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Posted: October 16 2005 at 00:02 |
HENDRIX
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King of Loss
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Posted: October 16 2005 at 00:13 |
For me, this is a draw. I really don't like both guitarists' style and they to me are both equally innovative and great. But not as good as some other guitarists that we all know about
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Posted: November 04 2005 at 23:35 |
This is a question I've been pondering for years. I like them both equally, but I think Jimi Hendrix is the most accomplished guitar player of the two
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Posted: November 05 2005 at 00:43 |
jimmy page
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ZowieZiggy
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Posted: November 05 2005 at 04:00 |
What's the purpose of this comparison.
Shall we also try Hackett versus Barre, Gabriel vs Anderson (Ian or John), Collins vs Bruford etc.?
They were both extremely talented guitarist (I am a long time fan of both of them - since 1970 when I was 11).
The lmajor differnece between them would reside in their carreer while living.
Still going on for Jimmy, sadly over for Jimi.
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Syzygy
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Posted: November 05 2005 at 06:40 |
marktheshark wrote:
I'd go with Jimi anytime. Jimi could out-improv Jimmy just with his teeth.
Seen the new 2 disc Jimi At Woodstock DVD? Just got it, looks and sounds great. |
Can't argue with that - Jimi was the greater innovator, no question about it.
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Posted: November 05 2005 at 06:45 |
Jimmy Page
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M. B. Zapelini
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Posted: November 05 2005 at 06:46 |
Jimi Hendrix, always. The guitar player who will beat him in terms of musicianship is still rehearsing at his room, somewhere.
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Posted: November 05 2005 at 10:30 |
Hendrix without a doubt- he has to be the most influential guitarist, alongside Eric Clapton, in the whole of rock. Nobody ever sounded like the way Hendrix played the guitar before, with deliriously soulful yet complex solos and riffing. His style of playing arguably gave birth to the whole 'heavy rock/metal' genre, as rock was an altogether more tame beast before Hendrix appeared.
What's especially sad is that you can tell he had so much more to give, musically- the 'First Rays Of The Rising Sun' recordings are truly fantastic and opened up a whole new vista of musical possibilities...
For me, Page is a superb guitarist who is one of the few in heavy rock that can tone it down to folky, acoustic work (it would arguably be disastrous with Deep Purple or Black Sabbath) yet still play incredibly heavy riffing and meaty solos. However, I've heard some pretty scrappy guitar solos from Page, especially live, as Led Zeppelin's tendency to make perfect, succinct heavy rock classics into 30 minute bombastic extravaganzas for the live arena just didn't work, for me, and was more to blame for the emergence of punk than prog was, in my opinion!
Yet, it goes without saying both are superb players, whatever anyone says here...
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Posted: November 05 2005 at 11:10 |
marktheshark wrote:
I'd go with Jimi anytime. Jimi could out-improv Jimmy just with his teeth.
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LIKE sh*t.. WHY COULD I CARE IF HE PLAYS WITH HIS TEETH? Music is for the ears and head.. it isn't clowny entertainment...
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ryan
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Posted: November 05 2005 at 13:42 |
what about Jimmy Bruno...i think he would win...
Between these two cats, I dont know. I think Jimi is a better improvisor, and far more creative. Stylisticly speaking Jimmy is pretty B.A. sounding. Not that I think he plays great or anything, I just think that he writes cool sounding guitar parts, and he has a good approach to playing.
but you should really listen to jimmy bruno
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Damen
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Posted: November 05 2005 at 14:24 |
Jimmy Page is still alive, he wins.
Yes this was in very bad taste.
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Posted: November 05 2005 at 16:05 |
Hendrix by several miles.
However, Page has his moments of originality. One good British jazz
critic reviewing the Led Zeppelin double DVD, about two years ago
commented that John McLaughlin must have been in the audience taking
notes for Live At The RAH 1970, because Page's long solo had a number
of riffs and methods of attack of the guitar, heard 18 months later
with Mahavishnu Orchestra.....
Then with plaguarism - said it too many times but - the borrowing from Bert Jansch's folk/blues acoustic style of playing.
In passing, the first jazz musician to use an electric guitar was
Charlie Christian, right at the beginning of the 40's. It should not be
forgotten that some of the basics would have been laid down then.
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Posted: November 05 2005 at 16:25 |
Page also borrowed heavily from the largely forgotten Davy Graham, who influenced just about every acoustic folk/blues player who was around in the mid 60s and who is often credited with being the first UK guitarist to play in the DADGAD tuning. To give Page his due, he took what he learned and he worked into a heavy rock context - he was no mere copyist, and in his turn inspired a generation of guitarists all over the world.
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Posted: November 17 2005 at 15:55 |
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Posted: November 17 2005 at 16:03 |
HENDRIX forever.
Not counting the fact that we were born the same day: November 27th (though different years).
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Posted: November 17 2005 at 16:55 |
Each one has his own peculiarities and importance...
BTW I prefer Jimmy Page!
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