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Earthmover
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Posted: November 08 2013 at 12:19 |
Fripp and Omar. Like them equally but voted for Omar.
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Mormegil
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Posted: November 08 2013 at 13:04 |
Hackett, followed by Howe, Latimer and Barre.
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Hercules
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Posted: November 08 2013 at 14:08 |
Latimer is the best beyond any doubt. Hackett is also brilliant, as are Rothery, Gilmour and Howe.
I also like Lifeson, Santana, DiMiola and Gary Green and, from the new boys, Piotr Grudinski is superb.
The one I really don't rate is Robert Fripp. Once you've seen his fast cross picking technique once, there's not much else to enjoy.
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Nogbad_The_Bad
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Posted: November 08 2013 at 15:22 |
Hercules wrote:
The one I really don't rate is Robert Fripp. Once you've seen his fast cross picking technique once, there's not much else to enjoy. |
Oh dear god.
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Ian
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Man With Hat
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Posted: November 08 2013 at 15:36 |
Fripp over Zappa.
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Hercules
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Posted: November 08 2013 at 15:47 |
Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:
Hercules wrote:
The one I really don't rate is Robert Fripp. Once you've seen his fast cross picking technique once, there's not much else to enjoy. |
Oh dear god. |
You rang?
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smartpatrol
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Posted: November 08 2013 at 15:49 |
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schizoidman
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Posted: November 08 2013 at 15:54 |
Hercules wrote:
The one I really don't rate is Robert Fripp. Once you've seen his fast cross picking technique once, there's not much else to enjoy. |
All musical tastes are subjective, so, I don't begrudge you of your opinion.
I do find enjoyment in a lot of other aspects of his playing, as well as cross picking. His lead guitar work on Bowie's and Gabriel's albums, the sonically relaxing Frippertronic work, his intertwined (with Belew) lead/rhythm work on the "Discipline" and "Beat" albums, his math rock compositions/playing on "Thrak" and "The ConstruKction of Light", and, his sometimes off kilter approach to what is conventionally expected from a lead guitarist such as "Larks' Tongues in Aspic Part Two".
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someone_else
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Posted: November 08 2013 at 17:13 |
Gilmour, as he has been for a long time...
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Hercules
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Posted: November 08 2013 at 17:39 |
schizoidman wrote:
Hercules wrote:
The one I really don't rate is Robert Fripp. Once you've seen his fast cross picking technique once, there's not much else to enjoy. |
All musical tastes are subjective, so, I don't begrudge you of your opinion.
I do find enjoyment in a lot of other aspects of his playing, as well as cross picking. His lead guitar work on Bowie's and Gabriel's albums, the sonically relaxing Frippertronic work, his intertwined (with Belew) lead/rhythm work on the "Discipline" and "Beat" albums, his math rock compositions/playing on "Thrak" and "The ConstruKction of Light", and, his sometimes off kilter approach to what is conventionally expected from a lead guitarist such as "Larks' Tongues in Aspic Part Two". |
Thank you. Nice to see a mature approach for a change. I'm delighted that you find enjoyment in his music.
I accept that Fripp has tried many other techniques but, personally, they don't do it for me. For example, No Pussyfooting is 45 minutes of my life totally wasted that I can't get back; Frippertronics is not for me. I don't find his solo technique appealing and his solos often spoil KC songs (particularly The Night Watch).
It's just down to personal taste, I guess, but he's one of my least favourite musicians from the "classic" bands.
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MFP
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Posted: November 08 2013 at 17:44 |
I usually vote for Fripp but today I gave Birds of Fire a spin and it blows my mind (like always), so Mc Laughlin it is.
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akamaisondufromage
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Posted: November 08 2013 at 17:55 |
How big a list can you make without The Submarine Captain? Only asking.
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The Mystical
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Posted: November 08 2013 at 18:06 |
Gilmour>Howe>Latimer>Fripp
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I am currently digging: Hawkwind, Rare Bird, Gong, Tangerine Dream, Khan, Iron Butterfly, and all things canterbury and hard-psych. I also love jazz! Please drop me a message with album suggestions.
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MFP
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Posted: November 08 2013 at 18:16 |
akamaisondufromage wrote:
How big a list can you make without The Submarine Captain? Only asking. |
One of my favorites guitarists. Definitely in my Top 10 .
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genbanks
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Posted: November 08 2013 at 18:38 |
Gilmour Latimer Hackett and Rothery (he is not here). I will go with Gilmour
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Manuel
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Posted: November 08 2013 at 18:46 |
He won't win for sure, but my vote goes for Martin Barre, even though everyone else (on this list) is great.
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verslibre
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Posted: November 08 2013 at 19:15 |
Hackett. I could have just as easily voted for any of ten others.
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Neo-Romantic
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Posted: November 08 2013 at 19:28 |
Fripp, but if this was a multivote, it would've been so much less painful haha
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proggman
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Posted: November 08 2013 at 21:31 |
I can easily vote for anyone on the list, but I'll choose David Gilmour.
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ProgMetaller2112
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Posted: November 08 2013 at 22:29 |
Triceratopsoil wrote:
Gary Green is mad underrated
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Howe Hackett Lifeson Green
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Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength.”
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