Steve Hackett Vs. Steve Howe
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Topic: Steve Hackett Vs. Steve Howe
Posted By: SteveG
Subject: Steve Hackett Vs. Steve Howe
Date Posted: August 14 2014 at 16:41
| Which prog guitar great is better: Steve Hackett or Steve Howe? |
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Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: August 14 2014 at 16:44
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I prefer Steve. ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: August 14 2014 at 16:46
^^  ------------- “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” ― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four "Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart |
Posted By: Imperial Zeppelin
Date Posted: August 14 2014 at 16:49
| I'm not sure why but I voted for Howe |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: August 14 2014 at 16:51
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Imperial Zeppelin wrote:Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: August 14 2014 at 16:51
Hackett.  ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: August 14 2014 at 16:52
 ------------- “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” ― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four "Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart |
Posted By: Xonty
Date Posted: August 14 2014 at 17:04
I think Steve Howe is a bit more versatile, especially on Clap and Mood For A Day (although Hackett did Blood On The Rooftops and Horizons), so he'll get my vote. Also, I found out fairly recently that Howe can't read music! Pretty impressive to have taken the guitar to such a high level but to write the kind of music Yes wrote is insane! 
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Posted By: PrognosticMind
Date Posted: August 14 2014 at 17:28
| Steve Howe. |
Posted By: Billy Pilgrim
Date Posted: August 14 2014 at 17:28
| Steve Hackett because I'm biased and like Genesis way more than I like Yes. |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: August 14 2014 at 17:37
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Hackett. His classical work is sublime - and his solo on Firth of Fifth may be the equal best of all time (along with Andy Latimer's on For Today).
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: August 14 2014 at 17:41
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Hackett ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Meltdowner
Date Posted: August 14 2014 at 18:02
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A poll about two Steve's created by a Steve. I want to vote but I don't know Howe
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: August 14 2014 at 18:02
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Howe do you do ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: HackettFan
Date Posted: August 14 2014 at 18:02
This poll is absolutely going blow Two Steves' mind.
I voted for...no, I don't even have to say. |
Posted By: emkogceo
Date Posted: August 14 2014 at 18:09
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If we're just talking about their contributions to their respective groups during the 1970's, it's Howe by a wide margin. If we're talking about their solo albums, it's Hackett by a wide margin. If we're talking about how well they've been playing over the past 10-20 years, it's Hackett by a small margin. Versatility, one of Howe's big strengths in the 1970's, is a tougher issue. Howe has proven that he *can* play almost any style, but since 1980 or so, he seems to stick to only a few, and doesn't try to push himself too much anymore. Hackett was less versatile in the 1970's, but seems to have pushed himself more throughout his entire career. So on this issue, I'd put them about even. So overall, Hackett, just barely. ------------- www.emkog.com |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: August 14 2014 at 18:16
Put the two together in the same band and then see who is gtr.  ------------- What? |
Posted By: genbanks
Date Posted: August 14 2014 at 19:11
| Howe is more virtuous. Hackett is more melodic and diverse. Obviously I like the combination of virtuosity and melody, but if I must to choose between them I prefer the virtuosity on service to the melody. So I prefer Hackett. In any case comparing solo works Hackett is ahead by far IMO. |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: August 14 2014 at 19:24
 emoticom after my post. My bad.  |
Posted By: Mirror Image
Date Posted: August 14 2014 at 19:42
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I don't think one guitarist is better than the other one. This has to do with personal preference and my vote goes to Hackett. He's a favorite of mine. ------------- “Music is enough for a lifetime but a lifetime is not enough for music.” - Sergei Rachmaninov |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: August 14 2014 at 19:47
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Posted By: MattGuitat
Date Posted: August 14 2014 at 20:33
| HOWE is Steve Howe losing? |
Posted By: Mirror Image
Date Posted: August 14 2014 at 20:36
Even though I've been playing guitar for 21/22 years, I'm in no position to say who's better technically. Both guitarists are outstanding and have demonstrated incredible technical facility on their instruments. I guess I should turn in my Prog badge and gun then.  ------------- “Music is enough for a lifetime but a lifetime is not enough for music.” - Sergei Rachmaninov |
Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: August 14 2014 at 20:39
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Me too No vote they are both genius artists on the guitar.(twosteves can not chose one steve
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Posted By: Rick Robson
Date Posted: August 14 2014 at 20:52
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I prefer pretty much listening to an outstanding composition than a virtuosity spectacle, so: STEVE HACKETT ! -------------  "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB |
Posted By: Mirror Image
Date Posted: August 14 2014 at 20:59
Same here! ------------- “Music is enough for a lifetime but a lifetime is not enough for music.” - Sergei Rachmaninov |
Posted By: genbanks
Date Posted: August 14 2014 at 21:04
And same here too! |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: August 14 2014 at 21:44
| Of course I love both, but I have to go with Howe. |
Posted By: fudgenuts64
Date Posted: August 14 2014 at 23:33
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I prefer Hackett.
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Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: August 15 2014 at 00:17
Stole my line! But seriously, I voted for Howe this time.------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: Quirky Turkey
Date Posted: August 15 2014 at 00:25
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Depends on what 'better' means. Too ambiguous. No vote. |
Posted By: Progfan1958
Date Posted: August 15 2014 at 06:37
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Both excellent players, but from following their careers and seing both live multiple times I'll give it to Steve Hackett. ------------- Progfan1958 "Peace to you all" "La paix est avec vous" "Pax vobiscum" "Al salaam a'alaykum" "Vrede zij met u allen" "Shalom aleichem" |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: August 15 2014 at 06:48
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Can the OP (or an Admin) edit the thread title and poll to spell Hackett's name correctly please. ------------- What? |
Posted By: rogerthat
Date Posted: August 15 2014 at 07:14
| Prefer Hackett. Have no idea who is better and have heard all variety of opinions on the subject over the years. |
Posted By: Michael678
Date Posted: August 15 2014 at 07:31
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i guess im the only one here that Hackett is spelled with 1 and not 2 t's, and yes i am not a big fan of incorrect grammer (go see YGS from jacksfilms and hilarious and true). anyway, its Howe for me but they're both great!
Update: nevermind Dean got it first, but at least that's recognized now hopefully lol
sheesh, i didn't notice that till several minutes ago myself, and im a big Yes fan!! ------------- Progrockdude |
Posted By: silverpot
Date Posted: August 15 2014 at 10:14
| I prefer Genesis over Yes, by a wide margin, but I like Howes tone better than Hackett's. |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: August 15 2014 at 10:31
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Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: August 15 2014 at 10:34
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Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: August 15 2014 at 10:36
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Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: August 15 2014 at 10:42
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Posted By: O666
Date Posted: August 15 2014 at 10:56
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Hackett. IMO his career and resume better than Howe. I think Howe's career like a "Sinus Graph" (for Example Asia band). But if I want to compare them by zoom to "Guitars playing" or their "Technics", I can say they are amazing and both of them are master.
Honestly "Genesis Revisited" lives force me to choose Hackett. And his solo albums are better than Howe's (IMO), |
Posted By: addictedtoprog
Date Posted: August 15 2014 at 11:15
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Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: August 15 2014 at 13:15
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I personally prefer Hackett, especially his solo albums. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: August 15 2014 at 22:15
------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 16 2014 at 03:19
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I voted Howe but as someone else said I'm not exactly sure why. Of course Hackett is the greater artist by a considerable margin but Howe manages to create real beauty with his guitar while Hackett just impresses the hell out of me (but that's all)
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Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: August 16 2014 at 03:40
| Apples and oranges. I like the mixed salads. |
Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: August 16 2014 at 09:16
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Howe and Hackett show clearly what being an artist really means. Just like you give a brush and a canvas to an artist and a gifted one will come up with an original painting that will look nothing like another artitst. These two guys are both prog guitarists ---sometimes they play the same brand of guitar---yet they rarely sound anything alike. Their approach is so different. But their art moves me --Howe is more versatile and Hackett's acoustic approach I like a little better, plus his solo stuff is amazing. And I'm grateful for all the great playing they have given us (even GTR)
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Posted By: proggman
Date Posted: August 16 2014 at 22:43
Steve Hackett.------------- When he rides, my fears subside. For darkness turns once more to light. Through the skies, his white horse flies. To find a land beyond the night. |
Posted By: Rick Robson
Date Posted: August 17 2014 at 18:13
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To be honest I don't know very well Howe's discography, obviously it might be at least as well interesting, but I dare to say that I'm still waiting to appear another guitarist who is capable of composing a piece of music in such a genuine style like the FAN-TAS-TIC "The Red Flowers of Tachai Blooms Everywhere" (Spectral Mornings), composed by the formidable composer Steve Hackett. This piece is one of my favourites of him, even being a short track, and coincidently it is the very first Hackett's music that I happened to know, I remember that very first time I listened to it - I was listening to an obviously extinct prog music radio station during the 80's and I got so damn stunned that I thought Steve Hackett was having a "insight" when he composed that fabulous music... hahah, well I guess that "insight" is only for the budist monks isn't it? I think I would better ask to Cat Stevens... ------------- "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB |
Posted By: Mirror Image
Date Posted: August 17 2014 at 18:21
That's a beautiful song, Rick Robson. Spectral Mornings is a masterpiece IMHO. The song The Virgin and the Gypsy never fails to leave me in a trance. He really poured his heart and soul into that album I think. ------------- “Music is enough for a lifetime but a lifetime is not enough for music.” - Sergei Rachmaninov |
Posted By: Rick Robson
Date Posted: August 17 2014 at 18:32
Damn right Mirror Image! That flutes on there are anything but wonderful!... ------------- "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB |
Posted By: Mirror Image
Date Posted: August 17 2014 at 18:33
 ------------- “Music is enough for a lifetime but a lifetime is not enough for music.” - Sergei Rachmaninov |
Posted By: Polymorphia
Date Posted: August 17 2014 at 21:18
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Steve Hackett is technically more refined, but I can't say I like his playing very much. ------------- https://dreamwindow.bandcamp.com/releases" rel="nofollow - My Music 
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Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: August 18 2014 at 22:22
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Howe. Far more memorable riffs. It seemed to me Hackett's guitar was often overwhelmed by keys in the mix on Genesis albums. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: tina125
Date Posted: March 30 2015 at 03:10
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hackett |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: March 30 2015 at 04:26
| Steve Hackett |
Posted By: Michael678
Date Posted: March 30 2015 at 07:54
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both are great, but.... HOWE FOR THE WIN!!!!! ------------- Progrockdude |
Posted By: sublime220
Date Posted: March 30 2015 at 16:26
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Howe is he not winning? ------------- There is no dark side in the moon, really... Matter of fact, it's all dark... |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: March 30 2015 at 17:52
| Steve Howe |
Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: March 30 2015 at 18:11
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It's funny that a lot of famous guitarists are called Steve
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Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: March 30 2015 at 18:15
I like both very much thus won't vote, however if it was Jeff Beck that would be a different story. 
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Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: March 30 2015 at 19:22
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Robert Fripp ------------- |
Posted By: brainstormer
Date Posted: March 30 2015 at 21:57
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I think this thread wins the highly coveted "Thread with the Most Puns" award. ------------- -- Robert Pearson Regenerative Music http://www.regenerativemusic.net Telical Books http://www.telicalbooks.com ParaMind Brainstorming Software http://www.paramind.net |
Posted By: tina125
Date Posted: March 30 2015 at 22:03
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Steve Hackett i think |
Posted By: uduwudu
Date Posted: March 30 2015 at 23:43
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Define "better" then we may get some responses worthy of a read. This is the sort of question a 7 year old might ask... Technical facility? Creativity? The only things I can really contribute is wonder which of these otherwise two superb instrumentalists is which is the worse singer? (I'm not a fan of either's vocal, love the writing and performing). Wouldn't it be nice if Hackett joined Asia... with Wetton on vocals... |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: March 31 2015 at 01:43
no I would rather Howe rejoined and Hackett carried on as a solo artist. Wolflight is testament to that
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Posted By: Watcher of the Sky
Date Posted: April 01 2015 at 14:22
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I didn't check any of their solo albums, but for their work in their bands (Genesis and Yes), I believe Howe are better. Anyway, my opinion ------------- Nous sommes du soleil |
Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: April 03 2015 at 07:20
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Not all, but have you guys noticed that most guitarists (many anyway) are called Steve?
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Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: April 03 2015 at 09:37
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Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: April 03 2015 at 15:41
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I read a rumor that Howe and Hackett are friends again and a GTR reunion is a future possibility. Could have been an April Fools joke.
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Posted By: Green Shield Stamp
Date Posted: April 04 2015 at 19:06
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At the heart of Hackett's playing there is often a romantic melodicism. I find Howe's playing to be technically brilliant but it doesn't touch me emotionally in the same way as Hackett. I vote for Hackett. ------------- Haiku Writing a poem With seventeen syllables Is very diffic.... |
Posted By: Friday13th
Date Posted: April 04 2015 at 20:45
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Huge YES fan voting Hackett. He's the best player in Genesis imo. Pretty good solo career too. Peter Gabriel might still have been the bigger driving force of early Genesis, but when Hackett left the sailboat just capsized. Coincidence? Possibly maybe. He's still the man. Howe is great but I didn't like his solo stuff I've heard. I also wish he experimented a bit more with his tone, but no doubt the man has crazy chops.
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Posted By: giselle
Date Posted: April 05 2015 at 12:29
| Steve Hackett....after all, he did have the marvellous Ian Ellis in his band..... |
Posted By: Bitterblogger
Date Posted: April 08 2015 at 23:23
| They both can sure play--and neither can really sing. |
Posted By: Imperial Zeppelin
Date Posted: April 09 2015 at 01:21
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^ true. ------------- "Hey there, Dog Man, now I drink from your bowl." |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 09 2015 at 01:24
| and irrelevant |
Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: April 09 2015 at 01:33
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its Steve Hackett for me... ------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: April 09 2015 at 09:22
That's an understatement
---they are both okay as backup singers but that's about it---I have always believed that Hackett's solo career could have been over the top amazing had he had a good singer selling those songs. His voice is too one dimensional to sing lead. |
Posted By: Rick Robson
Date Posted: April 09 2015 at 18:39
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Oh yeah, I'm a lucky man here, Hackett's solo career has always been over the top amazing with or without its irrelevant good singing. If for others it's relevant, I'm lucky again to like and enjoy several songs of him, he sings well Serpentine Song, Last Train To Istanbul, Waters Of The Wild, Icarus Ascending, India Rubber Man, Looking For Fantasy, among many others. Genesis gave no space - or far, very far from what he deserved - for such a greatly talented eclectic composer like Steve Hackett, Fortunately he didn't waste much time there (only a few years.) And what a great news he continues composing! ------------- "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB |
Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: April 10 2015 at 11:14
This could be true, besides this, most vocalists can't sing either And almost none of all vocalists can play as good.
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 11 2015 at 03:11
Hi Rick . I only used the word 'irrelevant' because the thread only asks for a comparison of their talents on guitar and not who is the best singer. I don't mind Hackett's voice at all. He has a low register and it doesn't get in the way. He gets across emotion okay. ie Rebecca is a song I absolutely love and Hackett does a fine job.
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Posted By: Rick Robson
Date Posted: April 11 2015 at 17:48
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Thanks for sharing your thoughts Richardh, yeah Rebecca takes a beautiful turn from the acoustic (or a mix with?) guitars to a brief but stronger beat with electric instruments and then returning to that lovely acoustic melody (with brief but impressive delicate flutes superbly coulouring it this time), its delicate atmosphere reminds me of some Renaissance's, I have a feeling that this song has folk roots, is it true? ------------- "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 12 2015 at 03:00
Quite probably although I can't say I've investigated. Never thought of the Renaissance connection but will think about the next time I listen
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