Greatest guitar line...

[Juke99]

Since we've been discussing music...In your opinion, what is the greatest guitar line of all time?

Random Order:

"Sunshine of your Love"
"Paperback Writer"
"Daytripper"
"Layla"
"Ticket to Ride"
"I Feel Fine"
"Satisfaction"
"Life In the Fastlane"
"Purple Haze"
"Smoke on the Water"
"Whole Lotta Love"
"HeartBreaker"
"Green River"
"CenterField"
"Down on the Corner"
"I Heard it through the Grapevine"


Well, you get the idea...

:)

[trickblue]

Many of those are good... you need to start a "Greatest Guitar Solo" next...

Sultans of Swing (Dire Straits)
She's Tight (Cheap Trick)
Tonight (Kool & the Gang)
Funky Cold Medina (Ton Loc/Eddie Van Halen)
Spirit of the Radio (Rush)
The Sauce (Lee Ritenour)
Give Me the Night (George Benson)
Ice Cream Man (Van Halen)
Henry (Keb Mo)

I'll think of more... :D

[Cbz40]

"Satisfaction"
I Cainnt get no sa tis fac tion.......

[ROMOSAPIEN9]

Surfacing...Slipknot

[BrAinPaiNt]

Many of those are good... you need to start a "Greatest Guitar Solo" next...

Sultans of Swing (Dire Straits)
She's Tight (Cheap Trick)
Tonight (Kool & the Gang)
Funky Cold Medina (Ton Loc/Eddie Van Halen)
Spirit of the Radio (Rush)
The Sauce (Lee Ritenour)
Give Me the Night (George Benson)
Ice Cream Man (Van Halen)
Henry (Keb Mo)

I'll think of more... :D


Cheap Tricks She's tight was so good...poison stole the guitar line (basically) and made millions on talk dirty to me lol.

Funky Cold Medina...I thought it was wild thing the ripped off from Jamie's Crying.

Ok some of mine...

Voodoo Chile - Jimmi not SRV
In-i-gadda-da-vida or how ever you spell it - Iron Butterfly
Iron Man, NIB, Paranoid, Sweetleaf and too many to name - Black Sabbath
Back in Black, High way to hell - AC/DC
Wasted Years (the opening riff) - Iron Maiden
Jump in the fire and Seek and Destroy - Metallica
Barracuda - Heart
Too many to name by the Beatles
Satisfaction, Jumping Jack Flash, paint it black - The Stones
Born on the bayou -CCR
Old man down the road - John Fogerty
Too many to name by Van Halen
Reign in Blood, South of Heaven, Angel of Death - Slayer
Wake Up Dead - Megadeth
Crazy Train, Mr Crowley, Suicide Solution - Ozzy
Mouth for War - Pantera
Twist of Cain - danzig
Breaking the Law, Got another thing coming - Judas Priest
Johnny B Goode - Chuck Berry
Walk this way and Back in the saddle again - Aerosmith
Train Train - Blackfoot
Mississippi Queen - Mountain
Cat Scratch fever and stranglehold - Ted Nugent
Ghostriders in the sky - The Outlaws version
Sunshine of your love - Cream
Crossroads - Robert Johnson
Mannish Boy - Muddy Waters
Dimples - John Lee Hooker
Too Many to name of Led Zepplin
Rock you like a Hurricane - Scorpions
Sweet Home Alabama - LS
Bad to the bone and Who do you love - George T
Born to be Wild - Stephenwolf
Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple
Lime Light - Rush
Pipeline - Chantays
Frankenstein - Edgar Winter
Slow Ride - Foghat
Whipping Post - Allman Brothers.

Ok...i could go on all night but that should be enough lol

[Crown Royal]

Thunderstruck, ACDC

[Rayman]

Since we've been discussing music...In your opinion, what is the greatest guitar line of all time?

Random Order:

"Sunshine of your Love"
"Paperback Writer"
"Daytripper"
"Layla"
"Ticket to Ride"
"I Feel Fine"
"Satisfaction"
"Life In the Fastlane"
"Purple Haze"
"Smoke on the Water"
"Whole Lotta Love"
"HeartBreaker"
"Green River"
"CenterField"
"Down on the Corner"
"I Heard it through the Grapevine"


Well, you get the idea...

:)


Those are exellent choices, especially the Beatles and CCR song.

I have a few with a little more CRUNCH.

"Walk" - Pantera
"Cowboys from Hell" - Pantera
"Wasted Years" - Iron Maiden
"Run to the Hills" - Iron Maiden
"N.I.B." - Black Sabbath
"Paranoid" - Black Sabbath


Just a few that come to mind

[trickblue]

Cheap Tricks She's tight was so good...poison stole the guitar line (basically) and made millions on talk dirty to me lol.

Funky Cold Medina...I thought it was wild thing the ripped off from Jamie's Crying.

Ok some of mine...

Voodoo Chile - Jimmi not SRV
In-i-gadda-da-vida or how ever you spell it - Iron Butterfly
Iron Man, NIB, Paranoid, Sweetleaf and too many to name - Black Sabbath
Back in Black, High way to hell - AC/DC
Wasted Years (the opening riff) - Iron Maiden
Jump in the fire and Seek and Destroy - Metallica
Barracuda - Heart
Too many to name by the Beatles
Satisfaction, Jumping Jack Flash, paint it black - The Stones
Born on the bayou -CCR
Old man down the road - John Fogerty
Too many to name by Van Halen
Reign in Blood, South of Heaven, Angel of Death - Slayer
Wake Up Dead - Megadeth
Crazy Train, Mr Crowley, Suicide Solution - Ozzy
Mouth for War - Pantera
Twist of Cain - danzig
Breaking the Law, Got another thing coming - Judas Priest
Johnny B Goode - Chuck Berry
Walk this way and Back in the saddle again - Aerosmith
Train Train - Blackfoot
Mississippi Queen - Mountain
Cat Scratch fever and stranglehold - Ted Nugent
Ghostriders in the sky - The Outlaws version
Sunshine of your love - Cream
Crossroads - Robert Johnson
Mannish Boy - Muddy Waters
Dimples - John Lee Hooker
Too Many to name of Led Zepplin
Rock you like a Hurricane - Scorpions
Sweet Home Alabama - LS
Bad to the bone and Who do you love - George T
Born to be Wild - Stephenwolf
Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple
Lime Light - Rush
Pipeline - Chantays
Frankenstein - Edgar Winter
Slow Ride - Foghat
Whipping Post - Allman Brothers.

Ok...i could go on all night but that should be enough lol

Some more good ones BP...

Cheap Trick is a VERY under-rated band IMHO... Rick Neilson can play with the best of them... and "She's Tight" is a GREAT song... very catchy and edgy...

Funky Cold Medina and Wild Thing both use samples from Eddie Van Halen...

[Juke99]

Some more good ones BP...

Cheap Trick is a VERY under-rated band IMHO... Rick Neilson can play with the best of them... and "She's Tight" is a GREAT song... very catchy and edgy...

Funky Cold Medina and Wild Thing both use samples from Eddie Van Halen...


I'm right there with ya on Cheap Trick....

how about:

"Witch Woman"
"Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress"
"Born to Run"

[Juke99]

"Satisfaction"
I Cainnt get no sa tis fac tion.......


Gotta love ya Santiago...

The fuzz box on that guitar was music to our young ears...

[Duane]

Probably my all time fave - Wiser Time by the Black Crowes

More cool Crowes:
Remedy
High Head Blues

Adam's Apple - Aerosmith
Toys in the Attic - Aerosmith
Can't Get There From Here - REM
Life and How to Live it - REM
Maps and Legends - REM
Scene of a Perfect Crime - Concrete Blonde
Slide Away - The Verve
Debonair - Afghan Whigs
Gentleman - Afghan Whigs
Rock the Casbah - The Clash
Rudi Can't Fail - The Clash
This Charming Man - The Smiths

[jacs]

Star Spangled Banner - Jimmy Hendricks
Bulls On Parade and alomst anything from Rage Against The Machine/Audioslave but i dont listen to that much rock/metal nor any of that type.

[Yeagermeister]

I'm too sexy - Right Said Fred

[Hoov]

Have a drink on me - AC/DC
Traveling Riverside Blues - Zeppelin
pigs,three different ones - Floyd
New Minglewood Blues, Etsimated Prophet, Shakedown Street - Grateful Dead
No More Tears - Ozzy
Wherever I May Roam, Sad But True - Metallica
Someone in London, Mistakes - Godsmack

[lane]

stairway to heaven
hash pipe
you shook me all night long
smoke on the water
cat scratch fever
stranglehold
do you feel like i do
slow ride
rainbow in the dark
houses of the holy
misty mountain hop

this list could go on forever, good job, good job

[lane]

gimme three steps
saturday night special
let's get it up

[Crown Royal]

gimme three steps
saturday night special
let's get it up

Sat Night Special is a great song....really the only Skynrd I really enjoy....

[trickblue]

Have a drink on me - AC/DC

That song has one of the great bridges... perfect guitar work... anticiaption... great vocals... good stuff... one of the under-rated songs for AC/DC...

[trickblue]

NOW I know what I forgot..."Paradise by the Dashboard Light" by the great Meatloaf... the perfect mix of rock and rock opera... and DAMN funny and poignant...

[Juke99]

NOW I know what I forgot..."Paradise by the Dashboard Light" by the great Meatloaf... the perfect mix of rock and rock opera... and DAMN funny and poignant...



Can you PLEASE try to keep this on topic? :rolleyes: ;)

We are discussing guitar lines...not entire songs.

Geeezlouise...

[trickblue]

Can you PLEASE try to keep this on topic? :rolleyes: ;)

We are discussing guitar lines...not entire songs.

Geeezlouise...

I will kill you you know... besides... that song has a VERY catchy riff throughout...

[Juke99]

I will kill you you know... besides... that song has a VERY catchy riff throughout...


Oh, trust me, I know you will.... often, your posts have me within an inch of sticking my head in the oven...

Catchy riff? Nah...you mean that ascending bass line? Nah... GONG...sorry, your consolation prize is a T-shirt and a copy of the home game..

We're talking guitar lines here like "Layla"...although I grudgingly admit, you listed some very good ones earlier..

how about "Last Train To Clarksville"...or "Hey Bulldog"...?

[lane]

hotel california

[Juke99]

hotel california


I just saw them live last week...7th row, center *patting myself on the back*...they were GREAT...Glen Frey sang "around" a few notes...but Henley was dead on...and Joe Walsh was his usual, crazy entertaining self...

Timothy Schmit might just be the nicest human being to ever walk the planet...

All in all, an amazing show.

[lane]

cocaine
say what you will
take me to the river
silent lucidity
screaming in the night
the needle and the spoon
the ballad of curtis lowe
freebird
simple man
tuesday's gone
i love rock n roll
victim of love
china grove

[Juke99]

cocaine
say what you will
take me to the river
silent lucidity
screaming in the night
the needle and the spoon
the ballad of curtis lowe
freebird
simple man
tuesday's gone
i love rock n roll
victim of love
china grove


OOOH some killers in this list...

Howard Jones...even though it's more of a piano line "No One Is To Blame"...

and hey, how could we over look "My Girl" by the Temptations??

[David Star]

Amsterdam guitar trio transcribes Vivaldi's The four Seasons for three classical guitars.

You aint heard nuthin' 'till you hear dis.:pinkpant:

[lane]

Sat Night Special is a great song....really the only Skynrd I really enjoy....

you really need to listen to some more skynyrd then bro, they have a body of work that is simply awesome.

[trickblue]

Oh, trust me, I know you will.... often, your posts have me within an inch of sticking my head in the oven...

Catchy riff? Nah...you mean that ascending bass line? Nah... GONG...sorry, your consolation prize is a T-shirt and a copy of the home game..

We're talking guitar lines here like "Layla"...although I grudgingly admit, you listed some very good ones earlier..

how about "Last Train To Clarksville"...or "Hey Bulldog"...?

yeah yeah... ascending bass line... but some fun axe-work in the midst... you miss the subtle stuff... (as Winky has pointed out... ya know...flowers are not out of order even for a Canadian)

Oh... and let me add Johnny Cash and anything he did with his "boom-chicka- boom" style... a true American original...

[Crown Royal]

you really need to listen to some more skynyrd then bro, they have a body of work that is simply awesome.

I have listened to quite a bit of their work. I grew up in the south, with a classic rock loving father and around guitarists. For me to say their body of work isn't awesome would be absurd - too many people disagree who are knowledgable.

But that doesn't mean I like them.

[trickblue]

Nah...you mean that ascending bass line? Nah... GONG...sorry, your consolation prize is a T-shirt and a copy of the home game..

OOOH some killers in this list...

Howard Jones...even though it's more of a piano line "No One Is To Blame"...

and hey, how could we over look "My Girl" by the Temptations??

Darn hypocrite...

[CowboysFan02]

Smooth - Carlos Santana
Over My head - Sum 41
Silhouettes - Smile Empty Soul
I'm Just a Girl - No Doubt
Crawling in the Dark - Hoobastank
Kashmir - Led Zepplin
Plus many that have already been mentioned

Great base line
No one knows - Queens of The Stoneage

[Crown Royal]

Any Boston song.....

...yes I know they often sound similar....but what a good friggin sound.

Dunno if anyone cares, but about 2 years ago they put out an album called "Corporate America." They also added a REALLY hot femaile singer. I saw them in concert for my 20th birthday. One of the best I had ever been to. The album was great, too.

[AmarilloCowboyFan]

Funk 49 - Joe Walsh -
Great White Buffalo - Amboy Dukes
Fade To Black - Metallica
Satch's Boogie, Surfing with the Alien - Joe Satriani
Cliffs of Dover - Eric Johnson
Alone Again, Mr. Scary - Dokken
Wake up Dead, Holy Wars - Megadeth
Lowrider, The Toxic Waltz - Exodus( yes, I know they didn't do lowrider originally)

I could put a lot more but I ran out of time

[Juke99]

Funk 49 - Joe Walsh -
Great White Buffalo - Amboy Dukes
Fade To Black - Metallica
Satch's Boogie, Surfing with the Alien - Joe Satriani
Cliffs of Dover - Eric Johnson
Alone Again, Mr. Scary - Dokken
Wake up Dead, Holy Wars - Megadeth
Lowrider, The Toxic Waltz - Exodus( yes, I know they didn't do lowrider originally)

I could put a lot more but I ran out of time


VERY well done...I particularly like Funk49, which had a KILLER line...and Joe Satch...I'd add that guitar line in Surfing with the Alien, also...

[Juke99]

Uh...how 'bout...


Gimme Shelter
Crossroads
I love the Clapton line in, of all songs, Ringo's "It Don't Come Easy"
Sweet Emotion
Last Child

[Juke99]

Smooth - Carlos Santana
Over My head - Sum 41
Silhouettes - Smile Empty Soul
I'm Just a Girl - No Doubt
Crawling in the Dark - Hoobastank
Kashmir - Led Zepplin
Plus many that have already been mentioned

Great base line
No one knows - Queens of The Stoneage


Smooth and Kashmir...good ones for sure...

[Cbz40]

Smooth - Carlos Santana
Over My head - Sum 41
Silhouettes - Smile Empty Soul
I'm Just a Girl - No Doubt
Crawling in the Dark - Hoobastank
Kashmir - Led Zepplin
Plus many that have already been mentioned

Great base line
No one knows - Queens of The Stoneage

I don't think I have ever heard anything by Carlos Santana that I didn't like.

[BrAinPaiNt]

Funk 49 - Joe Walsh -
Great White Buffalo - Amboy Dukes
Fade To Black - Metallica
Satch's Boogie, Surfing with the Alien - Joe Satriani
Cliffs of Dover - Eric Johnson
Alone Again, Mr. Scary - Dokken
Wake up Dead, Holy Wars - Megadeth
Lowrider, The Toxic Waltz - Exodus( yes, I know they didn't do lowrider originally)

I could put a lot more but I ran out of time


Anyone that remembers toxic Waltz and the exodus version of lowrider is ok in my book....also Mr Scary is a very wicked piece of guitar work...however I would go with kiss of death over Alone Again.....oh and gotta love Joe Walsh...I liked him MUCH better when he is not with the eagles...not really a big fan of the eagles.

[Juke99]

Anyone that remembers toxic Waltz and the exodus version of lowrider is ok in my book....also Mr Scary is a very wicked piece of guitar work...however I would go with kiss of death over Alone Again.....oh and gotta love Joe Walsh...I liked him MUCH better then with the eagles...not really a big fan of the eagles.


I saw the Eagles in concert a few weeks ago...Joe Walsh took the building down...in fact, they were great...but he's got that very unique Joe Walsh energy about him...and he's a VERY talented guitarist...

Rocky Mountain Way might have been the highlight of the evening...esp with the talkbox...

[BrAinPaiNt]

I saw the Eagles in concert a few weeks ago...Joe Walsh took the building down...in fact, they were great...but he's got that very unique Joe Walsh energy about him...and he's a VERY talented guitarist...

Rocky Mountain Way might have been the highlight of the evening...esp with the talkbox...

Yes I love to hear him play...he has his own style and has that great energy and funny side to him that comes out in his playing.

[Juke99]

Yes I love to hear him play...he has his own style and has that great energy and funny side to him that comes out in his playing.


"Life's Been Good" was also a highlight...and yeah, he's crazy as a fox..

Regarding his style, he does all kinds of subtle off beat rythmns...even in his lead guitar-ing AND he's an excellent slide player..

The first time he spoke he said, "I used to live here in NY. In fact, I went to High School here....it was a great six years"

I love the Eagles but even I can get tired of the seriousness of Henley and Frey...thankfully they are balanced by Walsh and Timothy Schmit (who has great stage presence simply because he's so damn nice)

[Yeagermeister]

All SRV songs :D
Deja Vodoo and Was (he can play a mean steel guitar)- Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Smoking Gun - Robert Cray
Riding with the King - Clapton and BB King
The Thrill is Gone - BB King
Black Magic Woman and Smooth - Santana


Just a few of my favorites

[BrAinPaiNt]

All SRV songs :D
Deja Vodoo and Was (he can play a mean steel guitar)- Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Smoking Gun - Robert Cray
Riding with the King - Clapton and BB King
The Thrill is Gone - BB King
Black Magic Woman and Smooth - Santana


Just a few of my favorites


All good songs.

Santana may have the sweetest guitar tone ever....just beautiful.

[Juke99]

All SRV songs :D
Deja Vodoo and Was (he can play a mean steel guitar)- Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Smoking Gun - Robert Cray
Riding with the King - Clapton and BB King
The Thrill is Gone - BB King
Black Magic Woman and Smooth - Santana


Just a few of my favorites


Kenny Wayne...great choices...
A read "dark horse" Clapton and BB, Riding with the King...but a great song...

[Yeagermeister]

All good songs.

Santana may have the sweetest guitar tone ever....just beautiful.
I love BB King's tone also

[Yeagermeister]

Someone too look out for is a guy named Sean Hague. He's in Kenny Wayne Shepherds band right now. When we went to see them a few weeks ago Kenny Wayne let him have a solo where he rocked a BB King song.

He's only 21 btw

[BrAinPaiNt]

Someone too look out for is a guy named Sean Hague. He's in Kenny Wayne Shepherds band right now. When we went to see them a few weeks ago Kenny Wayne let him have a solo where he rocked a BB King song.

He's only 21 btw


Luther Allison is another blues guy that is very good...just never made it big because he was cursed by bad publicists and other things.

[Doomsday101]

Eruption (by Van Halen)
Dragonfly (by Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush)

[AmarilloCowboyFan]

Anyone that remembers toxic Waltz and the exodus version of lowrider is ok in my book....also Mr Scary is a very wicked piece of guitar work...however I would go with kiss of death over Alone Again.....oh and gotta love Joe Walsh...I liked him MUCH better when he is not with the eagles...not really a big fan of the eagles.

Yes, I like Joe Walsh but not a fan of the Eagles either.

Brain, or anyone for that matter, I have been trying to remember the name of a guitar player that put out a couple of albums between 10 - 15 years ago. He was very young, black guitarist( the whole band was black I think ). It was bluesy rock. I believe his name was Eric or something. I liked his first album a lot.

Any idea who he is?

[BrAinPaiNt]

Yes, I like Joe Walsh but not a fan of the Eagles either.

Brain, or anyone for that matter, I have been trying to remember the name of a guitar player that put out a couple of albums between 10 - 15 years ago. He was very young, black guitarist( the whole band was black I think ). It was bluesy rock. I believe his name was Eric or something. I liked his first album a lot.

Any idea who he is?


Eric Bibb?

[Doomsday101]

Yes, I like Joe Walsh but not a fan of the Eagles either.

Brain, or anyone for that matter, I have been trying to remember the name of a guitar player that put out a couple of albums between 10 - 15 years ago. He was very young, black guitarist( the whole band was black I think ). It was bluesy rock. I believe his name was Eric or something. I liked his first album a lot.

Any idea who he is?

Robert Cray?

[AmarilloCowboyFan]

No, that's not it,

I just remembered it. It was the Eric Gales Band. It was pretty good.

Thanks for the help though.

[AmarilloCowboyFan]

Robert Cray?

No, but I like Robert Cray a lot.

[Yeagermeister]

No, that's not it,

I just remembered it. It was the Eric Gales Band. It was pretty good.

Thanks for the help though.
I think Eric Gales is from Memphis but I could be wrong. It happens every once in a while :D

[Doomsday101]

Here is Rolling Stone Mag. top 100 guitarist

1Jimi Hendrix
2 Duane Allman of the Allman Brothers Band
3 B.B. King
4 Eric Clapton
5 Robert Johnson
6 Chuck Berry
7 Stevie Ray Vaughan
8 Ry Cooder
9 Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin
10 Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones
11Kirk Hammett of Metallica
12 Kurt Cobain of Nirvana
13 Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead
14 Jeff Beck
15 Carlos Santana
16 Johnny Ramone of the Ramones
17 Jack White of the White Stripes
18 John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers
19 Richard Thompson
20 James Burton
21 George Harrison
22 Mike Bloomfield
23 Warren Haynes
24 The Edge of U2
25 Freddy King
26 Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave
27 Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits
28 Stephen Stills
29 Ron Asheton of the Stooges
30 Buddy Guy
31 Dick Dale
32 John Cipollina of Quicksilver Messenger Service
33 & 34 Lee Ranaldo, Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth
35 John Fahey
36 Steve Cropper of Booker T. and the MG's
37 Bo Diddley
38 Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac
39 Brian May of Queen
40 John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival
41 Clarence White of the Byrds
42 Robert Fripp of King Crimson
43 Eddie Hazel of Funkadelic
44 Scotty Moore
45 Frank Zappa
46 Les Paul
47 T-Bone Walker
48 Joe Perry of Aerosmith
49 John McLaughlin
50 Pete Townshend
51 Paul Kossoff of Free
52 Lou Reed
53 Mickey Baker
54 Jorma Kaukonen of Jefferson Airplane
55 Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple
56 Tom Verlaine of Television
57 Roy Buchanan
58 Dickey Betts
59 & 60 Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien of Radiohead
61 Ike Turner
62 Zoot Horn Rollo of the Magic Band
63 Danny Gatton
64 Mick Ronson
65 Hubert Sumlin
66 Vernon Reid of Living Colour
67 Link Wray
68 Jerry Miller of Moby Grape
69 Steve Howe of Yes
70 Eddie Van Halen
71 Lightnin' Hopkins
72 Joni Mitchell
73 Trey Anastasio of Phish
74 Johnny Winter
75 Adam Jones of Tool
76 Ali Farka Toure
77 Henry Vestine of Canned Heat
78 Robbie Robertson of the Band
79 Cliff Gallup of the Blue Caps (1997)
80 Robert Quine of the Voidoids
81 Derek Trucks
82 David Gilmour of Pink Floyd
83 Neil Young
84 Eddie Cochran
85 Randy Rhoads
86 Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath
87 Joan Jett
88 Dave Davies of the Kinks
89 D. Boon of the Minutemen
90 Glen Buxton of Alice Cooper
91 Robby Krieger of the Doors
92 & 93 Fred "Sonic" Smith, Wayne Kramer of the MC5
94 Bert Jansch
95 Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine
96 Angus Young of AC/DC
97 Robert Randolph
98 Leigh Stephens of Blue Cheer
99 Greg Ginn of Black Flag
100 Kim Thayil of Soundgarden (Posted Aug 27, 2003)

[BrAinPaiNt]

I knew there was a reason I didn't like the Rolling Stone mag....because they have no clue what the heck they are talking about.

Kirk Hammett, although a good guitarist, can not even hold Dave Mustaines jock and Dave is not even on that list....futhermore there is no way Kirk should be anywhere near the top of that list.

Plus how in the heck can you put Curt Cobain above players like...

Dave Mustaine
Jeff Beck
Carlos Santana
Buddy Guy
Dick Dale
Brian May
John Fogerty
Joe Perry
Pete Townshend
Dicky Betts
Eddie van Halen (noted he is listed at 70)
David Gilmour
Randy Rhoads (listed at 85)
Tony Iommi (listed at 86)
Angus Young (listed at 96)

I do not care if Cobain had a great influence on music with Nirvana...is someone going to tell me that some of those guys did not also have agreat influence (ala Joe Perry, Tony Iommi, Angus Young, Randy Rhoads).

Rolling stones mag is for alternative weenies lol

[Doomsday101]

I knew there was a reason I didn't like the Rolling Stone mag....because they have no clue what the heck they are talking about.

Kirk Hammett, although a good guitarist, can not even hold Dave Mustaines jock and Dave is not even on that list....futhermore there is no way Kirk should be anywhere near the top of that list.

Plus how in the heck can you put Curt Cobain above players like...

Dave Mustaine
Jeff Beck
Carlos Santana
Buddy Guy
Dick Dale
Brian May
John Fogerty
Joe Perry
Pete Townshend
Dicky Betts
Eddie van Halen (noted he is listed at 70)
David Gilmour
Randy Rhoads (listed at 85)
Tony Iommi (listed at 86)
Angus Young (listed at 96)

I do not care if Cobain had a great influence on music with Nirvana...is someone going to tell me that some of those guys did not also have agreat influence (ala Joe Perry, Tony Iommi, Angus Young, Randy Rhoads).

Rolling stones mag is for alternative weenies lol

I agree, when I saw this list I could not believe some of the names they included and or left out or had rated lower than some who are not as talented

[Yeagermeister]

Eddie and Angus should not be that low and James Hetfield plays more lead than Kurt.

[AmarilloCowboyFan]

That is a very odd list. Jack White at 17??? Is he that good? I doubt it.

One name on there that I hadn't thought of though is Ry Cooder. Very good guitarist.

[AmarilloCowboyFan]

I knew there was a reason I didn't like the Rolling Stone mag....because they have no clue what the heck they are talking about.

Kirk Hammett, although a good guitarist, can not even hold Dave Mustaines jock and Dave is not even on that list....futhermore there is no way Kirk should be anywhere near the top of that list.

Plus how in the heck can you put Curt Cobain above players like...

Dave Mustaine
Jeff Beck
Carlos Santana
Buddy Guy
Dick Dale
Brian May
John Fogerty
Joe Perry
Pete Townshend
Dicky Betts
Eddie van Halen (noted he is listed at 70)
David Gilmour
Randy Rhoads (listed at 85)
Tony Iommi (listed at 86)
Angus Young (listed at 96)

I do not care if Cobain had a great influence on music with Nirvana...is someone going to tell me that some of those guys did not also have agreat influence (ala Joe Perry, Tony Iommi, Angus Young, Randy Rhoads).

Rolling stones mag is for alternative weenies lol

LMAO
Amen, rant on brother.

[Juke99]

I knew there was a reason I didn't like the Rolling Stone mag....because they have no clue what the heck they are talking about.

Kirk Hammett, although a good guitarist, can not even hold Dave Mustaines jock and Dave is not even on that list....futhermore there is no way Kirk should be anywhere near the top of that list.

Plus how in the heck can you put Curt Cobain above players like...

Dave Mustaine
Jeff Beck
Carlos Santana
Buddy Guy
Dick Dale
Brian May
John Fogerty
Joe Perry
Pete Townshend
Dicky Betts
Eddie van Halen (noted he is listed at 70)
David Gilmour
Randy Rhoads (listed at 85)
Tony Iommi (listed at 86)
Angus Young (listed at 96)

I do not care if Cobain had a great influence on music with Nirvana...is someone going to tell me that some of those guys did not also have agreat influence (ala Joe Perry, Tony Iommi, Angus Young, Randy Rhoads).

Rolling stones mag is for alternative weenies lol


Thank you for saving me the time BP...

:)

[BrAinPaiNt]

LMAO
Amen, rant on brother.


http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~jlund/CORNHOLIO.jpg

lol

[Yeagermeister]

http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~jlund/CORNHOLIO.jpg

lol
Are you threatening me?

[Doomsday101]

Are you threatening me?

We know you need TP for you bung hole. LOL

[Juke99]

Are you threatening me?


Ya know, those biceps are a fairly accurate rendition of BP's...

:D

[BrAinPaiNt]

Ya know, those biceps are a fairly accurate rendition of BP's...

:D


Liar...I have more fat on my arms :p:

[Yeagermeister]

Liar...I have more fat on my arms :p:
In your head maybe....and I do mean that lump of crap three feet above your arse :D

[trickblue]

Chet Atkins does not make the top 100? :eek:
Matthias Jabs doesn't make the top 100? :eek:

[BrAinPaiNt]

Matthias Jabs doesn't make the top 100? :eek:


I like Jabs...but to be honest I do not even think he is the best Guitarist the Scorpions have ever had.

[Aikmaniac]

Enter Sandman - Metallica

[Juke99]

Chet Atkins does not make the top 100? :eek:
Matthias Jabs doesn't make the top 100? :eek:


Jerry Garcia ahead of...Carlos Santana and Jeff Beck. :eek:

Keith Richard...GREAT rythmn guitarist...just listen to his track on Brown Sugar...but uh, hellllllo? Ahead of, Santa/Beck....

Bo Diddley ahead of Van Halen? :)

And how about Joe Satriani....Eric Johnson...Steve Vai not being on the list?

[AmarilloCowboyFan]

Jerry Garcia ahead of...Carlos Santana and Jeff Beck. :eek:

Keith Richard...GREAT rythmn guitarist...just listen to his track on Brown Sugar...but uh, hellllllo? Ahead of, Santa/Beck....

Bo Diddley ahead of Van Halen? :)

And how about Joe Satriani....Eric Johnson...Steve Vai not being on the list?

IMO Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson and Steve Vai should all be in the top 10-15

[AmarilloCowboyFan]

I like Jabs...but to be honest I do not even think he is the best Guitarist the Scorpions have ever had.

LOL, ya there's not a lot of difference between him and Shenkner probably.

I do like the Animal Magnetism album though.

[trickblue]

I like Jabs...but to be honest I do not even think he is the best Guitarist the Scorpions have ever had.

While Michael Shenker was good... Jabs has as much ability and MUCH more style IMO...

[BrAinPaiNt]

LOL, ya there's not a lot of difference between him and Shenkner probably.

I do like the Animal Magnetism album though.


I think their best songs are with Jabs on lead...but Uli Roth IMO was pretty wild...kind of out there but talented.

[AmarilloCowboyFan]

I think their best songs are with Jabs on lead...but Uli Roth IMO was pretty wild...kind of out there but talented.

Yup, a lot of their early stuff is good. I quit listening after Blackout.

[Juke99]

IMO Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson and Steve Vai should all be in the top 10-15


On the nosey...AND even though I really don't like his style and what he plays, Yngwie should be up there too...

[AmarilloCowboyFan]

On the nosey...AND even though I really don't like his style and what he plays, Yngwie should be up there too...


Yngwie is very, very good, It just wears me out to listen to him for very long.

[Juke99]

Yngwie is very, very good, It just wears me out to listen to him for very long.


Yeah...me too...but really, a list that has George Harrison and not the likes to the guys we've mentioned? Kinda silly...

Heck, I'll even give them Chuck Berry because he was a pioneer...even though he wasn't very good...but some of the guys at the top of this list are a joke...

[Yeagermeister]

Yngwie is very, very good, It just wears me out to listen to him for very long.
I have always liked how he distenguishes himself from all other Yngwie's by adding the J initial to his name :D



And where is the great Dweezile Zappa?????? STUPID rolling stone :D

[Juke99]

That is a very odd list. Jack White at 17??? Is he that good? I doubt it.

One name on there that I hadn't thought of though is Ry Cooder. Very good guitarist.


One guy who NEVER makes anyone's list is Gary Moore..."Still Got The Blues"....great album...great song...great guitarist..

[AmarilloCowboyFan]

One guy who NEVER makes anyone's list is Gary Moore..."Still Got The Blues"....great album...great song...great guitarist..

You know I was just thinking about him and Steve Morse.

[Juke99]

You know I was just thinking about him and Steve Morse.


Yes...I know...that's why I'm a moderator... :D

[trickblue]

Billy Gibbons...

[BrAinPaiNt]

Billy Gibbons...


I love his stuff...hard edged texas blues with a naughty side lol.

[trickblue]

I love his stuff...hard edged texas blues with a naughty side lol.

Yep... he can flat out play... and in keeping with the original thread topic of great guitar lines:Tush

[Juke99]

Yep... he can flat out play... and in keeping with the original thread topic of great guitar lines:Tush


Nice...great guitar line indeed...

Don't Fear The Reaper..much as I can't stand the song, nice guitar line...

Alice Cooper "School's out for Summer"....

Free "Alright Now"

[AmarilloCowboyFan]

Yep... he can flat out play... and in keeping with the original thread topic of great guitar lines:Tush

Oh yeah!
This topic was guitar LINEs, huh.

Do You Feel Like We Do? - Frampton.

[CowboysFan02]

Gary Hoey is also a great guitar one.


Quote:
Originally Posted by CowboysFan02
Smooth - Carlos Santana
Over My head - Sum 41
Silhouettes - Smile Empty Soul
I'm Just a Girl - No Doubt
Crawling in the Dark - Hoobastank
Kashmir - Led Zepplin
Plus many that have already been mentioned

Great base line
No one knows - Queens of The Stoneage


I don't think I have ever heard anything by Carlos Santana that I didn't like.
Forgot to mention most of mine are all fairly recent bands, that some of you might scream "turn down that noise" upon hearing them. :D

[Crown Royal]

Whoever played the Top Gun theme. Muhahaha

[Cbz40]

Gary Hoey is also a great guitar one.



Forgot to mention most of mine are all fairly recent bands, that some of you might scream "turn down that noise" upon hearing them. :D


No! NO!...Santana......full blast. Old or new... ;)

[SuspectCorner]

i don't play guitar myself but i sure love listening to the rare performers whose work on the intrument could stand on it's own. regardless of any accompaniment.

to me there's only two types, regardless of the genre, of guitar playing: hooks and solos. hooks being the melodies that make my body correspond in rythmic movements like foot-tapping. solos being the "X games" version of playing - the parts where i think to myself "whoa, self. how the flip did he pull that off?"

i think many musicians are capable of coming up with a great hook. "louie, louie" by the Kingsmen is a great hook. but is their guitarist virtuoso calibre? i think not.

IMO, solo virtuosity is rare in the world of guitar music. many of the solos i have most enjoyed have less to do with the musicianship of the author than the good fortune that it fit well with the overall energetic theme of the song. this theory applies particularly well in the realm of "punk" music - which i pretty much love. it's more about the rampant energy and anger than the musicianship.

but when you get into areas of jazz and classical music - these guys have to have a minimum of "chops". don't get me wrong. i don't think musicianship is exclusive to these genres. joe satriani is a good example of a rocker that can flat-out wail. but he has been known to lean toward contemporary jazz as well (notice how many "instrumental" tunes he loads an album with?). SRV was a "blues guy" that could kick the taillights out. there are many comparable examples in rock and blues.

but, for my money and speaking in general, the BEST and MOST virtuoso performers on ANY instrument will be found in jazz and classical venues. JMO.

al dimeola's first solo effort from the mid-70s, "land of the midnight sun" is a great example of superhuman guitar playing. check out tunes like "the wizard" and "suite: golden dawn". how the heck does anybody play THAT fast and well? i don't get the technical aspects of guitar. when a guitarist comments "he's hitting 64ths" - it means ZERO to me. i just know what my ears are hearing - and it's somebody running filthy nekkid up and down the fingerboard. just blazin'.

somebody mentioned michael schenker of UFO in an earlier post. thanks for reminding me what an old SOB i am.

also, billy gibbons best guitar lines are from "just got paid" and "the sheik". and i'll go to my grave believing that (unless he does something better before i die - and i HOPE he does. thanks for the memories billy. but avoid that farrah chick. i hear she's just plain trouble.)

[Payton34Smith22]

Fade To Black - Metallica
Cowboys From Hell - Pantera
Thunderstruck - AC/DC
Twist Of Cain - Danzig
Unholy Confessions - Avenged Sevenfold
Angel Of Death - Slayer

Just a few of my favs. :)

[peacockaja]

Crazy Train

[silverbear]

Since we've been discussing music...In your opinion, what is the greatest guitar line of all time?

Random Order:

"Sunshine of your Love"
"Paperback Writer"
"Daytripper"
"Layla"
"Ticket to Ride"
"I Feel Fine"
"Satisfaction"
"Life In the Fastlane"
"Purple Haze"
"Smoke on the Water"
"Whole Lotta Love"
"HeartBreaker"
"Green River"
"CenterField"
"Down on the Corner"
"I Heard it through the Grapevine"


Well, you get the idea...

:)


Black Magic Woman...

[silverbear]

hotel california

Oh man, the acoustic intro they do on that song on their Hell Freezes Over album just blows me away... the first time I heard it, they were like 20 bars into the song before I even realized what they were playing...

And the dobro work on much of the Desperado album hits me where I live, though it's nothing flashy... it's just mournful...

I've always said that the Eagles are where rock and roll goes when it grows up...

[silverbear]

The late Lowell George, of Little Feat fame, was the best slide guitarist I've ever heard, though Bonnie Raitt ain't bad herself...

I found it interesting that Ry Cooder made number 8 on the Rolling Stone list... I have always liked the guy, but he's kinda obscure except perhaps to guitar players... he did most of the blues guitar work on the movie Crossroads...

[Juke99]

i don't play guitar myself but i sure love listening to the rare performers whose work on the intrument could stand on it's own. regardless of any accompaniment.

to me there's only two types, regardless of the genre, of guitar playing: hooks and solos. hooks being the melodies that make my body correspond in rythmic movements like foot-tapping. solos being the "X games" version of playing - the parts where i think to myself "whoa, self. how the flip did he pull that off?"

i think many musicians are capable of coming up with a great hook. "louie, louie" by the Kingsmen is a great hook. but is their guitarist virtuoso calibre? i think not.

IMO, solo virtuosity is rare in the world of guitar music. many of the solos i have most enjoyed have less to do with the musicianship of the author than the good fortune that it fit well with the overall energetic theme of the song. this theory applies particularly well in the realm of "punk" music - which i pretty much love. it's more about the rampant energy and anger than the musicianship.

but when you get into areas of jazz and classical music - these guys have to have a minimum of "chops". don't get me wrong. i don't think musicianship is exclusive to these genres. joe satriani is a good example of a rocker that can flat-out wail. but he has been known to lean toward contemporary jazz as well (notice how many "instrumental" tunes he loads an album with?). SRV was a "blues guy" that could kick the taillights out. there are many comparable examples in rock and blues.

but, for my money and speaking in general, the BEST and MOST virtuoso performers on ANY instrument will be found in jazz and classical venues. JMO.

al dimeola's first solo effort from the mid-70s, "land of the midnight sun" is a great example of superhuman guitar playing. check out tunes like "the wizard" and "suite: golden dawn". how the heck does anybody play THAT fast and well? i don't get the technical aspects of guitar. when a guitarist comments "he's hitting 64ths" - it means ZERO to me. i just know what my ears are hearing - and it's somebody running filthy nekkid up and down the fingerboard. just blazin'.

somebody mentioned michael schenker of UFO in an earlier post. thanks for reminding me what an old SOB i am.

also, billy gibbons best guitar lines are from "just got paid" and "the sheik". and i'll go to my grave believing that (unless he does something better before i die - and i HOPE he does. thanks for the memories billy. but avoid that farrah chick. i hear she's just plain trouble.)


I do play...and agree with much of what you've said, especially about Joe Satriani who I've had the pleasure to play with once...I say "pleasure" only if it can be a pleasure to watch someone who can, in fact, play better with one finger than I can with 10. :)

The one thing I've leared about great rock guitar players is that they are also guitar players...not just rock. They may choose rock as the genre in which to excel but the vast majority can flat our PLAY.

A great example of that is the Hotel California performance SilverBear referenced. Most people would classify Don Felder and Joe Walsh as rock guitarists...neither even gets mentioned as "great" in their chosen genre....yet, on that song, they flat out PLAY...and the beginning of that song is anything but rock.

I'll stick with Joe Satch and Chet Atkins as my two favorites....but MUCH as I LOVE Chet, I think Satch could copy his style more easily than Chet could have copied Joe Satch.

Thanks for a very well thought out response.

[Juke99]

Oh man, the acoustic intro they do on that song on their Hell Freezes Over album just blows me away... the first time I heard it, they were like 20 bars into the song before I even realized what they were playing...

And the dobro work on much of the Desperado album hits me where I live, though it's nothing flashy... it's just mournful...

I've always said that the Eagles are where rock and roll goes when it grows up...


I just saw the Eagles live a few weekends ago...unfortunately without Don Felder...but they can flat out play.

Don Felder is a great guitarist. And I agree about that Hotel California intro you referenced.

He played within the structure of the Eagles songs and for that reason rarely gets the credit he deserves. Perfect example of some great guitar playing within the framework of a song was "One Of These Nights". The Eagles were determined to NOT use any synthesized sounds and noted as much in the album credits. So Felder ran a bunch of guitar lines that sound like a synth. BUT best of all was the solo. He wanted it to sound like a sax. If you listen to the lines he plays, the sustains, the notes, it's a damn sax solo; creative and very talented guy. Problem is, NO ONE will ever reference "One of These Nights" when talking about great guitar songs....but within the structure of that song, he did a GREAT job.

No matter how they disguise "Hotel Calilfornia" I'm onto them every time. This time, the intro of the song featured a beautiful trumpet solo BUT the chord structure of the song is so dominant AND it's Spanish flavor so recognizable that within a few notes I knew what was coming. :)

But then again, I do play guitar. :)