Random Guitar performance poll
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Topic: Random Guitar performance poll
Posted By: Zitro
Subject: Random Guitar performance poll
Date Posted: February 02 2007 at 14:45
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All albums are really different from each other, are very well-known, and have incredible guitar playing. Where do you enjoy the guitar the most? |
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Posted By: Melomaniac
Date Posted: February 02 2007 at 14:46
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This will probably be the only time I vote for Dream Theater, but Images and Words is my favorite from them, and Petrucci was amazing on that one.
Howe's work on Relayer is also amazing though... ------------- "One likes to believe in the freedom of Music" - Neil Peart, The Spirit of Radio |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: February 02 2007 at 15:17
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Theres a lot of Relayer talked about at the moment. I voted for it, Howe is awesome!
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Asphalt
Date Posted: February 02 2007 at 15:32
For music, I'd go with Relayer, for guitar creativity, with Elegant Gypsy, but for the sheer tone of the guitar, Led Zeppelin takes the cake out of these. 
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Posted By: MattiR
Date Posted: February 02 2007 at 15:35
| OK, Page was fantastic on Led Zeppelin's debut, but Howe - on "Relayer" was (as usually) incredible: many guitar ideas (1 track), excellent jazz rock (2 track) and smooth playing (3 track). |
Posted By: archivep
Date Posted: February 02 2007 at 15:50
| Images |
Posted By: theBox
Date Posted: February 02 2007 at 16:26
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I can't really make up my mind!!!! The choice is too dificult...I am
inclined to say relayer, then I remember all that is good about Images
(the ONLY good DT album) and the stellar playing on the early diMeola
albums.... I couldn't care less about zepp though... Bottom line is..i wont't vote, its a tie between the three. ------------- |
Posted By: chessman
Date Posted: February 02 2007 at 16:56
Relayer, by a large margin. 
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Posted By: Chris H
Date Posted: February 02 2007 at 16:58
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LZ for me, Page cannot be beat. ------------- Beauty will save the world. 
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Posted By: proglil49
Date Posted: February 02 2007 at 17:05
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Led Zeppelin I
Relayer is technically really not Howe's best work. Same thing for I&W and Elegant Gypsy. ------------- I want to be an astronaut |
Posted By: trauma0
Date Posted: February 02 2007 at 17:13
 so different styles.... mmmm...
but...
PAGE! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/trauma0/?chartstyle=itunesrecent"> 
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Posted By: eddietrooper
Date Posted: February 02 2007 at 17:19
| Relayer. The fast guitar playing on the "batttle" part of The Gates of Delirium and the delicate steel guitar on "Soon" (ending part of Gates...) are impressive. Too bad that Howe can't play the fast parts the same anymore (the version included in the Yes Symphonic DVD is disappointing) |
Posted By: stewe
Date Posted: February 02 2007 at 17:43
| Relayer.. in fact the last album where genius of mr. Howe is shining in the full light IMO. His playing never reached nearly as high as there from that moment. |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: February 02 2007 at 18:45
Al Di Meola is clearly the best guitarist of this bunch and "Elegant Gypsy" is probably his best solo effort (not counting "Friday Night in San Francisco" with McLaughlin and Paco De Lucia).
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Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: February 02 2007 at 20:02
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Just listened to Relayer today. Some great stuff on "Gates Of Delerium". As much as I like DT, I'll take the style of Howe over a shredder like Petrucci any day of the week.
E ------------- 
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Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: February 02 2007 at 21:11
| Di Meola technically, but I like Petrucci better, but this isn't really about preference. |
Posted By: Uroboros
Date Posted: February 02 2007 at 21:24
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Some people should really try to make it clear to themselves what exactly they understand by "shredder" - it's become such a funny word lately... employed in all kinds of weird contexts.
Anyway, Elegant Gypsy for me, although it's far from being my favourite of Al di's records. ------------- Tous les chemins qui s’ouvrent à moi ne mènent à rien si tu n’es plus là |
Posted By: Modrigue
Date Posted: February 02 2007 at 21:26
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I vote for Relayer, but it's tied with Led Zeppelin ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqf2srRfppHAslEmHBn8QP6d_eoanh0eW" rel="nofollow - My compositions |
Posted By: The T
Date Posted: February 03 2007 at 01:06
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Again, good choices. And good to see it's not only classics.
Haven't heard DiMEola... from the rest, I think Page is over-praised at times... I don't know between master Howe and my master Petrucci (is DT so my heart goes for him)... but I just don't know. Relayer is Howe's best guitar work in YES bar none. I don't know.But then, "Metropolis", the solo in "Learning to live", they invented prog-metal with that....sorry... When the brain can't decide, the heart has to.... PETRUCCI ------------- 
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Posted By: kazansky
Date Posted: February 03 2007 at 01:24
Dream Theater !!! ------------- The devil we blame our atrocities on is really just each one of us. |
Posted By: Norbert
Date Posted: February 03 2007 at 07:31
| Relayer. |
Posted By: Mr. Sanchez
Date Posted: February 03 2007 at 08:08
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I've always loved the guitar in Under A Glass Moon... haha. ------------- It's Calling Me Back To My Home. |
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: February 03 2007 at 13:06
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Well, I know Di Meolas playing, but dont have Elegant gypsy, so I cant vote for the rest as much as I´de like to, cause seriously, Di Meola pwns them all
------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Posted By: Uroboros
Date Posted: February 03 2007 at 15:58
Yes he does. ------------- Tous les chemins qui s’ouvrent à moi ne mènent à rien si tu n’es plus là |
el böthy wrote:Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: February 03 2007 at 16:13
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I have to raise my voice for one of the most underrated guitar players again: Roman Bunka of Embryo and of solo albums (by the way, another one that is still not in the archives, although he has been suggested numerous times by Jean and me, and almost a year ago. We even supplied the whole discography. Ahem). His performance on his solo album "Dein Kopf ist ein schlafendes Auto" is excellent, especially on the track "Heartbeat", where he plays one of my favourite guitar solos of all time.
-------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |