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    Posted: April 10 2007 at 03:17
Thanks - I'm fascinated by different theories in this area - I'm just coming to the end of "The Goldilocks Enigma", by Paul Davies, which is a superb read - quantuum mechanics for the clueless (most music courses don't consider particle physics in any great depth - a mistake, in my opinion).
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Originally posted by Certif1ed Certif1ed wrote:

Well, it's not rocket science... oh, hang on...
 
Has anyone else read "Bang!"?
 
Back O/T, I think he's one of the greatest rock guitarists of all time.
 
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Haven't listened to a lot of Queen, but I admit his style is instantly recognisable.
There was an advert here in England a couple of years back, and there was a solo playing in the background, it was easy to tell it was Brian May LOL

Anyway, I voted good playerSmile
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Well, it's not rocket science... oh, hang on...
 
Has anyone else read "Bang!"?
 
Back O/T, I think he's one of the greatest rock guitarists of all time.
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After his acting on Sky At Night's 50th Anniversary  Special last night (BBC 4), I think he should stick to the  guitar playing...................
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Good guitarist.
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Do you think so, Draconean? Really? It could be true, but if it's so, it's rather sad that a rock/mainstream guitarist were recognized in this era by "virtuosos" metal guitar players and not by his contemporaries musicians.

By the way, what kind of guitarist are succesful to you?
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Originally posted by sircosick sircosick wrote:

Metal guitar players aren't relatively succesful, except some few cases.


So what? IMO the same goes for prog guitar players.
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Metal guitar players aren't relatively succesful, except some few cases.
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Originally posted by sircosick sircosick wrote:

He's just one more good guitarist, and earned an historical importance for being the Queen's guitarist. Although I think he hasn't influenced in any relatively succesful guitar player. My vote: he is a good guitarist. No more  Tongue



actually, he's influenced many metal guitar players...
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I go for option 2: "He is very good and a great influence on a lot of players."

Just like Freddie's vocals, Brian's guitar playing was a very important trademark of Queen. Brian May has a unique style and I especially like his live guitar solos where he is putting up a triple delay guitar battle against himself (like the track Brighton Rock on the Live Killers album). Sheer guitar extravaganza!

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He's just one more good guitarist, and earned an historical importance for being the Queen's guitarist. Although I think he hasn't influenced in any relatively succesful guitar player. My vote: he is a good guitarist. No more  Tongue
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I think Mick Ronson is responsible for a lot of Brian May's sound and style.
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I think he's a very talented guitarist and I love his tone. I don't know if he's been an influence on other guitarists though so i can't vote for that option. I voted for option 3.
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One of the greatest guitarists of all times, of course.

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Second option. 
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Originally posted by memowakeman memowakeman wrote:

Curiously im listening to some Queen right now, he is a greeeat guitar player indeed, i wouldn`t say easily one of the top ten, but yeah, one of the top 20 Wink

 
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Originally posted by memowakeman memowakeman wrote:

Curiously im listening to some Queen right now, he is a greeeat guitar player indeed, i wouldn`t say easily one of the top ten, but yeah, one of the top 20 Wink



Well if you exclude primarily blues players like Clapton and Vaughan, and primarily fusion players like Holdsworth and Di Meola, I think May would likely make the top ten. I stand by it.
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im not going to be conservative about my vote. one of the greatest of all time for sure. he had one of the freshest and most powerful sounding styles of any guitarist ever. he created a sound both completely recognizable and inspiring.
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Curiously im listening to some Queen right now, he is a greeeat guitar player indeed, i wouldn`t say easily one of the top ten, but yeah, one of the top 20 Wink

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