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Poll Question: Going on personal talent who is better.
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Originally posted by pale moon pale moon wrote:

David Gilmour can make you cry by playing just one note.

 

Exactly. I love both guitarists, but I have to go with Gilmour on this one. Fripps playing is almost anti-emotional sometimes, like a mathematical approach to playing. I love the way Gilmour can incorporate his playing into space rock/prog and retain his blues roots while never sacrificing feeling.
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David Gilmour can make you cry by playing just one note.
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I actually can't believe I jst voted for Fripp, cuz I'm a really big Gilmour fan, he got me involved into music and Shine on, Time and all Animals guitars are amazing!!!  I also love King Crimson, but way less than Pink Floyd.  I had to consider the work of those two and realized that Gilmour without Waters wasn't even close to Fripp when he's alone.  When I compare Division Bell to The Power to believe, which are two albums that aren't one man show but close to this, I see that Fripp goes further with his guitar.  But in their entire career, I think that they're both the greatest prog guitarists, with Squire, and that Gilmour was impressive in a lot of albums.  Long life to Pink Floyd
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I love both styles but technically Fripp is better by far, in different ways they have a lot of feeling and creativity 

Technic: Fripp

Feeling: Both 

Creativity: Both

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Originally posted by Winter Wine Winter Wine wrote:

Originally posted by EL OSO EL OSO wrote:

Originally posted by el böthy el böthy wrote:

I simply cant understand how it is that Gilmour has so many fans...I mean he is good an all...but he has done always the same thing...bluesy space solos...not anything else, while Fripp has done...everything! Well, but its a personal choice...my vote goes for Fripp...without a doubt!

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Originally posted by EL OSO EL OSO wrote:

Originally posted by el böthy el böthy wrote:

I simply cant understand how it is that Gilmour has so many fans...I mean he is good an all...but he has done always the same thing...bluesy space solos...not anything else, while Fripp has done...everything! Well, but its a personal choice...my vote goes for Fripp...without a doubt!

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Originally posted by el böthy el böthy wrote:

I simply cant understand how it is that Gilmour has so many fans...I mean he is good an all...but he has done always the same thing...bluesy space solos...not anything else, while Fripp has done...everything! Well, but its a personal choice...my vote goes for Fripp...without a doubt!

I totally agree.
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I won't choose either. They are too different but both essential in my book.

Did anyone see Gilmour in "Three Men in a Boat" on BBC2 last week? A chance to have a look around his houseboat studio was too good to miss. Luckily I caught it almost by accident and taped it.

I think people also tend to overlook Gilmour's singing voice, which for his age is still phenomenal. Not many 60 year old men can span three octaves and still sound totally in control. (In the programme, he played part of a track he was working on, and Rory McGrath said "Who's that girl singing?" to which Gilmour said "It's me, actually!")

As for Bob Fripp, well, he's simply a genius. A true musical entrepreneur and pioneer; he's everything I want to be.

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Originally posted by Ridge Ridge wrote:

I would also dare to say that he is highly more influential on other guitarists than Guilmor


You're dead wrong their. Fripp's Influence is actually quite minimal. I could probably count Fripp influenced guitarists that actually sound something like him using only my fingers. Gilmour's list of significant Influences is considerably longer:

Rothery
Latimer
Belew
DeGarmo
Barrett
Josh
Lucassen
Petrucci
Wilson

To name just a few.
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Originally posted by sularetal sularetal wrote:

Originally posted by Ricochet Ricochet wrote:

WILL NOT CHOOSE!

Me neither

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Both are great guitarist no doubt about it, but for me it's definitely Mr. Fripp.

I would also dare to say that he is highly more influential on other guitarists than Guilmor, this based on reading countless issues of several guitar magazines. Anyways love them both.
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Originally posted by el böthy el böthy wrote:

I simply cant understand how it is that Gilmour has so many fans...I mean he is good an all...but he has done always the same thing...bluesy space solos...not anything else, while Fripp has done...everything! Well, but its a personal choice...my vote goes for Fripp...without a doubt!


I can't deny that Fripp is a more diverse soloist, but Gilmour's phrasing is so good. His solos may all fit into one genre but he hardly ever repeats himself. Money sounds very different from Time which dounds very different from Dogs which sounds very different to Coming Back to Life etc, that's is where Gilmour's diversity comes from.

He's also far more accessible and less experimental than Fripp which is probably another reason why he has more fans. I myself don't "get" much of Fripp's guitar work.
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Fripp - it's almost a total no brainer.
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I've got my doubts about how much to contribute
to the already rich among us...'

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Points: 3064 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 06 2006 at 09:48

GILMOUR.
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Fripp, any day of the year
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I voted for
Mr. Fripp!!!

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Points: 6336 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 06 2006 at 08:02
I simply cant understand how it is that Gilmour has so many fans...I mean he is good an all...but he has done always the same thing...bluesy space solos...not anything else, while Fripp has done...everything! Well, but its a personal choice...my vote goes for Fripp...without a doubt!
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Originally posted by Forgotten Son Forgotten Son wrote:

Gilmour for me. I find Fripp's playing a bit too noodly for my liking.

Thats true but he does things with his guitar that no one else does

 
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Gilmour for me. I find Fripp's playing a bit too noodly for my liking.
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Originally posted by Ricochet Ricochet wrote:

WILL NOT CHOOSE!

Me neither

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