EMOTIONAL GUITARISTS

Empathy wrote: Radioactive Toy wrote: steve vai's guitar works aren't emotional AT ALL.. If you think it is you can also make love to a sex doll in my eyes, it's also cold, and doing what it's supposed to do.. but there's no beauty Go back and listen to "Call it Sleep", "For the Love of God", and "Tender Surrender". Plenty of emotion in every one of those tracks.

Steve Vai is a very very good guitarist. As much as you want to say that he
is very emotional, in the long scope, he is not. Some of his songs (such as
parts of Call it Sleep, For the Love of God, and Tender Surrender, among
other) are emotional, but in the long run, Vai is still a technical player. I
like Vai so don't think I'm just bashing him. He is among the best at what
he does which does not generally include many emotions. He is very good
at diverse sounds of songs and technicalities.

FragileDT wrote: Empathy wrote: Radioactive Toy wrote: steve vai's guitar works aren't emotional AT ALL.. If you think it is you can also make love to a sex doll in my eyes, it's also cold, and doing what it's supposed to do.. but there's no beauty Go back and listen to "Call it Sleep", "For the Love of God", and "Tender Surrender". Plenty of emotion in every one of those tracks. Steve Vai is a very very good guitarist. As much as you want to say that he is very emotional, in the long scope, he is not. Some of his songs (such as parts of Call it Sleep, For the Love of God, and Tender Surrender, among other) are emotional, but in the long run, Vai is still a technical player. I like Vai so don't think I'm just bashing him. He is among the best at what he does which does not generally include many emotions. He is very good at diverse sounds of songs and technicalities.

Sorry, but it seems that you're implying that a technical player cannot be emotional. Having seen Vai live two times and from his DVDs, I can only strongly disagree. You also picked the wrong songs to show his emotionality - Whispering a Prayer, Blue Powder, Sisters, Lotus Feet, Rescue me or Bury Me, Brandos Costumes ... and of course his version of Little Wing from the DVD.

No Hackett? BLASPHEMY!!!

MikeEnRegalia wrote: [QUOTE=FragileDT] [QUOTE=Empathy] [QUOTE=Radioactive Toy]steve vai's guitar works aren't emotional AT ALL.. If you think it is you can also make love to a sex doll in my eyes, it's also cold, and doing what it's supposed to do.. but there's no beauty [/ QUOTE] Go back and listen to "Call it Sleep", "For the Love of God", and "Tender Surrender". Plenty of emotion in every one of those tracks. [/ QUOTE] Steve Vai is a very very good guitarist. As much as you want to say that he is very emotional, in the long scope, he is not. Some of his songs (such as parts of Call it Sleep, For the Love of God, and Tender Surrender, among other) are emotional, but in the long run, Vai is still a technical player. I like Vai so don't think I'm just bashing him. He is among the best at what he does which does not generally include many emotions. He is very good at diverse sounds of songs and technicalities.[/ QUOTE] Sorry, but it seems that you're implying that a technical player cannot be emotional. Having seen Vai live two times and from his DVDs, I can only strongly disagree. You also picked the wrong songs to show his emotionality - Whispering a Prayer, Blue Powder, Sisters, Lotus Feet, Rescue me or Bury Me, Brandos Costumes ... and of course his version of Little Wing from the DVD.

I'm not implying that a technical player cannot be emotional. I am
implying that in all generality a technical player spends most of his/her
time on technicality. Players like Clapton spent most of his time on
vibrato's and emotional feel on the guitar. I mean I like both guitarists a
lot, but you can't compare the two emotionally. It's Clapton by a mile. Just
as you can't compare the two technically. It's Vai by a mile.

I have the Vai DVD Live at the Astoria London. While it is very good and
Vai is a master at many things and an incredible guitarist, he is not the
most emotional. A lot of his speed takes away from his emotion. The fan
blowing his hair back to make him look cool also takes away from his
emotion (only joking around.)

All in all maybe we just differ in our opinions of a guitar players emotion,
which is fine. Maybe I just don't see the emotional parts of Vai that you do
and maybe you just don't see the way I see Clapton's playing back in the
day.

thats a piece of crap list, so i didnt vote. you want emotion? listen to the guitar solos on steve howes 1st solo album!

Cygnus X-2 wrote: Ed_The_Dead wrote: WHERE IS ROTHERY?! Seriously, where is he?

England, most likely.

But this poll is silly; only a few prog guitarists, and neo-prog is completely ignored. I would have chosen Nick Barrett if he were on here.

FragileDT wrote: I'm not implying that a technical player cannot be emotional. I am implying that in all generality a technical player spends most of his/her time on technicality. Players like Clapton spent most of his time on vibrato's and emotional feel on the guitar. I mean I like both guitarists a lot, but you can't compare the two emotionally. It's Clapton by a mile. Just as you can't compare the two technically. It's Vai by a mile. I have the Vai DVD Live at the Astoria London. While it is very good and Vai is a master at many things and an incredible guitarist, he is not the most emotional. A lot of his speed takes away from his emotion. The fan blowing his hair back to make him look cool also takes away from his emotion (only joking around.) All in all maybe we just differ in our opinions of a guitar players emotion, which is fine. Maybe I just don't see the emotional parts of Vai that you do and maybe you just don't see the way I see Clapton's playing back in the day.

That highlighted part is where we disagree ... while it's true that the slow melodies carry somewhat more emotion, Vai also manages to play exceedingly difficult parts in a highly emotional way.

BTW: I know Clapton ... and I think that a lot of his emotionality is simply over dramatizing. If vibrato was any indication of emotionality, Yngwie Malmsteen would be the most emotional player of them all.

But of course Vai is not the most emotional guitar player ... I already mentioned Scott Henderson, didn't I?

Edited by MikeEnRegalia

AH YES AN EMOTIONAL CREATURE IS THE GUITARIST!

AS HE GAZES AT A BEAUTIFUL SUNSET,TEARS STREAMING DOWN HIS SENSITIVE CHEEKS AS HE CONTEMPLATES THE AWESOME POWER OF NATURE...

 

OR AS HE CRADLES A NEWBORN BABY IN HIS ARMS AND WONDERS AT THE AMAZING CYCLE OF LIFE...

 

OR WHEN HE FINDS OUT HIS MANAGER HAS FIDDLED THE BOOKS TAKEN ALL HIS MONEY AND SKIPPED OF TO THE BAHAMAS WITH THE GUITARISTS GIRLFREIND...

YEP HE'D BE PRETTY DAMN EMOTIONAL ONE WOULD THINK!!!!!

 

P.S, I CHOSE MR GILMOUR

ivan_2068 wrote: If somebody can find something more emotional than Steve Hackett's solo on Firth of Fifth, please tell me. Iván

yes, ivan: jeff beck on roger water's what god wants part 3

 

1. steve rothery
2. jeff beck
3. steve hackett
4. david gilmour
5. mike holmes
6. gary chandler
7. mike oldfield
8. andy latimer
9. uwe karpa (anyone's daughter)
10. edgar froese (on albums like tyger and underwater sunlight)

Edited by greenback

WHY ISNT LARRY WALLACE ON HERE!!  or whatever motorheads guitarist is named, man the ace of spades solo is one of the coldest deadest things ever to come into existance. my vote was for andy, lady fantasy just never gets old.