Gilmour vs. Fripp

Fripp took a difficult sound and heavily guitar sound that hard to play, and he played a difficult sections pretty well in In The Court Of The Crimson King (An Observation by King Crimson). So does Gilmour in Shine On You Crazy Diamond. A heavily high blues-prog sound he made pretty well!

But (damn it) I like what Dave did, just 51%.

As Fripp eschews the blues as a form and Gilmour is rooted in the blues and they are both highly significant in the world of Art Rock then perhaps the poll is a very good idea. The point of a poll (an honest one like you get here on P.A.) is to enable thought and consideration.

So Gilmour went from being quite the experimental accompaniest in PF's 68 -72 era to building his blues based space rock soloing thereafter Fripp began in the stratosfears (sic) and shifted universe several times. It is superficially Apples and Oranges but as the two guitarists occupy areas of music with little overlap in territory (unusual in prog rock) the the poll highlights the breadth and depth. And that's just footling around ith Floyd and Crim (and all related) albums.

Of course one comparison that might be closer is Belew guitar vocals vs Gilmour Guitar vocals and Fripp as demon driver master mind of KC and Waters as demagogic PF inspiration.

Gilmour's almost getting even with Fripp (60 votes Gilmour, 61 Fripp at the moment I'm writing). Given the way this poll started and being this a Prog site, I didn't expect Gilmour to get so close.

     Can't Cast My Vote on this One , Sorry , but there's no need to compete Two of the best Guitar Players in 42 years . But if the Question of the Poll is < who i prefer more ?>  I  Prefer not to Answer !

Wow! It's a draw, 64 to 64!
I couldn't decide.

Gilmour I mean Fripp is an amazing man and musician but Gilmour manages to do a lot with a little like that one guy said earlier he might only play one note every 18 minutes but its how it makes you feel not how fast he is going

What's absurd actually it's your will to change other people's taste.

I think people are going overboard by discrediting feel as I think its very important..  But I agree that Gilmour is boring with his hitting one note every twenty seconds.  Zappa plays with a lot of feel, but he still plays unique and interesting things.  Gilmour plays some pretty generic rock licks a lot of the time and doesn't do much for me.  That being said, I can still enjoy early Pink Floyd a lot. 

Edited by himtroy - June 09 2010 at 12:06

^ Starless is a great counter-song for the emotional debate.  Perhaps Fripp's most "emotional" playing ever.

WalterDigsTunes wrote: This crap about "feeling" is absurd.

This crap about music not being able to stir the emotions is absurd.