Brian May
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Topic: Brian May
Posted By: cyberiancygnus
Subject: Brian May
Date Posted: February 26 2007 at 16:33
| i vote number 2 !! |
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: February 26 2007 at 17:21
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A good guitarist with a unique style and sound. It was never a sound I was that keen on personally, but he was certainly original and instantly recognisable.
Didn't he make his own guitars?? ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: February 26 2007 at 17:22
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Yeah, he made his out of a fireplace wood and made his own fretboard that fits his big hands. Oh I vote agree with Blacksword, except like his sound. |
Posted By: eddietrooper
Date Posted: February 26 2007 at 17:34
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Technically rather good for his time, but his greatness is his unique style and sound of his own. Whenever you hear a Brian May solo you know that it's him who's playing, it's unmistakeable. Most modern guitar players sound all the same. |
Posted By: Nash
Date Posted: February 26 2007 at 18:23
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a good guitarrist, only that ------------- http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/191/sydbarrettg.jpg/" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Modrigue
Date Posted: February 26 2007 at 18:33
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He's a great guitarist with his own style ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqf2srRfppHAslEmHBn8QP6d_eoanh0eW" rel="nofollow - My compositions |
Posted By: PROGMAN
Date Posted: February 26 2007 at 18:36
According to an old schoolfriend of mine: He is the best guitarist in the world.
------------- CYMRU AM BYTH 
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Posted By: pero
Date Posted: February 27 2007 at 06:47
| He is OK but nothing more |
Posted By: MattiR
Date Posted: February 27 2007 at 08:03
| OK |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: February 27 2007 at 08:31
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Gave 'Queen II' a spin late last night. Damn fine album. That was always my favourite Queen offering. Mays performance is very good on this album. I like effect he gets on 'Procession' ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: February 27 2007 at 08:59
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One of the greatest. He's quite "low profile", but he had a huge effect on any guitarist that came after him ... it's hard to ignore the riffing on Bohemian Rhapsody, or the brilliantly designed solos on tracks like We Will Rock You. Even some extreme metal bands are influenced by Queen ... Between the Buried and Me recently released a cover album which included Bicycle Race, and the Metallica version of Stone Cold Crazy really rocks! ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to: 
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Posted By: chessman
Date Posted: February 27 2007 at 16:06
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I voted for the second option.
May is undoubtedly a fine player, and he has influenced many other guitarists.
I wouldn't put him in my top ten, possibly in my top twenty though.
And a nice chap as well, apparently.
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: February 27 2007 at 17:47
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One of the greatest. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: March 01 2007 at 17:48
I always feel its a bit weird when one has the final post in a thread. Its as if one has put a curse on it! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Marcos
Date Posted: March 01 2007 at 20:59
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He's a great guitar player ------------- www.postmortemweb.com.ar |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: March 01 2007 at 21:01
| Easily one of the top ten rock guitar players .. ever |
Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: March 01 2007 at 22:19
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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 ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: SolariS
Date Posted: March 01 2007 at 22:29
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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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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: March 02 2007 at 01:50
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. |
memowakeman wrote:Posted By: MadcapLaughs84
Date Posted: March 02 2007 at 01:57
Amen, Man ------------- 
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Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: March 02 2007 at 08:32
| Second option. |
Posted By: Malve87
Date Posted: March 02 2007 at 12:28
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One of the greatest guitarists of all times, of course. ------------- ] 
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Posted By: Paradox
Date Posted: March 04 2007 at 11:40
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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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Posted By: BroSpence
Date Posted: March 05 2007 at 01:15
| I think Mick Ronson is responsible for a lot of Brian May's sound and style. |
Posted By: sircosick
Date Posted: March 25 2007 at 01:17
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  |
Posted By: Draconean
Date Posted: March 25 2007 at 14:55
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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! ------------- I'm running still, I shall until, one day I hope that I'll arrive |
Posted By: toolis
Date Posted: March 25 2007 at 14:57
actually, he's influenced many metal guitar players... ------------- -music is like pornography... sometimes amateurs turn us on, even more... -sometimes you are the pigeon and sometimes you are the statue... |
Posted By: sircosick
Date Posted: March 25 2007 at 17:22
| Metal guitar players aren't relatively succesful, except some few cases. |
Posted By: Draconean
Date Posted: March 26 2007 at 12:37
So what? IMO the same goes for prog guitar players. ------------- I'm running still, I shall until, one day I hope that I'll arrive |
Posted By: sircosick
Date Posted: March 26 2007 at 17:50
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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? |
Posted By: daz2112
Date Posted: April 01 2007 at 08:16
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Good guitarist. ------------- In the constellation of cygnus,There lurks a mysterious force...The black hole |
Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: April 03 2007 at 11:09
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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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Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: April 04 2007 at 08:52
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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. ------------- The important thing is not to stop questioning. |
Posted By: coleio
Date Posted: April 04 2007 at 11:28
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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 Anyway, I voted good player  ------------- Eat heartily at breakfast, for tonight, we dine in Hell!! |
Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: April 05 2007 at 04:57
Read Simon Singh's most excellent and readable Big Bang - also seen him lecture it. Singh's use of audio-visual aids was excellent, even brought the question why people wrongly think they hear lyrics about 'the devil in his shed' when Stairway to Heaven is played backwards ------------- The best eclectic music on the Web,8-11pm BST/GMT THURS. CLICK ON: http://www.lborosu.org.uk/media/lcr/live.php - http://www.lborosu.org.uk/media/lcr/live.php Host by PA's Dick Heath. |
Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: April 10 2007 at 03:17
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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). ------------- The important thing is not to stop questioning. |