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Group: rec.music.progressive · Group Profile
Author: GrinnerGrinner Date: Sep 11, 2007 10:52
"Nick Delonas" cultv.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.21509a107866e978989689@news.optonline.net...>> which is also a joke. carlos santana, brian may, evh and walter becker
>> over
>> jeff beck?
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> Jeff Beck is probably my personal favorite. Still Santana, Mclaughlin,
> May and Chuck Berry are or were all really great players. Not sure that
> asserting one is somehow better or more important than another means
> much.
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> Of course, making such lists is pretty silly, unless all you're doing is
> trying to create a starting point for a conversation/debate.
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> Been listening to some old Rush for the first time in about 20 years
> BTW. Re-discovering Lifeson's playing has been enjoyable. I forgot how
> good he is.
I like Lifeson's playing and it takes something to put together concept
albums as they did, though now they seem immature topic wise, but to get
that altogether speaks volumes. Certainly a lot better than Yes's tales from
topographic oceans. I lost touch with Rush after signals. 'Fear' off that
album was great.
I find Lee's voice irksome when I revisit Rush nowadays. I still play
permanent waves regularly, there's not one dud track on that album and they
are good songs to play on guitar, a lot of energy without being too
technical, Entre Nous, Different Strings and Natural Science are good
examples. Jacob's Ladder is fun to play, similar in a strange way to War
Pigs.
I like his chord work, it's not boring fill behind the vocals, maybe also
due to the tone he got. I also like his playing on hemispheres and a
farewell to kings. he sounded a little boring on moving pictures and too
much synthesiser, but how do you follow up permanent waves, I s'pose.
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> Also was listening to Steve Hackett yesterday for the first time in a
> long time. Really great stuff. Nostalgic in the best way.
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> --Nick
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