moonpie
10/21/2011 5:29:00 PM
On Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:11:58 -0400, Gemini Jackson
<geminijacksonis@yahoo.com> wrote:
>On Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:07:21 -0400, moonpie <mr_rc_moonpie@yahoo.com>
>wrote:
>
>>Rajas point of view is not only close-minded, its actually kind of
>>insulting to guitarists... that unless you can play super fast, you
>>don't deserve to be in a "good" band.
>
>And that's what gets me. I can understand a non-musician judging
>music he/she doesn't care for, but to claim that George can't play or
>that the Beatles would have benefited from having a guitarist that can
>shred, well that's just plain stupid.
>
George was perfect for the Beatles, and an integral part of their
success story.
Raja is suffering from the same sort of malady that afflicts the Yoko
haters: "this band would have been so good if not for ____________."
or, "_________ person ruined/made this band worse."
Its strange. Its the snob music critic equivalent of obsessing over
Baseball Cards of Fantasy Football, or worse, collecting Barbie Dolls
and obsessing over their outfits and which group they're going to be
in today.
With Raja, its about teenage fanboi obsession with the rock star
players. Who was the better guitar player? Who was the fastest
drummer? Who fucking cares?
If Harrison sucked as a guitar player and would have been nothing
without the Beatles... whose solo album do you listen to?
One of Harrisons, or one of Jimmy Pages or Steve Howe's?
Page's Outrider album had a few good instrumental things, I didnt like
it anywhere near as much as most of Harrisons. I only heard one of
Steve Howe's, an early one, The Steve Howe album, and it was almost
unlistenable.