[Powderworks] Re: Total Guitar's top 100 guitarists....very very sad.
Matty S
bus2bondi@hotmail.com
Tue, 13 Aug 2002 09:12:35 +1000
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<P>How did any guitar from blink 182 get there????????</P>
<P>The guy can't form his fingers into anything more then a 3 fingered power chord!!!</P>
<P>And that goes for alot of the artists on that list!</P>
<P>How blink get rated higher then tommy emmanual!!???</P>
<P>I believe in all honesty theres better guitarists on powderworks then blink!</P>
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<P>>I think it's mostly a compliment for them *not* to be included in a list of </P>
<DIV></DIV>>mostly wanker guitarists. Yes I know there are some great ones on there
<DIV></DIV>>with some great songs but to me Jim and Martin play to the song, not to be
<DIV></DIV>>wanker of the year or whatever. I've said it before but...in a world where
<DIV></DIV>>garbage like Michael Jackson and Madonna have the status they do, WHAT DO
<DIV></DIV>>YOU EXPECT?!
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<DIV></DIV>> > -----Original Message-----
<DIV></DIV>> > From: powderworks-admin@cs.colorado.edu
<DIV></DIV>> > [mailto:powderworks-admin@cs.colorado.edu]On Behalf Of
<DIV></DIV>> > stephen.wood@stockford.net
<DIV></DIV>> > Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2002 5:47 PM
<DIV></DIV>> > To: powderworks@cs.colorado.edu
<DIV></DIV>> > Subject: [Powderworks] Re: Total Guitar's top 100 guitarists....very
<DIV></DIV>> > very sad.
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<DIV></DIV>> > That list of top 100 guitarists is very sad.
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<DIV></DIV>> > As someone who has been playing guitar for a long time, my
<DIV></DIV>> > totally unbiased
<DIV></DIV>> > opinion is that Martin & Jim would play the pants off more than half of
<DIV></DIV>> > that list. REM are a great band and Peter Buck is a great guitarist, but
<DIV></DIV>> > certainly not Martin or Jims standard, likewise with U2, awesome band,
<DIV></DIV>> > great songs, but the edge is very good at best.
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<DIV></DIV>> > As for Noel Gallagher (oasis), he is a very very average musician from an
<DIV></DIV>> > even worse band and to have Tom Delonge of Blink 182 in there at all just
<DIV></DIV>> > shows how these type of lists mean absolutely nothing. The artists are
<DIV></DIV>> > voted for by rabid fans who don't actually know what constitutes a great
<DIV></DIV>> > guitarist, they just vote for whoever their favoured band is at the time.
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<DIV></DIV>> > If you talk to any aussie muso in there 20's or older, they will almost
<DIV></DIV>> > inevitably acknowledge that Martin & Jim are 2 of the best you will ever
<DIV></DIV>> > see and make the average rock guitarist of today look & sound
<DIV></DIV>> > like a 5 year
<DIV></DIV>> > old with a eukalele (eg. Creed, Nickelback, matchbox 20, sum41, stained,
<DIV></DIV>> > limp bizkit etc. etc. etc.)
<DIV></DIV>> > Infact alot of well known aussie guitarists credit Marting & Jim as being
<DIV></DIV>> > their inspiration.
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<DIV></DIV>> > Anway, I won't bore all you non muso's any longer.
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<DIV></DIV>> > All the best,
<DIV></DIV>> > Steve Wood.
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