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Post by sirrastus on Oct 13, 2020 4:28:39 GMT
Eddie Van Halen was the Hendrix of his generation. But unlike Hendrix, he spawned a thousand imitators, and changed the direction of guitar rock. Unfortunately, most of the imitators weren't anywhere near as good as Eddie, even as they played a zillion notes. I remember a friend in high school telling me that if I liked EVH then I would LOVE Yngwie Malmsteen. Talk about generic and soulless. I know I can't play guitar even close to that fast, but it bored the heck out of me. I own his Concerto for Electric Guitar & Orchestra because it works incredibly well in that context, but his rock music is forgettable to me. I do love Steve Vai, however, simply because he is a great compositional writer for guitar. There is clearly purpose in everything he plays. There's one Yngwie lead I really like and that's the one on Hiroshima Mon Amour.
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Post by The Ocean on Oct 13, 2020 4:29:52 GMT
Led to a pretty bad habit IMO I can only listen to a good shred if it really is necessary and really enhances what I'm hearing.Eddie also knew how to write songs and his playing enhanced the music. Agreed. The best solos fit the song they are made for. It's why I love players like Buck, David Gilmour, Elliot Easton, etc. If you can't picture a song without the particular solo on it, then it's a damn good solo. Meanwhile, if you can't remember a single note of it, it's probably not good.
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Post by warrior21 on Oct 13, 2020 4:37:51 GMT
Eddie Van Halen was the Hendrix of his generation. But unlike Hendrix, he spawned a thousand imitators, and changed the direction of guitar rock. Unfortunately, most of the imitators weren't anywhere near as good as Eddie, even as they played a zillion notes. I remember a friend in high school telling me that if I liked EVH then I would LOVE Yngwie Malmsteen. Talk about generic and soulless. I know I can't play guitar even close to that fast, but it bored the heck out of me. I own his Concerto for Electric Guitar & Orchestra because it works incredibly well in that context, but his rock music is forgettable to me. I do love Steve Vai, however, simply because he is a great compositional writer for guitar. There is clearly purpose in everything he plays. I like Vai and really dig a lot of Joe Satriani’s catalogue. His “The Extremist” album is definitely a desert island disc for me. As for Yngwie J., the only album I really got into by him was Odyssey, and that was likely due to Joe Lynn Turner being on vocals.
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