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WARNING: I'm a little old school. :lol:
I am a drummer and guitar player so my selections may be more geared towards my own influences and what touched me the most,but this is a thread about YOUR favorites....for whatever reason...or no reason at all :lol: Different music touches different people for different reasons and thats the beauty of it.
Mine.
#1 Bar none, Jimi Hendrix "Machine Gun" w/Band of Gypsies live at the Filmore. Like Lenny Kravitz once said in an interview when asked about that performance..."After listening to Machine Gun i have to take a nap."
Played with a blend of soul,fire,soaring beauty, pure rawness and aggression. The first note of the lead is sick(at 3:50).....and it hangs there....forever.....until he's about to let you off the hook and no,same note again. Sick. The middle section where Jimi is obviously playing in his own world(probably in another solar system)is like listening to a chorus of dying souls poured out thru a piece of wood & 6 strings....played by a man. Unbelievable. The use of feedback in tiny spots here & there is flawless(live performance). Even Jimi's mastery of having to re-tune his guitar towards the end after sucking the life out of it is a treat to behold.
It's also worth mentioning that this song(and performance)was performed with Jimi & Billie tuned a whole step down to D....and because this tune is played in the low end E configuration , tuning a whole step down gives it that dark,meaty, eerie quality.
Here's a youtube cut of this performance.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aQC6AkuSLY[/youtube]
The rest not in any particular order....
Eric Johnson "Desert Rose" The king of tone finds melody over a fairly unmelodic chord progression and at the same time get's meaty.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psCsboMwJ_o[/youtube]
Toto ""Hold the Line" Pop shredding at it's best....Steve Lukather.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtg1lzd_tLY[/youtube]
Pink Floyd "Hey You" Gimour still my favorite living guitar player. The sweet build thru octaves is mesmerizing along with his signature bends.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS6aoz0xiBg[/youtube]
U2 "Even Better than the Real Thing" I love the erotic sound of the slide here. I almost listed "The Fly" but my nod goes to "Real Thing."
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FPrg_MxgJc[/youtube]
ZZ Top "I need You Tonight" Blues drenched in echo/delay and soul baby.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGr4NHj92rY[/youtube]
Rush "Digital Man" On an album where Lifeson's guitar work took a backseat, he tears it up as if unleashed here.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCFcWdco1nw[/youtube]
Supertramp "Goodbye Stranger" An unorthodox solo but very moving.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xnc4bz_super-tramp-goodbye-stranger_music
Janes Addiction "Three Days" Dave Navarro's best stuff IMO.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmvG2GZ3S7o[/youtube]
So many more come to mind,but maybe another time.
I am a drummer and guitar player so my selections may be more geared towards my own influences and what touched me the most,but this is a thread about YOUR favorites....for whatever reason...or no reason at all :lol: Different music touches different people for different reasons and thats the beauty of it.
Mine.
#1 Bar none, Jimi Hendrix "Machine Gun" w/Band of Gypsies live at the Filmore. Like Lenny Kravitz once said in an interview when asked about that performance..."After listening to Machine Gun i have to take a nap."
Played with a blend of soul,fire,soaring beauty, pure rawness and aggression. The first note of the lead is sick(at 3:50).....and it hangs there....forever.....until he's about to let you off the hook and no,same note again. Sick. The middle section where Jimi is obviously playing in his own world(probably in another solar system)is like listening to a chorus of dying souls poured out thru a piece of wood & 6 strings....played by a man. Unbelievable. The use of feedback in tiny spots here & there is flawless(live performance). Even Jimi's mastery of having to re-tune his guitar towards the end after sucking the life out of it is a treat to behold.
It's also worth mentioning that this song(and performance)was performed with Jimi & Billie tuned a whole step down to D....and because this tune is played in the low end E configuration , tuning a whole step down gives it that dark,meaty, eerie quality.
Here's a youtube cut of this performance.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aQC6AkuSLY[/youtube]
The rest not in any particular order....
Eric Johnson "Desert Rose" The king of tone finds melody over a fairly unmelodic chord progression and at the same time get's meaty.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psCsboMwJ_o[/youtube]
Toto ""Hold the Line" Pop shredding at it's best....Steve Lukather.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtg1lzd_tLY[/youtube]
Pink Floyd "Hey You" Gimour still my favorite living guitar player. The sweet build thru octaves is mesmerizing along with his signature bends.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS6aoz0xiBg[/youtube]
U2 "Even Better than the Real Thing" I love the erotic sound of the slide here. I almost listed "The Fly" but my nod goes to "Real Thing."
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FPrg_MxgJc[/youtube]
ZZ Top "I need You Tonight" Blues drenched in echo/delay and soul baby.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGr4NHj92rY[/youtube]
Rush "Digital Man" On an album where Lifeson's guitar work took a backseat, he tears it up as if unleashed here.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCFcWdco1nw[/youtube]
Supertramp "Goodbye Stranger" An unorthodox solo but very moving.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xnc4bz_super-tramp-goodbye-stranger_music
Janes Addiction "Three Days" Dave Navarro's best stuff IMO.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmvG2GZ3S7o[/youtube]
So many more come to mind,but maybe another time.
