alomar >>>>>>
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Monday, 1 February 2016 17:24 (eight years ago) link
Non-Fripp answers not computing.
― Hi! I'm twice-coloured! (Sund4r), Monday, 1 February 2016 17:33 (eight years ago) link
fripp sure is great at standing at precise distances away from his amp but alomar is an unparalleled rhythm guitarist and imo should win this just for inventing the "fame" riff
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Monday, 1 February 2016 17:46 (eight years ago) link
Definitely Alomar, I even forgive him for Glass Spider and the two-handed fretboard tapping craziness.
― Michael Jones, Monday, 1 February 2016 17:47 (eight years ago) link
probably alomar for versitility and longevity.
fripp and belew for sheer inventiveness
earl slick for being a great mimic for all these parts other people wrote
david torn did nice work on heathen, instantly recognizable to me in "sunday", not sure if people are aware of or into his ECM record with Levin and Bruford but I loved it, it's like an alternate universe ECM Crimson.
― akm, Monday, 1 February 2016 17:56 (eight years ago) link
Dunno why I didn't include Slick.
― Michael Jones,
Poor guy. He was sick of never getting credit and now he had to share it with Frampton.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 1 February 2016 17:57 (eight years ago) link
Alomar. Didn't even have to think about it. Brilliant guitarist.
― flappy bird, Monday, 1 February 2016 18:22 (eight years ago) link
Earl Slick, because everyone else will vote for Ronno and Alomar, and I love how he plays
― Iago Galdston, Monday, 1 February 2016 18:23 (eight years ago) link
Earl Slick zing New Zealand style
― Toof Seteltha (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 1 February 2016 18:31 (eight years ago) link
Alomar, then Fripp, then Ronson.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 1 February 2016 18:56 (eight years ago) link
The answer is Mick Ronson, you guys are overthinking this
― thom yorke state of mind (voodoo chili), Monday, 1 February 2016 20:06 (eight years ago) link
did bowie or ronson write the riff for Ziggy Stardust? if it was ronson, i regret my vote
― flappy bird, Monday, 1 February 2016 20:32 (eight years ago) link
Saw this in a pub the other day, guess he did ok for having his arm amputated above the elbow.
http://i.imgur.com/BhmZqOc.jpg
― ledge, Monday, 1 February 2016 21:42 (eight years ago) link
I really hope that album was called Blood is Slicker Than Water
― Οὖτις, Monday, 1 February 2016 21:48 (eight years ago) link
or maybe Slick to Your Stomach
― Οὖτις, Monday, 1 February 2016 21:49 (eight years ago) link
Slick as a Brick
slick of the fwitch
― mookieproof, Monday, 1 February 2016 21:50 (eight years ago) link
Slick as a Dog
― Οὖτις, Monday, 1 February 2016 21:51 (eight years ago) link
In Slickness and in Health
Slick up your ears
― ledge, Monday, 1 February 2016 21:52 (eight years ago) link
Slicking in the Seventies
― if thou gaz long into the coombs, the coombs will also gaz into thee (WilliamC), Monday, 1 February 2016 21:55 (eight years ago) link
Oil Slick
― Οὖτις, Monday, 1 February 2016 21:56 (eight years ago) link
Down With the Slickness
― thom yorke state of mind (voodoo chili), Monday, 1 February 2016 21:56 (eight years ago) link
Ugh...I Think I'm Gonna Be Slick
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 1 February 2016 21:57 (eight years ago) link
^^^winner
― Οὖτις, Monday, 1 February 2016 21:59 (eight years ago) link
The Earl of Slick
― "Damn the Taquitos" (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 1 February 2016 22:01 (eight years ago) link
Touch Me I'm Slick
― Cosmic Slop, Monday, 1 February 2016 22:07 (eight years ago) link
This has to be ALOMAR!
― Turrican, Monday, 1 February 2016 22:07 (eight years ago) link
Alomar, aside from being a wonderful guitarist and, from the sounds of it, a down-to-earth guy also has a wonderful surname which sounds like some kind of battle cry when shouted at loud volumes... ALOMAAAAAAAAAAR! You could shout it when chopping down trees as a replacement for the well-worn "TIMBEEEEEEER!", or even when you've teed off that seriously hot drive on the golf course... *sound of golf club hitting ball* "ALOMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR!"
― Turrican, Monday, 1 February 2016 22:12 (eight years ago) link
Like, um, Remember The Alomar?
― Blecch Country Rickroll (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 1 February 2016 22:39 (eight years ago) link
https://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mabdrqcdMo1qa2sgk.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 1 February 2016 22:46 (eight years ago) link
If this is the direction this thread is going, take a look at some of the names up there... we could be here until (Keith) Christmas.
― Michael Jones, Monday, 1 February 2016 23:00 (eight years ago) link
No G.E. Smith?
Loved him on the Scary Monsters era stuff.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 1 February 2016 23:06 (eight years ago) link
He nails Ronson's Life On Mars solo here on Carson (~2m25s):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkefglL9c4c
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 1 February 2016 23:07 (eight years ago) link
... but yeah that is a pretty amazing Ashes to Ashes too, he & Carlos have great interplay.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 1 February 2016 23:09 (eight years ago) link
If this is the direction this thread is going, take a look at some of the names up there... we could be here until (Keith) Christmas.― Michael Jones, Monday, February 1, 2016 11:00 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Michael Jones, Monday, February 1, 2016 11:00 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I'd like to propose "Tony Viscunti", which is what you'd get if you crossed the world famous producer of several David Bowie records with mattresslessness.
― Turrican, Monday, 1 February 2016 23:10 (eight years ago) link
or "Dave Grohl" bc you are the Dave Grohl of ilx
― Toof Seteltha (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 1 February 2016 23:14 (eight years ago) link
I couldn't find any info verifying that he played on any albums. I was under the impression he just toured with Bowie.
― Darin, Monday, 1 February 2016 23:16 (eight years ago) link
or "Dave Grohl" bc you are the Dave Grohl of ilx― Toof Seteltha (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, February 1, 2016 11:14 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Toof Seteltha (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, February 1, 2016 11:14 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Yeah, I'll accept that!
― The Dave Grohl of ILX (Turrican), Monday, 1 February 2016 23:23 (eight years ago) link
Fripp, for what could be the greatest guitar riff in history. It's certainly in the conversation.
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 1 February 2016 23:33 (eight years ago) link
I couldn't find any info verifying that he played on any albums
isn't that him on Dancing in the Streets?
― Οὖτις, Monday, 1 February 2016 23:34 (eight years ago) link
Robert Fripp in a way was a specialist on Bowie records. He was brought in to be Fripp and while that worked genius on Heroes, it might not have worked on other tracks. Fripp did similar appearances with Peter Gabriel too.
― earlnash, Monday, 1 February 2016 23:44 (eight years ago) link
For me, Scary Monsters is basically a Robert Fripp album with some guy on vocals.
― Hi! I'm twice-coloured! (Sund4r), Monday, 1 February 2016 23:49 (eight years ago) link
part 4 of the M.O.R. trilogy
― if thou gaz long into the coombs, the coombs will also gaz into thee (WilliamC), Monday, 1 February 2016 23:54 (eight years ago) link
What else did Stacey Haydon play on? I only know him from the Nassau Coliseum '76 show (where he's hilariously introduced by Bowie as, "a Canadian, but a guitarist nonetheless").
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 2 February 2016 00:13 (eight years ago) link
Page Hamilton??
― the man in the fly castle (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 2 February 2016 00:19 (eight years ago) link
xp
I don't know, but he's on LinkedIn!
https://www.linkedin.com/in/stacyheydon
Says he recorded and toured with Bowie between 1975 and 1980, but no singles or albums mentioned.
― Darin, Tuesday, 2 February 2016 00:23 (eight years ago) link
Alomar in the Five Years saying he was kinda weirded out by the Happy Confident Bowie of the 80s is classic.
So is his guitar playing.
― Naive Teen Idol, Tuesday, 2 February 2016 00:30 (eight years ago) link
In the Five Years doc, that is.
― Darin, Monday, February 1, 2016 7:23 PM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Previous Ready Golf Centers, David Bowie Band
yeah...um...might wanna put Bowie first there.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 2 February 2016 00:39 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFBZQXMAhek
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 9 February 2016 21:40 (eight years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Wednesday, 10 February 2016 00:01 (eight years ago) link
I can hang with that top 3 p. hard
― Davey D, Wednesday, 10 February 2016 00:02 (eight years ago) link
lol @ Bowie outranking Gabrels, deservedly.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 10 February 2016 00:02 (eight years ago) link
Alphabetically
― Mark G, Wednesday, 10 February 2016 00:15 (eight years ago) link
Glad to see somebody voted for Stevie Ray. I despise him with the exception of Let's Dance, in which he's perfect.
― Taking dumps on a person's car is something children do (Sparkle Motion), Wednesday, 10 February 2016 02:13 (eight years ago) link
It's early, but is that exactly 100 votes?
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 10 February 2016 07:55 (eight years ago) link
it is!
― niels, Wednesday, 10 February 2016 09:33 (eight years ago) link
oh yes, Carlos !sad for Nile... (and who voted for Lenny Kravitz ??)
― AlXTC from Paris, Wednesday, 10 February 2016 09:40 (eight years ago) link
true, Nile got robbed - maybe there's been a saturation in the public awareness or smth
― niels, Wednesday, 10 February 2016 09:50 (eight years ago) link
Poor Adrian Belew too - he had to reproduce all those Fripperies live, y'know. No multi-tracks, no Eno processing. A pony-tail really does cost you about 10 votes around here, doesn't it?
― Michael Jones, Wednesday, 10 February 2016 10:46 (eight years ago) link
entirely as it should be
― carly rae jetson (thomp), Wednesday, 10 February 2016 11:13 (eight years ago) link
Belew is the only Bowie guitarist I've seen live and he did all kinds of mad shreddy-shuddery things to "Stay" but otherwise mostly behaved himself ;)
For years I was convinced they'd played "Pretty Pink Rose" in what was supposed to be a greatest hits set (Sound and Vision Tour) but I'd conflated the Milton Keynes show (which I'd heard on radio) with the Manchester show (which I attended). Still, half-a-point off for that.
― Michael Jones, Wednesday, 10 February 2016 11:17 (eight years ago) link
earl slick got robbed too
― niels, Wednesday, 10 February 2016 11:26 (eight years ago) link
dave grohl as well
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 10 February 2016 14:26 (eight years ago) link
they did play pretty pink rose on the sound and vision tour.
― akm, Wednesday, 10 February 2016 14:29 (eight years ago) link
Sorry, wasn't clear - they did play it in Milton Keynes, but not in Manchester. But, as the years have passed, I'd convinced myself they'd pissed away five minutes of a tight 90min Manchester set on PPR (the gig I actually went to).
― Michael Jones, Wednesday, 10 February 2016 16:05 (eight years ago) link
Voted Gabrels because imo he's the most inventive guitarist of the bunch, and gets extra favour from me for not only being great on my favourite Bowie album "Outside" and being wonderful on "Earthling"-- the solo on "Dead Man Walking" is along with Fripp on "It's No Game" and Alomar on "Golden Years" my favourite guitar thing in Bowie's catalog-- but also being the only positive thing about so many of the worst albums
― got a long list of ILXors (fgti), Wednesday, 10 February 2016 16:43 (eight years ago) link
Voted Gabrels because imo he's the most inventive guitarist of the bunch
http://www.imagesbuddy.com/images/83/2013/08/lol-rainbow-graphic.gif
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 10 February 2016 18:28 (eight years ago) link
Apropos, my Discover Weekly playlist this week features Tin Machine's cover of "Working Class Hero" which is definitely a "go slow, rail damaged" section of the program.
― The Guilded Palace of Splinters (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 10 February 2016 18:43 (eight years ago) link
which are the worst albums? tin machine ii?
― carly rae jetson (thomp), Friday, 12 February 2016 04:11 (eight years ago) link
I thought I'd give the Tin Machine albums a proper go because revisionism is fun but, boringly, I hated them. Even the alleged highlights are pretty rotten.
― impossible raver (Re-Make/Re-Model), Friday, 12 February 2016 12:10 (eight years ago) link
I understand that live Tim Machine album is particularly bad although I've never sat through any of them. I need a decent "best of" mix spanning from "Tonight" to "Reality".
― Darin, Friday, 12 February 2016 15:22 (eight years ago) link
I've made a Spotify playlist from Tonight to Blackstar.
http://open.spotify.com/user/dorianlynskey/playlist/1B8GjBVqemjDbJQuFqM6Yv
― impossible raver (Re-Make/Re-Model), Thursday, 18 February 2016 17:13 (eight years ago) link
Interesting. Thanks!
― Have I The Right Profile? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 18 February 2016 17:26 (eight years ago) link
I've made a Spotify playlist from Tonight to Blackstar.http://open.spotify.com/user/dorianlynskey/playlist/1B8GjBVqemjDbJQuFqM6Yv― impossible raver (Re-Make/Re-Model), Friday, February 19, 2016 4:13 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― impossible raver (Re-Make/Re-Model), Friday, February 19, 2016 4:13 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Vernon Locke, Thursday, 18 February 2016 23:28 (eight years ago) link
Awesome! Thanks!!
― Darin, Friday, 19 February 2016 03:58 (eight years ago) link