if youre not gonna put son house or jimmy page on the list then for christ's sakes don't put jack white on it.
^^^
Elmore James too, Guitar Slim, or if you simply have to have the "but he combined all their styles and brought nothing of his own to the table/he's basically our kinda people!" quality at least go with Greg Cartwright
― cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 4 May 2012 05:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
For all the posturing about "the kids," the SPIN list is really for people in their 40s.
― Ask The Answer Man (sexyDancer), Friday, 4 May 2012 06:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
Connor 54 minutes ago
#2 Kevin Shields: Didn't know writing boring pentatonic metalcore riffs based off of Maiden tunes would get you on any list anywhere.
okay this gave me a much-needed lol
― jesus christ (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Friday, 4 May 2012 01:21 (7 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
haha I just got this
― listicular fortitude (DJ Mencap), Friday, 4 May 2012 09:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Ask The Answer Man (sexyDancer), Friday, May 4, 2012 2:04 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark
the list of guitarists that people in their 20s listen to is pretty short, though
― some dude, Friday, 4 May 2012 11:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
Should have thrown Nathan Chapman in there.
― how's life, Friday, 4 May 2012 11:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
is daniel johnston on here?
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 4 May 2012 12:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
― scott seward, Friday, 4 May 2012 13:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
that list is kinda cool. but yeah jack white is right up there with corgan for me as far as people who make me want to blow my brains out. and what whiney said about jeff beck is how i feel about j mascis. unless j is drumming in deep wound. then i love him. better trolling would have left out fahey and basho. and included whatsherface from the shaggs and the banjo player for the monks.
― scott seward, Friday, 4 May 2012 13:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
Hey Viv Albertine! This list rules. Good work Whiney.
― the endless white snow has never felt more textile (loves laboured breathing), Friday, 4 May 2012 14:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
thx man!
― suidavyvan eht nioj (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 4 May 2012 14:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
― scott seward, Friday, May 4, 2012 9:42 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― lag∞n, Friday, 4 May 2012 15:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol wrong utube *insert bobby mcfarin sunshine of yr love*
if spin realllly wanted to troll, the end of this list should have been 1. YOU
― tylerw, Friday, 4 May 2012 15:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
honestly what would have been the best is if you would have done a total whiney list like how you did...all "oh the dude from boredoms"...."doug martsch"...."kelly clarkson"...."rahzel from the roots".... all up to number one then pull a bait and switch and be all
Number 1:
HAHA J/K LOSERS IF YOU CAN'T SWEEP PICK AN ARPEGGIO IN PHRYGIAN MODE U FUKKIN SUCK LOL"
― l0u1s j0rdan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 4 May 2012 15:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
i love when bobby screams at the end of that track. best scream. whole track should have been him screaming.
― scott seward, Friday, 4 May 2012 15:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
1. u and yer ipad
― scott seward, Friday, 4 May 2012 15:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
these people all say fark instead of fuck.
http://www.fark.com/comments/7086447/Spin-magazines-top-100-guitarists-of-all-time-Skrillex-is-100-Jam-Master-Jay-is-10-no-Hendrix-Page-Van-Halen-in-sight-Oooh-edgy
― scott seward, Friday, 4 May 2012 15:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
Judging from the last issue and also the jpg of that guitarist thing SPIN seems to be moving towards infographics that *look* cool but are somewhat confusing and hard to actually read, which seems to defeat the purpose of an infographic.
― a parker full of poseys (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 4 May 2012 15:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol guitars
― Lamp, Friday, 4 May 2012 15:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
omg i havent thought about fark in forever
― call all destroyer, Friday, 4 May 2012 15:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
― call all destroyer, Friday, 4 May 2012 15:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
― some dude, Friday, May 4, 2012 6:40 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
ppl say this a lot but it doesn't feel all that true to me. i'm more shocked at how LITTLE of a generation gap there is anymore...i work with a lot of ppl younger than me in their 20s and a lot of them way more into classic rock and metal and other stuff, and more critical of newer stuff than i am
and just the popularity of like mainstream indie now....
as far as younger kids i meet in bands they seem to be super into older stuff, almost the same canon i grew up on...
i dunno it's weird...i'm 37 and i was having a conversation with a bar seeing some bands with someone who was 27 and also someone who was 46, 20 year gap and we all pretty much liked the same stuff
― l0u1s j0rdan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 4 May 2012 15:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
honestly i'm just glad to have a celebration of the gen-x indie guitar rock aesthetic written by whiney.
We don't worship "guitar gods," but prefer our axe-wielders to be resourceful, egalitarian, flawed, and human.
― da croupier, Friday, 4 May 2012 15:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
well i meant more guitarists that 20somethings listen to MORE than 30somethings and 40somethings. lots of young people still listen to Nirvana and Sabbath, but not necessarily more than the olds did or do.
― some dude, Friday, 4 May 2012 15:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
no i agree obv hip hop and newer guitarists like skrillex mean this gen is like um less rockist and stuff, but i guess i'm always surprised by how much that stuff endures! just like david bowie is still cool or whatever, and he was old tyme stuff for me, much less kids today
― l0u1s j0rdan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 4 May 2012 15:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
david bowie really should've had a challop entry on the list
― some dude, Friday, 4 May 2012 15:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah, it's kinda weird for me too. When I was a kid, like 1950s stuff wasn't very cool - Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Buddy Holly. Don't know if it is now or not. And so my gut expectation would be for today's youth to dismiss Led Zeppelin or something in a similar way, I guess. But that's not really how it works out.
xp
― how's life, Friday, 4 May 2012 15:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
Obviously Skrillex at 100 is some "informed trolling" but there is a point to it I suppose. If you're looking to include a token person using "guitar textures" to make interesting music Fennesz is a much more defensible inclusion. Other notable exclusions at first blush (in rough order of WTF-ness): Dean Warhem, Loren Connors, Michio Kurihara, Richard Bishop, Jeff Parker, Jack Rose, Ben Chasny, Keith Rowe. Would be very interested to hear how the selection process went down.
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Friday, 4 May 2012 16:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
i don't think it really matters in the end. who was included. as i said earlier on this thread, A+ job by whiney to make people think about Spin in 2012. that's the important thing.
― scott seward, Friday, 4 May 2012 16:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
Spin-magazines-top-100-guitarists-of-all-time-Skrillex-is-100-Jam-Master-Jay-is-10-no-Hendrix-Page-Van-Halen-in-sight-Oooh-edgy
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 4 May 2012 16:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
i like that reading the url means i don't have to actually read the article.
― tylerw, Friday, 4 May 2012 16:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
If you're looking to include a token person using "guitar textures" to make interesting music Fennesz is a much more defensible inclusion
well yeah, seeing as he actually is a guitarist
― Number None, Friday, 4 May 2012 16:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
xp it's not an article as much as people complaining about the lack of Buckethead and Flea
I like that list Whiney, fwiw, but guitar people reactions to this are even better, I didn't know before that hearing about SY is some king of obscure, arcane knowledge
― V79, Friday, 4 May 2012 16:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
now do the top 100 electronic artists and put jimi at #100you know you want to
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 4 May 2012 16:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
(i want a byline credit if you do this btw)
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 4 May 2012 16:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
I didn't know before that hearing about SY is some king of obscure, arcane knowledge
Oh god, this.
No STEVE LUKATHER??? The people at Spin are Spun. That list is worthless and is an offense to any good guitar player that really understands what it takes to be a master of the instrument. I'm surprised that list doesn't include Tiny Tim and Don Ho.
― how's life, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
The people at Spin are Spun
BURN
― lag∞n, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol guitar people
― call all destroyer, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
MAN do they love them some steve lukather
Steven Lee "Luke" Lukather (born October 21, 1957) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, arranger, and record producer best known for his work with the rock band Toto. A prolific session musician, Lukather has recorded guitar tracks for more than 1,500 albums representing a broad array of artists and genres. He has also contributed to albums and hit singles as a songwriter, arranger, and producer. Lukather has released six solo studio albums, and he is currently working on his seventh.
holy shit
― lag∞n, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
― scott seward, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
cool forehead
― lag∞n, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
― call all destroyer, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
you'd think guy fieri wouldn't use an alias for his career as a guitarist, but i guess the world is just a weird place
― frogbs in the trap (J0rdan S.), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
Hah! And wow, an Ovation and 50 guitar picks on the mic stand. Can one possibly drop/shred through that many picks in one show, especially if someone is a professional?
― grandavis, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
I think there's a tendency for the older Gen X'er to adopt the fake-out punk attitude of "pink floyd sucks" which in its way is bleed-over from the boomer attitude against 50s music, but I think more and more people are seeing music as a cultural continuum and not some identity war. I live across the street from a high school and I see a wide spectrum of eras and styles represented on t-shirts when class lets out: Beatles, Misfits, Iron Maiden, Cure, Led Zep, The Who, etc.
― Ask The Answer Man (sexyDancer), Friday, 4 May 2012 20:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
Sounds just like the 60s and 70s to me.
― booblights and the eternal frustration (how's life), Friday, 4 May 2012 21:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
there was one kid with a Nirvana shirt as well
― Number None, Friday, 4 May 2012 22:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
classic rock will always have a home with white kids who are slightly uncool
― call all destroyer, Friday, 4 May 2012 22:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
― grandavis, Friday, May 4, 2012 1:37 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
One can when one is constantly tossing them to the audience.
― i love the large auns pictures! (Phil D.), Friday, 4 May 2012 22:43 (1 year ago) Permalink