voted for Nile Rodgers.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, May 19, 2012 6:20 AM (5 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
listen to his solo on "savoir faire" it fuckin shreds!!!!!!!!!!
― he bit me (it felt like a diss) (m bison), Thursday, 24 May 2012 10:59 (eleven years ago) link
Like does anyone ever go "DAMN that Cobain solo is fucking rad"
In Bloom is probably my favorite 90s guitar solo
― billstevejim, Thursday, May 24, 2012 2:31 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark
god yeah in bloom solo is so good
― some dude, Thursday, 24 May 2012 11:24 (eleven years ago) link
I love the one in 'Pennyroyal Tea'.
― Gavin, Leeds, Thursday, 24 May 2012 12:06 (eleven years ago) link
i thought this list was just greatest guitarists, though, not greatest solos or greatest lead guitar parts? obviously cobain wrote d0pe ass riffs
― flopson, Thursday, 24 May 2012 13:02 (eleven years ago) link
But yes, not EVERY cobain solo was just the vocal melody... But doing it in three different singles is a bit much don't you think?
Well, there's kind of a point to doing it that way which is a whole anti-guitar-heroism thing but I don't really feel like getting into it.
― it was a dark and stormy genitals. (Phil D.), Thursday, 24 May 2012 13:09 (eleven years ago) link
its true the in bloom solo is awesome
― max, Thursday, 24 May 2012 13:13 (eleven years ago) link
― he bit me (it felt like a diss) (m bison),
or "Real People"!
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 24 May 2012 13:18 (eleven years ago) link
truth be told i was on the wrong side of history in '92 and was a Pearl Jam fan who was lukewarm on the first three Nevermind singles and then "In Bloom" hit and i was like holy shit this is great
― some dude, Thursday, 24 May 2012 13:18 (eleven years ago) link
The chord progressions for the verse and chorus are identical, only the rhythm changes, and the chorus has a brief turnaround at the end.
You're right. I should have said he plays it over the rhythm and arrangement of the chorus.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Thursday, 24 May 2012 13:38 (eleven years ago) link
dudes how come now one is talking about his flight of the bumblebee between the speakers on "breed"
― da croupier, Thursday, 24 May 2012 13:44 (eleven years ago) link
I think with this list Spin has finally and officially surpassed Rolling Stone as the most pathetic music publication.
― One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Thursday, 24 May 2012 13:47 (eleven years ago) link
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZtdWf-mJIZs/TzB0D4n3FwI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/n31OU7uPPmY/s1600/congrats11.jpg
― tylerw, Thursday, 24 May 2012 13:51 (eleven years ago) link
"Too many notes."
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Z2pvpfssa5w/TC38lKv9EoI/AAAAAAAAMTg/j3vDOfPI0SM/s1600/jeffrey-jones-amadeus.jpg
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 24 May 2012 13:56 (eleven years ago) link
its sad they were a magazine
― rock the swagon and g.o.a.t. it (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 24 May 2012 14:28 (eleven years ago) link
I liked your list, Whiney. I even bought two or three albums because of it. Was there any SPINsider drama about leading off with Skrilldog though?
― how's life, Thursday, 24 May 2012 14:37 (eleven years ago) link
Given the logic of the list, two surprising omissions are Michael Karoli and Michael Rother. They seem like essential parts of the narrative.
― Träumerei, Thursday, 24 May 2012 14:38 (eleven years ago) link
I had thought about Karoli when I read it. Never heard of Rother.
― how's life, Thursday, 24 May 2012 14:41 (eleven years ago) link
He was in a couple of bands you might have heard of...
― Number None, Thursday, 24 May 2012 14:43 (eleven years ago) link
Oh, duh.
― how's life, Thursday, 24 May 2012 14:48 (eleven years ago) link
I'm much more of a fan of CAN than NEU, but I had one of their records once.
― how's life, Thursday, 24 May 2012 14:50 (eleven years ago) link
no doubt it's Fahey.
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 24 May 2012 23:06 (eleven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 25 May 2012 00:01 (eleven years ago) link
Prince? I like his playing, although it's mostly just blues runs and nothing to write home about
― Iago Galdston, Friday, 25 May 2012 00:09 (eleven years ago) link
Fair enough.
― Ian Hunter Is Learning the Game (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 25 May 2012 00:49 (eleven years ago) link
In Bloom solo reminds me of Limelight
― thillrer (loves laboured breathing), Friday, 25 May 2012 01:26 (eleven years ago) link
I like that guitar thing at the end of "Let's Go Crazy"
― billstevejim, Friday, 25 May 2012 05:39 (eleven years ago) link
I was about to call out ILM for picking Hazel over Hendrix, but then I realized it was Spin itself who challopsed here.
― this guy's a gangsta? his real name's mittens. (Hurting 2), Friday, 25 May 2012 06:01 (eleven years ago) link
Exactly. They gave us challops, we made challopini
― Ian Hunter Is Learning the Game (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 25 May 2012 06:07 (eleven years ago) link
lol otm. Picked Hazel of course.
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Friday, 25 May 2012 06:14 (eleven years ago) link
otm
― (REAL NAME) (m coleman), Friday, 25 May 2012 10:18 (eleven years ago) link
i voted for tom verlaine & richard lloyd
― flopson, Friday, 25 May 2012 14:54 (eleven years ago) link
i like neil young fine but come the fuck on
― call all destroyer, Friday, 25 May 2012 14:55 (eleven years ago) link
if you factor in what a great acoustic player he is i don't think it's a stretch
― wack nerd zinging in the dead of night (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:23 (eleven years ago) link
Its a massive stretch
― One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:33 (eleven years ago) link
you're a massive stretch!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyuE6SCRIxg
― wack nerd zinging in the dead of night (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 25 May 2012 16:34 (eleven years ago) link
who the fuck voted for Greg Ginn
― cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 25 May 2012 16:35 (eleven years ago) link
i think his later lead playing is p innovative
― wack nerd zinging in the dead of night (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 25 May 2012 16:36 (eleven years ago) link
(i didn't vote in the poll)
greg ginn is fucking awesome wtf!
― flopson, Friday, 25 May 2012 16:40 (eleven years ago) link
i didn't vote in this poll either, but i could've voted for many of these dudes. a lot of this music is my favorite music.
― tylerw, Friday, 25 May 2012 16:55 (eleven years ago) link
greg ginn as decent guitarist is one of the great historical snow jobs, that guy sucks
― cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 25 May 2012 16:59 (eleven years ago) link
I love opinions, I could watch people have them all day.
― Trey Imaginary Songz (WmC), Friday, 25 May 2012 17:00 (eleven years ago) link
Just FP'd myself for that.
― Trey Imaginary Songz (WmC), Friday, 25 May 2012 17:01 (eleven years ago) link
i probably would have voted for robert quine
― wack nerd zinging in the dead of night (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 25 May 2012 17:11 (eleven years ago) link
I love opinions, I could watch people have them all day.― Trey Imaginary Songz (WmC), Friday, May 25, 2012 1:00 PM (32 minutes ago)
― Trey Imaginary Songz (WmC), Friday, May 25, 2012 1:00 PM (32 minutes ago)
― Ian Hunter Is Learning the Game (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 25 May 2012 17:34 (eleven years ago) link
― cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 25 May 2012 12:59 (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
what the fuck is this shit! he wrote black flag songs!
― flopson, Saturday, 26 May 2012 18:48 (eleven years ago) link
flopson, aerosmith is from boston so you know he's all "slapshot this...ten yard fight that..."
― wack nerd zinging in the dead of night (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 26 May 2012 20:02 (eleven years ago) link
sst stuff is for hippies and cambridge pussies
― wack nerd zinging in the dead of night (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 26 May 2012 20:03 (eleven years ago) link
as a teenager i had some older punker dude lecture me on what a fraud greg ginn was too! does it have to do w/ a deep-seated anti-Hermosa Beach bias? i just remember the guy was from Reseda and had issues about "beach bands". it was a long time ago, can't remember exactly what his argument was. but he kept telling me "ginn sucks, man!"
― tylerw, Saturday, 26 May 2012 20:27 (eleven years ago) link
there are a lot of popular arguments against ginn but i'd never heard any that had much to do with whether he was sufficiently skilled at his instrument relative to his contemporaries
― some dude, Saturday, 26 May 2012 20:38 (eleven years ago) link