Eddie Van Halen or Jimi Hendrix?

re: david lee roth as leader of jimi's band, we have the technology to make that happen now...

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj242/donaldparsley/Dave_Clark_Five_1966.jpg

all this machinery making modern web posts can still be open-hearted

Pretty good video of the Osmonds. I've never seen him so rocking and a rolling. Roll over John Smith.

correction: Joseph Smith

often mistaken for his grandad, john smith is rolling over in his grave!

Mike Smith too!

Joseph E Smith and Your Seven Grannies on Bongos

Sounds like something the underrated Vivian Stanshall announced on that underrated track "The Intro And The Outro"

Listening to some of Eddie's best stuff, I didn't hear anything at all new from where Hendrix left off. Eddie had his own guitar licks of course just like different guitarists have their own solos also, but Eddie certainly didn't take the guitar any further than Hendrix. Compared to wild, but smooth Jimi, Eddie looks like he was trying too hard.

WILD BUT SMOOTH ALTON WONG!

I'm only recounting to you what I saw in the youtube which is just my opinion.

i kid, alton. we're all family here.

I can tell, and that's good.

"eddie might have been the most influential american guitarist after hendrix. on hard rock and metal. for better or worse."

Yup. Rapidly played sequences of single notes which, were they slowed down, would be revealed as basically uninteresting--thanks, Eddie!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSZei5O2DbI

still interesting

Not a big EVH fan myself, but don't think Alton is making his case very well.

Actually, I like this slowed down version of Eruption better. In contrast to the regular version, this one is at least something different.

It's super cliché to say that Hendrix is overrated, so I won't say that

it's not "super cliché" so much as it is "completely fucking stupid."

i like slowed down eddie. sounds awesome. i do think he's very entertaining on his own. or was. plus, he was kind enough to include a bathroom break for half the crowd!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJ6jy3L0B70&feature=related

they wore it well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppLk2bPNTkc&feature=relmfu

Eddie Van Halen had some good guitar solos in the late 70's and 80's like all great lead guitarists have, but it wasn't anything new, just different like there are many different songs. Jimi Hendrix, when he was around in the late 60's came out with something totally original and powerful. This was out of this world and it changed the face of the earth as far as popular music was concern. As I said before it hard to imagine how music would sound today without Jimi. Eddie's in denial about the fact that if there was no Jimi, there would be no
Eddie. Well, there still would be a Eddie Van Halen, but he might have been just tuning guitars or something for a living. Jimi Hendrix played everything that was possible, so no one could ever take it any further.

Hendrix might be the better player or better at crafting unique sounds, but Eddie was miles better as a song writer there's easily seven Van Halen albums I would listen to over Jimi's stuff.

Who's a better songwriter is a matter of personal taste. They were both excellent at it. Paul McCartney is something else.

I've never seen Jimi live, only on film and audio sound. A couple of my friends who have seen Jimi live said that when they saw Jimi playing, no one ever went to the restroom, even during break if there was one.

Only 3,000 people went to the bathroom during a Jimi Hendrix show, but every one of them avoided a UTI.

The Beatles are grossly underrated and they have changed music more then anybody. Actually, they seem to have changed everything.

Worst post itt imo.

Hahaha the Beatles, one of those great 60s psych pop bands that never really got their due

Thank God for those Nuggets comps or I'd have never heard 'Hey Jude'.

That's a troll post if I ever saw one.

Eight years ago tho. I have no idea how The Beatles fit into ILM Discourse at the time.

great revive

ffs

That pair of posts b4 the revive is pretty gr8

the Van Halen Rising book was great