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KeithL wrote:Saturday Night

Whigfield

nice one! (not)

I feel like going back to school days and I love all of em

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLxTEV5vpyg&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydOB-YNJ8Jw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loWXMtjUZWM&feature=related

Any one on here from the mid 80s? please share some of the greatest music ever produced in the 80s.

FusionO wrote:I feel like going back to school days and I love all of em

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLxTEV5vpyg&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydOB-YNJ8Jw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loWXMtjUZWM&feature=related

Any one on here from the mid 80s? please share some of the greatest music ever produced in the 80s.

I don't think there was any good music in the 80's was there?

Are you a fan of the Village People by any chance?

We agree to disagree then

Yes I like em. and how do you link you tube video on here because I can only attach a url

FusionO wrote:We agree to disagree then

Yes I like em. and how do you link you tube video on here because I can only attach a url

Try just doing one link, may be 3 is too many. Practice makes perfect!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EHs7VhsZi8

from the best thing on TV at the moment

FusionO wrote:Any one on here from the mid 80s? please share some of the greatest music ever produced in the 80s.

I enjoy the electro tracks from the 80's , Not as robust as todays HOUSE

- Duran Duran - Hungry Like a Wolf

- Modern Talking - You're my Heart , youre my soul [EuroDance Version]

- Modern Talking - Cheri Cheri Lady [House Mix] - IMHO one of the best Electro tracks from the 80's

I was prompted to listen to some more old classic guitar greats this weekend and I found myself asking who would be your greatest guitar player? It was impossible to come up with an answer, there are so many greats with so many different playing styles from so many different genres, it would be just plain unfair to single any one guitarist as the greatest of the great.

I remembered in my youth, a café in Huddersfield called the Alassio coffee bar, it was part of a culture at the time, there were around half a dozen coffee bars all in walking distance of each other and all owned by Italians who either emigrated to the UK or simply as POW’s, stayed there after WW2 and started their own businesses, the ground floor of the Allasio serviced St Georges Railway Station but the basement was where it all happened, blacked out walls with psychedelic paintings illuminated by the ultra violet lighting, pinball and table football machines tucked away in an alcove entertained some, while the serious café fraternity chilled out smoking willy woodbines, players No6, drinking coke, with extra sugar and listening to Northern Soul, Barclay James Harvest and Fleetwood Mac, Pete Green was the founder of Fleetwood Mac in 1967, ‘The Green Manalishi’ ‘Oh Well’ and ‘Man of the World’ are a few that came to mind, in the days of FM producing real music and not the fluff they produced after Pete Green’s sudden and tragic departure.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVWcq-PjgpY&feature=related

Pete Green joined John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers as a replacement for Eric Clapton when he left to form Cream in the Mid 60’s Clapton earned the nickname of ‘Slowhand’ and ‘God’ while with John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, as Claptons successor, Pete Green earned the title of ‘The Green God’ he produced ‘The Supernatural’ on their first collaborative album.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeOKj5XdVAE

Enjoy

Nice of you to share your memories Dillon.

You got me thinking back, I loved Cream, I remember buying The Best of Cream in 1969. I think Badge was my favourite track. Eric Clapton at his finest. Apart from Layla, that is.

Youtube wont let me post Badge!

Dillon wrote:I was prompted to listen to some more old classic guitar greats this weekend and I found myself asking who would be your greatest guitar player? It was impossible to come up with an answer, there are so many greats with so many different playing styles from so many different genres, it would be just plain unfair to single any one guitarist as the greatest of the great.

I remembered in my youth, a café in Huddersfield called the Alassio coffee bar, it was part of a culture at the time, there were around half a dozen coffee bars all in walking distance of each other and all owned by Italians who either emigrated to the UK or simply as POW’s, stayed there after WW2 and started their own businesses, the ground floor of the Allasio serviced St Georges Railway Station but the basement was where it all happened, blacked out walls with psychedelic paintings illuminated by the ultra violet lighting, pinball and table football machines tucked away in an alcove entertained some, while the serious café fraternity chilled out smoking willy woodbines, players No6, drinking coke, with extra sugar and listening to Northern Soul, Barclay James Harvest and Fleetwood Mac, Pete Green was the founder of Fleetwood Mac in 1967, ‘The Green Manalishi’ ‘Oh Well’ and ‘Man of the World’ are a few that came to mind, in the days of FM producing real music and not the fluff they produced after Pete Green’s sudden and tragic departure.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVWcq-PjgpY&feature=related

Pete Green joined John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers as a replacement for Eric Clapton when he left to form Cream in the Mid 60’s Clapton earned the nickname of ‘Slowhand’ and ‘God’ while with John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, as Claptons successor, Pete Green earned the title of ‘The Green God’ he produced ‘The Supernatural’ on their first collaborative album.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeOKj5XdVAE

Enjoy

I am with you Dillon! Peter Green was (is) a genius. He dropped off the mainstream radar completely after The Bluesbreakers and disappeared completely for a while in the late 1970's. He dropped out and suffered a series of mental illnesses but never gave up playing blues.

In recent years he has seen a resurgence in popularity even though it is amongst a select group. He still plays but suffers health problems.

For someone like Eric Clapton to describe him as 'The Best', means he is.



Knight

What makes a great guitarist ? While I think Knopfler and Clapton are legends, I don't find anything by hendrix anything special ? Santana to be alright and so on and so forth.

Is it how one has come up with new advanced tehnique at playing the instrument or make it do things no one ever thought about or the quality and longevity of music which these people played which appealed to the masses ? Technique or the final product or both ?

desertdudeshj wrote:What makes a great guitarist ? While I think Knopfler and Clapton are legends, I don't find anything by hendrix anything special ? Santana to be alright and so on and so forth.

Is it how one has come up with new advanced tehnique at playing the instrument or make it do things no one ever thought about or the quality and longevity of music which these people played which appealed to the masses ? Technique or the final product or both ?

A great guitarist is one who can play the guitar without the advanced techniques. Playing it in it's purest form without the aid of enhancement.

Its overall knowledge of the instrument and ability to create a unique signature from the instrument either acoustically or electrically amplified.

A few examples of some extremely talented and able players, although lesser known, are:

Jan Akkerman
Nuno Bettencourt
Stanley Jordan
Gordon Giltrap

Ultimately, its all about the music.



Knight

Nuno, I would agree with you on that one. Haven't heard much of the others.

Personally I think James Hetfeild is one of the best guitarist I've heard. Kirk makes some contributions aswell but james is the man. They maybe be metal but some of their peices are just awe inspring.

Dubai Knight wrote:Its overall knowledge of the instrument and ability to create a unique signature from the instrument either acoustically or electrically amplified.

A few examples of some extremely talented and able players, although lesser known, are:

Jan Akkerman
Nuno Bettencourt
Stanley Jordan
Gordon Giltrap

Ultimately, its all about the music.



Knight

Gordon Giltrap is my preferred choice from the list, he has worked a lot recently with Keyboard Wizard, Rick Wakeman and together they have produced some excellent music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKmwwtiIqaM

And there are of course the Great Guitar Stranglers, Richie Havens who opened Woodstock in Aug ’69 gets my vote for this title, he needed an industrial strength plectrum in those days and more often than not, used a piece of shoe leather as it withstood his punishing routines better. His compositions were biased towards political messages within his lyrics, rather than his prowess as a musician although his playing style became less aggressive and more refined in later Years, I still wonder how many Guitars he murdered along the way?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1pMeyy__r0

A lot of flamenco influence looks like and boy that axe really looks battered with all that strumming !

Boy woodstock was a weird time, an Afican/Indian swami-ish gown, which saudi pyjamas finised off with Balouchi sandals. You can't get more international than that ! Maybe they were on to something during the flower power days ?

Woodstock wasn't weird. It was a part of a period that was a revolution and the beginning of so many things.

Found this one of Richard Havens performing Going Back to My Roots - 2008. He was 67 years of age. Pick it up at 1.30.

Nuno Bettencourt had the most amazing hair! Most girls I know would've killed to have his locks, never mind his axe playing.

The woodstock era IS more of a weird thing to most of us of non grandparent age.

Anyways that is an amazing song, never heard it before but it rocks. Would have loved to see a little more of picking from the ryhthm guitarist, would have given it that extra funk !

Good to see Havens get more sensible in the latter years and put on an additional plate on his guitar instead of shreding it into wood chips. Maybe thats where the term shredding got asscoiated with guitar playing ?

Anymore of such slammin tracks ?

-- Sun May 22, 2011 7:49 pm --

Says he ran everytime he heard it being played because he never thought it would be turned into a dance number and then I find this !

Not bad, but prefer the one posted by BB

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzndudMR ... re=related

Must say thats the most unique way of holding the mic I've ever seen.

OK, if we are talking about the greats:

Gregg Allman - Total genius!
This one was recorded in between takes for a TV show. Just him doing something wonderful.



Jan Akkerman showing what he can do on a acoustic:



Unfortunately YouTube would not let me get to the stuff by John Lee Hooker.

For you metalheads and fans of lycra rock...I give you the ubiquitous John Sykes instead!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5OUxD2Q ... re=related

Enjoy!



Knight

desertdudeshj wrote:The woodstock era IS more of a weird thing to most of us of non grandparent age.

Ahh shadup. You'll be explaining Justin Beiber and Lady Gaga to your grandkids.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzndudMR ... re=related

I be that concert was held the same year -2008. The man got his funk on!!!!! Thanks for that.

Joe Satriani - Surfing with the Alien was pretty good.

Woodstock weird?

Here's another headliner from 1969 and guess where he's appearing live tonight?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQYDvQ1HH-E

Don't confuse the woodstock era with woodstock it self. There were a lot of weird artists back then some good, some one hit wonders and some totally zonked out.

But I have respect for all musicians none the less, specially the ones that are still relevant today and even more so still active.

Havin' gone through that period through which many do while just out of school or Uni with dreams of making it big with their garage bands, playing every gig they got, trying to cut that elusive record deal which would announce to the world you have officialy arrived. Gives you respect towards proper musicians and what they do and kind of a built in hate for all things beiber.

Having being a drummer in a past life. I personally think sometimes guitarist get way more attention than they deserve. Sour grapes maybe

-- Mon May 23, 2011 12:19 am --

Oh and keeping with the mood here is one I like from "back in the day"

desertdudeshj wrote:Don't confuse the woodstock era with woodstock it self. There were a lot of weird artists back then some good, some one hit wonders and some totally zonked out.

Having being a drummer in a past life. I personally think sometimes guitarist get way more attention than they deserve. Sour grapes maybe

-- Mon May 23, 2011 12:19 am --

Oh and keeping with the mood here is one I like from "back in the day"

There will always be one hit wonders, but I think from that "era" more survived that those who have survived after that time. Do you think Lady Gaga and Justin will be around?? I don't think so. And today, it really isn't about bands anymore, but the performer.

I agree drummers don't get "star" status because they were always considered the ones that held a band together.

Keeping in line with the Woodstock theme, here's guitar and drum. Michael Shrieve was 20 years old when he rolled this one out!!! He left Santana in 74.



More drums and guitar from Santana. One of my favorites. Love the afros!!! How out of it were they to get into it???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7hfdCqs ... re=related

Santana is fab. Although I do have to admit, when he played here, nearly 2 hours of guitar twanging did get a bit much. Plus he really really needed to play more of his big hits.

Chocoholic wrote:Santana is fab. Although I do have to admit, when he played here, nearly 2 hours of guitar twanging did get a bit much. Plus he really really needed to play more of his big hits.

Anything that goes on for 2 hours can be overload. Well............most things that is.

Minx! lol

Chocoholic wrote:Santana is fab. Although I do have to admit, when he played here, nearly 2 hours of guitar twanging did get a bit much. Plus he really really needed to play more of his big hits.

I expect you met him did you? I didn't see him on your list.