Leslie Shill replied:
> Mark,
>
> Elvis Costello is, quite frankly, unable to play a real guitar
> solo, even he
> is able to warble a note or three.
Maybe, but he uses difficult chord structures. Anyway, I never meant to
imply he WAS a particularly good guitarist, only that I prefer rock music
that doesn't place as much emphasis on the guitar work.
> The guitar players I chose for
> that list
> were the guitar monsters and listed them for that reason. Now, having said
> that, were I to list all my fave gutiar players period, the list
> would look
> quite different, then I would have to include Wes Montgomery,
> Sonny Sharrock
> and a host of others. I was looking for waht people perceived as
> being rock.
> The idea was not to insist that who I thought were best were just so, but
> instead to try and elicit some opinions, remember this all started with
> Corgie and his hiccupy Pumpkin friends.
Agreed, and I wasn't trying to criticize your list but rather using it as a
jumping off point to try and characterize MY personal taste.
> Now, having said that
> Mark, I would
> hardly call Hendrix a guitar wanker,
Maybe not, but he's certainly been the inspiration for many a guitar wank
since then. ;-)
> I could make cogent arguments for
> all of these musicians, the beauty of lists however is to see the
> differences in people's tastes. I play the guitar so I am inclined toward
> guitar players. Still, Elvis Costello is an equally acquired taste and
> personally, rather twee and faint for me. As I said I want to hear what
> other people consider rock, to me Costello is a songwriter who uses some
> rock elements but does he really rock?
He rocks as much as The Beatles ever did.
> I am more inclined toward the
> headbanging when I think of rock.
I always considered headbanging to be a pejorative description.
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