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Your top three rock/pop musicians
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Vernon Reid Living Color as far as guitarists.
ABBA Metallica Jazz Manhattan Transfer Harry Connic Jr Candy Dulfer 80s rock Queen REO SpeedWagon Styx  (April 27, 2015 at 2:27 am)Kitan Wrote: Britney Spears Thanks for making me look sophisticated by comparison after choosing Placebo. I thought I might get flack for that.  As we're doing honourable mentions: They Might Be Giants Radiohead Leonard Cohen Jeff Buckley Damon Albarn "Faith is a state of openness or trust. To have faith is like when you trust yourself to the water. You don't grab hold of the water when you swim, because if you do you will become stiff and tight in the water, and sink. You have to relax, and the attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging, and holding on. In other words, a person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to certain ideas about the nature of God and the universe becomes a person who has no faith at all. Instead they are holding tight. But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be."
Alan Watts 
Must submit four:
Iron Maiden Megadeth Guns 'n' Roses Pantera  RE: Your top three rock/pop musicians
April 28, 2015 at 8:03 am
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(April 26, 2015 at 9:47 pm)Napoléon Wrote: Am I the only one who thinks Hendrix is massively overrated? Nope. The only Hendrix song I like is All Along the Watchtower - and that's a Dylan song. The rest just give me headaches. (April 27, 2015 at 1:32 am)Kitty Galore Wrote: Very good people here, I cant have a top three... my taste is too eclectic and each genre has "tops". I like Jack White, Keith Moon, Harry Nilsson. Off the top of my head. Nice call on Harry Nilsson...he's not as well known as he should be. (April 27, 2015 at 8:34 pm)Jericho Wrote: #3: The Doors (A rather odd choice, but I love them nonetheless)No if judged by their entire catalogue; yes if judged by their best work. If I had to name a best rock song, I'd say LA Woman. I can't name a top 3, but some noteworthies: Joe Walsh (including the James Gang) - what rock and roll is all about Joni Mitchell Steely Dan The Beach Boys The Police Yes (April 28, 2015 at 8:03 am)alpha male Wrote: Nope. The only Hendrix song I like is All Along the Watchtower - and that's a Dylan song. The rest just give me headaches. Dylan doesn't agree with you (at least if Wikipedia is to be trusted): Quote:Dylan has described his reaction to hearing Hendrix's version: "It overwhelmed me, really. He had such talent, he could find things inside a song and vigorously develop them. He found things that other people wouldn't think of finding in there. He probably improved upon it by the spaces he was using. I took license with the song from his version, actually, and continue to do it to this day."[25] In the booklet accompanying his Biograph album, Dylan said: "I liked Jimi Hendrix's record of this and ever since he died I've been doing it that way... Strange how when I sing it, I always feel it's a tribute to him in some kind of way."http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Along_the_Watchtower To each his own as far as taste in any art is concerned, but one cannot deny Hendrix's influence. RE: Your top three rock/pop musicians
April 28, 2015 at 11:14 am
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I'm looking at the first line: "All Along the Watchtower" is a song written and recorded by the American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. Did Hendrix influence it? Maybe, but it's still a Dylan song.
And I agree Hendrix was influential. But he gives me a headache.  (April 28, 2015 at 11:14 am)alpha male Wrote: I'm looking at the first line: "All Along the Watchtower" is a song written and recorded by the American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. Did Hendrix influence it? Maybe, but it's still a Dylan song. It is a Dylan song. But Hendrix did a cover of it, and Dylan liked the way Hendrix did it. Dylan liked it so much, that it influenced how Dylan performed the song ever after. I basically agree with Dylan, that Hendrix performed it better than Dylan did. As for Hendrix giving you a headache, you may want to try listening to him at a lower volume. "A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence." — David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
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April 28, 2015 at 11:49 am
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(April 28, 2015 at 11:41 am)Pyrrho Wrote: It is a Dylan song. But Hendrix did a cover of it, and Dylan liked the way Hendrix did it. Dylan liked it so much, that it influenced how Dylan performed the song ever after. I basically agree with Dylan, that Hendrix performed it better than Dylan did. So do I. Note that I said that's the one Hendrix song I like. While I admire Dylan as a writer, I never thought much of him as a performer. Quote:As for Hendrix giving you a headache, you may want to try listening to him at a lower volume. When the previous song on the radio at the same volume wasn't giving me a headache, it's not the volume that's the problem. You said to each his own earlier, but now you seem offended that I don't like Hendrix. ETA: No, that was Cato that said that. 
I can see some of his songs giving people a headache (get out of the kitchen, old man
 ), but he had many different flavors, as most artists do. Hard to see Hey Joe, Wind Cries Mary, or Little Wing offending any ears.Also, he covered a bunch of stuff. That's kind of an old blues tradition.
I can't remember where this verse is from, I think it got removed from canon:
"I don't hang around with mostly men because I'm gay. It's because men are better than women. Better trained, better equipped...better. Just better! I'm not gay." For context, this is the previous verse: "Hi Jesus" -robvalue (April 28, 2015 at 11:49 am)alpha male Wrote: ... I am not offended that you don't like Hendrix. If you literally mean that you get a headache, you should listen with the volume turned down. If you are being metaphorical, that you just don't like him, then turning down the volume would be irrelevant. I personally like Hendrix, but only when I am in the right mood for him. I can listen to something like Bach's Brandenburg Concertos pretty much any time, but Hendrix only sometimes. In the wrong frame of mind or wrong mood, Hendrix would be unpleasant. And, again, I am not offended if you don't like Hendrix. "A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence." — David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
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