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[greg]

I like some of that. Stil. There was something creepy cool that I heard...Tremes?

Actually, it's been a while since I've listened. I remember them being really interesting, though.

I never said that I didn't like Eddie's playing. I think he's a really fine rock player, but he wasn't the last innovator of the guitar. That's my agrument and I'm sticking to it.

Me, too. That's kind of looking at it really, really, broadly... almost on the level of, like, "oh, that's atonal... Schoenberg already did that." Or: listening to Feldman and saying, "huh! What a Webern wannabe!" 

[Mirror Image]

Me, too. That's kind of looking at it really, really, broadly... almost on the level of, like, "oh, that's atonal... Schoenberg already did that." Or: listening to Feldman and saying, "huh! What a Webern wannabe!" 

Exactly, guitar still was changing and there were many different players post-EVH that brought about those changes and regardless if Andy agrees with me or not The Edge was one of them. He wasn't about technique. In fact, he barely knew how to play guitar when U2 were first formed. You don't have to have technique to be innovative. What he did do is bring in more textural possiblilities that weren't heard before into rock music like the his incredible usage of stereo delays. The stereo delay's popularity is now associated with The Edge. I've heard other guitarists who are well established tell me if I want to get The Edge's guitar tone, then I need stereo delay, because he brought this type of delay to forefront of rock guitar and did innovative things with it. Many people have tried to copy

[AndyD.]

These are all excellent points and really well written posts.

To each his own! Everybody has their favorites!

[Mirror Image]

These are all excellent points and really well written posts.

To each his own! Everybody has their favorites!

Actually, The Edge and Sonic Youth's guitarists aren't my favorite rock players. As I may have mentioned, my preference for rock music is progressive rock (Pink Floyd, early Genesis, Yes, King Crimson, ELP, Marillion, etc.). As far as I'm concerned, David Gilmour can play four notes and for me it means a hell of a lot more than EVH's 20 notes.

[Scarpia]

What a Webern wannabe!" 

I Webern wannabe.  The thought boggles the mind.

[greg]

I Webern wannabe.  The thought boggles the mind.

[DavidW]

Welcome back Andy.