Ah yes, I shall also be inventing new holidays at my whim.
Like Roleplaying Day. Anyone found acting like themselves on Roleplaying Day instead of the fictional or RPG character of their choice shall be petrified for the remainder of the day, as I will be roleplaying as Medusa.
Stupid doomed timeline...Loid: Anyone who is an officer of [whatever the hell the name of my nation is] or has some other official badge of honor gets a free Viking funeral.
As much as I would love to hand out ships to everybody, that's just not feasible.
edited 20th Aug '11 6:40:57 AM by annebeeche
Banned entirely for telling FE that he was being rude and not contributing to the discussion. I shall watch down from the goon heavens.Hey, hey, the point isn't to sacrifice something useful to the gods, it's usually blood and/or scraps. The people eat the good bits in a feast.
So I guess you're sacrificing like scrap metal.
Banned entirely for telling FE that he was being rude and not contributing to the discussion. I shall watch down from the goon heavens.Really? I thought virtuosity and creativity was how you measured skill, not the size of your audience. But here's my point. How many times have you heard of Eddie Hazel? Robert Johnson? Django Reinhardt? I'd wager not many, even though their influence is arguably more far-reaching than that of Jimi. Not only did Parliament-Funkadelic redefine funk, their being sampled helped revolutionize hip-hop and R&B. Robert Johnson is the guy who established guitar virtuosity, laying the foundation for rock. Without Reinhardt, Tony Iommi probably wouldn't have figured out how to play with a gimped hand and invent heavy metal. In other words, these are guys who helped invent genres that wouldn't come into fruition for decades. But you don't hear kids extolling these acts. The genres they play aren't popular with them.
Jimi was a distinctive personality playing the pervasive style of the time who died at the height of his popularity. That is where his fame is derived. That is my problem with claiming universally well-regarded artists as your favorite. It's not so much about the merits of the music than the vague idea of the artists, at least with the layperson.
edited 20th Aug '11 10:16:08 AM by KitsuneInferno
"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one’s mouth and remove all doubt." - Some guy with a snazzy hat.
1. That whole first paragraph? Yeah, that's just one genre. Which never was a as big as rock. And they weren't as influential. Your view is biased by your knowledge.
2. Second, Jimi was incredibly creaetive. He had a a large audience for a reason - he was amazing.
3. Greatest /=/ favourite. The Beatles aren't my favourite, but it's inarguable that they aren't the greatest band of all time.
4. Even going off pure skill, Jimi is the best. He did a song (Killing Floor) even Clapton (one of the best guitarists of all tie) didn't want to do because it was too hard.
5. Rolling Stone agrees with me. Not descivie in it self, but backs me up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4j4ipISBGE&feature=related
. Best intro ever.
edited 20th Aug '11 10:21:27 AM by Erock
If you don't like a single Frank Ocean song, you have no soul.
No, I'm calling you biased because you prefer some music more then others. I don't listen to jsut rock either.
From an objective standpoint, he's still #1. And by the audience argument, John Lennon is the greatest guitarist of all time, which is not true.
edited 20th Aug '11 10:27:34 AM by Erock
If you don't like a single Frank Ocean song, you have no soul.While I agree that Django Reindhartd and Robert Johnson deserve much more love, I don't think that influence of an artist should influence (tee hee) who your favorite artists are.
Yes, Django is amazing, and to this day, I think few guitar players will ever come near that sense of rhythm and beat he had, but that doesn't stop me from preferring Hendrix because his music is something I enjoy much more.
Also, there was time when jazz was bigger than rock. Hell, I'd dare say tht jazz on the twenties was the moment when music as an overall, was far more culturally influent than rock during the sixties.
Also, also, Hendrix wasn't just highly popular, dude. You know Maggot Brain? It wouldn't have happened if Hendrix hadn't used a wah wah pedal back in Electric Ladyland.
To me, in all due honesty, I just find it retarded to complain about other people's tastes. And if they make stupid claims about who influenced who, all they really need is a slap on the face and to be sit down and forced to listen to all sort of music for two days with nothing but a bottle of coke and coffee to keep the...um...teaching coming.
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