king buzzo sets the record straight - Page 2

gmku · 06.10.2015, 09:53 AM

Ha ha. I love the twists and turns these threads can take.

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

If only Kurt had followed Eric Clapton's lead and just done heroin quietly for 30 years, all the while building up endless respect among older white folks which would allow him to do more heroin....

fuck Eric Clapton

ann ashtray · 06.12.2015, 12:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

I always say, if you wanna die, do so after your child is old enough to come to grips with it, or at least get to know you a bit.

In all fairness, it would likely be harder on the child if they'd gotten to know the parent before hand. While she missed out on a lot in the way of having a fatherly figure, but it's hard to physically miss a specific someone you don't really have a recollection of. Not vouching for suicide.

SuchFriendsAreDangerous · 06.12.2015, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

Nirvana hype was manufactured by the Mad Men.

Now you're just being silly. The hype was manufactured but the sound was legit. Also, true about the Clapton thing but hey, not everyone can be Clapton yo

Rob Instigator · 06.12.2015, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous

Now you're just being silly. The hype was manufactured but the sound was legit. Also, true about the Clapton thing but hey, not everyone can be Clapton yo

the sound was LEGIT, the songs were LEGIT. the hype post shotgunbrain-splosion? Mad Men.

Rob Instigator · 06.12.2015, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by ann ashtray

In all fairness, it would likely be harder on the child if they'd gotten to know the parent before hand. While she missed out on a lot in the way of having a fatherly figure, but it's hard to physically miss a specific someone you don't really have a recollection of. Not vouching for suicide.

true, but only at first. Once the child grows and maybe has a family of their own, having known your mom/dad for longer is a better thing. missing someone is not the issue. it is the lack of parenting....

gmku · 06.12.2015, 11:04 AM

Say what you will, Clapton's a pretty good guitar player. Can I stand to listen to his music? No. But he's got chops. He'd have done well to have gotten hired on by the Stones to replace Mick Taylor around 1975, and his career would have been set for life. Just provide the tasty noodling behind Keith's rhythm, stay quiet, don't sing, and all is good. Stones records probably would have been better. And for a guitar sound, better choice than that wanker Ronnie Wood.

Rob Instigator · 06.12.2015, 11:08 AM

Clapton is am amazing guitar player, but i have never enjoyed the tone he employs. it, no offense intended, sounds real "white" to my ears.

ronnie wood was added so keith could have someone to party with.

SuchFriendsAreDangerous · 06.12.2015, 11:30 AM

Oh, posthumous hype has been mercilessly bad but that is because master shark courtney love has been the mastermind.. clapton sucks and his guitar work is boring.. but he is a legendn and a true master.. just not creative. All the other "greats" are just more innovative and creative, he is at the bottom of that list. He reminds me of those classically trained guitarists who are virtuosos when it comes to set pieces but can't "jam"

gmku · 06.12.2015, 11:39 AM

I concur with your assessment on both counts.

Clapton is even whiter when he sings. I just wanna go, "Sit down, white boy."

Wood is a joke. I could get up on stage and do better lead than he does.

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

Clapton is am amazing guitar player, but i have never enjoyed the tone he employs. it, no offense intended, sounds real "white" to my ears.

ronnie wood was added so keith could have someone to party with.

gmku · 06.12.2015, 11:41 AM

Clapton is a virtuoso guitar player. He knows the guitar inside and out, can play infinite numbers of riffs, etc., but yes, he's boring, unimaginative. It's all technical with him, no heart.

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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous

Oh, posthumous hype has been mercilessly bad but that is because master shark courtney love has been the mastermind.. clapton sucks and his guitar work is boring.. but he is a legendn and a true master.. just not creative. All the other "greats" are just more innovative and creative, he is at the bottom of that list. He reminds me of those classically trained guitarists who are virtuosos when it comes to set pieces but can't "jam"

SuchFriendsAreDangerous · 06.12.2015, 12:24 PM

Exactly! He approaches guitar like algebra, when instead its about approaching it like sex. Ill take some shitty punk guitarists with passion over mathematical guitarists any day. Sure Clapton can technically play better than almost anyone, but what has he done to change the instrument itself? What has he done to change the way its played? What is his true legacy?

Rob Instigator · 06.12.2015, 01:31 PM

Yngwie Malmsteem can play the most horrifically difficult arpeggios, but it never adds up to SHIT

SuchFriendsAreDangerous · 06.12.2015, 02:55 PM

Thats why i love Jerry Garcia.. whatever that guy was just jacking off or noodling it always still went somewhere

ann ashtray · 06.13.2015, 12:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

Clapton is am amazing guitar player, but i have never enjoyed the tone he employs. it, no offense intended, sounds real "white" to my ears.

ronnie wood was added so keith could have someone to party with.

Anything even remotely "innovative" about Clapton's playing can be heard via the Cream stuff. The vast majority of everything else is extremely generic. I won't go as far as to say he doesn't deserve his place in history, but he is no where near his contemporaries which he's typically compared to. Listening to the guy play Hendrix is embarrassing.

gmku · 06.13.2015, 07:18 AM

Which is why he'd make a great sideman, the lead guitarist who adds the little tasteful licks and the occasional extended solo to back up the band. Out of the spotlight, providing the expected and the tasteful. As I said, the Stones probably would not have made such terrible sounding albums with him. The songs might still have sucked but the playing would have been better.

A Thousand Threads · 06.13.2015, 07:57 AM

"Eric Clapton, the driest musician of all time. He makes my vagina shrivel up"
marissa paternoster

gmku · 06.13.2015, 08:18 AM

So. Have we established that we don't like Clapton?

!@#$%! · 06.13.2015, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous

Exactly! He approaches guitar like algebra, when instead its about approaching it like sex. Ill take some shitty punk guitarists with passion over mathematical guitarists any day. Sure Clapton can technically play better than almost anyone, but what has he done to change the instrument itself? What has he done to change the way its played? What is his true legacy?

dont be jealous, man!

gmku · 06.13.2015, 08:39 AM

Ha ha.

SuchFriendsAreDangerous · 06.13.2015, 03:02 PM

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dont be jealous, man!

Jealous of what? Playing boring guitar?

06.12.2015, 11:04 AM	#26
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	Say what you will, Clapton's a pretty good guitar player. Can I stand to listen to his music? No. But he's got chops. He'd have done well to have gotten hired on by the Stones to replace Mick Taylor around 1975, and his career would have been set for life. Just provide the tasty noodling behind Keith's rhythm, stay quiet, don't sing, and all is good. Stones records probably would have been better. And for a guitar sound, better choice than that wanker Ronnie Wood. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,930	Clapton is am amazing guitar player, but i have never enjoyed the tone he employs. it, no offense intended, sounds real "white" to my ears. ronnie wood was added so keith could have someone to party with. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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SuchFriendsAreDangerous invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: fucking Los Angeles Posts: 14,801	Oh, posthumous hype has been mercilessly bad but that is because master shark courtney love has been the mastermind.. clapton sucks and his guitar work is boring.. but he is a legendn and a true master.. just not creative. All the other "greats" are just more innovative and creative, he is at the bottom of that list. He reminds me of those classically trained guitarists who are virtuosos when it comes to set pieces but can't "jam" __________________ Today Rap music is the Lakers
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06.12.2015, 12:24 PM	#31
SuchFriendsAreDangerous invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: fucking Los Angeles Posts: 14,801	Exactly! He approaches guitar like algebra, when instead its about approaching it like sex. Ill take some shitty punk guitarists with passion over mathematical guitarists any day. Sure Clapton can technically play better than almost anyone, but what has he done to change the instrument itself? What has he done to change the way its played? What is his true legacy? __________________ Today Rap music is the Lakers
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06.12.2015, 01:31 PM	#32
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,930	Yngwie Malmsteem can play the most horrifically difficult arpeggios, but it never adds up to SHIT __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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SuchFriendsAreDangerous invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: fucking Los Angeles Posts: 14,801	Thats why i love Jerry Garcia.. whatever that guy was just jacking off or noodling it always still went somewhere __________________ Today Rap music is the Lakers
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06.13.2015, 07:18 AM	#35
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	Which is why he'd make a great sideman, the lead guitarist who adds the little tasteful licks and the occasional extended solo to back up the band. Out of the spotlight, providing the expected and the tasteful. As I said, the Stones probably would not have made such terrible sounding albums with him. The songs might still have sucked but the playing would have been better. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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06.13.2015, 07:57 AM	#36
A Thousand Threads expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,000	"Eric Clapton, the driest musician of all time. He makes my vagina shrivel up" marissa paternoster
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06.13.2015, 08:18 AM	#37
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	So. Have we established that we don't like Clapton? __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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06.13.2015, 08:39 AM	#39
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	Ha ha. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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