Great musicians of the 20th century

jk_chaos · Nov 7, 2011

NOT DEAD YET: The Story of Jason Becker [Trailer] - YouTube

The trailer for the documentary..

Check out his hammer ons and the yoyo.. Just insane

reubensm · Nov 7, 2011

jk_chaos said:
Reuben dude you missed out on a hell lot of guitar players, try Marty Friedman from megadeth, Jeff Waters from annihilator, Dimebag Darrell from Pantera, Alex skolnick from testament, Ritchie Blackmore,Zakk Wylde, then the ever mighty Joe Satriani, Andy Timmons, Steve vai, Paul Gilbert, Yngwie Malmsteen, Eric Johnson.. woohoo gives me goosebumps typin these names.. Some of the best names and some of the most unforgettable solos..

And guys if you have the time do check out the amazing Jason Becker from Cacophony who had a career of just 1.5 years and got paralyzed. Even now he composes music with his eyes.. I am not kidding.. With his eyes..

Yea...not to forget the legendary Jimmy Page and Jimi Hendrix

Satriani, Vai and Johnson are the legendary for their guitar driven albums...great stuff!!

reubensm · Nov 7, 2011

ajay124 said:
I have a closed mind when it comes to post 80's rock. I think it is a pale version of the 60's scene. I guess I am too old and too fixated with the past to appreciate it. But there are a few post 80's bands who are really good. And the best one is probably Nirvana. Smells like Teen Spirit is one of the all time great rock tracks. And there are plenty of other good songs by them.

Nirvana - Come As You Are - YouTube

I'm a great fan of 80's heavy metal...both Glam (Hair) and Trash with the Big-4

Metalheads would say "Glam Metal sucks"...but I think its cool!!

Fav bands: Def Leppard, Twisted Sister, Motley Crue, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Cinderella, Skid Row, Slaughter, Firehouse, Giant, etc....etc....etc

ajay124 · Nov 8, 2011

jk chaos, reubensm

A few moths ago I met a teenage girl who was a great fan of Megadeath and some of the other bands you have mentioned. Shredder had also written a few posts about these bands and guitarists. I confess these are my introductions to all the music you have mentioned. Not only have I not heard any of this music, I was not even aware about 99% of these guys! I guess I have been living in another world with my eyes firmly focused on the past :sad:

Its too late for me to change my listening habits but I would love to read more about the great post 80's bands, guitarists, albums and related trivia. It would be nice if you guys could post brief intros of your favorite bands. How they were formed. What they have been through. Their best albums and songs. Your personal take on this music. Pick the best and forget the rest

In my extremely limited perspective of post 80's music, apart from Nirvana, I also enjoy listening to Travis, Blue, Police, REM, Radiohead, U2 and D'Angelo ( VOODOO!). Mary Blige has a superb voice and range.

moktan · Nov 8, 2011

Jane's Addiction was I guess the seminal alternative band of the 80s....though i have moved on from this kind of music, i thought their Ritual de lo Habitual, was an especially creative effort..their front man Perry Farrel was one of the forces behind the Lollapalooza festival...
another band i can think of is Alice in Chains...they came about the same time as Pearl Jam and Nirvana, they are more heavy metal than their fellow travellers..
however i don't find myself relating to this kind of music any more..the lyrics though saturated with adult concerns like drug abuse, sex and mindless hedonism seem inane and trite and the music too quickly falls into a rut...my opinions though with no offence to anyone...

ajay124 · Nov 8, 2011

Neo Soul is smooth, funky music which caught on in the late 90's. Artists like D'Angelo (Brown Sugar, Voodoo) and Erykah Badu (Baduizm, Mama's Gun) fused contemporary soul and rhythm & blues with traces of funk and soul music from the 70's. These albums are definitely a cut above most contemporary popular music.

100 Greatest Neo Soul Songs of All Time

I have only recently discovered this lady from You Tube videos. She's good. Touch of Aretha? Touch of Lady Day?

Erykah Badu - On & On - YouTube

Hiten · Nov 8, 2011

Erykah Badu has lovely voice. That song got repeated play on Mtv. I liked it. After that she did "Alanis Morissette" type of video. Strange these creative people are

himadri · Nov 8, 2011

How about Allan Holdsworth? Got to see him Live in Mumbai on 3rd.. Watch his liquid, lyrical guitar solo from 3.08 onwards in the song 'In the dead of the night' from the band UK (1978) :
U.K. - In The Dead Of Night - YouTube
Cheers

ajay124 · Nov 8, 2011

himadri

Alan Holdsworth sounds like an original!

Buddy Guy. My old time favorite. Great showman. Great guitarist. Right up there at the top with Hendrix, Stevie Ray and BB King.

BUDDY GUY 2010 [HD] ~ Hoochie Coochie Man - Live Vernon - YouTube

moktan · Nov 8, 2011

ajay124 said:
Neo Soul is smooth, funky music which caught on in the late 90's. Artists like D'Angelo (Brown Sugar, Voodoo) and Erykah Badu (Baduizm, Mama's Gun) fused contemporary soul and rhythm & blues with traces of funk and soul music from the 70's. These albums are definitely a cut above most contemporary popular music.

100 Greatest Neo Soul Songs of All Time

I have only recently discovered this lady from You Tube videos. She's good. Touch of Aretha? Touch of Lady Day?

Erykah Badu - On & On - YouTube

another well regarded neo soul musician is India Arie Simpson...
these days i have just discovered the irresistibly eclectic Gonjasufi via a sufi and a killer...
Gonjasufi's vocals at times sounds a bit like that of David Thomas of Pere Ubu ....the music is idiosyncratically interesting in the mould of Sun Ra and Captain Beefheart...there is an interview with the man here..Rising: Gonjasufi | News | Pitchfork and review of the work in question here...Gonjasufi: A Sufi and a Killer | Album Reviews | Pitchfork

ssf · Nov 8, 2011

ajay124 said:
himadri

Alan Holdsworth sounds like an original!

Buddy Guy. My old time favorite. Great showman. Great guitarist. Right up there at the top with Hendrix, Stevie Ray and BB King.

Just to entice you into watching TV, Buddy Guy, BB King, Clapton and the new kid on the block, John Mayer are showcased on iConcerts a channel of Reliance Digital on more than a rare occasion and in HD too !!! So go get that 65" plasma ASAP

ajay124 · Nov 9, 2011

ssf said:
Just to entice you into watching TV, Buddy Guy, BB King, Clapton and the new kid on the block, John Mayer are showcased on iConcerts a channel of Reliance Digital on more than a rare occasion and in HD too !!! So go get that 65" plasma ASAP

sunil

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Mary Blige would make a great rock vocalist. I wish she would do some covers of Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Leonard Cohen, Van Morrison, Rolling Stones, Led Zep etc.

Mary J. Blige, U2 - One - YouTube

christian paul · Nov 11, 2011

Speaking of guitarists, my favourite one is Robben Ford. Hes been in the music scene for over 40 years. Has collaborated with Miles Davis, Jimmy Witherspoon, Charles Musselwhite & plenty of others.

Robben Ford has not received the accolades that he truly deserves. The guy has been slogging for decades and creating fabulous music without much adulation, whereas guys who pulverize their electric-guitars to create music get all the admiration. I just love the way he handles electric-guitar to bring out great tunes - a great of artist of calibre. I also have high regard for Jeff Becks music - the way he coax his electric-guitar to create unbelievable sounds.

Just a sample of Robben Fords music:

Robben Ford ???????? - Indianola [16:9] - YouTube

Robben Ford - Worried Life Blues - YouTube

ssf · Nov 11, 2011

I have been listening to Jeff Beck too and guess where ? Right !!! iConcerts. The first time he was telecast, impressed by his playing, I called up a good friend who is a walking encyclopedia on musicians to inquire who Jeff Beck was. Jeff Beck and Tal Wilkenfeld make a great team too.

himadri · Nov 15, 2011

ssf said:
I have been listening to Jeff Beck too and guess where ? Right !!! iConcerts. The first time he was telecast, impressed by his playing, I called up a good friend who is a walking encyclopedia on musicians to inquire who Jeff Beck was. Jeff Beck and Tal Wilkenfeld make a great team too.

+1 to that. If you are looking for tone and expression in guitars, Jeff Beck is right at the top.
Cheers

ajay124 · Nov 15, 2011

During a twenty year love affair with rock music some guitar players I really enjoyed listening to were Jimi Hendrix, Carlos Santana, JJ Cale, Jack Bruce, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimmy Page, Buddy Guy, BB King, Mark Knopfler, Ritchie Blackmore, Robby Kreiger and Keith Richards. Jeff Beck's Blow By Blow was a good album but I did not acquire any more of his music. But the men I thought were the best after Hendrix were Duanne Allman and Stevie Ray Vaughan. And Jack Bruce was probably the finest bass guitar players in rock music.

The Allman Brothers Live At Filmore East is one of the great rock albums of the 20th century. This album and the Cream concerts of '68 are among the benchmarks for live rock. Personally I feel rock music peaked in the late 60's with bands like Cream, Allman Brothers, Blind Faith, Grateful Dead, Led Zep and of course Jimi Hendrix.

A quicklist of some albums from rock music's hall of fame. In no particular order.By no means definitive. Please add more

moktan · Nov 18, 2011

ajay124 said:
sunil

Mary Blige would make a great rock vocalist. I wish she would do some covers of Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Leonard Cohen, Van Morrison, Rolling Stones, Led Zep etc.

another great Dylan cover, this time it is Lay Lady Lay from Blonde on Blonde..this is Casandra Wilson from her album Glamoured which also features another cover of Sting's Fragile...she has also song The Band's classic The Weight , Dylan's Shelter From the Sun and poignant Wichita Lineman (covered by acts like REM and Glen Campbell) in another album Belly of the Sun..

Lay Lady Lay - YouTube

ajay124 · Nov 19, 2011

A nice version of Lay Lady Lay by Cassandra Wilson which is quite different from the original. Personally I like covers which bring something new to a well known song. Richie Havens, Nina Simone and Marianne Faithfull have done some great versions of songs by the Beatles and Bob Dylan.

My favorite lady rocker was not Janis Joplin or Joni Mitchell. It was always Marianne Faithfull. She could out sing and out rock most of the big boys. Check out her versions of Working Class Hero, Mack The Knife, Sister Morphine, As Tears Go By and Scarborough Fair. I have not heard her recent albums but I am certain they will be superb. She always had an infallible touch and a tough, smoky, instantly likable voice. Her albums like Love In A Mist, Dangerous Acquaintances, Broken English were very good. So Sad from Dangerous Acquaintances shakes me up, and hits me harder, than anything that the big Brit bands like Beatles, Stones, Led Zep, Pink Floyd or the Who ever did.

PURE MAGIC!

Marianne Faithful-So Sad(lyrics) - YouTube

THIS LITTLE BIRD - MARIANNE FAITHFULL - YouTube

deba · Nov 19, 2011

What about Richard Clayderman Piano ?? Dont hear about him much these days......

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moktan · Nov 19, 2011

ajay124 said:
A nice version of Lay Lady Lay by Cassandra Wilson which is quite different from the original. Personally I like covers which bring something new to a well known song. Richie Havens, Nina Simone and Marianne Faithfull have done some great versions of songs by the Beatles and Bob Dylan.

My favorite lady rocker was not Janis Joplin or Joni Mitchell. It was always Marianne Faithfull. She could out sing and out rock most of the big boys. Check out her versions of Working Class Hero, Mack The Knife, Sister Morphine, As Tears Go By and Scarborough Fair. I have not heard her recent albums but I am certain they will be superb. She always had an infallible touch and a tough, smoky, instantly likable voice. Her albums like Love In A Mist, Dangerous Acquaintances, Broken English were very good. So Sad from Dangerous Acquaintances shakes me up, and hits me harder, than anything that the big Brit bands like Beatles, Stones, Led Zep, Pink Floyd or the Who ever did.

PURE MAGIC!

Marianne Faithful-So Sad(lyrics) - YouTube

THIS LITTLE BIRD - MARIANNE FAITHFULL - YouTube

Yeah...and Nico too....
the velvet undergound &nico - Femme Fatale - YouTube

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