Hendrix...

ESBlonde

axisus said:

This is like saying why is Roger Bannister famous for running a mile in under 4 minutes ... lots of people have done that?

Yea, who is this Yuri Gagarin fella, heck anyone can go into space, even that ballonist Branson.

poopot

ESBlonde said:

axisus said:

This is like saying why is Roger Bannister famous for running a mile in under 4 minutes ... lots of people have done that?

Yea, who is this Yuri Gagarin fella, heck anyone can go into space, even that ballonist Branson.

This is very true... they laughed at Louie Armstrong when he wanted to go into space but look at him now, he’s up there on the moon wearing his yellow jersey!...

munckee

thegummy said:

relic245 said:

What was so great about Einstein? Any Bsc physicist knows more about the universe, matter and relativity than he ever did. (that is true)

What was so great about Roger Banister? Any decent club runner can run a mile in 4 minutes. 

Are we going to devalue these people as well?

What was great about Hendrix was that he did something that no one had ever done before.  In fact, he was doing things that other people didn't think were possible. 

When you judge it against the players of today then sure, he would be nothing special but that (IMHO) is totally missing the point. 

Pretty sure the OP was tongue in cheek or a jestful troll but that is a superb answer anyway.

Interesting to think about the runners example though. Unlike physics or music, it's not really building on an existing knowledge base is it? It's still just running as fast as one can, yet still people get better as time goes on. I suppose it's partly to do with sports science and nutrition whereas back in the day the athletes would just be eating the same as everyone else; so will the improvement tail off now that they know about nutrition or will people just continue to get faster?

Humans are generally getting taller and stronger, until we reach a point where there is not enough food that might continue, so people should be able to keep pushing the limits.  There will be a maximum speed for two legs and our energy stores at some point.

thegummy

poopot said:

ESBlonde said:

axisus said:

This is like saying why is Roger Bannister famous for running a mile in under 4 minutes ... lots of people have done that?

Yea, who is this Yuri Gagarin fella, heck anyone can go into space, even that ballonist Branson.

This is very true... they laughed at Louie Armstrong when he wanted to go into space but look at him now, he’s up there on the moon wearing his yellow jersey!...

They all laughed at Christopher Columbus when he said the world was round.

But it turned out he was at a meeting of an early flat earth society - when he said it again later on in the pub, someone just asked why he was saying such a mundane fact that everyone already knew.

fretfinder

poopot said:

lukedlb said:

poopot said:

lukedlb said:

You know, somebody should open a museum dedicated to Hendrix and Marshall stacks....

I know he used marshal gear... I’m sure I read somewhere that he used a little 5e3 for some recordings... I have one of them... here it is on my kitchen table...

Nice amp. Is that your Gran in the background?

Lenny kravitz

Looks more like Lenny the Lion.

prlgmnr

I just can't believe you lead with the Clapton thread if you were planning on doing this one.

thegummy

Whether music is actually "good" or not, in that it's enjoyable (or at least moving) to listen to, is purely subjective to the individual listener and is pointless really discussing unless it's recommending that someone whose taste you share try out a new artist.

What I would say makes artists objectively great is how much influence their legacy has on other musicians that are successful after them. E.g. the Beatles are objectively the greatest band ever because they completely influenced all music that followed but they're not my personal favourite band of all time, just up there.

Hendrix 100% falls in to that category where nothing (to my knowledge anyway) sounded like him before him and masses of guitarists sounded like him or an evolution of him after him. I have his album in my collection but have never really got much pleasure from listening to it.

The Smiths is a good example for me - I really don't enjoy the band at all but I respect them as one of the greats because they had so much influence over a huge scene.

not_the_dj

prlgmnr said:

I just can't believe you lead with the Clapton thread if you were planning on doing this one.

Where does he go after this one? 

fretfinder

not_the_dj said:

prlgmnr said:

I just can't believe you lead with the Clapton thread if you were planning on doing this one.

Where does he go after this one? 

Go for the Malmsteen, Vai, Satriani mob, easy targets... 

poopot

fretfinder said:

not_the_dj said:

prlgmnr said:

I just can't believe you lead with the Clapton thread if you were planning on doing this one.

Where does he go after this one? 

Go for the Malmsteen, Vai, Satriani mob, easy targets... 

Depends if I’m feeling comfortable or just numb next week!!!!

shrinkwrap

Star spangled banner is an era defining moment - not for any Woodstockiness but for its howl of blind U.S. destructivism.

Sassafras

Yeah, he never had a number 1 hit in the UK. What a loser.

guitartango

Sassafras said:

Yeah, he never had a number 1 hit in the UK. What a loser.

Nor have you  

prlgmnr

not_the_dj said:

prlgmnr said:

I just can't believe you lead with the Clapton thread if you were planning on doing this one.

Where does he go after this one? 

"Guthrie Govan - is he just copying other players?"

Nikc

Poopot is a twot - I'm a poet but slightly over rated

p90fool

I don't know why I'm pandering to this silly troll thread, all want to add is that I think it's a shame that the YouTube generation think Jimi Hendrix was just a rowdy, often out of tune, self indulgent live rock guitarist. 

His family's stranglehold on his official output means that you won't ever accidentally stumble across his beautiful songwriting, his fantastic studio productions, his lovely and intricate vocal harmonies or the hypnotic genius (not a word I use lightly) of meandering story-like guitar playing on songs like Who Knows, from the Band of Gypsies album. 

It's a real shame. 

poopot

p90fool said:

I don't know why I'm pandering to this silly troll thread, all want to add is that I think it's a shame that the YouTube generation think Jimi Hendrix was just a rowdy, often out of tune, self indulgent live rock guitarist. 

His family's stranglehold on his official output means that you won't ever accidentally stumble across his beautiful songwriting, his fantastic studio productions, his lovely and intricate vocal harmonies or the hypnotic genius (not a word I use lightly) of meandering story-like guitar playing on songs like Who Knows, from the Band of Gypsies album. 

It's a real shame. 

Wis awarded

HAL9000

not_the_dj said:

prlgmnr said:

I just can't believe you lead with the Clapton thread if you were planning on doing this one.

Where does he go after this one? 

Jeff Beck - No decent tunes since Silver Lining...

longjaw

Sassafras said:

Yeah, he never had a number 1 hit in the UK. What a loser.

He did, posthumously - Voodoo Chile (Slight Return).

PaulWarning

longjaw said:

Sassafras said:

Yeah, he never had a number 1 hit in the UK. What a loser.

He did, posthumously - Voodoo Chile (Slight Return).

beat me too it
it also had the best cover version ever, IMO, on the other, side All Along the Watchtower