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simple choice...

As stated in other thread I'm listening to Zep now (Thank You though now) so I have to say Led Zep. If I was listening to Jimmy, it could well be him. But no, LZ for now :)

Ya mum! Failing that, Hendrix... because...

BOwww BOOOWWWwwwowww wwwwwwwwwwwwweeee BOwoBOWObooooo eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! -my attempt at typing his Star Spangled Banner

Ya mum! Failing that, Hendrix... because...

BOwww BOOOWWWwwwowww wwwwwwwwwwwwweeee BOwoBOWObooooo eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! -my attempt at typing his Star Spangled Banner
lmao! :p
*sticks on song to check synergy*

*Applaudes your competence in making a poll*

*Applaudes your competence in making a poll*
thank you :confused:

lmao! :p
*sticks on song to check synergy*
How'd I do? :D

How'd I do? :D
no idea yet - got Cream on first :D
its on the playlist... i'll get back to you :P

*should have added Cream to the poll... but then people would have wanted mucho other bands too and would have started bitching :rolleyes: *

simple choice...

Tough choice IMHO :p

no idea yet - got Cream on first :D
its on the playlist... i'll get back to you :P

*should have added Cream to the poll... but then people would have wanted mucho other bands too and would have started bitching :rolleyes: *
Yeah, smart move

How'd I do? :D
ok put it on just for you then... i think you did pretty well :)

but here's my take on it :D


ewwWeewWeewwooWeew... WEEW wee weew woo WEEwwwWeeewwwww... WEeww Weewewew wweew we woo weew wo weew wee woo waa wew weooo.... webloobloowoo Weewdoodeedeedoodoo...

and then it gets a little weird :p

How can you even ask that? :p

Hendrix!

Of those two, Led Zepplin.

Queen rules them all, though.

ok put it on just for you then... i think you did pretty well :)

but here's my take on it :D


ewwWeewWeewwooWeew... WEEW wee weew woo WEEwwwWeeewwwww... WEeww Weewewew wweew we woo weew wo weew wee woo waa wew weooo.... webloobloowoo Weewdoodeedeedoodoo...

and then it gets a little weird :p
lol. Brilliant! :D

How can you even ask that? :p

Hendrix!
i know... its a silly question really...

what a silly question...

who is Jimmy Page ????

Both are great but it has to be Hendrix. No question about it.
Also now has nice memories of yesterday attached...

Both are great but it has to be Hendrix. No question about it.
Also now has nice memories of yesterday attached...
thats my girl ;) :fluffle: (mmm so true :P... as does alex skolnick for me now... and santana... and even pitchshifter lol :P)

but, i mean, led zep are still great - good rock, good groove, catchy songs, stairway, etc - but they just can't touch hendrix for sheer awesomeness *is so eloquent* :P

Miles Davis FTW.

Zeppelin, sooooo much

I refuse to choose - they are both equally amazing.

I think I'll put on some Third Stone from the Sun.

thats my girl ;) :fluffle: (mmm so true :P... as does alex skolnick for me now... and santana... and even pitchshifter lol :P)

but, i mean, led zep are still great - good rock, good groove, catchy songs, stairway, etc - but they just can't touch hendrix for sheer awesomeness *is so eloquent* :P
:fluffle:
I'm my parent's girl :p
Okay - so that sounded wrong :eek: hahaha :p
santana always did... but yes, even pitchshifter has nice memories now :P
(btw - listening to those CDs (hurrah!) and was wondering if you could tell me the names of half the songs I haven't heard before?)
Obviously. As I said, they're both great. But Hendrix has something extra... that sheer awesomeness :P

tough call, but I think Led Zeppelin are still the masters.
I vote for them.

tough call, but I think Led Zeppelin are still the masters.
I vote for them.

Jimi Hendrix was the only god, until Luca Turilli was born

[QUOTE=Glitziness]Both are great but it has to be Hendrix. No question about it.
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Copy and paste the above.

I'll groove to both, but Jimmie blows my mind

No comparison, Zeppelin.

I'm a fan of both, but I have to say that I prefer Zeppelin. Jimi put out some fantastic singles, but there are quite a few songs of his that fail to interest me.

Honestly now, both are boring, tired and played out.

simple choice...

how is it a choice at all. both were great each in their own way. me no comprende what is meant choice between them.

more into airplane, tull, tangarene dream and the moody's myself.

(i guess that might put me in the zep camp, except, anyone realize how mane other genres and subgenres hendrix PRODUCED for, totaly aside from his own musical contribution?)

=^^=
.../\...

Zep is hard rock. Jimi is amazing, but Zep's body of work just blows everyone else out of the water.

how is it a choice at all. both were great each in their own way. me no comprende what is meant choice between them.

i'm making you choose one

other than that, no, there is no choice... its gotta be both :P

Neither. Liszt, Mussorgsky, and Wagner would blow them all away.:D

I love Zep, but when it comes down to it I have to choose Hendrix. He was awesome in his own playing, and he was awesome in the way he virtually created a whole new way to think about guitar-playing. A lot of the things we expect from guitarists now, started with Hendrix.

And for many of us fortunate enough to have seen him play, it was a high point in life. Before Hendrix, I saw people play guitar. Some of them were amazing. But when I saw Hendrix play, it was so organic it felt like no one ever had played a guitar until that moment.

Having said that, I've got most of Zep's stuff and there are a lot of other guitarists I like: blues, rock, jazz, fusion and classical. I think I'm not the only one to note the "unfairness" of comparisons like this one.

But IMO, if you insist on making us choose, Hendrix was in another class altogether.

expect from guitarists now, started with Hendrix.

And for many of us fortunate enough to have seen him play, it was a high point in life. Before Hendrix, I saw people play guitar. Some of them were amazing. But when I saw Hendrix play, it was so organic it felt like no one ever had played a guitar until that moment.

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But IMO, if you insist on making us choose, Hendrix was in another class altogether.
i can totally relate to that. never saw him play myself (born a couple of decades too late :rolleyes: ) but its the way he plays... other guitarists simply 'play' the instrument... with hendrix its almost like his guitar is just an extention of himself. kinda like how great singers are just born that way and have this amazing power of their voice, hendrix was like that with his guitar (and everyone else is just trying to sing). i mean, even potentially more technically proficient players like satch don't sound as good as hendrix to me simply because they are playing an instrument whereas hendrix and his guitar were just... one thing.

its hard to describe, but no great guitarist comes remotely close to hendrix in my estimation (mostly) as a result of this


take hendrix's version of Red House, for example. that (whichever version you hear - i heard a new one on a DVD i hadn't seen yesterday as it happens) is a simply incredible, complete piece of music. now listen to, say, G3 (satch, vai, and johnson) doing the same song and its just... too clinical. its not the same. maybe its just style or sound but hendrix has that extra something that just makes it great. same with clapton's cover of the song. same with other songs like Hendrix's Johnny B Goode, or comparing other people's covers of Little Wing against the original. nothing stacks up against the man.

not even the greatness that is zeppelin.



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edit: though a lot of my love of hendrix is based on getting my hand on approx 4 hours worth of his live recordings... album stuff is great, but live knocks your socks off!

hendrix, more imagination

And for many of us fortunate enough to have seen him play, it was a high point in life. Before Hendrix, I saw people play guitar. Some of them were amazing. But when I saw Hendrix play, it was so organic it felt like no one ever had played a guitar until that moment.

Damn, I am jealous. Where did you see him?

I only have this to say:

"With the exception of small children and flowers, music is the worst damn thing I know" - August Strindberg

Oh, and definently Zeppelin...not a big fan of either tough.

Zep is hard rock. Jimi is amazing, but Zep's body of work just blows everyone else out of the water.
get outta my head.
(zep)

I' say Zep, but mainly because I've just listened to more of them. Jimi is still great though. :D

Pure Metal

there is no way in hell i can choose between Jimi and Zeppelin.
and you can't make me choose:p ;)

Dude, just Zeppelin. Zeppelin all the way. :confused:

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http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10429713&postcount=34

thank you :confused:
Too many people make poor polls where you can't see who voted for what.:)

Christ, thats a tough choice.

While Jimi is a better guitar player that Page will ever be, he isnt the singer that Plant is/was.
However as bad ass as Jimi's rythmn section was...they arent Bohnam and Jones.

So, for me, I would say Zep, simply becuase they had a longer career, and more music to choose from.
Hendrix was, and still is the absolute best guitar player ever, and I really enjoy his stuff, but I find myself listening to Zep more often, becuase they have more of a selection to choose from.

Ironically, as I found this poll, Im listening to Led Zeppelin III.

Who is Jimi Hendrix?? *runs for cover* Zep vs Hendrix? I wanna a time machine so I can bring the two together.What a gig that would be.

... with hendrix its almost like his guitar is just an extention of himself. kinda like how great singers are just born that way and have this amazing power of their voice, hendrix was like that with his guitar (and everyone else is just trying to sing). i mean, even potentially more technically proficient players like satch don't sound as good as hendrix to me simply because they are playing an instrument whereas hendrix and his guitar were just... one thing.
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take hendrix's version of Red House, for example. ...


That's what I was getting at.

And you're right about Red House. It's under-rated by a lot of people, but Hendrix playing that song is remarkable. And his Voodoo Chile (slight return) ...! It still leaves me speechless. I can't even tell you what I feel when I hear his Star Spangled Banner.

And if I get started, I'm going to start ranting, so I'll stop here and carry on listening to his :Blues album.

:D
:cool:

I forego both and choose Rush.

Damn, I am jealous. Where did you see him?

San Francisco in 1968, and then Woodstock. Sorry! And I don't mind saying I was close to tears the first time. I felt like I had too many Adam's apples for most of the Winterland gig.

the bad news was all the times I couldn't go -- either because I had to do something else, or because I couldn't get tickets.

Honestly now, both are boring, tired and played out.


BURN HIIIIIIM

San Francisco in 1968, and then Woodstock. Sorry! And I don't mind saying I was close to tears the first time. I felt like I had too many Adam's apples for most of the Winterland gig.

the bad news was all the times I couldn't go -- either because I had to do something else, or because I couldn't get tickets.

Sweet. He died the year I was born so I definitely had no chance to see him.

The closest I've come to seeing Zep was the Black Crowes/Jimmy Page Tour. What an awesome show - they did all Zep tunes. No one today comes close to Hendrix unfortuantely.

Miles Davis FTW.

John McLaughlin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra FTW.

What a HATEFUL thing to make a person do: choose between two musical icons...

...damn.

Hendrix!

hendrix or zeppelin?

Surely the real question here is Jewdriver (http://www.myspace.com/jewdriver) or Skrewdriver (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skrewdriver)?

:eek: *geep*

(Brain explodes)

Thats like being asked to choose between oxygen or water.

I'll go for Hendrix, because I liked him first. No, wait, Zepp because the Lemon Song gets me laid every time... damn, but so does Little Wing.... ARRRGHHH


I'll flip a coin and say.... Hendrix!

No, wait, Zepp because the Lemon Song gets me laid every time... damn, but so does Little Wing.... ARRRGHHH


I'll flip a coin and say.... Hendrix!
hahahaha :p

Both wank.

Surely the real question here is Jewdriver (http://www.myspace.com/jewdriver) or Skrewdriver (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skrewdriver)?
WTF? Jewdriver? That's fucking great!

Too bad Skrewdriver is a white supremacist band. I kinda like their music but I can't get behind their politics.

Too bad Skrewdriver is a white supremacist band. I kinda like their music but I can't get behind their politics.

Their first LP All Skrewed Up is a pretty darn good piece of mod-influenced early street punk, and pre-dates their white power days (in fact all but the singer left the band shortly after its release). As such it is generally acceptable listening - just so long as no money goes to the band as a result.

Their first LP All Skrewed Up is a pretty darn good piece of mod-influenced early street punk, and pre-dates their white power days (in fact all but the singer left the band shortly after its release). As such it is generally acceptable listening - just so long as no money goes to the band as a result.

An ethical case for file sharing?

An ethical case for file sharing?

Got it in one, although the famous Chiswick records who released the LP (and had absolutely no idea that what they had spawned would become a right-wing monster) may beg to differ.

An ethical case for file sharing?

Absolutely.

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You left out "both are great in their own rights, so it is impossible to choose between them."

Well, both bands are excellent, but my personal preference is The Jimi Hendrix Experience.

Zeppelin<Hendrix but nothing beats Mozart.

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I'm my parent's girl :p
Okay - so that sounded wrong :eek: hahaha :p



Hmmmm. Incest. Talk about "keepin' it in the family!"

I'd have to say Hendrix, but it's SOOOOO close...:D

Definitely Led Zeppelin. Better songs and more varied musical output.

It suddenly occurred to me as I'm sitting here listening through my Hendrix collection for the nth time just how much of an influence on Led Zep he must have been. That's not to say Page isn't a great guitarist or that his work is just derivative, but just look at the time-line.

it's really hard to think that anybody was left unchanged and uninfluenced from the first time they heard Hendrix. When I listen to Zep, it's not that I hear mere copies of Hendrix, but there's a way of thinking about guitar playing that Jimi created and that finds its way everywhere. Of course now everybody takes it for granted, but they didn't even know what it was until they heard him doing it. Hendrix invented something new, and gave it to the world of guitarists.

And even though Hendrix wasn't really known till Chas Chandler found him in the Village and brought him to the UK and publicized him (1966), he was already developing his music in the States for a few years before that. And here's the relevant time-line:

Starting in 1966, Hendrix had performed live in England, and Paris, done TV and radio in the UK on both the BBC and ITV, toured the USA including the gig at Monterey Pop Festival in 1967, and appeared at a Christmas Pop Spectacular in London in 1967 along with The Who, Eric Burdon and the Animals, and Pink Floyd among others, and a load of other performances as he became more and more famous. In October of 1968, Jimi was lighting up audiences at the Winterland gig in San Francisco! :D Thanks, Jimi.

By the time Zep are recording their first album in 1968 (October), Hendrix and The Experience had done the albums Are You Experienced? (1967), Axis: Bold As Love (1967) and Electric Ladyland (1968 -- August IIRC).

And as we all know, by the time Zep were releasing their third album in 1970, Jimi was gone.