Physical Graffiti

[SirStev0]

Physical Graffiti was my first time "getting the Led out".

 

[grrl]

It has some great songs, but I don't think it's their best. III may be the best overall IMO.

 

[coreyb]

I'm not better than him at all, but I still know what I like listening too, and I know what good guitar playing is ;^)

who cares how good he is technically, he comes up with awesome guitar riffs! thats all that matters really. guys like steve vai, joe, satriania etc, are very good guitar players. but nobodys going to remember any of their riffs in 20 years.

 

[BUTCH1]

who cares how good he is technically, he comes up with awesome guitar riffs! thats all that matters really. guys like steve vai, joe, satriania etc, are very good guitar players. but nobodys going to remember any of their riffs in 20 years.

Ding, Ding, Ding...winnar!, just listen to the already mentioned "In my time of dying" and one should understand..

 

[Triumph]

Really...and how much better are you than he is?

Page was a much better songwriter than he ever was a guitar player. Sloppy is the perfect description of his playing. Everyone knows this.

 

[Fritzo]

Page was a much better songwriter than he ever was a guitar player. Sloppy is the perfect description of his playing. Everyone knows this.

It's not how you play an instrument, it's how well you are able to portray emotion by playing it. An emotional player will always be more interesting than a technical player. Steve Vai is a good example of this. This guy can play a scale in any mode in .35 seconds, which is a taught skill, but nobody buys his albums because he's almost robotic- he plays everything perfectly and follows every rule.

Page, and some other guitarists such as Duane Allman, Billy Gibbons, and today Jack White are all emotional players. They don't try to follow the rules, they play (or played in the case of Duane) what their ears told them to, and it sounded awesome. This is not something that can be taught, you have to be born with it, and this is why they are admired and their music is timeless.

 

[lxskllr]

It's not how you play an instrument, it's how well you are able to portray emotion by playing it. An emotional player will always be more interesting than a technical player. Steve Vai is a good example of this. This guy can play a scale in any mode in .35 seconds, which is a taught skill, but nobody buys his albums because he's almost robotic- he plays everything perfectly and follows every rule.

Page, and some other guitarists such as Duane Allman, Billy Gibbons, and today Jack White are all emotional players. They don't try to follow the rules, they play (or played in the case of Duane) what their ears told them to, and it sounded awesome. This is not something that can be taught, you have to be born with it, and this is why they are admired and their music is timeless.

I can buy that. I just don't like Page's playing. It's like talking about Cream. There's no doubt Clapton's a great guitarist, and Cream was very influential in their time, I just don't like them. I hate riff oriented music, and they're my least favorite Clapton band by far.