250+ Greatest Rock Guitarists

Echoes · **Joined:** Thu Oct 28, 2010 12:43 am **Posts:** 4564

No, I was always against that. I think adding Yorke was Raul´s idea.

boo boo · **Posted:** Fri Jan 04, 2013 10:13 pm

And now he's gone, that guy sucked balls.

George · **Joined:** Thu Oct 07, 2010 12:43 pm **Posts:** 5612

Echoes wrote:

Yngtchie Blacksteen wrote:

Or let's not suppose, and instead try and find a good and sensible placement for him on the list.

I think that he scores as high as any other session guitarist on the list. Even more if we take into consideration his 40+ years career.

you score as high in ignorance as any other poster on this site. even more so considering your 2+ year career here.

:facepalm:

Echoes · **Joined:** Thu Oct 28, 2010 12:43 am **Posts:** 4564

Yeah, I suck with regards to session guitarists. I have ask many times to explain to me why The Funk Brothers and others are so high.

George · **Joined:** Thu Oct 07, 2010 12:43 pm **Posts:** 5612

listen to some motown

boo boo · **Posted:** Fri Jan 04, 2013 10:45 pm

I love Motown but most of the guitar I hear on Motown records are just simple backbeats.

Sodacake · **Posted:** Fri Jan 04, 2013 10:56 pm

Speaking of session guitarists, I'm surprised David Williams is only on the honourable mentions list. Dude was one of the most prolific session guitarists of the 80's and early 90's but I guess he kept such a low profile that it stopped him becoming as exposed as other session guys. I don't think he even released any solo material, but still he's one of my favourite guitarists and he was often what made a lot of MJ's songs so much fun to listen to for me. He had a very distinctive style and a unique sound. I'd know his playing a hundred miles away.

KeithMoonIsGod · **Posted:** Fri Jan 04, 2013 11:13 pm

Sodacake wrote:

Speaking of session guitarists, I'm surprised David Williams is only on the honourable mentions list. Dude was one of the most prolific session guitarists of the 80's and early 90's but I guess he kept such a low profile that it stopped him becoming as exposed as other session guys. I don't think he even released any solo material, but still he's one of my favourite guitarists and he was often what made a lot of MJ's songs so much fun to listen to for me. He had a very distinctive style and a unique sound. I'd know his playing a hundred miles away.

Is that him who does the riff at the end of "Billie Jean"?

Sodacake · **Posted:** Fri Jan 04, 2013 11:17 pm

Yeah. He played guitar on most of MJ's solo work.

boo boo · **Posted:** Fri Jan 04, 2013 11:26 pm

Doesn't Lukather play most of the guitar on Thriller though?

Sodacake · **Posted:** Fri Jan 04, 2013 11:27 pm

Yeah, a lot of the guys from Toto worked on Thriller, but I don't think Lukather played guitar on Billie Jean. His most substantial contribution was the rhythm guitar track on Beat It.

boo boo · **Posted:** Fri Jan 04, 2013 11:32 pm

Well I know he did the guitar work on Human Nature and the Beat It riff.

Sodacake · **Posted:** Fri Jan 04, 2013 11:36 pm

Yeah he did.

Echoes · **Joined:** Thu Oct 28, 2010 12:43 am **Posts:** 4564

George wrote:

listen to some motown

Yeah, I know they play on most motown records. But I want to know in which songs I can find great guitar playing. I like motown a lot but I don´t have pay many attention to the guitars. Maybe you could create a Funk Brothers thread?

Yngtchie Blacksteen · **Posted:** Sat Jan 05, 2013 2:27 pm

boo boo wrote:

And I still don't think Yorke should be teamed up with Greenwood and O'Brien. Not because Yorke's guitar work doesn't have a role in Radiohead's sound, but he mostly plays simple rhythm parts and usually on acoustic guitar. All the insanely creative electric guitar parts are the handiwork of Greenwood and O'Brien.

That's a good point. I reckon Yorke could be removed, if there are no objections.

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