Jimi Hendrix vs. Keith Emerson

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I don't mean their singing.

― tarden, Sunday, 1 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

? I guess I'd need more information. They both are considered 'virtuosos' of their respective instruments, but their instruments were different, so it's pretty much apples and oranges.

― Joe, Sunday, 1 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Wasn't Emerson auditioned for the Hendrix trio? And he pulled back, cuz they were Wild Men? There's some link like this: Hendrix auditioning for the Nice, some point of contact. Of course it's not apples and oranges: three power trios, both with rubbish drummers and bass players and singers, both with free-form noiseboy pyrotechnician centre-of-attention fire- eating knife-throwing blues-loving wossnames. Hendrix = classic cuz he didn't live to record Works Vol.2 (which even *I* can't pretend to love, for provocation's sake...). And fair dos, Greg Lake really IS a worse singer than Hendrix.

― mark s, Sunday, 1 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

mark - so who's a rock drummer you consider *good*, do you actually got any?

― duane, Sunday, 1 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

('cause i don't wanna defend ELP - even tho i *could* probably [oooooh, yr a Lucky Man!] but Carl Palmer's pretty obv the LEAST WORST thing about 'em.)

― duane, Sunday, 1 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Paul Thompson. Don Powell. John Maher. Jaki Liebeizeit. Jamie Muir. Charlie Watts

Bonham&Moon&Ringo [controversial third choice!?]

― mark s, Monday, 2 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Paul Thompson : Roxy Music > Angelic Upstarts. From the sublime to the grotesque.

― Dr. C, Monday, 2 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

What about Steve Janssen?

― tarden, Monday, 2 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

wow is that true, paul thompson joined the angelic upstarts? that's not even as cool as joining uriah heep, is it. hey mark - yr drummers- favs-list is ALL-SUPERSTAR - except bonzo of course, ha ha whatta bum. BUT! if you think john maher is all that, OK he is, but, you think that + you also think mitch mitchell is sloppy, or overplays, (i know i know you didn't say specifically that but IF...) = INDICATION OF CRACK SMOKAGE.

― duane, Monday, 2 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

No, no, no! Different kinds of drummer. Maher DRIVES. Mitchell (usually) holds back. Maher's whipcrack rolls PUNCTUATE, Mitchell's rolls are long, rambling, incomplete sentences.

― Dr. C, Monday, 2 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Emerson is a twat.... and Jimi rules. Jimi is so far above Emerson, just in a different plane... no comparison.

― Andy, Monday, 2 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

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