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| Who's the better guitar player? | | Eddie | | 57% | [ 12 ] | | Randy | | 42% | [ 9 ] |
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MetalRob331
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|  Subject: Re: Better Guitarist: Van Halen or Rhoads Thu Feb 19, 2009 6:41 pm | |
| When I first heard VH his leads blew me away. From the get go his rhythms just passed me by for some reason. There are some great ones in there but there are also some mediocre ones as well. Although they might be mediocre to me the songs still rocked :metal: |
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XYZ
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| | Subject: Re: Better Guitarist: Van Halen or Rhoads Thu Feb 19, 2009 11:10 pm | |
| I think Eddie's rhythm playing often gets overshadowed because he is such a great lead player. |
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Troublezone
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| | Subject: Re: Better Guitarist: Van Halen or Rhoads Fri Feb 20, 2009 1:44 am | |
| | Quote: | | his rhythms are very easily forgotten IMO. |
I strongly disagree Rob. Unchained, Panama, Hot For Teacher, Ain't Talkin 'bout Love, Little Guitars, Talk About It Later and so many others are some of the most memorable riffs ever recorded, and i voted for Randy. |
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MetalRob331
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| | Subject: Re: Better Guitarist: Van Halen or Rhoads Sat Feb 21, 2009 3:34 am | |
| | Troublezone wrote: | | Quote: | | his rhythms are very easily forgotten IMO. |
I strongly disagree Rob. Unchained, Panama, Hot For Teacher, Ain't Talkin 'bout Love, Little Guitars, Talk About It Later and so many others are some of the most memorable riffs ever recorded, and i voted for Randy. |
There are def some in his catalog that rock |
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XYZ
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| | Subject: Re: Better Guitarist: Van Halen or Rhoads Sat Feb 21, 2009 4:07 am | |
| | MetalRob331 wrote: | | Troublezone wrote: | | Quote: | | his rhythms are very easily forgotten IMO. |
I strongly disagree Rob. Unchained, Panama, Hot For Teacher, Ain't Talkin 'bout Love, Little Guitars, Talk About It Later and so many others are some of the most memorable riffs ever recorded, and i voted for Randy. |
There are def some in his catalog that rock |
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James B.
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| | Subject: Re: Better Guitarist: Van Halen or Rhoads Sun Feb 22, 2009 3:20 am | |
| Eddie was more influential I suppose ?
I voted for Randy |
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Troublezone
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MetalRob331
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| | Subject: Re: Better Guitarist: Van Halen or Rhoads Sun Feb 22, 2009 12:57 pm | |
| | xyz wrote: | | MetalRob331 wrote: | | Troublezone wrote: | | Quote: | | his rhythms are very easily forgotten IMO. |
I strongly disagree Rob. Unchained, Panama, Hot For Teacher, Ain't Talkin 'bout Love, Little Guitars, Talk About It Later and so many others are some of the most memorable riffs ever recorded, and i voted for Randy. |
There are def some in his catalog that rock |
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What did I flip flop? Of course not all his riffs are lame but there are more then a handful. |
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ultmetal
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| | Subject: Re: Better Guitarist: Van Halen or Rhoads Mon Feb 23, 2009 1:31 pm | |
| They were both so different. Eddie really influenced a generation of guitar slingers and precededRandy. Randy never really was afforded the chance to grow and come into his own. He was a great guitarist, but I imagine he would have become even better over time.
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akeldama
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| | Subject: Re: Better Guitarist: Van Halen or Rhoads Wed Feb 25, 2009 3:12 pm | |
| | ultmetal wrote: | | They were both so different. Eddie really influenced a generation of guitar slingers and precededRandy. Randy never really was afforded the chance to grow and come into his own. He was a great guitarist, but I imagine he would have become even better over time. |
Preceded Randy? Didn't QR1 come out in '77 and VH1 in '78? I wasn't born till the 80's but weren't they both doing the club scene at the same time around '76? |
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sam
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| | Subject: Re: Better Guitarist: Van Halen or Rhoads Wed Feb 25, 2009 3:21 pm | |
| always loved randy's clean classical style. |
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manny
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| | Subject: Re: Better Guitarist: Van Halen or Rhoads Wed Feb 25, 2009 3:59 pm | |
| | akeldama wrote: | | ultmetal wrote: | | They were both so different. Eddie really influenced a generation of guitar slingers and precededRandy. Randy never really was afforded the chance to grow and come into his own. He was a great guitarist, but I imagine he would have become even better over time. |
Preceded Randy? Didn't QR1 come out in '77 and VH1 in '78? I wasn't born till the 80's but weren't they both doing the club scene at the same time around '76? |
Yes true but Quiet Riot's first two albums featuring Randy Rhoads were only released in Japan, and made no impact over here at all, plus the style that Rhoads perfected with Ozzy is nowhere in evidence on those two albums, you get a few glimpses but not many. |
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Guest
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| | Subject: Re: Better Guitarist: Van Halen or Rhoads Wed Feb 25, 2009 5:32 pm | |
| Love them both but EVH mainly for his body of work. It's sort of like asking: which child do I love most? |
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akeldama
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| | Subject: Re: Better Guitarist: Van Halen or Rhoads Wed Feb 25, 2009 7:07 pm | |
| | manny wrote: | | akeldama wrote: | | ultmetal wrote: | | They were both so different. Eddie really influenced a generation of guitar slingers and precededRandy. Randy never really was afforded the chance to grow and come into his own. He was a great guitarist, but I imagine he would have become even better over time. |
Preceded Randy? Didn't QR1 come out in '77 and VH1 in '78? I wasn't born till the 80's but weren't they both doing the club scene at the same time around '76? |
Yes true but Quiet Riot's first two albums featuring Randy Rhoads were only released in Japan, and made no impact over here at all, plus the style that Rhoads perfected with Ozzy is nowhere in evidence on those two albums, you get a few glimpses but not many. |
'tis true manny, I have to agree with you 100% |
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MetalRob331
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| | Subject: Re: Better Guitarist: Van Halen or Rhoads Wed Feb 25, 2009 7:18 pm | |
| | sam wrote: | | always loved randy's clean classical style. |
Yes his diversity separated him from VH IMO. He could do it all regardless of the little material we had from him. Also his solos had a lot more depth then VH's as well. With VH you know what to expect with RR he had so many styles you really didn't know what was coming. Both are amazing though.. |
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the sentinel
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| | Subject: Re: Better Guitarist: Van Halen or Rhoads Thu Feb 26, 2009 5:43 am | |
| I went with EVH, mostly out of sentimentality, although I really like and respect RR a lot. One of my all time favorite solos is in Crazy Train, but Eddie really had an effect on me as a child. It's hard to top Eruption or Spanish Fly! Although, Laughing Gas is terrific too. |
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