well ? thoughts?

Personally I think they are equal, but on this site I'm thinking keith will be well above !

but just thinking...thoughts?

George = a great musician
But, KEEF = one of a kind.

Both are great (or were, in George's case) in their own right, but Keef?...well...he's the man!

both great for their bands. can't compare for me..

Kieth is THE Mr cool and George, well he's the guy who told Dick Rowe to go and sign the Stones before they had a record deal. Dick Rowe is famed for turning the Beatles down, so both cool in different ways.

Wasn't George said to be at Redlands shortly before the bust went down?

well keith loved him; as can be clearly seen in his interview appearing rs magazine's tribute edition after george's death.

also had felt a special kinship as keith also claimed connection with george because they both had similar jobs in their respective bands...taking care of driving things musicially while hanging back and watching the front men's ass...keith put it much more colorfully than that...it was very touching.

he also felt that the stabbing killed george and not the cancer, (from which he had been treated and keith claims, recovering,) before the stabbing.
...he didn't think george's system could handle it...it was really two very bad slashes/poundings...keith said something in re: to lennon and harrison along the lines of 'they sung about was love, love...so they shot one and stabbed another.' it seemed like he lost someone he cared about.

as for their stylings...imo,obviously george liked things worked out very specifically...thought a lot about his parts, then didn't deviate from them.
keith more loose, hurt, explosive...trolling around for a riff or emphasis in the moment...

i didn't know that george had told the record executive to sing the boyz...
that's so cool...those various guys in dem groups were often actually very close to each other...to hear keith talk to hunter s. thompson about john on that clip was also very interesting and moving.

I really can't see how you can compare them or even bother to. They are two different personalities musically and other wise. You might as well try to compare Jordi Savalle and Yo Yo Ma.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2007-02-09 21:21 by ChrisM.

That "I Got My Mind Set on You" hack of a song really ruined Harrison for me....that song was the worst.

ChrisM Wrote:
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> I really can'tsee how you can compare them or even
> bother to. They are two different personalities
> musically and other wise. You might as well try to
> compare Jordi Savalle and Yo Yo Ma.


Amen to that!

stickyfingers101 Wrote:
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> That "I Got My Mind Set on You" hack of a song
> really ruined Harrison for me....that song was the
> worst.

in a way, that'd be a little like judging the entire stones catalog on the basis of one song that aggravates ya...every comitted stones fan probably has their own stones 'clinker' somewhere amidst all those several dozens in that huge bag of songs.

Tired, sad thread. I'd say Celebrity Deathmatch but the Beatles' guitarist is already dead.

Tomorrow I'll post under OT: Ali vs Marciano.

Sorry Luke33, I'm not having a go but really...

"I'll be in my basement room with a needle and a spoon."

stickyfingers101 Wrote:
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> That "I Got My Mind Set on You" hack of a song
> really ruined Harrison for me....that song was the
> worst.


If my memory serves me right, this song was not written by George Harrison? ;-)

Being a member of The Beatles is of course as big as it can be. But Harrison worked in the shadow of Lennon and McCartney.
Keith's impact in rock history must be much bigger. As songwriter, as guitarplayer, as inventor, as icon, as..., as...

mofur, you are correct, George did not write the song,
only covered it. that was during his Traveling Wilbury period,
I think.

George Harrison once remarked that the first big break in his career was joining The Beatles. His second big break, he said, was leaving The Beatles.

Keith is THE King of Rock-N-Roll....please just STOP