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HMS
MT´s playing is fluid and gentle, Ronnie attacks and stings, that´s why he´s a perfect fit for the Stones.
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Taylor's playing is lyrical and Wood's playing is not.
Indeed, but are Beggars banquet, Exile or SG "lyrical"?
Those albums are great examples of the Stones being all about songs rather than musical virtuosity.
Don't get me wrong, I love a brilliant solo when it suits the song (ADTL, for instance).
What I don't get is people bashing Ronnie's style, while claiming to adore the guitars in the early 60s. There's a discrepancy there, as the style with short biting leads was what was going on back then.
I bash Ronnie but I was doing the e x a c t same comparison to the early 60s. Incredible.
I missed those comparisons. Show us.
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Because he used to be a better drinker than Richie Sambora?
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HMS
MT´s playing is fluid and gentle, Ronnie attacks and stings, that´s why he´s a perfect fit for the Stones.
fair analogy...and just as effective but I think long term Woodies playing isn't dated...Taylor's is....long gone and far away...Ronnie Wood makes them sound a live....and I think the combo of KR and RW is a much more exciting almost motorized type of R & R..Just a Fool already sounds awesome!!....love RW!
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Some of my favourites compiled. Can everybody name the shows/albums they're taken from?
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Where's the Wild Horses solo at 2:38 from? Great playing!
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HMS
MT´s playing is fluid and gentle, Ronnie attacks and stings, that´s why he´s a perfect fit for the Stones.
fair analogy...and just as effective but I think long term Woodies playing isn't dated...Taylor's is....long gone and far away...Ronnie Wood makes them sound a live....and I think the combo of KR and RW is a much more exciting almost motorized type of R & R..Just a Fool already sounds awesome!!....love RW!
Nothing about Sway is gentle. Live renditions of Gimme Shelter, JJF, Love in Vain....gentle? HMS is a troll.
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TheBlockbuster
I was happy to read that ''guitar god'' Joe Satriani in 2015 listed Ronnie as one of the ''10 guitar players who blew my mind''.
“He’s been able to be so well integrated into the changing attitudes of all the bands that he was in, but at the same time he’s created a sound that people know as ‘The Ron Wood’ sound.
“How many people can you say that about? That have created an attitude and a sound that almost supersedes what you’re going to say. If you mention Holdsworth, you might say ‘legato’, or Eddie Van Halen, ‘tapping’, but with Ron Wood you don’t get down to a particular physical move. It’s the whole approach.
“He always looks good, too! How does he still look like the cool guitar player that you want to emulate? There should be an award for that and he should win it!”
Joe Satriani: 10 guitarists that blew my mind
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...taylor's style as beautiful as it was and can sometimes be is essentially very dated... He sounds as old as he is...probably older...in 50 and counting he was a duck out of water...even for the Stones.
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TheBlockbuster
I was happy to read that ''guitar god'' Joe Satriani in 2015 listed Ronnie as one of the ''10 guitar players who blew my mind''.
“He’s been able to be so well integrated into the changing attitudes of all the bands that he was in, but at the same time he’s created a sound that people know as ‘The Ron Wood’ sound.
“How many people can you say that about? That have created an attitude and a sound that almost supersedes what you’re going to say. If you mention Holdsworth, you might say ‘legato’, or Eddie Van Halen, ‘tapping’, but with Ron Wood you don’t get down to a particular physical move. It’s the whole approach.
“He always looks good, too! How does he still look like the cool guitar player that you want to emulate? There should be an award for that and he should win it!”
Joe Satriani: 10 guitarists that blew my mind
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RaiseTheKnife
Taylor was great with John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, his playing was too melodic with the Stones.
Ronnie is not melodic, he's like Keef - straight forward dirty rock 'n roll.
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HMS
MT´s playing is fluid and gentle, Ronnie attacks and stings, that´s why he´s a perfect fit for the Stones.
fair analogy...and just as effective but I think long term Woodies playing isn't dated...Taylor's is....long gone and far away...Ronnie Wood makes them sound a live....and I think the combo of KR and RW is a much more exciting almost motorized type of R & R..Just a Fool already sounds awesome!!....love RW!
Nothing about Sway is gentle. Live renditions of Gimme Shelter, JJF, Love in Vain....gentle? HMS is a troll.
is he a troll bc he disagrees with you?...taylor's style as beautiful as it was and can sometimes be is essentially very dated... He sounds as old as he is...probably older...in 50 and counting he was a duck out of water...even for the Stones.
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RaiseTheKnife
Taylor was great with John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, his playing was too melodic with the Stones.
Ronnie is not melodic, he's like Keef - straight forward dirty rock 'n roll.
You nailed it. That´s the way you do it when you´re with the Stones.
MT and the Stones were/are worlds apart.
When guitar-virtuoso-bands like Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin became big, the Stones thought it would be good to have an virtuoso too (even if they did not use him much and rarely allowed him to stretch out).
Did you notice that the Stones´ music became more and more boring the longer MT was with them? Coincidence?
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HMS
MT´s playing is fluid and gentle, Ronnie attacks and stings, that´s why he´s a perfect fit for the Stones.
fair analogy...and just as effective but I think long term Woodies playing isn't dated...Taylor's is....long gone and far away...Ronnie Wood makes them sound a live....and I think the combo of KR and RW is a much more exciting almost motorized type of R & R..Just a Fool already sounds awesome!!....love RW!
Nothing about Sway is gentle. Live renditions of Gimme Shelter, JJF, Love in Vain....gentle? HMS is a troll.
is he a troll bc he disagrees with you?...taylor's style as beautiful as it was and can sometimes be is essentially very dated... He sounds as old as he is...probably older...in 50 and counting he was a duck out of water...even for the Stones.
Because he constantly brings up Taylor and his views make no sense (Sway-gentle?) and he is spouting a subjective agenda as if it is fact. I don't think Taylor sounds dated at all. In fact, he is extremely refreshing for a blues guitarist.
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DandelionPowderman
That's distorted, not dirty.
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That's distorted, not dirty.
Ever heard of a dirt pedal?
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HMS
Indeed. MT gave even rocking Stones-songs a mellow touch. Very unfitting most of the times. With MT the Stones were in danger to end up sounding like any (american) rock-band. Playing melodic, not too hard rocking songs and having a guitar-hero soloing the usual stuff. They´ve almost lost their identity while Taylor was in the band. Of course Taylor isn´t to blame for everything that went wrong, but he isn´t totally innocent either. His playing and style watered down the Stones.
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That's distorted, not dirty.
Ever heard of a dirt pedal?
Look, players like Don Fender, Mick Taylor or Ry Cooder won't sound dirty because of a pedal. They play and produce their tones a different way. The attack is different - as are the notes and motifs they are creating.
The dirt happens when one lets go of the precision and focus solely on the energy and drive (Chuck Berry, Keith, Ronnie, Lou Reed, John Lee Hooker and others).
On the contrary, distorting a sound can make it even more pretty (Hotel California, Through The Lonely Nights, Winter, Sway).