h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I love Patrick Moore, bless him.

*cheers for Brian May*

WOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

TK[1]

Nah, Jimi Hendrix was the best guitar player ever.

Jimi was one of Brian May's main influences.

I don't think it's possible to say that a particular guitarist is ;the best', just which one's your personal favourite. Jimi's pretty high up on my list (top5, at least), but Brian's at No.1.

TK[1]

When I say 'the best,' I'm refering to how he played it, not necessarily what he played or strictly how well. For example, Jimi played a guitar with his teeth. Did anyone else do that? This question not rhetorical.

*skim reads blog*

Oh good, I came in just as we're talking about rock music I'm set

GO QUEEN!!

I've heard of Jimi, what did he do though? His name is ringing bells, but the connections aren't happening (God I hate those sayings...)

Cat

Jimi did Purple Haze, Fire, Crosstown Traffic, Foxey Lady, Wind Cries Mary and many other songs that you'll probably know when you hear them.

He was indeed a very original and influential guitarist (I'll say it again- very definitely one of my favourites), but I don't agree that playing with your teeth makes you better than anyone else. I have played with my teeth before, and that certainly doesn't make me better than Brian May! Mark Knopfler plays electric with his fingers, and BB King doesn't ever play any chords. Both of these are pretty unusual things, but they're so diverse as musicians it's impossible to say who's better!

However, it IS possible to say a guitarist is absolute crap.

gallagher

TK[1]

*suddenly wakes up*

Did someone mention Jimi?
Did someone NOT mention Brian May's drop dead gorgeous guitar?

I'll put you up once I can type straight, TB

Do you know, I was outraged to find that someone had tried to tab Jimi... You just can't tab Jimi, it's sacrelidge! [damn the spelling, damn the jetlag....!]

Brian's drop dead gorgeous guitar goes without saying...

Thank you sweetie, look forward to it

I tend to just get Jimi's chords and make my own thing up around them... as you've just got back, I won't correct you

TK[1]

Yay! I put you up! You're offical! A free drink may be available to you in the bar, if you speak nicely to the barmaid.

Yay. And official FREAK. I've been told I'm one throughout my life, but now I've got the badge, existentially speaking, to prove it.

Who's the barmaid, and is she single?

TK[1]

*cough* That'd be me...

And I promise to work on a bagde.. Has anyone here done one before?

Heyyyyyyyyyyy, this must be a better bar than I thought...

*wanders off to fix hair*

TK[1]

Make me a FREAK!
My U-number is...734649
I want to be Patron Saint of Turning On, Tuning In, and Dropping Out
My style is...typewriter-bashing, guitar-mauling, rocknroller
I most admire...William S. Burroughs

another freaky type person!

Well..... everybody else is asleep, which seems a little normal to me but meh nevermind

I'm not asleep...

Welcome to FREAKhood!

William Burroughs...Good one.

You dig him? I think that whole Beat movement produced some fine literature.

And Toni Iommi...rock on brother.

Welcome aboard! You're now have your shiny title up on our front page...

Make yourself at home, grab a drink from the bar...and feel free to try and wake everyone up

To be honest, I don't know much about Burroughs bar his reputation, but at some point will actively seek his literature, just as soon as I finish the pile of books I already intend to read. I found his epilepsy experiments and contributions to modern shamanism and, in a small way, chaos magick to be extremely interesting, although brion Gysin was perhaps more involved in cm.

and I also picked Iommi! He rules!