Texas King Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 In your opinion, which guitarist created better guitar riffs? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1-0-0-1-0-0-1 Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 I'm going to vote Page in this one, but for one specific reason. When you're listening to a riff in a Rush song, it could have been written by Alex or Geddy. In fact, I'd estimate that Geddy was more the riff guy and Alex was the chord guy, especially all those beautiful and inventive arpeggios. The more I think about it, I might have voted for Page anyway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 I'll vote for Lifeson just because the first three votes have gone to Page, just to keep things from getting out of hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1-0-0-1-0-0-1 Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 1 minute ago, treeduck said: I'll vote for Lifeson just because the first three votes have gone to Page, just to keep things from getting out of hand. Disingenuous! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 Just now, 1-0-0-1-0-0-1 said: Disingenuous! I can always change it later when I see how the scoring had progressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1-0-0-1-0-0-1 Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 1 minute ago, 1-0-0-1-0-0-1 said: Disingenuous! Just now, treeduck said: I can always change it later when I see how the scoring had progressed. Hmmm... Still disingenuous! You're on record for being a flip-flopper. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 9 minutes ago, 1-0-0-1-0-0-1 said: Hmmm... Still disingenuous! You're on record for being a flip-flopper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova Carmina Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 From the perspective of pure riffage, I'm going with Page. So many great riffs in a pretty short creative peak. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 Page is one of those guys where the quantity of riffs never was at the sacrifice of their quality. Lifeson has a lot of great ones, but he’s just as much in the Townsend school of playing, which is less riffy. In other words, he just doesn’t have quite as many as Page, but he makes up for it in other ways. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 1 hour ago, Entre_Perpetuo said: Page is one of those guys where the quantity of riffs never was at the sacrifice of their quality. Lifeson has a lot of great ones, but he’s just as much in the Townsend school of playing, which is less riffy. In other words, he just doesn’t have quite as many as Page, but he makes up for it in other ways. Arpeggios. That's Alex's wheelhouse 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepphead Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 Riffmeister 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relayer2112 Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 I voted for the same player Alex would vote for...Jimmy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 4 hours ago, zepphead said: Riffmeister What about if you put him against Iommi, Blackmore and May? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepphead Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 49 minutes ago, treeduck said: What about if you put him against Iommi, Blackmore and May? That would indeed be a 'clash of the titans'!! Having said that, as much as I really like Queen, and May as a guitarist, I didn't idolise him the way I did Page, Iommi and Blackmore. Those three are guitar gods in my eyes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAccountant Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 Page gets my vote. Just more of a gut reaction than anything else I guess. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grep Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 I mean.....Jimmy's got the riffs. Solid heavy blues based goodness. Al though - his imagination - that chaotic melodic atmospheric stuff, and the way he's adapted his playing across the different eras and sounds. They are different players, each epic in their own space. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custom55 Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 (edited) Edited March 26 by custom55 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toymaker Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Page stole from the great blues musicians. Lifeson ripped off the Looney Tunes. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apetersvt Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 On 3/24/2024 at 8:20 PM, Entre_Perpetuo said: Page is one of those guys where the quantity of riffs never was at the sacrifice of their quality. Lifeson has a lot of great ones, but he’s just as much in the Townsend school of playing, which is less riffy. In other words, he just doesn’t have quite as many as Page, but he makes up for it in other ways. Well said. My thoughts exactly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fridge Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 Lifeson by a country mile.......yes, Page has an undoubted influence, but I just don't idolise him the way others do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 23 hours ago, Fridge said: Lifeson by a country mile.......yes, Page has an undoubted influence, but I just don't idolise him the way others do. What about Johnny Red? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fridge Posted Wednesday at 03:42 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 03:42 PM On 4/18/2024 at 6:39 PM, treeduck said: What about Johnny Red? Sure, I bet the wartime comic hero could spank his plank 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fridge Posted Wednesday at 03:45 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 03:45 PM On 3/24/2024 at 8:49 PM, 1-0-0-1-0-0-1 said: I'm going to vote Page in this one, but for one specific reason. When you're listening to a riff in a Rush song, it could have been written by Alex or Geddy. In fact, I'd estimate that Geddy was more the riff guy and Alex was the chord guy, especially all those beautiful and inventive arpeggios. The more I think about it, I might have voted for Page anyway. That's an important point actually......particularly in the early albums Geddy will have written a fair percentage of guitar lines....because he was such a monster on the bass, he must be at least a competent guitarist, and probably a pretty good one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted Wednesday at 07:12 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 07:12 PM 3 hours ago, Fridge said: That's an important point actually......particularly in the early albums Geddy will have written a fair percentage of guitar lines....because he was such a monster on the bass, he must be at least a competent guitarist, and probably a pretty good one. He did a few power chords on Xanadu at least! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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