Do you think petrucci did better than gilmour ?

[MingusBASS]

No...JP rules, but he's no David Gilmour. Feel always trumps speed/technical chops in my book. JP is certainly amazing, an incredibly melodic player, but Gilmour's vibrato/bends are unmatched.

 

[the24thfret]

Was just listening to Pulse last night, and Gilmour's single coil tone is wayyyyyyyyy different than JP's. The feel and tempo is also totally different. Personally, I want to hear Gilmour play Gilmour.

 

[73h Nils]

Every player in the world brings something unique to the table, some more than others. The key to enjoying a player's style is to appreciate him for what he is and what he does...rather than making a direct comparison to another player.

It's human nature to compete and judge and I'm guilty of it myself a lot of times. However, I find that I enjoy music so much more when I turn off that part of my brain and just try to listen to what's being played and appreciate it for what it is. This is also especially true for my own playing. It's so much more enjoyable to just let go and blow instead of constantly thinking "man, I bet Steve Morse would be able to play this and make it sound a million times better".

It's sometimes a very hard state of mind to achieve but worth the effort since it's so much healthier.

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I couldn't have said it better if I was given a week!

 

[robelinda2]

i think its great this thread hasnt becme a trainwreck, good work guys! Maybe we are becoming a smarter bunch, slowly but surely.

 

[Astrofreq]

Now where's the clip of Gilmour attempting Dance of Eternity?

Like Gilmore sits around listening to DT, no offense.

 

[uvacom]

I really appreciate that when Dream Theater does Pink Floyd covers, they do approach it with quite a bit of a technical restraint and with respect for the original pieces. That said, to me (and this is coming from somebody who is not a big DT fan, so take that for what it's worth), it comes across as a slightly more sterile and less emotive rendition of the original.

I like Gilmour's version much better, but again it does take a lot of courage to even attempt to pull off a solo like that, and JP does a much better job than any other shred-type guitarist could - of that I have no doubt.

 

[GuitarHack]

Personally, I like playing Neil Young solos better... those are impossible to screw up.

Unless your guitar is in tune

 

[hottoddy]

It's about as fine a cover as possible, but Gilmour's tone and feeling can't be matched.

The thing about DT is they probably rehearsed during sound check and then pulled that off live - they are that good. On the Budokan DVD they do the same thing with Iron Maiden's entire Number of the Beast Album after not playing it for years.

 

[the24thfret]

Like Gilmore sits around listening to DT, no offense.

Imagine that, though.

 

[Bud]

Dave Gilmour ...the fingers arn't fast but instantlly reconisable.

 

[jpmrulez]

I think Petrucci does a pretty good job getting the phrasing and choice of notes similar to Gilmours. Well, except at the end when the inevitable shredding begins.

Both are phenomenal players and along with EVH are responsible for me playing guitar for almost two decades (and lots of other people too)

Antother good example of JP "keeping it real" is DT playing Dark Side of the Moon.
He definetely has Gilmours style covered pretty good.

 

[Hovisbap]

er NO!!

The first part of the solo is good (it should be it's practically note for note DG) but the 3 guitar shredding is ear grindingly horrible (IMO).

How can anyone play an original composition better than the original artist, it aint possible.

 

[puppyonacid]

How can anyone play an original composition better than the original artist, it aint possible.

I'd question that. Not in this case though.

 

[robelinda2]

i reckon SRV's Little Wing is better than the original......

 

[silverburst]

Hmmm.

No on the Comfortably Numb.

Yes on the Little Wing, though.

IMO.

 

[Paul in WV]

i reckon SRV's Little Wing is better than the original......

BLASPHEMY!

Stevie's version is great but Jimi's the MAN!

Like it's been said, two different players, two different styles.

As much as I love JP's playing, he can't touch the original!

 

[robelinda2]

Malmsteen does a much better version of Spanish Castle Magic too.




kidding!

 

[acwild]

The band I am in recently started playing that song. At first I was adamantly opposed as I knew I would butcher the solo. The last solo in Comfortably Numb has always been my favorite lead guitar moment ever.

We are playing it now, and I am butchering it, but I am having fun doing it. I can never remember all the notes, so I figure as long as I get a few of them and ad-lib the rest, I should be ok. We plan on saving that for the end of the set so hopefully folks would be too drunk to notice.

Personally, I like playing Neil Young solos better... those are impossible to screw up.

I don't know why, but this cracks me up. That's hilarious.
Comfortably Numb is one of the solos that non-musicians can easily identify. It's such a classic and says a lot to me, so it's hard for me to say anything other than Petrucci does a great version of it, but it doesn't top the original. They both have such a different approach to their playing that it comes down to which style you prefer.
Anyone remember the Deep Purple tribute with Tony Iommi, Brian May, Gimour, and a bunch of other guys (I can't remember the others ) ? I just remember Gilmour commenting that "it's too fast."

 

[Paul in WV]

Malmsteen does a much better version of Spanish Castle Magic too.




kidding!

Rob...

Don't make me drive down there!

 

[mr.b]

Two of my favorite guitarists but you are comparing apples and oranges and it is not a logical equation, Gilmour is genius at the right touch at the right time without overplaying, John is the master of shread and tone, enough said.

IMO, yes & no. JP is certainly a master of shred and his tone is good at best but mr satriani is THE tonemaster.

as i said, IMO.