Prince not in RS list of 100 Greatest Guitarists?

Rolling Stone has a cover story listing the 100 Greatest Guitarists Ever. Jimi is Number One. Hard to argue with that, but where is the skinny muthafukka with the high voice? Have the editors of RS lost their minds? (Answer: yes. Just look at the Mary Kate and Ashley cover story).

Am I missing something here? Do my eyes deceive me? Maybe they meant to make a list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists Who Never Married Mayte?

http://www.rollingstone.c...p?pid=1917

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

What a shitty list!!

Kurt Cobain OUTRANKS Frank Zappa! Jimi Hendrix is Number 1. HAHA!

This list might have been a little bit more accurate if it was changed to

TOP 100 PEOPLE WHO ARE BEST KNOWN FOR PLAYING THE GUITAR

Rolling Stone was "over" by the early '80s...

Pick up BLENDER magazine for the pop scoop.

This is a digrace to Every Prince fan out their. I mean com'on. Have those idiots at the mag (Rolling stones) ever heard "Lets go crazy" or "N.E.W.S". I thought of the mag (never buying an issue as a good mag knowing what a good sense of music is), Now I know they don't know what is good anymore or have they ever known what good music is or in this matter guitaring!

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'm like Sam the butcher bringing Alice the meat

Isn't Rolling Stone ownded by Warner Bros. in some capacity?

It would be nice for Prince to get the recognition that he deserves. But sooner or later, you have to believe that Prince's record speaks for itself.

Besides, even if Prince was on the list, that still doesn't mean the average reader who may not know how good Prince is on guitar is going to go out and buy some of Prince's music just find out if Rolling Stone's rating of him is accurate.

The thing about Prince is that the true measure of just how good Prince really is on guitar is often only displayed in concert which makes it even more difficult for the average music listener to be able to relate to his great skills because they only know of him based on what they hear on "pop" radio.

It's a shame Prince isn't recognized more often. But in the final analysis, Prince really doesn't need a Rolling Stone indorsement to claim his place in music history.

I'm not defending RS magazine, but Prince's guitar skillz come into their own in concert. On record there's not many examples that give you the same chillz.

But he still should be in the top 100.

It's just that most of the names on this list are people who INFLUENCED other guitar players.

I don't think Prince inspired a lot of guitar players since he's more a sum of influences (playing like Jimi here, like Santana there, like B.B. and so on...) than a guy who came with something new style-wise.

People rather copy an original than another copy.

& even my grand'Ma can kick his ass with a guitar !!

NME said:

savoirfaire said:

Let's be honest: We all know Prince is a great shredder, but is he a great guitar player? He has never really brought any innovation to the instrument like Eddie Van Halen or Frank Zappa. True, Kurt Cobain only knew 3 chords, but he used them in interesting ways. Prince borrows way too much from Santana, and doesn't seem to have his own voice. Habibi even rips off Hendrix. If he would have his own guitar sound, then he might make it. He would be high on my list, but I am biased. And also, his best guitar playing is on bootlegs, and RS cannot use bootlegs for criteria.

Wave your wildsigns high!!

that has got 2 b the Biggest Load Of Crap i've ever heard or seen??? people r still sleeping on my man Xtra P's skills...

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This is f*cked up. Why isnt Prince on there? Why is it so hard to recognize the man's skills?

2freaky4church1 said:

Prince is too good to just have one sound. That doesn't mean he hasn't come up with new stuff too.

Habibi isn't a Hendrix rip off, it's a Hendrix tribute. Remember, at the time, he was talking about doing a whole album "produced by Hendrix" as a tribute.

This is why Prince belongs on the list - not just on the list, but somewhere in the top 10 - he can play anything on the guitar everyone on the list can play, but who on the list can play everything guitar wise Prince can play.

LaMont said:

savoirfaire said:

These lists are funny because they are always changing. Sometimes I open a Guitar Player and there are a ´most influential players poll´ and I see Prince together with the great Randy Rhoads. In the same Guitar PLayer, sometimes Prince doesnt enter another list. Same thing with Zappa.
I never trust polls. I dont even know the method they use to make it. Is it innovation? So, why is Eddie Van Halen after Ike Turner? Is it about technical skills? So why are Randy Rhoads and Zappa after Keith Richards?
In other words...there is no ´who is better´ between the greats. It´s a matter of style. I think Zappa is as good as Rhoads, as good as Van Halen as good as Morello as good as Joe Pass...etc etc
And there are some guitar players I will always find overrated: The Edge, Kirk Hammet and Keith Richards are some examples...

Emancipation88 said:

2freaky4church1 said:

alandail said:

I was thinking about Prince's moves after Grafitti Bridge last night.

I think instead of putting out a "rap" like, glossy album, he should of made most of the 90's a GUITAR, FUNK ROCK driven decade.

I think if he would of put out a live album and a rocking studio album, much like The Undertaker, but longer with some awesome guitar stuff, he would of gained more recognition as the fabulous guitar player he is.

But like the man says, why argue or contemplate, or "retrospect" on his creative, musical moves.

Rolling Stone was over by the early 90's, period, that's my opinion. I hardly, hardly ever pick up the rag. Only when I see real MUSIC artists on there. I do like their design though...very distinguishable amongst others and classic, but that's another topic.

Blender's like a Maxim for pop music, but still, they suck as well. I would love to know the stats on the people who come up with this stupid lists. I wonder if they speak to people above 30 or what ethnic and economic backgrounds these "experts" come from? I wonder...

GustavoRibas said:

I never have understood that - why is it that in music having versatility is considered a bad thing, while in everything else, versatility is considered a good thing. Speilberg doesn't have a single movie style either, yet he'd never be left off a list of best directors.

Jimi is so sloppy in his playing! Prince kills him.. it is not even a contest!

If they had a "Crossroads" PPV of all time guitarist.

Prince
Santana
John Frusciante
Randy Rhoads

would mop up anyone..

I think these guys would have a battle to the death



pssst.. by the way I think thats the order they would be in.
[This message was edited Sat Aug 30 19:49:37 PDT 2003 by locoarts]

Aerogram said:

locoarts said:

85 Randy Rhoads
70 Eddie Van Halen

(61 Ike Turner is better then both of them)

locoarts said:

85 Randy Rhoads
70 Eddie Van Halen

(61 Ike Turner is better then both of them)

Hey Cloud9
I downloaded your ´Make funk not war´ song...it´s real nice. You are very talented.