I love montgomery, and i haven't said nothing bad against him. SOrry if i was rude, but you talked as the distortion was used always to hide lack of skills, and it is not the truth. It is required some skills even to a jazz player to play well with distortion or he will end up like pet metheny (absolute jazz genious) when he tried. Not far from mediocre.

ummm...Jimi was a junkie and Prince is a humpie?


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We all know Prince and Hendrix are/were 2 of the the most famous black quitarists.

Its always easiar to build a pretty house after the foundation is laid!

You have to study music history and listen to what rock sounded like before Hendrix hit the scene. John Lennon was quated as saying " We went to see Hendrix an after the show we were terrified! We were thinking..This guy is going to put us out of business!"

Thats how inovative Jimi was. He did things that were never done before.
Now all these cats think their hot when they can play his stuff, but thats not whats hot! What hot is that he came up with that shit!

Jimi was a true inovator and every great guitarist after him has been influenced by him!

Prince is a great showman and fuser fo musical styles, But almost everything he has done I can trace back to someone else. Not taking anything away from him,He's a badd ass! But Jimi is in a different stratusphere. Next level...
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To call Prince the "hendrix" of our time is to put Prince under Hendrix. I don't think that's accurate.

Prince has his own unique wonderful sound.

Hendrix had his own as well.

This argument is like arguing if an apple is better than an orange.

Hendrix's influences were Wes and Buddy Guy.

Hendrix's music has been exploited because he's dead.

Prince is underrated and underappreciated because he's alive and won't get his dues until he does die and they make a movie about him.


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And another thing, you cant compare a guy that in the 60's with a guy from the 80's about inovation and originality. IT was VERY much easier to be inovative in Hendrix's time. In the 70's all great albums were somehow inovative, everything was a new direction, in the 80's music, rock, guitar, funk was already saturated, one of the only ways to be inovative was to e a hybrid and put a personal twist in the middle, that was what Prince did.

But Jimi is in a different stratusphere. Next level...

Il n'y a pas de sentiment plus exaltant que celui d'appartenir à une nation si diverse, si libre et si douée pour le bonheur.

Alors là je suis + que d'accord...et je dirais même + que je suis d'autant + d'accord que C vrai!!

Peace

The man's name is "Jimi" if u cant get it right.. call him "James" or Mr.Hendrix

Dissonance said:

This is very harsh for Prince.

For me they are two complete different musicians with different qualities. If you talk only "guitar play", of course Hendrix was way better. Now when it comes to other instruments like bass and keyboards for instance, well...

Prince is one of the most versatile musicians ever. he is not the best at any intrument but, man, he can play any instrument in so many different ways that it is really scary.

For me, they are in the same stratosphere = pure geniuses.

fluid said:

Or Liberace.

BeautifulFrance said:

Hendrix played more than just guitar. He played a number of the bass parts on his albums (including bass solos), piano and harpishord when it was needed, whatever less conventional instrument he felt like using (xylophone, tympani, flute) and even layed the drum tracks on his demos. The only thing prince could do that hendrix couldn't was the splits

jacktheimprovident said:

The only thing Prince can do that hendrix couldn't was the splits?? Please. Prince can do a lot of shit Hendrix couldn't. Should we start at singing?

The man's name is "Jimi" if u cant get it right.. call him "James" or Mr.Hendrix

skywalker said:

sure let's start with singing, hendrix is also a highly underrated vocalist, and even if prince has more technical vocal ability, his voice isn't as appealing, in fact a lot of people find it grating, it's one the major reasons I have trouble converting people to prince.

jacktheimprovident said:

Okay---Jimi doesn't have nearly the range or the depth that Prince does. He is a decent vocalist but imagine him trying to layer his voices like Prince does in "7". Imagine Jimi tring to sing acapella like Prince does in "for You". Jimi can do bar room blues with his voice. Prince can do that and numerous other styles.

Speaking of styles, how many musical styles/genres does Jimi cover???? Not as many as Prince, my friend. Not even close. It's not Jimi's fault---it has more to do with his age/era.

Hendrix played more than just guitar. He played a number of the bass parts on his albums (including bass solos), piano and harpishord when it was needed, whatever less conventional instrument he felt like using (xylophone, tympani, flute) and even layed the drum tracks on his demos. The only thing prince could do that hendrix couldn't was the splits