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PS - Did I already say that I love Pete? (just bought A Quick One last week.)

Yes. But, for me, a great lead guitar player should grab me by the throat and squeeze every last bit of emotion out of the song. (example: Ira Kaplan on "Pablo & Andrea"... brings it to a higher place. And yet, most guitar players would not place him among the most technically proficient.) But, maybe this is for a different thread?

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Agreed. But that said, there are no parts of his (lead-wise) that jump out at me immediately. However, I can will and do rock to the acoustic intro to "Pinball Wizard".

Pete is a great rhythm player and a good (but not great) lead player. Period. Besides, it's his songwriting... now, that is a thing of beauty. Oh and one more myth to explode: Jimmy Page played the guitar solo on The Kinks' "You Really Got Me".

Ringo is not a good drummer. Pete Townshend is a great lead guitar player.

Have you used that one before?

I was 10 and I knew is was something of a big deal. He was a Beatle, and I knew what that was. But when my 5th grade teacher suddenly changed our reading assignment to a discussion of "poetry" that included "Woman" and "Crippled Inside", it really hit home. This guy was just cool.

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So I'm the only one showing the love for Nick Cave, huh?

More Songs About Buildings & Food

The 8-minute single, "Tender", could go on for hours and I would not mind.

Okay, I have a new acquisition -- a 10-song fIREHOSE compilation that a friend put together for me that is freaking ROCKING my world! I forgot how much I love this band.

I just heard a song from the new record on the radio last night ("Neon Beanbag") and it was freaking awesome. Had pretty much everything that I loved about them from the Mars Audiac Quintet era. Is the rest of the album as good? Should I bother picking it up? (Haven't grabbed anything from them since Dots and Loops disappointed me.) I anticipate and appreciate your responses.

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MIKE LOVE

Professor Griff.

Bono

Oopsie. I was thinking Ed. But yeah, GEORGE Hurley. Good catch.

A tricky one: EdFromOhio in fIREHOSE He was pretty good, sure. But next to Watt and Ed Hurley....

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David Knopfler in Dire Straits.

Has anyone yet to mention The Second City?

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