IsaacNewton
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I think I've proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that The Eagles were the more talented band. Unless you are willing to claim that David Gilmour is a more talented guitarist than Joe Walsh? Hmm? Anyone going to make that claim??
David Gilmour is the better guitarist. But again they were pretty much different genres. Pink Floyd was more ethereal, The Eagles were about relationships.
I don't want to disparage either so I'm done here. Enjoy them both.
What the heck would you participate on a thread for then? Argue your point. Show some clips to prove your claims.
Check any top 100 guitarists list. I'm not sure you will find Joe Walsh though I love his work. Gilmour will be front and center.
I'm not sure why this is an argument to you. I hold both bands as great, period.
Well the topic of the thread is which is better. I say overall the Eagles are the more talented band. I say Joe Walsh is a better and more talented guitarist than Gilmour. The Eagles music was more varied and they didn't have to rely on light shows and special effects sounds to gain fans. You say Gilmour was better, but you don't provide any examples to prove that claim. I hope you don't just expect people to agree with you, like you did about your rain sound effects.
Joe Walsh IS considered one of the best guitarists.
In Cleveland power trio the James Gang, Joe Walsh combined Who-style fury with Yardbirds-style technical fireworks and R&B crunch, notably on 1970's "Funk #49." The humor in Walsh's bluesy facility came out in the talk-box flight on his '73 solo hit "Rocky Mountain Way." But it was when he joined the Eagles in 1975 that he truly lodged himself on classic-rock radio. Walsh brought a hard-rock edge to the Eagles' easygoing pop songs, creating a series of indestructible licks in the process: See his staccato-snarl riff in "Life in the Fast Lane" and his elegant aggression in the dueling-guitars section of "Hotel California." Walsh influenced the Who's 1971 classic, Who's Next, although he didn't play a note on it: He gave Pete Townshend, as a gift, the 1959 Gretsch Chet Atkins guitar that Townshend played all over that album. Townshend later repaid the favor while talking to Rolling Stone in 1975: "Joe Walsh is a fluid and intelligent player. There're not many like that around."
Read more: Joe Walsh - 100 Greatest Guitarists
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Rain? WTH are you talking about. You seem to be out there a ways.
Argue with yourself, I listen to both.