AdamH Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 B.B. fu©king King. Nice guitar but is he really a legend outside of Casino Rama? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Musicface Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 Jeez... well, I'm not happy about it, but I'm gonna go with B.B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 That's a silly comment to make ahess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwa. Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 Four votes for Joni Mitchell and counting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 Bye Bye Blues Boy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamH Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 Ok Jaimoe Mr. Music smarty pants, qualify the "legend" status that so many have ascribed him without referring to his television commercials for diabetes or his placement in the Rock and Roll hall of fame, which I'm sure for the right price can be bought or sold anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 Let's not "qualify" his legend status, let's quantify it: for each musician you respect (either across the board, or restricted to just guitarists), how many of them respect B. B. King, or list him as an influence? If you were at a party with a bunch of musicians you respect/admire/etc., and you put on a B. B. King album (especially one of the classics), how many of them would recognize it, and smile beamingly? How many other players are there that can be recognized after only hearing one or two notes of their playing? Aloha, Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimmyB Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 B.B. fu©king King. Nice guitar but is he really a legend outside of Casino Rama? Though I'm voting off the same person but that's the most stupid statement I've read on this board in quite a while. B.B. King influenced nearly every electric guitarist growing up from the sixties on. I'm only voting King off as I've personally been influenced more by George Harrison and Joni Mitchell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 Nicely put Brad. B.B. influenced " most " of the blues-based rock guitarists of the 60's like Clapton, Beck, Page, Hendrix etc...His voice is just as recognizable as his guitar and he still writes good albums and plays 250 shows a year.Sure, some people may not like him or even the blues, but he deserves and has earned his props. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 The Immunity Challenge for today: Name that tune! -|-------------------|----------------------|-----------------------------------------------| -|-------------------|------8b--------------|-----------------------------------------------| -|-------------------|----7-----------------|--------------------------------------7-7\9---| -|---8---8---8---8--|--9------7-5---------|----5-7b-5-5-----------5-7b-5h7-5---9-----| -|-------------------|--------------5---\7--|--7----------5-------7------------5----------| -|--6---6---6---6---|----------------0-----|----------------0-3b-------------------------| (pretend the formating is not all messed up) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 Purple Haze Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 DING DING DING! We have a winner. Glad to see that the big house did not dull your musical senses. Who does you pick for immunity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 Hahaha,10 days without beer,herb and tobacco (the no tobacco was actually easy) didn't do as much damage as I thought or expected I guess. :: I pick George Harrison to have immunity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 It's Jesus!!! Quick, everyone look busy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guigsy Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 for the sake of keeping the Cancon in contention, bye-bye b.b. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamH Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 I like what you said Brad, and it underscores how different opinions are drawn depending on how you measure things. Alright alright you whiners I'll take back some of what I said because yes, by critical acclaim and influence he's a legend. He's probably had at least a hundred top 10 hits but as per TimmyB's comment (not the part about "stupid") I've been more influenced by the other two and will continue to vote off the monotone king at every opportunity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooly Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 bye bye BB since georgey porgey has immunity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 ... continue to vote off the monotone king at every opportunity " Monotone " is something B.B. ain't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 Actually, BB is pretty monophonic, in that he never plays chords (he claims he's not good at chords), leaning more on single note (monophonic) lines. Where was I for the Purple Haze challenge?!?! If you knew how many times I've written that down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamH Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 And if monotone or monophone don't work, how about "the soundtrack to which my grandparents crap their diapers" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secondtube Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 even though he has immunity (which he needs this late in the game) i'm Still gonna vote for Harrison. He should have been out the first night... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tickler Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 B.B King I guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 even though he has immunity (which he needs this late in the game) i'm Still gonna vote for Harrison. good plan. you never know when those tiebreaker votes will be needed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 bye bye bb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 oops...I see Tooly has already used the bye bye line ok, umm... BB b gone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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