| Chris_Lover |
06-29-2012 04:36 PM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by mylittledemon
(Post 1056647)
Page always wins these guitar polls stuff is because he was responsible for this huge generation of guys that learned to play guitar because of him. And he's not a bad player of course. Discerning guitar players know the real answer, though. ;)
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I agree with you. Even if they started playing in the same country and in the same year of FM, the fact that FM have repeatedly changed the band members didn't help. English people still remember Peter Green, Jeremy Spencer, Danny Kirwan and of course Bob Welch, since many people could see their concerts during those years, but when they left for U.S. in 1974 many things have changed. This was enough to reduce their popularity in their homeland (a lot of their n.1 hits in the U.S failed to enter in the top 10 in the U.K). The fact that Led Zeppelin have disbanded relatively quickly in 1980 after John Bohnam's death, has consolidated their myth. While FM have ceased to be a British national icon, LZ have always been from the start to the end. And we know that Britain sets trends :)
Page is not a bad guitar player, as you said. His style is different from Lindsey's style, so for those unfamiliar with both bands or guitar playing it's difficult to vote.
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