Wanna be startin something...*wink*

[wondergirl9847]

Okee, I'm in a wierd mood, so here's a question that could spark debate for years to come and cause friendships to break up and lives to be shattered forever......or not.

Is Lindsey Buckingham YOUR fave guitarist EVER....or not and why or why not?

He IS my favorite guitarist EVER because....no other guitarist has made me cry while listening to/watching him play. When I listen to Lindsey play, I FEEL the music, I'm not just listening to him, I'm EXPERIENCING him. The sounds that his guitar makes AMAZES me all the time! I listen to others, but they just don't HIT me like LB does. I like listening to Joe Perry's riff from "Walk This Way" and I like Mark Knopfler's "Sultans of Swing" guitaring, but it's more of "Wow, they rock!" rather than "WOW, THEY ROCK!!!!!!!!"

I'm not that old (26...and a half. LOL) but I grew up with my ears surgically attached to the radio (and my eyes to the TV..HAHA) so I'm very familiar with ALL types of music and pop culture. I figure myself to be a pretty well-rounded person by keeping an open mind to all genres of music, so therefore, I've heard ALOT of different artists screaming out in pain in their songs, being happy, sad, angry, funny...etc...every type of emotion out there, but FEW have touched my soul the way Lindsey has. I am a type of person who carries that love-it-one-minute/don't-remember-it the-next kind of reasoning, so I never realized LB would still be in my CD player almost 2 years after I initially heard him in National Lampoons...sparking a love affair that I believe will change my life (already has) forever. I am sorta picky (in fact ALOT picky) with everything...music, movies, artists, food...the list goes on, so my VERY DISCERNING ear is sensitive to stuff. I listen to artists that not very many do...in the general public, I mean. Growing up with a dad that listens to country and oldies and a mom that listened to pretty much anything except rap helped me hone my music love skills.

When I was 12, it was ALL ABOUT New Kids on the Block, a group that was loved by trillions of fans and at the same time, hated by alot of people. I went through so much trauma and dealt with the "hatas" everyday. It was hard, but I stuck with them, never stopped liking them, and in fact, still own ALL the crap that my mom bought me. LOL You may be asking...what's your point? Well, I was VERY passionate about them, loved them with every fiber of my being, even tho they didn't write music (at first). They had/have talent, but not the kind that most people consider real talent...the singing/songwriting talent. They later wrote songs, but lost steam when Nirvana took over the radio. Anywho, I still love em to this day, still occasionally listen to their albums and it brings back good (and some bad LOL) memories. Now, 10 years from now, will I be listening to Fleetwood Mac...well, I still love The Monkees, who I have loved since I was about 10, so there's hope for FM yet. LOL

MY MAJOR POINT is this...my tastes for music have changed a bit, as I've grown older, but overall, I still love what touches me, what speaks to my soul and my life experiences. Lindsey wrote the song "I'm So Afraid"..my fave song ever, and I love it because it describes me and my life. "I never change, I never will...I'm so afraid, the way I feel..." THAT IS ME!! I may change some things about myself as I "grow up", but I will NEVER change my principles and core center of my morals. I'm afraid EVERYDAY about lots of things, will I still have a job next week, will Iraq or Osama bomb us...again, will my parents live much longer, when will I die, etc...those questions come into my brain everyday, BUT my faith in God helps me get over being frightened of the bad...but it's STILL a human emotion....to be afraid. Even the heroes get scared....

If you made it through my crappy, WAY TOO LONG post, give yourself a pat on the back and go get a drink and pee....sorry to have kept your bladder waiting....but I felt like I needed to share a bit. Thank you and goodnight.