Best Tom Morello Solos...

[redrol]

I was giving a guitar lesson yesterday, and the student asked me if I like audioslave. The tone of his voice suggested that he digs them. I lied and said I was unfamiliar with them but had heard good things about them

Great singer, suck band.

great band, singer does not fit at all

 

[eddyrox]

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What a joke. That shit is just hilarious. He sounds more like a DJ than a guitarist.

Forget about the "Morello's legit" vs "he sucks" arguement - dude who's the chick in your avatar??

 

[dylannelson]

I have t admit the only thing about this board is your guys horrible taste in music and guitar playing. There was a thread a while back about posting videos of your favorite bands and something like that and the content posted was ridiculous. If anyone makes a thread about guitar players that dont sound like the music ratt, whitesnake, winger, ect makes, its flamed. RATM is a band of incredible musicians, Rage is one of the tightest bands I have heard. Toms style is something nobody has done before. Just because you dont like his style DOES NOT mean he is a joke. If you have heard him play something you guys call conventional, the guy sounds really good and he has some chops. If your calling him a "hack" what are you guys? He writes better music than any of you.

 

[redrol]

I have t admit the only thing about this board is your guys horrible taste in music and guitar playing. There was a thread a while back about posting videos of your favorite bands and something like that and the content posted was ridiculous. If anyone makes a thread about guitar players that dont sound like the music ratt, whitesnake, winger, ect makes, its flamed. RATM is a band of incredible musicians, Rage is one of the tightest bands I have heard. Toms style is something nobody has done before. Just because you dont like his style DOES NOT mean he is a joke. If you have heard him play something you guys call conventional, the guy sounds really good and he has some chops. If your calling him a "hack" what are you guys? He writes better music than any of you.

Try not to take the washed up 80s faggots too seriously, the don't understand how dumb hair bands are

 

[mrp5150]

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What a joke. That shit is just hilarious. He sounds more like a DJ than a guitarist.

Forget about the "Morello's legit" vs "he sucks" arguement - dude who's the chick in your avatar??

Joanna Krupa

 

[vchizzle]

I don't typically LOVE his solos. I like them now and again. But I do think he's done something very relevant that hasn't been done by anyone. I like that he takes a different approach than the norm. Sometimes they get on my nerves, but I can certainly appreciate some well done noise-making...and I don't mean noise making in a negative way. I likes some freaky, out there sounds. I like the creative side of it.

 

[White_Van]

The dude can play, he just chooses not to. Which I think says a lot about him. I suppose he might have become famous had he stayed with the whole metal shred thing, and obviously his approach works for him.

Oh, and the Know Your Enemy live solo is pretty sick.

 

[AmpliFIRE]

You guys just don't get it. He tried to do something different and create his own style. He succeeded on a huge scale and is making a killing doing it, and has written far better songs than the vast majority on this board. Sour grapes FTL.

well said! I'm not a Morello fan by any means, but your point was spot on...

 

[Digital Jams]

The dude can play traditional WAY better than I and his stuff fit the band, no complaints here. From what I have read he can flat out shred his ass off as well.

 

[chunktone]

Well I'm the opposite but that doesn't give me the right to say one's better or one's shit.

Actually, you do have the right! I appreciate the fact that Morello found a way to be successful with no musical talent, but I would rather do my taxes than listen to that.

 

[ttosh]

Try not to take the washed up 80s faggots too seriously, the don't understand how dumb hair bands are

This is quite funny and immature. Maybe you were just joking but this is no different than not liking Morello or any stupid negative comments. Truth is the 60s spurred a lot going into the 70s, then 70s to 80s and on and on. Each generation will think their music is the best and some of us probably can appreciate everything from the Beatles to RATM. I have nothing negative to say against anybody musically since I understand that music is not a science but the flow of creative emotion. Some of the greatest talent will always be undiscovered while some hacks will become stars. Does that make them any less worthy? No, they did something right to get to the point of stardom. I am done ranting, I just do not get others bashing any style of music or player out there. It is about creative expression and any musician/guitarist should understand this.

 

[eddyrox]

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What a joke. That shit is just hilarious. He sounds more like a DJ than a guitarist.

Forget about the "Morello's legit" vs "he sucks" arguement - dude who's the chick in your avatar??

Joanna Krupa

NICE thanks brutha!

 

[jcj]

It's music. It should ALL be looked at in context. What he does is fine in context. He's playing what he feels fits HIS songs. I'm by no means a huge fan, but can appreciate what he does, for what it is....in context.

BTW....I'm a washed up 80's fag Nothing wrong with appreciating guys who can play their asses off, after all, we are guitar players.

Edited to add...INMHO, etc.



Josh

 

[thiswaythatway]

I love washed up 80's players and i like Rage. Morello can play but it's true that he chooses not to more often. I could care less if his vibrato isn't as good as Sykes or if he can't alternate pick as good as Gilbert. I mean, who can?

Sure his scratchy bullshit solos do get annoying but he does play a few cool solos that proves he can play. I listen to Rage for the songs. I do HATE Rap-Rock but i have always liked Rage.

 

[GRK]

I appreciate the fact that Morello found a way to be successful with no musical talent

How do you measure musical talent? Knowledge of rules in different types of music? Being able to play 304939048 notes per sec? What is it man? I really wanna know. Cause you know, there are types of music where guitar players can play circles around 80's shred music. Actually I've known people who think 80's shred music is too simple and easy. Playing fast lines is nothing but masturbation for many people which I agree in most cases. Guitar by itself is just so pointless to me these days. I feel better when the music sounds like I'm being part of something, which a lot of rock music lacks IMO. Including the music I've just wrote and recorded. I'm just trying to make a rock song unique but all in all, what I do is same old shit too in many ways.

Anyway. So all in all I don't think you or me or anyone else for that matter can call Morello's music shit. Infact, I don't call any kind of music shit anymore. Not even rap. Everything kind of music has its purpose and people following it. If it wasn't worth doing, it wouldn't be there. I have Jay-Z, Slipknot, Steve Vai, Pendulum (drum n' bass band), Pink (yes as in the pop singer), Guns n' Roses, Megadeth, Pantera, Incubus, RHCP, In Flames and hundreds of different type of cd's in my collection. Hell I'm proud to say it. I believe it has a positive influence on me. Why limit yourself and turn your back on what's out there.

Hate the music, I get that. It's taste. But when you call it no musical talent, I just don't get that. Cause like I said, 99% of the music that's been done by the people on the forum are too simple non inspiring non musical piece of shit to sooo many people out there you wouldn't believe. But they don't dismiss it like we do all the time.

It's all sound people. It's all noise. Guitar isn't a tool to show of how fast you can move your fingers. It's a tool to create something bigger than just a flashy guitar solo.

 

[LedZep77]

Definitely not my cup of tea at all, but at least he's trying to put a new spin on things

 

[j666]

I have t admit the only thing about this board is your guys horrible taste in music and guitar playing. There was a thread a while back about posting videos of your favorite bands and something like that and the content posted was ridiculous. If anyone makes a thread about guitar players that dont sound like the music ratt, whitesnake, winger, ect makes, its flamed. RATM is a band of incredible musicians, Rage is one of the tightest bands I have heard. Toms style is something nobody has done before. Just because you dont like his style DOES NOT mean he is a joke. If you have heard him play something you guys call conventional, the guy sounds really good and he has some chops. If your calling him a "hack" what are you guys? He writes better music than any of you.

+1

u should see what happens when you mention a death metal band.

anyway, i said it before...tom morello IS the new jimi hendrix.
okay, hear me out...my dad was a bit older than most of you when hendrix burst on the scene. according to him (and a few other "old-timers" i know), the older guys hated it and the younger peeps loved it...it was new, fresh and amazing...but not traditional. very abstract, if you will...ala morello.
hendrix has solos that are lots of feedback wit some pedals and not much "substance" behind them...ala morello.
but they weren't going for traditional...they were going for abstract.
what made/makes these 2 guys great, ISN'T their playing...it's their CREATIVITY.
hendrix mimics bomb sounds and whatnot on the star-spangled banner and morello mimics a dj...argue semantics all you want...it's the same damn thing.

i could care less how well they can play behind closed doors cuz i ain't ever heard it and prolly won't ever hear it. i'm also not a huge fan of either guy. but to say morello's leads are horrible is just stupid. you really don't understand it...and how could you if you're such a rap/hip-hop hater that you never listen to it? i mean really, you have no point of reference. they're not supposed to sound like normal leads. plain and simple.
the shit that morello can do with a guitar is better than most dj's with turntables...you may not like it or get it but it's a pretty big feat. no other dude has been able to do it like him. no one...
if it was so damn easy, how come nobody here's done it? or any number of guitarists in RATM mimic bands? and don't try to say it's cuz nobody else wants to sound like them. they were very popular as was the entire genre of rap/rock...linkin park, (hed) pe & limp bizkit have actual dj's to get that sound.

sometimes i get the idea that if the majority here had their way, we wouldn't be able to play "unclassy" (pointy) guitars and we'd all have to play the sam 'ol 80's butt-rockin' banzai leads..and even some of those guys get dissed here cuz they shred TOO hard...they don't play "classy" enough. gimme a break.

for the record...i absolutely despise audioslave. 2 cool bands converge into 1 shitty one...horrible.

 

[GRK]

Dude dissing Morello for how he does his "solos" is like saying "I can do that too it's stupid" to Picasso's later pieces.

 

[ejecta]

Dude dissing Morello for how he does his "solos" is like saying "I can do that too it's stupid" to Picasso's later pieces.

Exactly! Which is why I started a thread with this post. To no surprise it sank like a rock.

"The Tom Morrello sucking or not sucking as a player debate had me wondering what you guys think. Is there a difference between someone who cant play if they wanted to a "normal" rocl/jazz/classical etc style guitar over someone who can play "normal" but chooses for artistic reasons not to. I think Tom falls into the later becasue I have heard him play "normal"

Here is a visual example of what I mean......

Some people would say the guy who painted this sucks.

But the same artist painted this.

So because Picasso chose to paint one way over the other, does that make him a bad artist?"

I think your dead on and you know j666's post made me think. Ive posted alot a negative crap about death metal and the like. Hey it may not be my thing but Im not going to say it sucks anymore. Ive never said death metal artists were talentless though and I dont think they are but I have said thy suck and Im not going nto do that anymore as I think that is too harsh and unfair on my part.

 

[Doug Roccaforte]

I got invited to see his first show as a solo artist this year,
it was one of the most painful things I ever sat through.
1hr of him shouting and abusing his acoustic.
Everybody hated it, people were walking out.

I am a Rage fan, but this was tragic.