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Conference napalm::guitar

Title:GUITARnotes - Where Every Note has Emotion
Notice:Discussion of the finer stringed instruments
Moderator:KDX200::COOPER
Created:Thu Aug 14 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3280
Total number of notes:61432

3218.0. "Scary facials in videos" by MARVIN::HEAPS () Mon Jul 22 1996 07:29

    Hello fellow guitarists,
    	Ive got a couple of nominations for the most
    funny/disturbing facials that you've seen on the tv or video.
    
    My favourite that always cracks me up is Alex Lifeson doing the Trees
    solo on the Exit Stage Left video :-) I'm chuckling now just thinking
    about it.
    Another one that I've just seen on Vh1 on cable is the Eagles playing
    Hotel California live in the seventies some time. When Joe Walsh starts
    his part of the solo he looks like hes just managed to shift a house
    brick from his lower intestine. 
    
    Can anybody else match these fine examples ?
    
    
    Chris,
    Reading. 
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3218.1BUSY::SLABOUNTYErin go braghlessMon Jul 22 1996 09:346
    
    	That SNL guitarist seems to do the same thing, although I've
    	only caught him a couple times.  So either I happened to see
    	him do it the only 2 times he ever did, or he does it all the
    	time.
    
3218.2ouch!SEND::OMALLEYThey are the Kings of Rock. There is no one higher.Mon Jul 22 1996 13:126
There was a classic line in the Rolling Stone review of 
Woodstock (the first one.. god, I'm old!), talking about 
Albert Lee (Ten Years After/Going Home) and steel wool...


Peter
3218.3SALEM::TAYLOR_Jand so it goes...Mon Jul 22 1996 15:086
    Stevie Ray Vaugn used to make some outragous faces while he played
    the blues .
    
    (Don't we all ? )   B^)
    
    Gonzo
3218.4SMURF::PBECKPaul BeckMon Jul 22 1996 16:442
    Well, he wasn't a guitar player, but watching Dizzie Gillespie's
    cheeks when he played trumpet was pretty frightening...
3218.5BUSY::SLABOUNTYGo Go Gophers watch them go go go!Mon Jul 22 1996 18:065
    
    	RE: .3
    
    	No, just when we listen to them.  8^)
    
3218.6OCTAVE::VIGNEAULTMinister of chilesTue Jul 23 1996 06:0110
    
    .2 minor nit
    
     Albert Lee (Ten Years After)
    ^^^^^^^
    
     Alvin Lee    
    
    
      Lv
3218.7SSDEVO::LAMBERTWe ':-)' for the humor impairedTue Jul 23 1996 11:5111
   In one of the music-related files around the net I saw someone's review
   of a Buddy Guy show, in which their main comment was, "He made all the
   right 'blues faces'" blah, blah, blah...

   I didn't agree with the review, but thought it was a cute comment.  :-)

   -- Sam

   P.S.  How long will it take db to start talking about the "Steve Morse
   face" and how it's better than everyone elses?  :-)

3218.8ASABET::pelkey.ogo.dec.com::pelkeyprofessional hombreTue Jul 23 1996 12:077
  <P.S.  How long will it take db to start talking about the "Steve Morse
  <face" and how it's better than everyone elses?  :-)


Oooohhhh,,, sounds like a direct hit to me!!!!!

DB's cut-n-bleedin...
3218.9BUSY::SLABOUNTYTo the Batmobile ... let&#039;s go!!!Tue Jul 23 1996 12:163
    
    	Now THAT's gonna leave a mark.  8^)
    
3218.10Morse is about as exciting (facially) as Charlie WattsDREGS::BLICKSTEINThe moment is a masterpieceWed Jul 24 1996 08:5014
    Not at all, I'm probably laughing harder than anyone.
    
    Morse is stone-faced when he plays.  If we had to watch his face, we'd
    all get bored very quickly.  Watching his hands... different story.
    
    I think the most notable guitar facial expression is every second 
    "Nigel Tufnel" plays.  It's one of the funniest aspects of the Spinal
    Tap thing.
    
    I love the Tap commercial they're playing during the Olympics. 
    It's hysterical.  The best possible send-up of that IBM series
    of commercials imaginable.
    
    	db
3218.11Minds eye stuffBABAGI::CAMARAThu Jul 25 1996 12:064
    Watch Pat Metheny when he plays. Half the time his eyes are closed
    Not to mention Carlos Santana with that tight lipped, eyes closed look
    too!. I mean, it's one thing for a horn player. Keith Jarrett does this
    on keys too. Amazing!
3218.12Good old Carlos, the moneky face ;-)SALEM::SHAWMon Jul 29 1996 06:305
    
    What about Carlos Santana, same era as the Alvin Lee reference 
    in clips from the original Woodstock. 
    
    Shaw
3218.13Here's a couple that always get meNECSC::GREENFri Aug 09 1996 12:376
    This smacks more of body gyration but how about Neil Young whenever he
    plays his Les Paul?  Neanderthal man or what?
    
    Then again, "I know Neil Young, and Neil's no Joe Cocker".
    
    Don