its annpying how everyone raves about how great jimi hendrix was (which is true) because of his trademark new sounds. well that's what the edge is doing!!
People who only like the speed about playing guitar should become factory workers, you know, it's all so strictly mathematical and stuff.. speed gets boring if there ain't no idea.. I dunno.. look at Clash..there "ain't" no big guitar skill, but the sound is great.. almost like jack...except for that in his case the skill is HUGE and he is so much gifted... just there are still people who only consider speed as an art.
Anyone who is a dissenter against Jack White has not seen him play live. Mind blowing player who ignites the stage and audience and breathes life into the corpse of R n R
both jack white and the edge suck.jack is cashing in on no competitors, yet, but truthfully, hes a fuckin hack show. page is a god. peter green and jimi hendrix are god.
@TheInboil man jack white my sound shit to you but what hes done fpr music is unreal wether or not ur into the racontuers or the dead weather o who ever he has influenced so much and with such a unique playing style so..i say FUCK YOU :)
@TheInboil I guess it's a good thing that Page is a lot more humble than you make him out to be. Edge and White are better than you give them credit for, grow yourself some better ears.
@TheInboil are you a bloody fucking moron? Any money says you don't listen to hendrix what so ever since if you did you would understand just what Jack and the Edge are trying to put out into the world... Pulling out big names that you think are "better" doesn't make them so. No competitors you say? you just proved right there that you know not of what you speak.
i watched the movie and its great, but i still think its not good enough i would get some bluesman like BB or Garry moore . then it would be pretty cool when they share some experience togeter. :)
To all who think one of these guys doesn't belong, it is all a matter of preference. All three men are talented. Period. They make a shitload of money and have a whole lotta fans.
I bought this movie off itunes. It was really good. Page plays a few measures of "Ramble On". Really cool. Also, he is filmed while listening to some records. Shows his regular guy side as he plays air guitar to one of the songs that inspired him. Very cool.
The Edge pushes buttons on all the effects he uses... Jack White builds his own guitar and it sounds pretty dang cool.
I highly recommend this movie to the fans of rock guitar. It is very interesting.
I watched the documentary and the U2 guitarist did not belong. I like that U2 cares about people with their humanitarian work but with true guitar prowess he has none. Yeh he can use a ton of effects but when you sit someone down with just a guitar he sounds pretty dull. Pedals should not be your cruch. Your unique style should define it. And with that cord he showed here all he did was not play one string its not complicated.
I get what you are saying about the Edge's place in this movie because his approach is so much different. Where Jack & Jimmy are pretty parallel.I think it was done intentionally to show the contrast between the different styles used with the electric guitar. While I personally found Jack and Jimmy's perspectives much more interesting. I thought it was really cool to see them all come together & share their different perspectives. Each one played an important role in this movie.
Watched this on Blu-ray the other day, a bit disappointing. Jack is relentlessly kookie, Mr 'the edge' takes boring to a whole new level, and they dont give enough time over to the actual meeting of them with Jimmy Page. Jimmy at least is enthusiastic and loves playing. The out-takes of them together are more interesting than the movie, we see them being real talking and playing guitar together.
Being a great guitarist is about creating great noise, music...not about fucking speed and shredding and all this shit. Anyone can sit at home all day practicing scales and then showing off...if you can't create a good sound, you're a shit guitarist....I don't care how fast you are or how many scales you know...its irrelevant.
@easyman182 I admit, I felt a bit intimidated by those kids who could "sweep pick" with only a few months of playing experience, but then I realized that more and more kids where doing the same thing when they started playing guitar. I may only know a few scales and my dexterity may not be as fast as a typical shredder, but I feel just fine with my playing ability ^__^
@easyman182 There's more to it than just being musical. You know why a lot of children that can play a piano concerto can be technically perfect but go nowhere in music? They have no feeling for the music they're playing: They're performing a task.
I may not like the Ramones or a lot of punk or speed metal bands, but they aren't just about being pleasingly musical. Once you get that, you might start to hear the undercurrents in the music.
ah i dont like that metal shredding crap much either but the edge just doesnt belong with these 2 great guitarists. he has only one sound, practically only one riff and it just doesnt appeal to me at all. if they wanted a great irish guitarist why not ask gary moore or someone
I don't like The Edge, but I have to defend against that kind of Bullsh*t.
He has maybe one effect, but he created the "british touch" on guitar. And he has a lot of creativity, and a f*ckin' sounding print. Better than Metal / Shredding shit "My EMGsArePluggedStraightIntoAMESABOOGIE"
Why do people always have this tendency to compare? This person is better than that person? BS! These guys do what they like. Each has a different style. Each one has done what most people can only dream. They all have talent. And sure, there are other great guitarist out there that could have been includes, but so what! Go and see the movie and learn from three guys....
not obv. i'm a huge zeppelin fan, but i'm sure there is a ton jimmy could learn from the edge and maybe even a bit from mr white. of course he is a legend who deserves respect, but his playing, like anyone else's has its limitations.
Look i like The Edge and he is preety cool on guitar and everything, but he isnt worthy to be in the prescence of Jimmy Page. Jack White is okay and he should be in the movie, but The edge c'mon.
They are both great artists, and play their instruments very differently. I think it's silly and immature to turn it into a contest. I bet Page would tell you he gained from the experience, just as Edge and Jack surely did. I also find it interesting that you would place Jack above the Edge in your "hierarchy." Don't get me wrong, I really love Jack's playing, but he's still a bit of a newbie... The Edge is in the R&R Hall of Fame. Edge is a master of 3D sound. Melodic texture. Peace dude
I think this movie would be REALLY interesting if you threw Tom Morello in there. Not only is he good with electric sound, but he also does things with the guitar that almost no one has ever attempted
i suppose even people with no sophistication in there sense of music are entitled to their opinions. i dig old rage against the machine as much as anyone else, but tm is outclassed by the edge in every regard when it comes to playing their instrument.
whatever at least rage had some balls unlike U2 rage were revolutionaries U2 are little pussy activists that have no real meaning to them except "save the trees save the trees". i really don't care about the side slitting chops the edge might have i haven't really listened to him much but i'm not all about that. I just like the funky grooves with great lyrics. U2 has nothing of that sort and HUGELY overrated if you want to talk about overrated bands oh boy you got yourself and winner.
pussy activitsts? fine, but they have a nobel peace prize under their belt, ratm doesn't... they don't hand them out for simply stirring up anarchistic anger! and i thought we were discussing guitar playing. afterall, that's what this video is about: to celebrate one of the greatest players if each of the last 3 generations... of which, i'm afraid, tom morello certain doesn't belong.
lol NOBEL PEACE PRIZE?! oh how cute. remember that Obama guy won one of those? when he is the sole(probably not) person responsible for perpetrating the war. its quaint but nobel peace prizing don't mean a fucking thing. U2 sucks. your eventually going to loose this arguement. im going to listen to the edge now to make an unbiased arguement about his guitar playing that i never really cared about in the first place.
@fallinidols The Edge a faggoty name? Look at your username 'FallinIdols' how pretentious and "Faggoty". Im no big fan of U2 but the edge fits this movie perfectly, his is a good artist and creates a unique sound. Who would you replace him with? Tom Morello? He's good but everyone has seen and knows how he creates his sound. You can find in a 3 min video on Youtube.
And please the way you talk about Bono and praise Tom Morello. Do you think Tom morello doesn't try to get into politics, he'd love to be in Bono's position. And Tom morello is the same guy who voted his own solo album in the top 25 albums of the decade! How fucking pretentious.
I thought my name took more thought than the edge. It sounds like he took it off some wrestling guy. its lame. and i don't care about toms position in politics it was all about Zach De La Rocha. Now Jack White is awesome and its good hes here but U2 are such watered down pussy new age pussy rock that comes short to something soulful and has mediocrity written all over it. Oh My How Pretentious! easyman yeahhhhhh...
It's amazing that nobody really agrees with you isn't it? Maybe you can explain that to their millions of fans who have kept them the the biggest band on the planet for the past 20 yrs.
Everyone is here writing about bad playing of The Edge are idiots!!! No one can play the same that The Edge!!! Fucking Idiots When you have the milions that has him... IDIOTSSSS
Once I saw it, I have to ask: Did he really made a guitar with a boar, some strings and a fuckin' bottle????
Stop saying the Edge is talentless. He's just a different kind of guitarist, he plays more with pedals than with the guitar (by the way I hate that). Anyway I don't like him, everytime I hear him playing I fall asleep.
Edge? U2 have a guirtarist under the stage, everyone knows that. And don't forget Bono had a mullet for well over a decade and there is no need for that.
I understand that you don't like the Edge, I'm not a huge fan either. But what you said it quite un true, the age is a master of his art. And not only is he great with effects, he's also a great guitarist, he just doesn't play the way you want to see him play.
the hilarious thing is only the losers who can't wrap their heads around the idea that there's more to playing guitar then big solos and speed think The Edge sucks. My god if anyone seriously think The Edge is talentless and only makes "processed pop crap" you're a fucking moron. This movie looks great and all three choices are great.
@Hallucination Definitely, Edge even talks about it in the movie about the only live music they could get in Dublin in the late 70's and how it was roundly terrible.
spentonmediocrety reckons scholl sucks? real inteligent thing to say dick ed, where did you learn to read on write, "on the streets with your homies bro" i think not. hendrix and buddy rich are 1 in 10 million. other mortals have to study. learn theory and then, if its not for you dismiss it. not to have learned musical theory because you want 2 "play from the heart" generaly means you sound amatuerish and dull. go on , i dare ya, learn some theory you dumb arse
and how can you comment on my english when your clearly american?? what does "yo " mean any way,? your not talkng to one of your "homies in the hood" now you fat cunt. how dare you comment on my spelling when you and yours have barstardised shakespeares own tongue into single sylable terms? "yo" "bro" "ho" stop by mcdonalds, go home and watch freinds or cnn you fat ignorant stupid yank and leave art to people like me. clever, educated, and english. thank you and good night
citizenskates, as for "getting smart" that, in the first place is incorrect diction. jack white is a twat, he looks like one, he plays like one, he was only asked to do this film so the kids would know a relevant character in the movie, i agree with the other viewers, morello, frusciante, even richards, but not this poser.
Three different generations(20 seconds into the video)...i think the point of the movie is to mesh different styles from different generations. frusciante (page) morello (edge) keith richards (hardly alive). jack white loves playing guitar and you can tell when he plays. he is as original as they come so calling him a poser doesn't make sense. musical talent, especially guitar, isn't based on how many scales/chords you can play its based on the conection with the listener. RED COAT.lol
you need to know that this was the filmakers choices, his personal favorites. They movie isn't titled the three greatist guitar players ever. They come off as three totally normal guys who had dreams of being rock stars and they achieved it.
I've never met him :'(. But if I did, I probably wouldn't talk about how playing power chords with sound effect constitutes good guitar work. U2= the best rock band for people that don't like rock music.
What to do with people who equate proficiency in the orthodox with greatness,like people's tastes should remain circumscribe to "good technique"...how dopey.
I also like Neil Young too,whattya think of that?
You're a guitarist right?Can you define good electric tone?
What about Wagner,some of his work was pretty simple(technically) compared to Beethoven...did Wagner make inferior "chord" music?
I'm not looking to argue at all! I'm just trying to say that I don't consider him to be on a similar level to Page or White. And of course technical prowess doesn't make one person's music better than another's. I like to think I have a wide music taste that incorporates many genres and playing levels. I still wouldn't include many of them in a film about guitar-ring.
dont get me wrong, its a nice idea, but i think its a bit pointless bringing in a guy whos been heavily influenced by jimmy page (jack white) to 'exchange ideas' the edge is an intersting choice. but i would have got someone instead of jack white, ie tom morello. someone who was truely influental because they did something original.
whether jack white is good or not, there is without a doubt, far more influental guitarists out there.
I agree with petersfarmmusic. I love the edge don't get me wrong, but I think Tom Morello would have been much cooler for this movie. IMO Morello is like the Hendrix of the 90's. Who else played like that or even plays like that nowadays? I still wanna see the movie though.
Just cause you don't get it doesn't mean he sucks. His style is 100% unique and he's influenced an entire genreation of guitar players. he happens to be in the biggets band on the planet right now. It sucks that just because The Edge doesn't wank off to big guitar solos so many people can't appreciate what he does. And when I say can't they simply can't comprehend that there's more to guitar playing than soloing and speed.
i can play everything he plays on his guitar for sure... he didn´t make nothing great in U2, nobody rememer nothing about a guitar moment of the edge in the music history
no guitar moments in music history? what kind of sick ignorant you are! just to be polite with you... the edge sound is so unique that you listen to something from U2 and it is automatically recognizable just because of the guitar sound... music doesn't have to be intricated to be memorable and wonderful...
i love progressive music, for example... but... hey... the simpler... THE BETTER... he is the sound of a whole generation... or maybe two! lots of bands have been under the edge's sound in U2... what makes it wonderful is precisely it's inherent simplicity... ain't it that enough of a historic moment in music by itself you moron!?
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the edge is a legend, jack white sucks wot did he do original? a big muff and a power chord and thats him all over, dont bother replying telling me how iam wring coz i wont read it wankers
i have a musicac degree from goldsmiths in london and been playing session guitar for years, mainly working on a developement deal with sony records, so i guess i must have at least a clue!! i dont quite know wot "jack white rips shit up" means but i do know a post punk pentatonic prick when i hear one, guess your a yank, 21,22, probbaly still live with your "mom" try gigging for a few decades and then comment on mr white.
wouldn't say i'm a huge fan by any means, but guess him selling millions compared with you posting academic drivel that only you dig and connects with precisely no-1 else is the reason the worlds still sometimes comfortably ironic.
your illeterate in the first place, when some one tells me i know nothing and should "suck a horses dick" i am perfectly entitled to respond with facts. i do have a degree, jack white has sold millions of records, ive played with reasonably famous musicians and an extremly famous boy band who have sold millions. hows that for acedemic drivel you silly arsed twat
A degree like that which Buddy Rich,Hendrix,etc,etc never had?
I'd say school sucks.
Visionaries and talents are born,not schooled.If trained they move beyond "training" and narrow technical range if they're any good.Ideas and emotion trump.
Schooled played tend to suck,tunnel vision with no imagination is the trend,how can one with facsimile training?
And Jack does rip it up despite your dullee senses.
They should have got Tom Morello instead of the edge. I mean, The Edge is ok for what he does and for what he does with U2. Layering his own guitar with his own delay was pretty crazy for the time, but i think they should have gotten someone better to stand closer to Jimmy Page and Jack White.
It's not about "they" should have got...". An artist created a movie about the guitar and chose the guitarist he wanted to have in it. If you don't like his creative work don't watch it. It's that simple. Additionally I'd like to ask that music and playing the guitar has a lot to with taste rather than technical skills. If you watch the movie you'll see/hear that it's all about the feeling and the vibe playing an electric guitar has. Just enjoy the sound and don't think too much about it!
The Edge is the best guitar ever .....( bullet the blue sky , Until the end of the world , The fly , I will folow , city of blinding lights , Ultraviolet , Get on your boots , silver and gold , where the streets have no name , new years day, sunday bloody sunday, Unknown Caller , One , pride in the name of love rocks Edge is a genius the best guitar the world Edge rocks.
I dig both Jack White and Page. Hated the Stripes but the Racontuers stuff turned me onto it, now I dig it all. The edge blows. I think he's in there so that you can gauge actual art amongst processed pop crap.
john frusciante from chili peppers i think is a much better guitarist than jack white...i think jacks an awsome artist an gd guitar player but john is better in my eyes def. more comparible to page
I don't completely disagree with you because RHCP are one of my favourite bands of all time and John is brilliant, technically and creatively but I'd say Jack White is a lot more interesting and experimental, and better for this film really.
Who would you say are the three greatest guitarists then? Jack White and Jimmy Page are brilliant, and a lot of people like the Edge to. If I get a reply saying 'Alex Laiho, Yngwie Malmsteem' etc then don't expect one back.
I think they wanted to show the "generational" thing that's all - Jack's a great performer and guitarist - yeah sure there's 100 other's they could have chosen - we all know that but it's still a nice inclusion.
its annpying how everyone raves about how great jimi hendrix was (which is true) because of his trademark new sounds. well that's what the edge is doing!!
thenoparkingchannel 7 months ago
the edge's riff had me roflmao
devolv3r 8 months ago
Best guitarists hands down is Rory Gallagher.
suppernoddypo2k7 9 months ago
@suppernoddypo2k7 yeah? well... you know, uh, that is like... your opinion man!
PhouFoo 9 months ago
edge? why not john frusciante
rynoreaper123 10 months ago
both edge and white show proper reverance to the best song writing guitarist of all time
MsRed4 10 months ago
its awesome how edge and jack show proper reverance to the best
MsRed4 10 months ago
Compared to Jimmy Page and Jack White, The Edge's guitar playing is the musical equivalent of a never-ending yawn, echoing around a cave.
Greenless001 1 year ago
The edge? hahaha you got to be fucking kidding me
tamalito111 1 year ago
People who only like the speed about playing guitar should become factory workers, you know, it's all so strictly mathematical and stuff.. speed gets boring if there ain't no idea.. I dunno.. look at Clash..there "ain't" no big guitar skill, but the sound is great.. almost like jack...except for that in his case the skill is HUGE and he is so much gifted... just there are still people who only consider speed as an art.
btwSavior 1 year ago
Josh Homme instead of Jack White
rockisland100 1 year ago
jimi hendrix intstead of edge..... that wa EPIC.....
69killingfrenzy69 1 year ago
josh homme instead of the edge
OscarCousin 1 year ago
Anyone who is a dissenter against Jack White has not seen him play live. Mind blowing player who ignites the stage and audience and breathes life into the corpse of R n R
Imaketv20years 1 year ago
both jack white and the edge suck.jack is cashing in on no competitors, yet, but truthfully, hes a fuckin hack show. page is a god. peter green and jimi hendrix are god.
TheInboil 1 year ago
@TheInboil man jack white my sound shit to you but what hes done fpr music is unreal wether or not ur into the racontuers or the dead weather o who ever he has influenced so much and with such a unique playing style so..i say FUCK YOU :)
234addict 1 year ago
@TheInboil I guess it's a good thing that Page is a lot more humble than you make him out to be. Edge and White are better than you give them credit for, grow yourself some better ears.
kmikl 1 year ago
@TheInboil are you a bloody fucking moron? Any money says you don't listen to hendrix what so ever since if you did you would understand just what Jack and the Edge are trying to put out into the world... Pulling out big names that you think are "better" doesn't make them so. No competitors you say? you just proved right there that you know not of what you speak.
jordanws 1 year ago
This movie was great but i can't help thinking of other guys who would have been cool to have in it.
My best idea was Billy Gibbons.He would have added another "angle" that would have been fascinating to hear.
Maybe they could make another movie with Clapton or Beck, Billy Gibbons and Jonny Greenwood(Radiohead).
jimthefin 1 year ago
This movie sucked, because it did not include Jeff Beck or David Gilmour. Plus The Edge is wwwwwwaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyy overrated.
kristofor12345 1 year ago
moron
picbing 1 year ago
@picbing Hmm, I wrote this comment a while ago, dunno why I chose to word it so harshly, I might delete it later but my point remains.
kristofor12345 1 year ago
this movie has a great concept behind it with 3 great guitarist but it could have been better if they had a few more guitarists
royalnash 1 year ago
the edge is cool as fuck dont diss him
royalnash 1 year ago
@royalnash hes cool but hes not the guy id put in with the other two
234addict 1 year ago
i watched the movie and its great, but i still think its not good enough i would get some bluesman like BB or Garry moore . then it would be pretty cool when they share some experience togeter. :)
trhnpc 1 year ago
When this Movie was released guys???
Paint4U2 1 year ago
All 3 were/are innovators of their time. All 3 were great choices for this movie.
MacroFuzzXD 1 year ago 2
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JakeSimpson09 1 year ago
No offense to the Edge but I cant compare him to Page and White.........But I do have a extreme fondness for Jack White.
MontyPython80 1 year ago 2
To all who think one of these guys doesn't belong, it is all a matter of preference. All three men are talented. Period. They make a shitload of money and have a whole lotta fans.
kathrb108 1 year ago
Jack White FTW!
luffa321 1 year ago
Edge doesnt belong??? This meatball obiously hasnt heard Vertigo done on the banjo!
Spatz4184 1 year ago 3
those three ave been baptized by hendrix...hahaha
bona371 1 year ago
man, this was on the movie network last night, i missed it. i want to see this soo badly
oneidababe 1 year ago
I bought this movie off itunes. It was really good. Page plays a few measures of "Ramble On". Really cool. Also, he is filmed while listening to some records. Shows his regular guy side as he plays air guitar to one of the songs that inspired him. Very cool.
The Edge pushes buttons on all the effects he uses... Jack White builds his own guitar and it sounds pretty dang cool.
I highly recommend this movie to the fans of rock guitar. It is very interesting.
Iamajanitor01 1 year ago
I watched the documentary and the U2 guitarist did not belong. I like that U2 cares about people with their humanitarian work but with true guitar prowess he has none. Yeh he can use a ton of effects but when you sit someone down with just a guitar he sounds pretty dull. Pedals should not be your cruch. Your unique style should define it. And with that cord he showed here all he did was not play one string its not complicated.
y2p1988 1 year ago
what the fuck are u talking about?? the edge dosn't belong??????????
u2mc1 1 year ago
@u2mc1 fuck u i was in the u2 vid shot off woodward in highland park if god would send his angels and i might add the edge was quite smoof.
budyzryo 1 year ago
I get what you are saying about the Edge's place in this movie because his approach is so much different. Where Jack & Jimmy are pretty parallel.I think it was done intentionally to show the contrast between the different styles used with the electric guitar. While I personally found Jack and Jimmy's perspectives much more interesting. I thought it was really cool to see them all come together & share their different perspectives. Each one played an important role in this movie.
Krenee68 1 year ago
again, whats with the hot Penelope Cruz video?
windrix1 1 year ago
Watched this on Blu-ray the other day, a bit disappointing. Jack is relentlessly kookie, Mr 'the edge' takes boring to a whole new level, and they dont give enough time over to the actual meeting of them with Jimmy Page. Jimmy at least is enthusiastic and loves playing. The out-takes of them together are more interesting than the movie, we see them being real talking and playing guitar together.
axeman3d 1 year ago
Being a great guitarist is about creating great noise, music...not about fucking speed and shredding and all this shit. Anyone can sit at home all day practicing scales and then showing off...if you can't create a good sound, you're a shit guitarist....I don't care how fast you are or how many scales you know...its irrelevant.
easyman182 2 years ago 57
@easyman182 exactly. It's about creating a sound from your soul. Some of the best riffs are easy, but no one else came up with it.
Anglefan12 1 year ago
@easyman182 I admit, I felt a bit intimidated by those kids who could "sweep pick" with only a few months of playing experience, but then I realized that more and more kids where doing the same thing when they started playing guitar. I may only know a few scales and my dexterity may not be as fast as a typical shredder, but I feel just fine with my playing ability ^__^
Daver869 1 year ago
@easyman182 There's more to it than just being musical. You know why a lot of children that can play a piano concerto can be technically perfect but go nowhere in music? They have no feeling for the music they're playing: They're performing a task.
I may not like the Ramones or a lot of punk or speed metal bands, but they aren't just about being pleasingly musical. Once you get that, you might start to hear the undercurrents in the music.
kmikl 1 year ago
@easyman182 thumbs up for you dude
zzy66613 11 months ago
ah i dont like that metal shredding crap much either but the edge just doesnt belong with these 2 great guitarists. he has only one sound, practically only one riff and it just doesnt appeal to me at all. if they wanted a great irish guitarist why not ask gary moore or someone
THINLIZZYFANno1 2 years ago
I fart in the general direction of the edge.
gcardine 2 years ago 3
why??? why put the edge in this movie?? he has ONE sound! delay. he's shit-shit-hit-it-t
THINLIZZYFANno1 2 years ago 3
I don't like The Edge, but I have to defend against that kind of Bullsh*t.
He has maybe one effect, but he created the "british touch" on guitar. And he has a lot of creativity, and a f*ckin' sounding print. Better than Metal / Shredding shit "My EMGsArePluggedStraightIntoAMESABOOGIE"
kimonlyla 2 years ago 2
No, I don't agree. The Edge has a very special sound. Over the years he created his own signature sound. Very interesting for It Might Get Loud.
felixu2fan 2 years ago
Why do people always have this tendency to compare? This person is better than that person? BS! These guys do what they like. Each has a different style. Each one has done what most people can only dream. They all have talent. And sure, there are other great guitarist out there that could have been includes, but so what! Go and see the movie and learn from three guys....
jmejia73 2 years ago 3
Page is in another league here, obv.
dryfly94 2 years ago
not obv. i'm a huge zeppelin fan, but i'm sure there is a ton jimmy could learn from the edge and maybe even a bit from mr white. of course he is a legend who deserves respect, but his playing, like anyone else's has its limitations.
BadMofoMusicCritic 2 years ago
sorry but the most influencial guitarist is jimmy page.
hearthbreaker1987 2 years ago
Look i like The Edge and he is preety cool on guitar and everything, but he isnt worthy to be in the prescence of Jimmy Page. Jack White is okay and he should be in the movie, but The edge c'mon.
Abe91195 2 years ago
it looks like Jimmy Page didn't agree with you. But I suppose your opinion matters just as much. yeah right!
BadMofoMusicCritic 2 years ago
so who do you think is better jimmy page or the edge
Abe91195 2 years ago
They are both great artists, and play their instruments very differently. I think it's silly and immature to turn it into a contest. I bet Page would tell you he gained from the experience, just as Edge and Jack surely did. I also find it interesting that you would place Jack above the Edge in your "hierarchy." Don't get me wrong, I really love Jack's playing, but he's still a bit of a newbie... The Edge is in the R&R Hall of Fame. Edge is a master of 3D sound. Melodic texture. Peace dude
BadMofoMusicCritic 2 years ago
I think this movie would be REALLY interesting if you threw Tom Morello in there. Not only is he good with electric sound, but he also does things with the guitar that almost no one has ever attempted
PagePlant91 2 years ago
That would be interesting for sure. Although I must say that Tom Morello is hugely overrated imo.
BadMofoMusicCritic 2 years ago 2
tom morello is way funkier than *whispers*the edge ouhhHhH the edge imo U2 sucks ass
Fallinldols 2 years ago
i suppose even people with no sophistication in there sense of music are entitled to their opinions. i dig old rage against the machine as much as anyone else, but tm is outclassed by the edge in every regard when it comes to playing their instrument.
BadMofoMusicCritic 2 years ago
whatever at least rage had some balls unlike U2 rage were revolutionaries U2 are little pussy activists that have no real meaning to them except "save the trees save the trees". i really don't care about the side slitting chops the edge might have i haven't really listened to him much but i'm not all about that. I just like the funky grooves with great lyrics. U2 has nothing of that sort and HUGELY overrated if you want to talk about overrated bands oh boy you got yourself and winner.
Fallinldols 2 years ago
pussy activitsts? fine, but they have a nobel peace prize under their belt, ratm doesn't... they don't hand them out for simply stirring up anarchistic anger! and i thought we were discussing guitar playing. afterall, that's what this video is about: to celebrate one of the greatest players if each of the last 3 generations... of which, i'm afraid, tom morello certain doesn't belong.
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Fallinldols 2 years ago
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lol NOBEL PEACE PRIZE?! oh how cute. remember that Obama guy won one of those? when he is the sole(probably not) person responsible for perpetrating the war. its quaint but nobel peace prizing don't mean a fucking thing. U2 sucks. your eventually going to loose this arguement. im going to listen to the edge now to make an unbiased arguement about his guitar playing that i never really cared about in the first place.
Fallinldols 2 years ago
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ok im back. the verdict? i am better than the edge at guitar. wow what a faggoty fucking name the egde what a faggot.
Fallinldols 2 years ago
looks like you win the argument!
BadMofoMusicCritic 2 years ago
@fallinidols The Edge a faggoty name? Look at your username 'FallinIdols' how pretentious and "Faggoty". Im no big fan of U2 but the edge fits this movie perfectly, his is a good artist and creates a unique sound. Who would you replace him with? Tom Morello? He's good but everyone has seen and knows how he creates his sound. You can find in a 3 min video on Youtube.
easyman182 2 years ago
And please the way you talk about Bono and praise Tom Morello. Do you think Tom morello doesn't try to get into politics, he'd love to be in Bono's position. And Tom morello is the same guy who voted his own solo album in the top 25 albums of the decade! How fucking pretentious.
easyman182 2 years ago
I thought my name took more thought than the edge. It sounds like he took it off some wrestling guy. its lame. and i don't care about toms position in politics it was all about Zach De La Rocha. Now Jack White is awesome and its good hes here but U2 are such watered down pussy new age pussy rock that comes short to something soulful and has mediocrity written all over it. Oh My How Pretentious! easyman yeahhhhhh...
Fallinldols 2 years ago
It's amazing that nobody really agrees with you isn't it? Maybe you can explain that to their millions of fans who have kept them the the biggest band on the planet for the past 20 yrs.
manconoo 2 years ago
'Bono got the President of America to completely overhaul foreign aid policy for Africa.' Tom Morello.
End of argument, bitch.
Gurjitsd07 2 years ago
I'm sure he didn't but ok the US will stop at nothing for profit you think of all people Bono got that to happen? Brainwashed.
Fallinldols 2 years ago
a pico con toas las weas q escriben aca
axes1 2 years ago
Everyone is here writing about bad playing of The Edge are idiots!!! No one can play the same that The Edge!!! Fucking Idiots When you have the milions that has him... IDIOTSSSS
EdgeBCNCAT 2 years ago
You are a idiot!!! If you tryu to play with his pedals. You couldn't do it... He is the best
EdgeBCNCAT 2 years ago
Once I saw it, I have to ask: Did he really made a guitar with a boar, some strings and a fuckin' bottle????
Stop saying the Edge is talentless. He's just a different kind of guitarist, he plays more with pedals than with the guitar (by the way I hate that). Anyway I don't like him, everytime I hear him playing I fall asleep.
Neodalamar 2 years ago
Edge? U2 have a guirtarist under the stage, everyone knows that. And don't forget Bono had a mullet for well over a decade and there is no need for that.
DavidSGW 2 years ago
The Edge*
leochestertrudel 2 years ago
funlivelife
I understand that you don't like the Edge, I'm not a huge fan either. But what you said it quite un true, the age is a master of his art. And not only is he great with effects, he's also a great guitarist, he just doesn't play the way you want to see him play.
leochestertrudel 2 years ago 2
The pedals are more talented than the Edge
funlivelife 2 years ago
Part 3
maybe even try to play it on his little wanky washburn to impress his fat girl friend. have you a girl juanchii79.
respect hallucination. you got alrite
ihavit1971 2 years ago
the hilarious thing is only the losers who can't wrap their heads around the idea that there's more to playing guitar then big solos and speed think The Edge sucks. My god if anyone seriously think The Edge is talentless and only makes "processed pop crap" you're a fucking moron. This movie looks great and all three choices are great.
Hallucination 2 years ago 34
@Hallucination naw man the edge just sucks. He's probably an adequate guitarist if you have completely shit taste. U2's music is awful.
Panasper 1 year ago
@Hallucination Definitely, Edge even talks about it in the movie about the only live music they could get in Dublin in the late 70's and how it was roundly terrible.
kmikl 1 year ago
Why does God only pass out the lollipops to some kids?
MrJMontrose 2 years ago
because he is a jerk off
RRyyNNee 2 years ago
I dunno, I feel like an ignoramus for not knowing the young guy, and an asshole for not caring about The Edge.
Still, cool idea for a film.
Zebonka 2 years ago
you mean you don't know who jack white is?!!? are you fucking serious?! dude...
jakemdoran 2 years ago
You sucks Bastard
whitepearlnani 2 years ago
spentonmediocrety reckons scholl sucks? real inteligent thing to say dick ed, where did you learn to read on write, "on the streets with your homies bro" i think not. hendrix and buddy rich are 1 in 10 million. other mortals have to study. learn theory and then, if its not for you dismiss it. not to have learned musical theory because you want 2 "play from the heart" generaly means you sound amatuerish and dull. go on , i dare ya, learn some theory you dumb arse
strabbs1 2 years ago
and how can you comment on my english when your clearly american?? what does "yo " mean any way,? your not talkng to one of your "homies in the hood" now you fat cunt. how dare you comment on my spelling when you and yours have barstardised shakespeares own tongue into single sylable terms? "yo" "bro" "ho" stop by mcdonalds, go home and watch freinds or cnn you fat ignorant stupid yank and leave art to people like me. clever, educated, and english. thank you and good night
strabbs1 2 years ago
citizenskates, as for "getting smart" that, in the first place is incorrect diction. jack white is a twat, he looks like one, he plays like one, he was only asked to do this film so the kids would know a relevant character in the movie, i agree with the other viewers, morello, frusciante, even richards, but not this poser.
strabbs1 2 years ago
Three different generations(20 seconds into the video)...i think the point of the movie is to mesh different styles from different generations. frusciante (page) morello (edge) keith richards (hardly alive). jack white loves playing guitar and you can tell when he plays. he is as original as they come so calling him a poser doesn't make sense. musical talent, especially guitar, isn't based on how many scales/chords you can play its based on the conection with the listener. RED COAT.lol
RRyyNNee 2 years ago
jack white is a god.
lauriepoo86 2 years ago 6
yo strabbs1.
its 'you're', as in 'you are'.
not 'your'.
get smart.
citizenskates 2 years ago 2
you need to know that this was the filmakers choices, his personal favorites. They movie isn't titled the three greatist guitar players ever. They come off as three totally normal guys who had dreams of being rock stars and they achieved it.
nrobnas43 2 years ago
hahaha why was the edge invited!?!?
kaiserkarlzoso 2 years ago 3
Because according to Jimmy he's a "sonic achitect".
Tell us,what words of praise did Jimmy have for you?:)
spentonmediocrity 2 years ago
I've never met him :'(. But if I did, I probably wouldn't talk about how playing power chords with sound effect constitutes good guitar work. U2= the best rock band for people that don't like rock music.
kaiserkarlzoso 1 year ago
Lol,seems you're looking to argue with somebody.
What to do with people who equate proficiency in the orthodox with greatness,like people's tastes should remain circumscribe to "good technique"...how dopey.
I also like Neil Young too,whattya think of that?
You're a guitarist right?Can you define good electric tone?
What about Wagner,some of his work was pretty simple(technically) compared to Beethoven...did Wagner make inferior "chord" music?
spentonmediocrity 1 year ago
I'm not looking to argue at all! I'm just trying to say that I don't consider him to be on a similar level to Page or White. And of course technical prowess doesn't make one person's music better than another's. I like to think I have a wide music taste that incorporates many genres and playing levels. I still wouldn't include many of them in a film about guitar-ring.
Neil Young is cool.
kaiserkarlzoso 1 year ago
I gotta give it to him because he plays what's appropriate for the song and he writes some awesome melodies. Seems like a real nice guy too.
JorshWarshington 1 year ago
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it should have dimebag in there..... well if he was still alive
milkshake0313 2 years ago
dont get me wrong, its a nice idea, but i think its a bit pointless bringing in a guy whos been heavily influenced by jimmy page (jack white) to 'exchange ideas' the edge is an intersting choice. but i would have got someone instead of jack white, ie tom morello. someone who was truely influental because they did something original.
whether jack white is good or not, there is without a doubt, far more influental guitarists out there.
theapeofdeath 2 years ago
I agree with petersfarmmusic. I love the edge don't get me wrong, but I think Tom Morello would have been much cooler for this movie. IMO Morello is like the Hendrix of the 90's. Who else played like that or even plays like that nowadays? I still wanna see the movie though.
maynardbluez 2 years ago
the edge? oh come on
juanchi079 2 years ago 2
Just cause you don't get it doesn't mean he sucks. His style is 100% unique and he's influenced an entire genreation of guitar players. he happens to be in the biggets band on the planet right now. It sucks that just because The Edge doesn't wank off to big guitar solos so many people can't appreciate what he does. And when I say can't they simply can't comprehend that there's more to guitar playing than soloing and speed.
Hallucination 2 years ago 2
i can play everything he plays on his guitar for sure... he didn´t make nothing great in U2, nobody rememer nothing about a guitar moment of the edge in the music history
juanchi079 2 years ago
no guitar moments in music history? what kind of sick ignorant you are! just to be polite with you... the edge sound is so unique that you listen to something from U2 and it is automatically recognizable just because of the guitar sound... music doesn't have to be intricated to be memorable and wonderful...
keithxdan 2 years ago 2
i love progressive music, for example... but... hey... the simpler... THE BETTER... he is the sound of a whole generation... or maybe two! lots of bands have been under the edge's sound in U2... what makes it wonderful is precisely it's inherent simplicity... ain't it that enough of a historic moment in music by itself you moron!?
keithxdan 2 years ago
soooo, where is his historic moment in music... moron? you didn´t mention no one
juanchi079 2 years ago
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the edge is a legend, jack white sucks wot did he do original? a big muff and a power chord and thats him all over, dont bother replying telling me how iam wring coz i wont read it wankers
strabbs1 2 years ago
Strabbs have no idea. The edge is the least influential out of all 3 and Jack white rips shit up. Suck horse dick you nobody
uuddds 2 years ago 2
i have a musicac degree from goldsmiths in london and been playing session guitar for years, mainly working on a developement deal with sony records, so i guess i must have at least a clue!! i dont quite know wot "jack white rips shit up" means but i do know a post punk pentatonic prick when i hear one, guess your a yank, 21,22, probbaly still live with your "mom" try gigging for a few decades and then comment on mr white.
strabbs1 2 years ago
wouldn't say i'm a huge fan by any means, but guess him selling millions compared with you posting academic drivel that only you dig and connects with precisely no-1 else is the reason the worlds still sometimes comfortably ironic.
lloydsinspace 2 years ago
your illeterate in the first place, when some one tells me i know nothing and should "suck a horses dick" i am perfectly entitled to respond with facts. i do have a degree, jack white has sold millions of records, ive played with reasonably famous musicians and an extremly famous boy band who have sold millions. hows that for acedemic drivel you silly arsed twat
strabbs1 2 years ago 2
And a degree is substantive in what way??
A degree like that which Buddy Rich,Hendrix,etc,etc never had?
I'd say school sucks.
Visionaries and talents are born,not schooled.If trained they move beyond "training" and narrow technical range if they're any good.Ideas and emotion trump.
Schooled played tend to suck,tunnel vision with no imagination is the trend,how can one with facsimile training?
And Jack does rip it up despite your dullee senses.
spentonmediocrity 2 years ago
Jimmy Effin Page
senator9870 2 years ago 2
They should have got Tom Morello instead of the edge. I mean, The Edge is ok for what he does and for what he does with U2. Layering his own guitar with his own delay was pretty crazy for the time, but i think they should have gotten someone better to stand closer to Jimmy Page and Jack White.
petersfarmmusic 2 years ago
It's not about "they" should have got...". An artist created a movie about the guitar and chose the guitarist he wanted to have in it. If you don't like his creative work don't watch it. It's that simple. Additionally I'd like to ask that music and playing the guitar has a lot to with taste rather than technical skills. If you watch the movie you'll see/hear that it's all about the feeling and the vibe playing an electric guitar has. Just enjoy the sound and don't think too much about it!
HolfoDePutaMadre 2 years ago
The Edge is the best guitar ever .....( bullet the blue sky , Until the end of the world , The fly , I will folow , city of blinding lights , Ultraviolet , Get on your boots , silver and gold , where the streets have no name , new years day, sunday bloody sunday, Unknown Caller , One , pride in the name of love rocks Edge is a genius the best guitar the world Edge rocks.
Cacildo234 2 years ago
Go learn to play guitar, and then come here to talk shit.
pacovailoes 2 years ago
this is a documentary for guitar lovers, not for guittar player lovers.
pacovailoes 2 years ago
The Edge? Seriously?... His "new riff" bit about sums his talent up. Jack White is my idol!
Jackamole 2 years ago 2
You're a fucking idiot who's lacking in brain cells to comprehend what the Edge does.
Hallucination 2 years ago 2
I dig both Jack White and Page. Hated the Stripes but the Racontuers stuff turned me onto it, now I dig it all. The edge blows. I think he's in there so that you can gauge actual art amongst processed pop crap.
SKRIBEstudios 2 years ago 4
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so don't go see the movie, because is full of pop crap.
pacovailoes 2 years ago
If people don't like the edge, so why, in the hell on earth they come here to see the video?
pacovailoes 2 years ago
HMMMMM! maybe its because we like Jack White and Jimmy Page?! The Edge can suck my balls...2 chords and 15 effects? come on!
Jackamole 2 years ago 5
White ins't a virtuoso at all.
pacovailoes 2 years ago
look jimmy page is one of the greatest of all time if not the best whoever dont feel the same you really dont know ur music, get a grip
castillocinema 2 years ago
this movie would make me crap my pants if dave grohl and john frusciante were also included
MiniMightyMan96 2 years ago
i think Adam Jones from Tool, Jimmy Page an Zack Wylde
ramblinman111 2 years ago
john frusciante from chili peppers i think is a much better guitarist than jack white...i think jacks an awsome artist an gd guitar player but john is better in my eyes def. more comparible to page
ramblinman111 2 years ago
I don't completely disagree with you because RHCP are one of my favourite bands of all time and John is brilliant, technically and creatively but I'd say Jack White is a lot more interesting and experimental, and better for this film really.
Griptease2 2 years ago
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the guy who directed this said that these are the three greatest guitarists of our time.....that thought makes me sad
devoured6by6humans6 2 years ago
Who would you say are the three greatest guitarists then? Jack White and Jimmy Page are brilliant, and a lot of people like the Edge to. If I get a reply saying 'Alex Laiho, Yngwie Malmsteem' etc then don't expect one back.
Griptease2 2 years ago 2
they are good guitarists, dont get me wrong but If I made this movie I would get guitarists from completely diff genres.
1. John Mayer
2. Mark Morton or John 5
3. BB king.
devoured6by6humans6 2 years ago
Hmm, that would be a completely different kind of film really, and I can't imagine John 5 and BB King really kicking out the jams.
Griptease2 2 years ago
I think I'll wait until this comes out on DVD and ask someone to record a copy of for me ---deleting all the scenes with "The Edge" in it.
ReinhardtHendrix 2 years ago 4
man oh man. awesome. my only complaint is that jack white isnt quite in the same league as page or the edge.
ActionsoN 2 years ago
actionson are u joking ?
AtomicUprising 2 years ago
I think they wanted to show the "generational" thing that's all - Jack's a great performer and guitarist - yeah sure there's 100 other's they could have chosen - we all know that but it's still a nice inclusion.
donnybrooklads 2 years ago
Jack
Griptease2 2 years ago 2
that cow looked alarmed
HelterSkelter73 2 years ago
jODIDAMENTE awesome!
burtoncbell1 2 years ago
NICE
MONSTERMADHOUSE 2 years ago
This is awesome
TheJakewilson 2 years ago