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  • Fathers of metal ? No, hardrock , Black Sabbath are the fathers of metal !

  • page is more let loose and ready to go wild, ritchie is a beast and ready to set shit on fire, two different worlds of structural differences, frankly you could put them up for debate all you want there is no comparison, im just glad theres one ritchie and one page for me to listen and jam to

  • page did write the best guitar solo everand play it properly most guitarists i know always fuck that solo for stairway 2 heaven up blackmore is a great player but page has been around longer than blackmore page started his career in the 50,s as a young kid theres tv footage of him in a skiffle group so page is better because hes more experienced its like choosing someone 4 a job u always pick the older more experienced guy rather than the marajuana smoking 20 year old lol

  • Ritchie's greatest solo? Kill the King by Rainbow. Mental 3-string chords followed by speed that make shredders cry, and then more 3-chord epicness. Page's best solo? Achiles Last Stand (probably), but Ritchie can play that better. Ritchie wins this one. He can also play metal, blues and folk, so for people who say Page is more versatile in his playing, he isn't. Page can just write good songs and play them as well as he wants. Ritchie plays ANYTHING!

  • Jimmy Page isn't worthy of being compared to Ritchie!

    He's a crumb-snatching prick.

  • Blackmore might be a better Rock guitar player, Page is a better musician. Jimmy Page was a studio artist that at one point played on something like 40% of the music coming out of England.

  • How could you not have "Child in Time" in there as one of the best solo's for Ritchie!?@#$ You can't compare they are both legends and different styles, I enjoy both the same cause thats what its all about.

  • BLACKMORE SIMPLY THE BEST PAGE ON STAGE LITLLE SLOPY

  • Blackmore wins hands down. Page was just slopy. Ritichie's solos were way more crisp and better put together. Deep purple is a way better band too their songs are more technical and better sounding. they should be the ones that everyone still talks about. Blackmore and Deep Purple over Page and Led Zeppelin

  • As a band I like led zeppelin better than deep purple BUT as a guitar player I have to go with blackmore. Page was amazing too don't get me wrong however Blackmore had it all in technicality, speed & delivery. Page had blues scales & sloppy overruns that sounded good to the ear but that was it.

  • 0:03 It's : Jimmy Page and Ritchie Blackmore

  • I love them both dearly - don't ask me to choose cuz I can't. They both are exceptional musicians in their own ways and I thought Rolling Stones' list of best guitarists with Page at the top and Ritchie at 50 something was nuts - they belong right next to eachother at the very top!.

  • for myself there are not questions! Richie was much better than Page.

  • Ritchie !

  • two different kind of guitarists. Blackmore is more in the heavy metal tradition. Page is pure blues guitar player. i don't understand why we have to compare musicians..

  • It's kind of like comparing apples to oranges but both are equally good

  • hey don't look Blackmore at one side (Deep Purple/Rainbow ), look on what he produce today too, sit down and listen, then you will know the real Blackmore, more feel, more soul, more melodic, more creative, and much more productive

  • So great to see Buckethead here, opening for the greats! :D

  • who say blackmore is cuz dont know what is JIMMY PAGE LIVE

  • @1208zeppelin Page live is more of a gimmick playing with a Violin bow, the early Blackmore was greater than Page (in Live), and the Rainbow era Blackmore (not so much in live) better than Page in the Studio, what i like about Blackmore that he progress, he doesn't stick to one style of playing he moves forward, combining Classical with Rock, even Page once ask him where did Blackmore learn his playing style, and do you ever listen to the stuff that Blackmore produce today, Possum Goes to Prague

  • Stargazer é tão, ou mais, sentimento que Stairway to heaven!

  • @GLmaluco nao cara nao existe melhor doq stairway to heaven , nao sei se eh por causa da preferencia, mas soh uam pergunta

    vc ja viu stairway to heavne live 1973(nao 77,75, tem q ser 73)?

    se fosse pelas versoes estudios eu acho ngm escutaria o led,

  • i don't know witch of them but i know for sure they're better than angus young,joe perry or slash... :)

  • blackmore!!!

  • and no stargazer. that song totally blows zep away. the solo is magic. don't get me wrong i love stairway to heaven, but stargazers solo is heaven to my ears!!

  • Tumbs up if you think that this video is stupid and useless. Cause both Page and Balckmore are fucking best guitar players ever!!

  • Richie actually has more tools and in the light of everything that came after, Richie' playing and Deep Purple music sprang up many genres but have never received the same recognition that Led has...

  • Blackmore is the man , no contest .

  • @kilroy1963 Blackmore is the man, Page is God

  • jimi is good, but richard is BEST :* ♥ I love jimi and richard

  • RITCHIE I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!

  • RITCHIE BLACKMORE!!!

  • Ritchie all the way , he's just more skilled on musical level and can easely switch between minor scales , blues scales ,....

  • Ritchie Blackmore forever

  • BLACKMORE

  • In Jimmi Page Vs Richie Blackmore who win is the music.

  • both are great talents my preference is Blackmore by a mile !!! i think he plays with more emotion and versatility and was by far the better live player, Jimmy was superb in the studio but often too wasted to play live.All Jimmys work was over a 10 year period Blackers is still producing it today after more than 40 years

  • HENDRIX

    CLAPTON

    BLACKMORE

    PAGE

    GILMOUR

    

  • @sawiola55 tony iommni, ritchie. blackmorejimmy page. 1 2 3 the rest after place them in position

  • @sawiola55 tony iommni ritchie blackmore jimmy page .the rest after place them in positions

  • Both are great of course but I strongly prefer what Blackmore has done overall both in DP and in Rainbow. Oh and it's spelled Ritchie btw!

  • 2cracks de la guitarra.

  • DRAW

  • both are awesome! no comparison, to each his own taste of guitar solos. i like both of them.

  • prefer blackmore

  • i prefer blackmore because his music is more melodious and touchy.....

  • Jimmy page was the reason I picked up a guitar in the first place!

  • its not metal solo.. its hard rock solo!

  • Led Zeppelin blew Sabbath & Deep Purple to the moon. No comparison. Plus Robert Plants voice was so above any rock singer in history.

  • @weavermomo are you dreaming? Robert Plant was worse than some Deep Purple singers (specially David Coverdale and Ian Gillan)

  • Jimmy is a far superior guitarist to Richie. Most versatile guitarist ever.

  • Brilliant rock guitar Gods!!! Many an argument over who's better but they are both winners.  Ritchie always admired and envied Page because of his song crafting abilities, versatility, etc. and Page admired Blackmore's blazing speed and finesse. All is I know is that both of these guys made me want to play guitar.

  • @woodbreeze1 blackmore wipes the floor with jimmy page... no contest. of corse jimmy is good but not a matcch for ritchie. did you know blackmore was the 1st player to have a guitar with scolloped frets. . he is one of the best guitarists ever born. yes there is a lot of players who can play fast as hell without soul or feeling,.. blackmore has it all.. .

  • Boy, would it be fun to see them play guitar together! Ritchie has said on interviews that he plays admittingly slow, by the way.

  • TODOS SON CHOLOS

  • One on one and complet group Deep Purple is better than anyone. (Sorry, But i don't speak english), But my ears are o.k. I think that Black Sabbath it's better than Led Zeppelin too.

  • LOVE PAGE,IOMMI,SCHENKER,JON ROTH,GILMOUR BUT THERE'S ONLY 1 KING !! MAN IN BLACK RITCHIE BLACKMORE !!!!!!!

  • Love 'em both, but I'm gonna go with Page. While Blackmore perhaps is more fluent technically, Page has dug deeper musically speaking. His song-writing skills has been the perfect platform for creating all his memorable riffs and solos. As for his solos, they are probably the best structured solos in rock and blues music to this day. Blackmore's solos are not always structured and sometimes one wonders where he is going with it. But when he hits his form he's a joy to watch and to listen to.

  • Love 'em both, but I'm gonna go with Page. While Blackmore perhaps is more fluent technically, Page has dug deeper musically speaking. His song-writing skills has been the perfect platform for creating all his memorable riffs and solos. As for his solos, they are probably the best structured solos in rock and blues music to this day. Blackmore's solos are not always structured and sometimes one wonders where he is going with it. But when he hits his form he's joy to watch and to listen to.

  • @MandM1981

    Well said, I couldn't do it better. What's more Page's playing is way darker then Blackmore.

  • Ritchie is the best guitarist of all time!!When Ritchie plays he feels it from his soul!!Ritchie has a clean sound,and Ritchie is technically better and his riffs are just awesome!!Ritchie is an improvisator,and he is the best live guitar player!!

    Ritchie wins!!

  • Awesome vid! These guys are the ones I listened to back in the day.As a long time struggling guitar player, I am in awe of the whole Clapton, Paige, Beck, Blackmore, Trower, Richards, Harrison (and others) thing that was going on back then. This vid made me remember how good Ritchie Blackmore was. Paige was a pioneer of sorts in his own right, but Ritchie, I think could out-solo Jimmy 6 days of the week.

  • @ArmyGold

    Page's rhythm playing and abilities as a composer and producer render Blackmore childish and boring.

  • Ritchie Blackmore play with his soul not only with his hands, I think he is much better then Page, but Page is good too. But i dont like that page like ocult.

  • Its stupid to compare these two. Its like comparing an orange with a pineapple. Success wise Jimmy Page wins. But for consistency, Richie Blackmore. Nonetheless both are guitar heros. Period!!!

  • blackmore's best solo is at child in time and jimmy's  at achilles last stand

  • Tony iommi is the father of metal.

  • blackmore freveeerrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!

    

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  • Tony Iommi

  • Whats the point?!

  • Technically i think Blackmore steals the show, but Page's feel is what makes him one of the best guitarists to ever walk the earth. I look at it in three catergories:

    Influence- Page

    Feel- Page

    Technical Ability- Blackmore

    Both are phenomenal guitarists and deserve to be remembered throughout guitar history, but Page's kick ass riffs and emotional solos win the day :)

  • Blackmore crush's Page in all categories. Creativity, Improvisation, Fluidity, Emotion, whatever else you want to put in there Ritchie was and still is the most underrated guitarist of all-time. Go and listen to Gates of Babylon or Stargazer, or even A light in the black and after listening to those songs if you still think Page is a better guitarist...you're nuts.

  • Blackmore's solos are in the stratosphere whereas Page is slogging around sea level. As for rythm, I much prefer the playing of Blackmore. That's my opinion, it's not science, it's art. They both have their strong points. One is not a better player than the other, just different.

  • Highway Star is just sick.

    Dazed and Confused.... well, Jimmy Page at his blazing best. Compare and enjoy.

  • Creativity> Page

    Improvisation> Page

    Fluidity> Blackmore

    Rhythmic play> Blackmore

    Emotion> Page

    Diversity> Page

    Riffs> Equality, a small forward on Blackmore's riff only the composition, but with the mix of instruments, I prefer those of Page.

  • @AZEIDJSKSQMM

    Let me get this straight...Are you really saying Blackmore is a better rhythm player than Page?? Now THAT is a truly comedic piece of writing. Really, great stuff! Even BB King played more rhythm than Blackmore.

  • @67goldtops Before discussing, what you mean by rhythmic play?

  • @AZEIDJSKSQMM

    You're joking. Right?

  • @67goldtops Answer at my question.....

  • @AZEIDJSKSQMM

    Rhythm playing consists of playing chords & in riffing. And there is no "discussing" because there's nothing to discuss. Page was a great rhythm player in his day. Whereas Blackmore, quite simple, didn't play rhythm. The extent of his rhythm playing was his hammering double stops on the E and A strings whilst John Lord played the chords and fills. Disagree? Direct me to Backmore's rhythm parts that compare w/ Pages work on "Sick Again," "Achilles Last Stand," or "Ten Years Gone."

  • Deep Purple ( circa 1970) and Led Zep are in my opinion the 2 best bands that came out of the 70s. Attitude and talent unequalled

  • Listen to Since Ive Been Loving you. Debate over.

  • Пейджа и Блекмора может сравнивать только идиот или тролль......Наслаждайтесь ими!!!!

    Page+Blackmore=virtuosos

  • Page , El Mas Grande !

  • puff daddy need i say more on!

  • I know nothing about guitar I just love Jimmy Page.

  • oh. the answar is easy: I don't know

  • Jimmy Page is feeling,Richie is speedness! So Jimmy is the Best!

  • @virgo58 Quite the opposite.

  • @virgo58

    check your resorces.... ritchie blackmore has bought. Page is amazing but he is known for the gimics. black plugs his guitar to an amp and he simply has it all. from when a blind man cries to highway star.

  • @virgo58 Well Blackmore has both speedness and feeling!

  • @virgo58 speedness Blackmore?? You should try listening to speedness at guitar...

  • @virgo58 stfu please

  • @virgo58 Jjajajja, Rithcie is more than Speedness. Ritchie is feeling, technical, neoclasical, speed, Ritchie is much more complete than Jimmy.

    Also if we add that it is much better composer Ritchie and, in fact, better improviser.

  • @virgo58 u'r a moron n rest of the viewers r human being!

  • @virgo58 are you joking? blackmore is pure feeling...

  • Hi man, two gods, or what you say?

  • Ritchie Blackmore is the best

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  • @kuufagarcia14 +1! \m/

  • PAGE!!!

    (but blackmore is a god too)

  • I like both guitarists but personally I prefer Ritchie Blackmore to Page simply b/c he seems to be the more versatile player by comparison. That's my opinion take it or leave it. However, one this is certain...if you're insulting the abilities of either guitarists you are a dumbshit. Not an opinion...fucking fact.

  • I think that alot of people that put comments here should listen to the album of rainbow on stage , if this does not impress you of blackmore's skills then i do not know what will !

  • 1. 0:04 - What can I expect of this video when both names are spelled wrong?

    2. So really: Listen to the music instead of compare two uncompareable musicans! Everyone has an own opinion of this question. Most people prefer one of them and that is ok because everyone have a different taste and Page and Blackmore are VERY different. But you can't find real objective arguments for one of them because both are GODs.

    So stop this silly discussion and LISTEN TO THE MUSIC!

  • I'm sik2Deth ofHearin suchBULL ! Page&Blackmore had FUCK ALL 2do with "metal" (that didn't comeAbout til th late70s/early80s (ACDC/JudsPriest/IronMdn) & they wr DEEP-ROOTED in th 60s & B4, Get ur history RIGHT, withoutThat ur an IGNORAMUS) theyWere playinEithr "PSYCHEDELIC" or "HEAVY" rock (2Genres uv Nvr Hrd OF) ! ! ! Get thatThru ur hedz u rock-historic morons ! IF u don't understan thisThen u'll NEVER understandWhat thisMusic wasEVER about ! EVER ! ! ! COMPREHENDI ! ? ! ? ! ! ! !

  • JIMMY PAGE, THE GOD!!!

  • hmmm jimmy+ritchie=100% musical orgasm.... both of them r gods of guitar.. so stop comparin and keep feedin ur ears by listenin to stairway to heaven and sweet child in time

  • I love them both equally.

  • Blackmore by a long shot.

  • Fala Sério pow !! PAGE sem Dúvidas !!! Seus Solos realmente mostram o que é ser um guitarrista :D 

  • both great but page has sex with my ears anytime i listen at him

  • Blackmore is technically better, but I've always found him slightly boring. If I want arppegios and fugues, I'll listen to Bach. Page, for all his faults, is quite possibly the most emotionally expressive guitarist I've ever heard. Listen to "Achilles's Last Stand," "Ten Years Gone," "Tea for One," "I'm Gonna Crawl," . . .despite the rock star trappings the man bares his soul through his guitar.

  • Still Good!

    A+

  • Blackmore is better!!Blackmore is better technicaly,and he is more inventive than Page..Listen to the Smoke on the water riff,the Lazy riff,the Burn riff,listen to the Lazy solo,the Child in time solo,the Highway Star solo...And Blackmore is the best improviser!!That's what makes Ritchie the best!!

  • Fer my tuppence, Blackmore wins on sheer musicality and versatility (especially considering his post-70s - through - 201x work), though Paige and his mates obviously took their chops to the bank and (mostly) retired.

  • both are great.. page, however, blows me away more than blackmore

  • Ive always been more impressed with Pages acoustic playing more than on the electric guitar,have never heard Blackmore play much acoustic guitar though.

  • They were both sloppy. However, I have seen both live many times, and I have to admit Blackmore was far more impressive every time. I was most often disappointed in Page's performances. Having played lead guitar for over twenty-five years, I'd say I'm a fair judge in this contest. I also highly doubt Page could have pulled off that Concerto for Group and Orchestra with as much professionalism and conformity to the orchestration as Blackmore did.

  • @IshadaKatzteilov I would say you're a totally lame judge.The Concerto was a great idea,but that was back before Purple had figured out how to conform with an orchestra at all.They almost never played together,either the orchestra would be playing or the group and never anything similar.When Blackmore played his main solo,he did it alone,played the same thing over and over again and for so long it's considered a joke by today's guitarists.He had not mastered the guitar yet at all back then.

  • I prefer Jimmy page, but out of the solos you posted, Blackmore's are better overall. If you had included Achilles Last Stand or Since I've Been Loving You, Jimmy's stuff would have been better. Blackmore is awesome, but I think Page had more great solos, and the best of Page is better than the best of Blackmore.

  • Jimmy wins in my book. here are my reasons... Jimmy was a great songwriter. His solos kicked ass. They were fast, beautiful and soulful. His riffs were amazing. His solos Kicked ass Ritchies were all right but not gr8. His were fast but not soulful. Most Jimmy solos were faster and more soulful. Achilles last stand owned everything ritchie played. Oh and did i mention, Jimmy's solos kicked ass???? Jimmy wins!!!!!!! XD 1.page 2.hendrix 3.clapton 4.beck 5.blackmore
  • I think Blackmore has much virtuosity and could probably play all that Page played. But I think that Blackmore never could compose it.

    Do you understand me?

  • Page is in the rock hall of fame Blackmore gets to visit the hall thats one difference

  • @Jimmy1tooth

    madonna and prince are also in the hall of fame big deal

  • @tintoretto1 madonna and prince ruled the 80`s and sold out show after show madonna changed the way girls dressed in the 80`s and prince is a musical genius...bad come back on your part you should know your history first

  • @Jimmy1tooth

    i agree but it doesnt make them rock influences they are has beens,

    nobody cares about hall of fame dude

  • @Jimmy1tooth

    i wasnt trying to come back

    i just implied that rock n roll hall of fame is not really about rock n roll its about 20 people making a decision.

    and its not a measure of guitar skillfullness.

    queen and black sabbath got in recently and they had sold out more stadiums and influenced more music than all the hall members combined.

  • @tintoretto1 when kids were really into queen and sabbath in the 70`s it didnt last as long as you may think they are both legends now but they didnt have people of all ages buying their music like prince and madonna did .if the rock and roll hall only put bands like zeppelin,rush,sabbath,who would go there,, ask anyone if they heard the song 1999 by prince then ask someone if they heard megalomania by sabbath.and its better to have 20 people vote then 1 if that was the case then you have a beef

  • @Jimmy1tooth Ok... But what's that got to do with Rock n' Roll?

    You know the "Rock n' Roll Hall Of Fame"? :)

  • @DeepPurpleOL I dont have the time to teach you about rock and roll but you can google rock and roll and you will learn its not about head banging

  • @Jimmy1tooth Haha! You can't say, that Madonna is rock n' roll!

    I know that rock n' roll isn't about sell out show after show or change the way girls dress themselves.. (Your previous message)

  • PAGE

  • Blackmore = Creativity, Speed, Rhythm, NO mistakes whatsoever, influences on countless musicians

    Page = Sloppyness, WAY too simple...... oh and did i mention sloppy as fuck live.

    Blackmore > Page

  • ever heard "perfect strangers"?

    just another band trying to rip off "kashmir"

    and the zeppelin enigma.

  • The Burn solo, starting at 1:52, is doubtful that Page could play it that precisely. Thing is, while Blackmore could play most anything Page did, I don't think Page could play much of Blackmore's stuff...

  • i find page more bluesy while ritchie much more classical.technically,blacmore­s material to play on guitar blows pages stuff away,but...wle its harder to play and all,i find page to be a better song writer makinghim a better musican,and inmy book the superior guitarist.

    pages music i find tost sound ..better.

    so yes skill wise blackmore is better,but i find pagebetter song writer and musican so

    page :)

  • But i prefer Ritchie because most of his playing include classical music base.

  • Both guitarist are best in their classes, but they have different technics and styles of plaing so i think it`s incorrect to compare them.

  • RITCHIE THE BEST OK

  • yeah fathers of metal who said that!this is rocknot metal!metal is black sabbath and judas priest!

  • black sabbath heavy jazz/blues,judas preist started as just a heavy rock band whos first albums were produced by ex- deep purple bassist roger glover.i'm a big blackmore fan but page is bloody good too especially "white summer"

  • it alredy eneded

  • Page

  • Ritchie is more rock n roll.Page is more bluesy.

    Imo Ritchie is even better than Hendrix.British rock is greatest

  • jimmy or ritchie? strato or les paul ? mum or dad ? beatles or stones ? never answered questions!!!!

  • Love Jimmy Page, but Ritchie Blackmore is on a level that no one else can reach (except for that demonic Dazed and Confused piece of magick).

  • Richie Blackmore sounds very cool but Jimmy Page has a more interesting sound, because of the way he plays with time and rythm, but both are great.

  • page all the way

  • blackmore

  • Ritchie Blackmore is the best

  • i always thought richie was a knock off of hendrix. hendrix owns everybody when it comes to guitar

  • I prefer jimmy page :x

  • page's solos sound raw and dirty and imporovised. blackmore's solos sound too clean and thought out beforehand. blackmore is too note for note perfect, no soul.page has soul.

  • bubhub64,

    sorry man but blackmore not an improviser ?

    that 's the only thing you should not say.

    the man never plays a solo twice the same and when he go s into the studio he doesn t know what he will play, listen to made in japan, blackmore is far superior to page,no doubt

  • oh for fuck sake page is a fanny on the guitar and Ritchie really defined how the guitar should be played no contest about who is the man cos he's the man on the silver mountain....and just for the record I for one would love to see these 2 on the same stage but you know page would let all you zeppo's down but Ritchie wouldn't cos he can cut it live page flops live

  • If you believe that, then I feel sorry for you.

  • first of all......page and this blackmore character are defenitly not metal at all dumb shit......and second page is way better than that dick head......and tzoche, how the fuck is page a dick head.....your a cock sucker for insulting his greatness....go fuck ur self!!!!!!

  • screamingandbutter, r u dumb!?

    blackmore is 10 times better than that overrated _______...

    i completely agree with tzoche

  • page is better

  • whatever, im not gonna argue no more

    both guitarists are good and very sccessful, but i think ritchie is better, but we all have our own opinions...

  • lz? whos that