John Squire shredding on his guitar!

John Squire, possibly the best British guitarist of his generation, displaying his skill in this excerpt from "Love is the Law" by The Seahorses performed Live on Later With Jools Holland. His ability earned comparison's with another great British guitarist, Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin.

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[Louiseskybunker]

Do wonder how many notes he hit in that 1.03 mins ? xx

[anbreatnach]

and to think he thought he was a better artist than a guitarist - don't see anything in the Tate yet John.....

[HeartfeltDawn]

@ibbotsoni Once you get past the tribal rhythms, the song musically and lyrically isn't much cop and it's a very uninspired vocal performance.

[ibbotsoni]

@HeartfeltDawn Breaking Heaven and wanky nadir are two phrases I wouldn't put together.

[HeartfeltDawn]

@thestrid82 Driving South is actually pretty simple and fairly short. Breaking into Heaven, the awful Tightrope, and Good Times are the wanky nadir. Half of Second Coming is good, a lot is utterly awful, and Begging You quite possibly the best thing they ever did. The way the loops are manipulated on that is fantastic. Jonny Greenwood is good but I wish he'd leave the Max/MSP shit alone for that is just as wanky as rehashed blues soloing.

[daydream1000]

@rabbitisrich Truth. Preach it, brah. I had to pause at :21 because I was sickened. I still love him though.

[thestrid82]

@thestrid82 Dont get me wrong, I can listen to this for pleasure, but as for 'best guitarist' of his generation - no. He was sounding far too much like Jimmy Page at this point including his choice of guitars and every guitarist would tell you the same. If he was painting Jackson Pollock paintings by playing Fools Gold and Waterfall, he ended up painting traditional portraits in this. instantly likeable for sheer technical power and mastery, but once the novelty has worn off, vacuous and dull

[thestrid82]

@jonnytheoasisfan it was a steady transition towards the guitar shredding noodle self-indulgence to say 'hey look at me, aren't I good' One Love, Driving South, in fact the entire second roses album, which whilst technically impressive and displaying virtuoso musicianship, was just irrelevant and full or ego-led guitar worship. Love Is The Law was the last of all that, and look where Squires solo career went. Look at the rythm chips in foolds gold+waterfall, maybe two three or four notes

[thestrid82]

@MrFeelgood95 The first album for me is more my type of playing, but overall Johnny greenwood has been consistently more experimental and creative. Nobody ever mentions Nick McCabe from The Verve. Who exactly.

[thestrid82]

@jonnytheoasisfan Not so sure it WAS a joke. I think that he probably split from The Roses and maybe thought he was superb, like some kind of Jimmy Page. My point is, that HE LEFT the creativity of the 80s behind, and regressed to earlier forms of music, which, whilst not bad in themselves, were no longer relevant in popular culture. He had become a bore, or a guitarists guitarist, if that makes sense?