narval
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Post by narval on Dec 1, 2011 16:29:53 GMT
I really cant understand why. Some say Mccartney was better on guitar than George... Dunno. But the Mccartney solos are most impressive. Excluding tha late era (and even on that...), the Harrison solos sounds very tiny, unimpressive. Most of the difficult solo guitars on the Beatles, there you go...Mccartney. And I cant understand. so.. I dont know. can anyone tell me?
(and my favourite Beatle is Harrison!)
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Post by mrmustard on Dec 2, 2011 0:01:38 GMT
Paul McCartney has always been a frustrated lead guitarist, ever since his first gig at the New Clubmoor, Norris Green, Liverpool where he fluffed his big solo. He rarely played lead guitar live, if at all, until the late 80's. As a live electric/lead guitarist he really isn't that good nowhere near the class of Harrison. Paul is a fine acoustic guitarist and his bass playing isn't even up for discussion but personally I don't enjoy watching him play lead guitar live let alone hear him.
In terms of studio lead guitar performances mccartney is experimental as opposed to Harrison's approach which was always thought through, tasteful and entirely appropriate for the song presented to him or written by him. McCartney tended to go for flashy guitar solos that he would never be able to reproduce live. Not that I'm doing down solos like the one in Taxman for instance. This is an amazing one-off solo that I have never reproduced properly live however McCartney would never be able to reproduce it either.
McCartney was not an original lead guitarist. He tends to try to emulate guitar plays like Hendrix. Harrison was a completely original guitarist who worked within the song, weaving around vocal lines and his solos were individual melodies in themselves. Can you tell me a Harrison solo you can't hum?
He was the guitar players guitar player, universally admired and rightly so. I don't know of anyone who says McCartney is a better guitar player than Harrison. If anyone does think this they really don't understand guitar playing and are under the misguided notion that fast, flashy and loud is always best. I don't agree with you comment about Harrison's guitar sounding tiny and unimpressive. He was an innovator. What guitarists did he have to base his playing with The Beatles in terms of rock/pop/psychedelia - not many.
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