BBC pole for best guitarist

[shobet]

So which pole are they getting, is it Lech Wałęsa, the dead Pope or some peroxide blonde cleaning woman who has a penchant for putting her makeup on with a shotgun?

[Fourth Feline]

So which pole are they getting, is it Lech Wałęsa, the dead Pope or some peroxide blonde cleaning woman who has a penchant for putting her makeup on with a shotgun?

 :lol:

Damm !

The three most obvious ( yet qualified ) omissions from the list.  :o

My vote hovers somewhere between Prince - and the cleaning lady.  Same make up artist too .  :)

[dave_mc]

Because it will predominantly be voted for by people who are into popular music. 99% (I don't even reckon that's much of an exaggeration) of the nations population haven't ever heard of Steve Vai or Paul Gilbert.

democracy doesn't work, people!

[Philly Q]

Because it will predominantly be voted for by people who are into popular music. 99% (I don't even reckon that's much of an exaggeration) of the nations population haven't ever heard of Steve Vai or Paul Gilbert.

democracy doesn't work, people!

Are you advocating a dictatorship, Dave? 

[MrBump]

Because it will predominantly be voted for by people who are into popular music. 99% (I don't even reckon that's much of an exaggeration) of the nations population haven't ever heard of Steve Vai or Paul Gilbert.

democracy doesn't work, people!

Are you advocating a dictatorship, Dave? 

Dictatorships are fine, as long as I'm in charge.

[Roobubba]

Pole... it's close, although in some cases on that list, a spike may be preferable...

[dave_mc]

Are you advocating a dictatorship, Dave? 

nah, i kinda subscribe to the churchill quote.

[dheim]

dictatorships could even work (after all there's not much difference between receiving orders from a bunch of pricks or from a lone prick), as long as someone with a bit of sense is in charge. me, for example... :)
unfortunately my country is living a seamless transition from an oligarchic regime to autocracy, and given the utter idiocy of the autocrat in question results are fearsome.



off topic but true nonetheless...

[Dmoney]

your country is being taken over by Harvey Keitel?

[dave_mc]

he looks more like a permatanned pirate.

[Crazy_Joe]

I voted John Squire from Stone Roses, love them. But honestly the list was fairly average.

[Keven]

I voted prince.

yes. Prince. he's a stunning player in his own right, and quite the composer arrenger producer evil mastermind. and few people can claim to have two stage names!

[Philly Q]

There are about half a dozen players on that list I really like, but I voted Bob Mould. 

[cerpintaxt]

I just had a look at this, and after the inital "Who? Who? WTF?" moments I got to Dave Navarro, Mike McCready and Omar Rodriguez Lopez. Phew - my bases are covered and I'm happy!

My vote goes to Mike McCready from Pearl Jam. This dude's soloing style owes a hell of a lot to SRV and Hendrix, even though Pearl Jam definitely arent a blues band.

[Frank]

what a shameful waste of the licence fee

"best guitarist" polls exist to enable 13 year old boys to settle playground arguments and they invariably end up being topped by some talentless toneless no-hoper who can play blisteringly fast but ultimately tasteless solos with an utter disregard for sublety. Or songwriting.

music is an art form, not a bloody competition or a popularity contest