Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitarists

[Howstupidmrbates]

Andy Summers came in at #85! Behind Joni Mitchell no less! The horror...I hate these lists.

[Divemistress of the Dark]

Yeah, and Rolling Stone seems to be at the bottom of the heap when it comes to general ignominy...

[TheEqualizer]

I can only assume Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, and Kanye West came in higher, and I don't think any of them even play guitar

[Bry]

LOL! The ultimate power trio!

[jeffseitz]

[quote="Divemistress of the Dark"]Yeah, and Rolling Stone seems to be at the bottom of the heap when it comes to general ignominy...[/quote]

These lists are nothing more than PR attempts at getting everyone buying, subscribing or talking about Rolling Stone Magazine. How do you measure the greatness of any musician for a mass audience? As "howstupidmrbates" points out, how can you take a list seriously when they place Joni Mitchell ahead of AS?

[Pablito]

The legendary guitar rig designer Bob Bradshaw put it this way: The best guitar sound that I've heard was Jimi Hendrix's, the second was Andy Summers.
Well, if we consider who really invented a sound in the guitar history, Andy Summers is way up high in the list. To tell the story of the electric guitar one should put his name in the top ten of all time because of his tone and musical language and he's the number one as the most clever musician ever to play guitar in a Rock n' Roll band. The most deep musical knowledge in a popular music context. The Police have indeed the highest combination of originality and sophistication from the three members. Andy had the most copied sound in the studios around the world from late seventies through the eighties.
My historical list (in order of appearance in the big scene) would be:
Chuck Berry
Scotty Moore
George Harrison
Eric Clapton
Jimi Hendrix
Frank Zappa
Pete Townshend
Jimmy Page
Keith Richards
Jeff Beck
Eddie Van Halen
Andy Summers.

One decade one guitar player it would be:
50's Chuck Berry
60's Jimi Hendrix
70's Jimmy Page
80's Andy Summers

So that's it to me. Andy can be number 4, number 12, but never 85.
Best wishes! Paulo.

[Tamadude]

These lists are ridiculous.

Kinda like when Travis Barker is placed ahead of the STEW.

AS is so under-rated it's criminal.

[Horacio]

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists ... l-19691231

[Kim]

I think they are filling up empty pages when they run short of material.