After Watching For A Year, I Finally Figured Out WHO Obama Is...

[SoFlaJet]

he's friggin' Jimi Hendrix...when Jimi was around he was so far ahead of every other guitarist out there that they all were in awe of him. The Beatles, The Stones, The Who, The Animals-every band worshipped at his feet. Still, even to this day nobody has surpassed what Hendrix could do. I thought he was Tiger, I thought he may be Michael Jordan but decided that he is Hendrix-THAT good, THAT far ahead of his contemporaries.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

1. Aka The Muliti-Dimensional Guitar Theory.

[SoFlaJet]

4. I don't know what that means

and I play guitar for a living...

[jenmito]

16. I'm betting s/he's referring to those who say

Obama is playing "multi-dimentrional chess."

[lamp_shade]

2. 4th rec.

[smoogatz]

3. I think he's uniquely Obama.

Probably the smartest president we've had since JFK, who was incredibly quick on his feet. I find myself wishing that Obama was more willing to get down and dirty in support of the progressive ideals that put him in office; I think there's a way in which he lacks the political killer instinct of people like Bush. Maybe that's a good thing, ultimately, since everything Bush did was based on false pretenses.

[Donnachaidh]

5. what? no on has surpassed Hendrix?

Cave living must be mighty comfortable :rofl: :rofl:

what an analogy :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Solomon]

9. LOL I notice you didn't list any contenders.

No one comes even close. Whomever you propose would tell you so.

[damonm]

15. I'll be your huckleberry...

Jimmy Page comes DAMN close.
Mark Knopfler's in the neighborhood.
In a different genre, Roy Clark and Jerry reed have to be considered as well.
But Jimi STILL rules.

[cliffordu]

17. Yep - Clapton almost quit playing after seeing Hendrix the first time.

Jeff Beck sez he cried the first time HE heard Jimi.

Fucker changed everything. Like Robert Johnson. Like Charlie Christian.

[Solomon]

18. Jimmy Page (snicker)

:eyes:

[damonm]

20. Rolling Stone snickers right back atcha...

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5937559/the_100_greatest_guitarists_of_all_time/9

And Guitaristrock.com does the same...
http://guitaristrock.com/great-guitarists/top-10-rock-guitarists-of-all-time/

So :eyes: back atcha too.

[avaistheone1]

6. Much ado about nothing.

What exactly did he accomplish with the health care debate?

[The_Commonist]

7. Let's just hope he ends a little better.

Right?

[asdjrocky]

8. Did you notice the only people you compared President Obama to are black?

[Solomon]

10. Yes because each of them succeeded beyond all odds

and they transended, and guess what, Obama is black too.

[asdjrocky]

11. Okay fine. Just seems kind of weird. nt

[SoFlaJet]

12. race does factor in actually...

in 1967 there weren't really any black "rock" stars...Congress is a mostly white male institution (especially on the republican side). Tiger Woods as a black golfer...a BLACK GOLFER ever see any of those before the mid-90's?

[asdjrocky]

13. I saw a lot of black golfers before the mid-90s.

None on the pro tour, I'll give you that. I think it all depends on where you grew up. People tend to think that their enviroment is common to everyone else. Everyone has different experiences.

My experiences growing up were quite different from many people I know now. I was the only white guy on my basketball team in high school. The lead singer of one of the first bands I was in that did anything was a black fellow and we were all white. (Punk band.) Then I played in a funk band that did quite well and other than one backing singer I was the only white fellow. Most of that was in the mid and late 70s.

No attack here, really, I just found it interesting.

[branders seine]

14. he's not playing ukelele,

he's playing a Strat

[imnKOgnito]

19. uhhhhhh

Stevie Ray Vaughn comes to mind. Mark Knoppfler, at least for the uniqueness factor. And frankly, Nils Lofgren does things with a guitar that makes me think he's got 4 hands (Lindsay Buckingham fits this category too, though he doesn't seem to show it off as much). Hendrix was ahead of his time and damned good, but I wouldn't say he's never been surpassed.

Edit: Just for a sample, here's an "intermediate" acoustic piece from Nils.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBq7XRa6uZM