speaking of metallica, i saw them live a couple of weeks ago and i noticed kirk playing a battered les paul that looked vaguely familiar - then i remembered i'd read that kirk bought peter green's legendary '59 les paul and i spent the rest of the show trying to work out whether he was indeed playing a $2m guitar onstage
i guess what i'm saying is that i have become the thing i hate
― What's the range of an Iranian frogman dipshit? (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 6 November 2017 12:40 (six years ago) link
Lars sipping champagne and auctioning off Basquiat paintings in Some Kind of Monster is so baller, metal nerds can't handle flossin on that level
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 6 November 2017 12:51 (six years ago) link
Fun fact: Lars' godfather was Dexter Gordon.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 6 November 2017 15:32 (six years ago) link
yeah also maybe Don Cherry? at least i read him and Neneh Cherry were friends as kids
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 6 November 2017 21:17 (six years ago) link
lars is very charismatic, imo, napster bs notwithstanding
― brimstead, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 01:28 (six years ago) link
the existence of this thread... i mean, the painfully boring interminable concert i saw on pbs 4 years ago was enough trauma, i never thought i'd be periodically reminded of this silly man and his constipated musical stylings.. it's just crazy, he's is doing is SO wrong. he is getting MUSIC wrong. music is supposed to lift you out of this brutal corporeal existence and create a supernatural experience.. it's not supposed to be like watching a guy bench press and admiring his beads of sweat and furrowed eyebrows.. gahh!
― brimstead, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 01:35 (six years ago) link
it's not supposed to be like watching a guy bench press and admiring his beads of sweat and furrowed eyebrows.. gahh!
this isn't the right analogy... i'm just mad at joe and wish i knew why
― brimstead, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 01:40 (six years ago) link
Its because he went down to the crossroads and then decided he wanted to be Clapton, and not even the Clapton of Cream or the Dominoes, but the Clapton of 24 nights at the Royal Albert Hall and wearing suits that cost more than the creators of the blues made in their lifetimes.
― "Taste's very strange!" (stevie), Wednesday, 8 November 2017 14:40 (six years ago) link
joe drove through the mcdonalds where the crossroads used to be and a minimum-wage emissary of satan sold him a blues-themed happy meal for the price of his eternal dignity
― with your tight body and horrific androgynous monster face (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 8 November 2017 14:50 (six years ago) link
Bonamassa is the logical "tasteful" endpoint of that Guitar mag thread....avoiding the late 80s pyrotechnics but the concept of exhibition as an end-point aesthetic, who can only get that magical tone out of 'that' guitar....except he needs to own 326 identical copies.
― Master of Treacle, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 15:46 (six years ago) link
now that you mention it i wonder if joe is consumed by burning jealousy at the thought of kirk hammett owning peter green's old les paul instead of him
― with your tight body and horrific androgynous monster face (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 8 November 2017 15:47 (six years ago) link
But those guys were my guys – Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page. There's a certain sophistication to their approach to the blues that I really like, more so than the American blues that I was listening to. B.B. King's a big influence – he's probably my biggest traditional influence. I love Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson and T-Bone Walker and stuff like that, but I couldn't sit down. I was always forcing myself to listen to whole records by them, where I'd rather listen to Humble Pie do "I'm Ready" than Muddy Waters, you know? I think, the English interpretation of the blues just hit me a lot better, you know?
I think Joe would be good at SHOCKING ILM confessions.
― Gavin, Leeds, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 16:07 (six years ago) link
so he's def consumed with burning jealousy at kirk hammett owning peter green's guitar
― with your tight body and horrific androgynous monster face (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 8 November 2017 16:08 (six years ago) link
he's such a normie he probably doesn't even know peter green
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 8 November 2017 16:21 (six years ago) link
I just watched a really boring experimental guitarist and I'm suddenly much more sympathetic to Joe's views on effects pedals.
― na (NA), Saturday, 2 December 2017 03:51 (six years ago) link
FP
― he doesn't need to be racist about it though. (Austin), Saturday, 2 December 2017 06:44 (six years ago) link
yesterday there was a telethon giving away bonamassa tickets with lots of bonamassa performances shown. i had to wonder what corner of the music market i had just wandered into.
― adam the (abanana), Thursday, 7 March 2019 18:53 (five years ago) link
I just had a six minute Joe music video come up AS AN AD on Youtube.
Seems like he could make bank if he went Country.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 13 March 2019 23:24 (five years ago) link
I was just checking out Jim Suhler and Monkey Beat (Thorogood's second guitarist) and one track had a long, winding solo, partly Bill Nelson hyperspeed and partly that huge Hendrix-y sound Robin Trower got on Bridge of Sighs. It was an interesting solo and didn't really sound like the rest of the record, so I checked the credits and it's Bonamassa. So now I've actually heard something by him I like.
― A breezy pop-rock feel fairly typical of the mid-'80s (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 12 November 2019 22:45 (four years ago) link
I get it too Eddie. But part of being a total musician is embracing all music and diving down the musical rabbit holes. I’ve listened to BB King to EVH to Frank Sinatra and back. I was 17 too but I knew Ron Wood played bass with the Jeff Beck Group. https://t.co/bSD1NshzWg— Joe Bonamassa (Official) (@JBONAMASSA) December 3, 2019
― ☮ (peace, man), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 12:36 (four years ago) link
incredible on-brand #content from our hero there
one must assume that as a total musician he is very familiar with billie eilish's own back catalogue
― A victim managed to capture evidence of the gimp (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 12:41 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgE9JKHU-f4
― Irae Louvin (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 13:44 (four years ago) link
Wow, Bonamassa's got pretty big ears I'll give him that
― the public eating of beans (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 14:32 (four years ago) link
reads like one of those classic Introduce Yourselves posts
― Irae Louvin (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 14:35 (four years ago) link
loving this take
First off, who is Billie Eilish? Most likely, she'll be forgotten in 10 years. BIGGER POINT is how Van Halen have ruined their legacy since the nonsense of firing Hagar in 1996, and then decades of inactivity and career missteps. Look to The Rolling Stones on preserving legacy.— Wes Olesen (@WesOlesen) December 3, 2019
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 14:47 (four years ago) link
some GIRL would never have the lasting cultural legacy of *checks notes* Sammy Hagar???
― Captain ACAB (Neil S), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 14:49 (four years ago) link
the comments on that post are a goldmine of capital-t Takes
― A victim managed to capture evidence of the gimp (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 14:53 (four years ago) link
keenly awaiting Bob Lefsetz's take on Joe's take
― Captain ACAB (Neil S), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 14:54 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gkbn_X57VCw
― Irae Louvin (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 15:13 (four years ago) link
may we be shown bonamassa tweets with very happy guys
Thank you for coming. We had a blast! 😎👍 https://t.co/m1KV5m2eV5— Joe Bonamassa (Official) (@JBONAMASSA) November 23, 2019
― A victim managed to capture evidence of the gimp (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 15:15 (four years ago) link
baller-ass joe making it rain at the aurora music and pawn retirement sale
What a hoot negotiating with these 2 guys today at Aurora Music and Pawn retirement sale. Congratulations on 40 years in business. 😎👍 pic.twitter.com/1aQ2OJiEqr— Joe Bonamassa (Official) (@JBONAMASSA) October 31, 2019
― A victim managed to capture evidence of the gimp (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 15:16 (four years ago) link
pretty sure Van Halen have ruined their legacy since hiring Sammy Hagar in 1985
― éminence rose et jaune (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 15:20 (four years ago) link
are you suggesting Hagar is... Horrible
― Captain ACAB (Neil S), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 15:28 (four years ago) link
joe, what the hell dude
Good! I hope they throw the book at him. 😎👍 https://t.co/sG5VIoXsa8— Joe Bonamassa (Official) (@JBONAMASSA) August 23, 2019
Sorry to swear on social media but... Fuck you!! I hope they find you and throw the key away for a long time. https://t.co/NyXirrd9xL— Joe Bonamassa (Official) (@JBONAMASSA) July 27, 2019
Why people suck.... Why social media sucks .... right here... What a disgusting, imbecilic and dangerous thing to do. https://t.co/A77trYXEuu— Joe Bonamassa (Official) (@JBONAMASSA) July 4, 2019
― A victim managed to capture evidence of the gimp (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 15:31 (four years ago) link
Joe is correct that ice cream is serious business
― éminence rose et jaune (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 15:32 (four years ago) link
Do not ask if you can get a taste of Joe's bourbon-pecan in a waffle cone.
― file of unknown origin (bendy), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 15:53 (four years ago) link
I bet I could totally pwn Joe Bonamassa in a trivia contest that covered Baroque music, 90s folk, Irish jigs, progressive jazz, synthpop, and children's music.
He probably knows more about boring blues shit by middle-aged white guys, tho. So I guess it's a tie.
― they see me lollin' (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 16:42 (four years ago) link
Ironic that a white blues guy is so upset about people stealing licks
― joygoat, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 17:27 (four years ago) link
actual lols
― file of unknown origin (bendy), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 17:48 (four years ago) link
a+
― A victim managed to capture evidence of the gimp (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 17:49 (four years ago) link
👏👏👏
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 17:50 (four years ago) link
well done
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 18:39 (four years ago) link
Ayeee
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 18:56 (four years ago) link
A guitar nerd listened to BB King, Eddie van Halen *AND* Jeff Beck?! Wow, astounding.
― A breezy pop-rock feel fairly typical of the mid-'80s (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 19:17 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ0epRjfGLw
― Irae Louvin (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 19:19 (four years ago) link
Sorry to swear on social media but... Fuck you, Joe!!
― brimstead, Wednesday, 4 December 2019 00:08 (four years ago) link
Joe Bonamassa has such strong boomer energy he already looks like he's in his 60s.
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Wednesday, 4 December 2019 03:37 (four years ago) link
He's not????
― the public eating of beans (Sparkle Motion), Wednesday, 4 December 2019 04:08 (four years ago) link
42 years soulful
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 4 December 2019 04:22 (four years ago) link
jesus! he is younger than me...
― the public eating of beans (Sparkle Motion), Wednesday, 4 December 2019 04:52 (four years ago) link