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Originally Posted by QUceK1WV8
Like, say, take Richie out of BJ and it sounds different?
Richie is no EVH (on his prime) but a certain girl can play one if his hardest solos in Beat it (copy pasted from three different solos leading to one damn hard transition) better than EVH himself ever did live. And Edge - WTF. Richie is at least as important to BJ as Edge is to U2.
It was and it is guitar driven rock. Like I wrote earlier Richie is not in discussion of who is the best guitar player in the world. EVH might be - right or wrong - but Edge is certainly not. It is not about that.
It is about being the right guitar player as in being a part of the band, it's evolution and sound as well as song writing.
The comment from Jon was down right rude and not even nowhere near true at least as far as Edge is concerned. In fact I struggle to think any other succesful band than VH that was so dependent on guitar work and even VH - and this is the gist of it - even VH was more about the style and sound of EVH. Just like BJ and Richie.
Sheesh. Sorry, I am getting a bit agitated, but venting that really helped  |
Just so we're clear, I'm in no way agreeing with Jon's assessment of Richie's playing or his place in the band. I'm just giving my thoughts on U2 and Van Halen both having guitar players that are integral to the band and it's sound. I think BJ is capable of playing without Richie but it took a decade plus of ho-hum easy-to-digest songs to get to that point. Had Richie split in the middle of the hey day when you can hear him pouring his heart out into the music and playing it'd be a different argument.