It Might Get Loud

paddylonglegs

Saw this documentary for the first time last night, loved how easy it seemed for 3 of of musics most influential musician to just sit down together and have the chats. have to say, i have a new found respect for the edge. Anyone else seen this?

Knifey Spoony

paddylonglegs wrote: »

Saw this documentary for the first time last night, loved how easy it seemed for 3 of of musics most influential musician to just sit down together and have the chats. have to say, i have a new found respect for the edge. Anyone else seen this?

Yeah, saw it myself a couple of weeks ago. Thought that it was a real interesting film, but i wouldn't agree with you about the edge. Just that he seems to rely to much on effects for my liking. Also, I found his back story to be kind of depressing (the stuff about car bombs and the recession) compared to Jimmy's and Jack's stories.

But saying that, he did bring a bit of balence to the film in the way that he represented a different style to Jack and Jimmy which made for an interesting comparision, the old minimaist blues style against the technology driven style of guitar playing.

dasdog

I saw this post earlier so I downloaded it and it is an interesting movie. I don't particulaly like U2 but I've always respected Edge...not the most skilled but he can make good noises. I didn't think it had enough Jimmy Page but maybe thats because he slowed down years ago. I don't think I have any of Jack White's music but he's honest anyway. I posted a link to a song of Rev Gary Davis (Blind Gary Davis in the movie about 30 mins in) on the blues/jazz forum a couple of weeks ago which is the Son House kind of stuff he was saying is what shook him. A three generational apsect to it, good stuff. Time to plug the guitar in I think.

paddylonglegs

dasdog wrote: »

I saw this post earlier so I downloaded it and it is an interesting movie. I don't particulaly like U2 but I've always respected Edge...not the most skilled but he can make good noises. I didn't think it had enough Jimmy Page but maybe thats because he slowed down years ago. I don't think I have any of Jack White's music but he's honest anyway. I posted a link to a song of Rev Gary Davis (Blind Gary Davis in the movie about 30 mins in) on the blues/jazz forum a couple of weeks ago which is the Son House kind of stuff he was saying is what shook him. A three generational apsect to it, good stuff. Time to plug the guitar in I think.

completely got itchy fingers when watching, had guitar in hand by the end of the movie and on adverts looking for a decent acoustic!Agree with you about edge's ability to play, I think he needs to be seen as a composer rather than a guitar player. I couldn't be arsed with U2 tbh (If is was slightly older I think i could have appreciated their older stuff more when it came out), but its so easy to be self indulgent and show people how well you play rather than composing a sound that goes well with the style and personality of a song - he does that well.I loved Jack Whites honesty and how he revealed his influenes being used so heavily

padraig_f

Enjoyed the film though did find it a bit cringey at times (specifically when they were playing guitars together). Jack White came across to me as the most interesting of the three. Somehow making cool sounds on a beat-up old cheap guitar seemed a lot more fun and a lot more inspiring to me than Edge's huge bank of effects.

thesultan

I have it on download and looking forward to seeing it too. Love Pages style although he did loose his aura after his drug intake in the late seventies