Kurt Cobain vs The Edge

[J_NP]

I think you should change the title of the thread as :

Kurt Cobain invented the guitar

 

[J_NP]

BTw Go with PlaTheGreat , Larry wins by taking over Edge

 

[U2FanPeter]

That list is 99% male.

Bonnie Raitt, Liz Phair, Julianna Hatfield, the skinny Heart sister(amongst other females)are better that several selections on that list.

 

[Aygo]

Kurt Cobain and Nirvana are one of the most overated artists/band ever. I'll always wonder WTF they did in the world to deserve so much attention and for being so praised...

 

[U2democrat]

I love Nirvana but Edge's guitarwork is FAR superior to that of Kurt Cobain.

 

[pgv]

Kurt Cobain and Nirvana are one of the most overated artists/band ever. I'll always wonder WTF they did in the world to deserve so much attention and for being so praised...

Probably because they did produce some pretty ground breaking stuff ... the first time i listened to in utero I was like 'woah this is going to be big.'

 

[tpsglick2424]

1Jimi Hendrix
2 Duane Allman of the Allman Brothers Band
3 B.B. King
4 Eric Clapton
5 Robert Johnson
6 Chuck Berry
7 Stevie Ray Vaughan
8 Ry Cooder
9 Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin
10 Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones
11Kirk Hammett of Metallica
12 Kurt Cobain of Nirvana
13 Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead
14 Jeff Beck
15 Carlos Santana
16 Johnny Ramone of the Ramones
17 Jack White of the White Stripes
18 John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers
19 Richard Thompson
20 James Burton
21 George Harrison
22 Mike Bloomfield
23 Warren Haynes
24 The Edge of U2
25 Freddy King
26 Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave
27 Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits
28 Stephen Stills
29 Ron Asheton of the Stooges
30 Buddy Guy
31 Dick Dale
32 John Cipollina of Quicksilver Messenger Service
33 & 34 Lee Ranaldo, Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth
35 John Fahey
36 Steve Cropper of Booker T. and the MG's
37 Bo Diddley
38 Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac
39 Brian May of Queen
40 John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival
41 Clarence White of the Byrds
42 Robert Fripp of King Crimson
43 Eddie Hazel of Funkadelic
44 Scotty Moore
45 Frank Zappa
46 Les Paul
47 T-Bone Walker
48 Joe Perry of Aerosmith
49 John McLaughlin
50 Pete Townshend
51 Paul Kossoff of Free
52 Lou Reed
53 Mickey Baker
54 Jorma Kaukonen of Jefferson Airplane
55 Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple
56 Tom Verlaine of Television
57 Roy Buchanan
58 Dickey Betts
59 & 60 Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien of Radiohead
61 Ike Turner
62 Zoot Horn Rollo of the Magic Band
63 Danny Gatton
64 Mick Ronson
65 Hubert Sumlin
66 Vernon Reid of Living Colour
67 Link Wray
68 Jerry Miller of Moby Grape
69 Steve Howe of Yes
70 Eddie Van Halen
71 Lightnin' Hopkins
72 Joni Mitchell
73 Trey Anastasio of Phish
74 Johnny Winter
75 Adam Jones of Tool
76 Ali Farka Toure
77 Henry Vestine of Canned Heat
78 Robbie Robertson of the Band
79 Cliff Gallup of the Blue Caps (1997)
80 Robert Quine of the Voidoids
81 Derek Trucks
82 David Gilmour of Pink Floyd
83 Neil Young
84 Eddie Cochran
85 Randy Rhoads
86 Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath
87 Joan Jett
88 Dave Davies of the Kinks
89 D. Boon of the Minutemen
90 Glen Buxton of Alice Cooper
91 Robby Krieger of the Doors
92 & 93 Fred "Sonic" Smith, Wayne Kramer of the MC5
94 Bert Jansch
95 Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine
96 Angus Young of AC/DC
97 Robert Randolph
98 Leigh Stephens of Blue Cheer
99 Greg Ginn of Black Flag
100 Kim Thayil of Soundgarden

Well They obviously missed Ace Frehley if KISS (who ever did that)

Who voted for Kurt Cobain in a U2 forum?

 

[europop2005]

Why is David Gilmour so low?

 

[Zoots]

Why is David Gilmour so low?

Because according to the media, if you don't produce winding masturbatory solos, you're no good.

 

[Aygo]

Probably because they did produce some pretty ground breaking stuff ... the first time i listened to in utero I was like 'woah this is going to be big.'

Come on... With only few sucessful albums and tones and tones of publicity from MTV's, the press and the critics and they're kings and praised by legions of people that praises what? A legend? F-off!...
I'm not telling Nirvana was good, but they were not huge as many want them to be, and they didn't stand enough time to prove anything to the world's music... despite some want to believe in that...

 

[Mogi]

This list is one of the reasons why Rolling Stone has very little credibility anymore.
You have Kurt Cobain infront of:
Jerry Garcia, Jeff Beck and Carlos Santana. YEAH RIGHT!!
David Gilmour, Randy Rhoads and Neil Young almost on the same level as JOAN JETT!! I will say that again-JOAN JETT!!
Gibson Girl, get in here now!!!

Jack White over the Edge??!!! For the love of god, you´re killing me now!!

JOAN JETT, but no Johnny Marr?

Well, sign me up!!!

 

[Yahweh]

Rolling Stone also had the Edge on the cover with 6 or 7 other legendary guitarists in the early 90s....and really thats a joke of a question.. Edge blows Cobain out of the water.

 

[Screwtape2]

1. The Edge is a better guitar player, hands down.

2. The Rolling Stone list is beyond idiotic. I could go a long tangent about who should be on that list but I won't. Ike Turner is on the list, nothing more has to be said.

3. Nirvana is horribly overrated. Nothing about Nirvana seemed that creative when you look at Pearl Jam and Smashing Pumpkins, two bands that came out of the same period. What did Nirvana create that did not already exist?

 

[BVS]

Kurt could write a song, no doubt, but he wasn't a great guitar player.

 

[tpsglick2424]

Okay, where is Slash?!?! Now I'm furious GN'R is the band that changed the damn new meaning of rock n' roll, and they aren't even my favorite band so I'm not just sticking up for them because of it......The rock n' roll media have no clue what they are talking about ...

 

[Utoo]

Honestly, I wouldn't even have put Eric Clapton up at #4. All he can do anymore is copy old school blues guitarists.

 

[AtomicBono]

Jack White over the Edge??!!! For the love of god, you´re killing me now!!

In my opinion, Jack White is more overrated than Kurt Cobain.

But yeah, Edge is killin' either one of them

 

[Canadiens1131]

Rolling Stone has Cobain as 12th best guitarist of all time, the Edge as 24th.

so Kurt is twice as good as the Edge.

QFT!

 

[J_NP]

Jesus Christ , Holy Sweet Mother ...... We are in a bloody U2 board , which is supposed to be the biggest of u2 in the net , and there are are 4 bloody votes for that fellow who probably didn't even know what was a FLANGER



That's it , I reaally gave up this place

 

[love_u2_adam]

^but you can't give it up!!


yaa wtf Kurt Cobain.....the edge...they're both amazing and Kurt is pretty sexy

but it's the edge dudes..THE FREAKING EDGE!!!!!!!!

 

[Zoots]

I'm sure most or all of those 4 votes for Cobain are joke votes!

 

[tpsglick2424]

^but you can't give it up!!


yaa wtf Kurt Cobain.....the edge...they're both amazing and Kurt is pretty sexy

but it's the edge dudes..THE FREAKING EDGE!!!!!!!!

You mean "was very sexy"

but if you meant "is" then....

 

[LemonMelon]

Kurt Cobain played guitar?

 

[BrownEyedBoy]

Kurt sucked at guitar technically speaking but his creativity compensated for it and more.

He´s not even in my top 100 best guitarist ever list.

So for once, Interference is right by saying that Edge is a better guitarist than Cobain.

 

[shaun vox]

i voted for EDGE duh!!
nirvana sucks!!! Jack White is a joke on guitar!!

 

[pgv]

Come on... With only few sucessful albums and tones and tones of publicity from MTV's, the press and the critics and they're kings and praised by legions of people that praises what? A legend? F-off!...
I'm not telling Nirvana was good, but they were not huge as many want them to be, and they didn't stand enough time to prove anything to the world's music... despite some want to believe in that...

They didn't stand enough time because he died. They did more than a few successful albums - but (like u2) not all were particulary well recieved. And thats because they were different, that whole grunge thing was only just coming into the mainstream then. They must have been doing something right as they were bigger than pearl jam at the height of their fame. And they have quite similiar music.

 

[david]

edge is a better guitarist than kurt cobain because he's still alive.

 

[cobl04]

Rolling Stone has Cobain as 12th best guitarist of all time, the Edge as 24th.

so Kurt is twice as good as the Edge.

I'm guessing one E. Clapton was high on that list?

Originally posted by LemonMelon
Kurt Cobain played guitar?

Yeah, I didn't know that either.

 

[vaz02]

edge , grunge guitarists are hard to figure and nirvana are way over rated.

 

[blueyedpoet]

I realize this is a U2 forum, so love for the edge is understandable. But why do we have to criticize harshly?
Kurt Cobain played his guitar decidedly simple. You can listen to some outtakes, or their first cd, and you'll realize he actually could solo. But, just like the Edge was revolutionary for getting away from power chords in punk and post-punk music, so too was Kurt revolutionary for reintroducing them to mainstream music.
Can we please get away from lame "He sucks, she sucks" comments?