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Originally Posted by Weiser Wonder
Jack White is the man. The best at making pure rock music in the business today. It's not about who can play their instrument with the greatest expertise and dexterity, it's who can create the best, most compelling music. Rock is power, not virtuosity.
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Really, he just writes great songs. Thats what any of these guys do. If you can shred a million notes a minute but can't really write a song that connects with people, its all for not anyways. People get caught up in slamming people like Jack White and Kurt Cobain for their guitar skills, but really, its how they use their ability in the frame of their songwriting. If all people cared about was technical ability, the fat guy in shorts in the youtube clip from the previous page would be a number one selling artist.
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A few weeks after crashing head-first into the boards (denting his helmet and being unable to move for a little while) following a hit from behind by Bob Errey, the Calgary Flames player explains:
"I was like Christ, lying on my back, with my arms outstretched, crucified"
-- Frank Musil - Early January 1994
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