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Originally Posted by farkedup
Angus Young wasn't much of a guitar player but he for damn sure is one the very top "showman" guitar players... the guy INVENTED so many moves on stage that he deserves to be on the list although his actually guitar ability wouldn't place him in the top 100.
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I don't think Angus ever gave one little shit about being considered a great technical guitarist, just like AC/DC as a whole never cared about whether critics ever thought their songs had any meaning or sophistication. That being said, everything he ever did sounded absolutely fantastic, especially when Bon was still around to keep things rocking. I guess my point is that there's a lot more to music than technical virtuosity, and maybe being technically adept is really only a very very small part of the whole picture. Who would you rather listen to - Yngwie Malmsteen thrashing out something unlistenable at hyper-speed that nobody else could play, or Angus laying down something thick and heavy that twists your balls up in knots and makes your girlfriend wanna fuck, even though he never uses more than three chords?
I know what I'm choosing.