Marty is the GOAT guitarist.
Alexi Laiho was better
Discussing who “the better” guitarist is/was is about as pointless as championing a particular time zone. Being more or less skilled at the instrument (especially at the level of skill both posses(ed)) is largely irrelevant to the quality of the music they are able to make. In fact, one of the traps many virtuoso musicians fall in is to create demonstration pieces for their skill that are entirely bewildering or boring to the casual listener.
Regarding your final statement: see Buckethead… Absolute virtuoso that has played on hundreds of albums. Most of his solo stuff is just wanky self indulgent noodling - Unlistenable
Soothsayer… Yes… Awesome… But also sterile and lame.
When the greatest thrasher of all time tells you to be respectful, you’d better fucking listen.
Especially when he’s lived there for 20 years and has sufficient fluency to be asked onto live television as a commentator.
Not just commentary, but actual hosting of shows.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Fujiyama
The title might as well have said “host of rock Fujiyama, Marty Friedman”
I’d be sweating bullets, that’s for sure.
Really fucking tired of shitty people ruining tourism all over the world.
They should do what the Koreans do and start punching shitty tourists in the face.
The wrong people have money everywhere.
People have always been shitty tourists. We just have cell phones now. And influencers, I guess.
I think its more influences and social media driving this bullshit. You can’t go anywhere touristy (including Japan including locals) without seeing influences hogging space to take thousands of photos with dumb poses so they can select the one photo that makes them look good “with little effort.”
I saw it in Tokyo Disney with 10 women who all looked identical taking identical photos all right next to one another. I saw it in Sensō-ji with Japanese women dressed in kimono blocking both sides of a bridge to take a zillion photos. I’ve seen it in Hawaii and Mexico. Shit disgusts the fuck out me and I think these people are pathetic as fuck as well as the people who follow them.
I didn’t go to many touristy places and it was great. No crowds or queues.
I generally avoid anything touristy and try to explore areas where locals live. Sometimes if you’re there already you have to look though.
Was just in LA and shocked at how people will just take up the entire sidewalk in Hollywood boulevard to take a photo with their favorite star. You’re walking along in a crowded area and almost run into them when they suddenly stop.
Tbf having things that tourists are attracted to (& thus take photos with) in the middle of the street is really stupid from an city planning perspective.
