The director should have a deep understanding of rock music. The three protagonists selected are real guitar masters from different eras, especially Jimmy Page and The Edge. I particularly admire them. If the new generation of guitar masters chooses John Frusciante with red hot pepper, then I'll give five stars just by looking at the lineup.
I don’t know how to understand the movie. Let’s talk a little bit about my understanding of the three masters. I hope that there is something wrong. First of all, Jimmy Page doesn't need to talk much, and it can't be overstated. The true guitar hero, an important promoter of rock music and guitar technology development, has influenced countless younger generations. Jimmy Page is best known at the Zeppelin stage. This band is the top band after the two big rock band giants The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. Together with Black Sabbath and Deep Purple, they created the most important genre of heavy metal rock music. Popular metals in the 1980s, such as the huge number of Chinese music fans, can hear the shadow of the Zeppelin spacecraft. At its root, Zeppelin is also a rock band that is deeply influenced by blues. Among them, Jimmy Page is a blues guitar master. The most famous stunt is repeating. In the movie, Jimmy Page is a kind and quiet old man. You can see the youthful demeanor of Jimmy Page in the movie images. At that time, he was also a handsome pot that was popular with thousands of young girls. As an old Jimmy Page, he no longer needs to play the guitar from a technical level. The guitar is more like a fusion with it. This level of state cannot be described in words. What's commendable is that Jimmy Page, the originator of the world, has more appreciation and encouragement for the younger generations. There is no pretension at all. There is even a modest side in the JAM with the younger generations, which I admire. Speaking of which, I remembered that after the 2008 Olympics handover ceremony, there were dung young people on the horizon because they were dissatisfied with the British, and even said rudely to the old Jimmy. It is no wonder that Jimmy Page's popularity in China may not be as good as Beckham's one ten thousandth. It is embarrassing that the most important figures in rock history and even music history are even underestimated in China.
U2 will not be so embarrassed. The band is not only popular all over the world, but also has a large number of fans in China. But The Edge, the most guitarist, is a different story. For a long time, The Edge has been considered a crappy guitarist, "because it is just because of U2 so well-known." Fortunately, it has basically been rehabilitated now. The Edge is a guitarist who subverted the traditional guitar concept like Tom Morello. Edge’s guitar philosophy is “Less is more”. He is a rare guitarist known in the world for his extraordinary use of effects, perhaps because of his early experience. Influenced by the punk movement, he always hopes to express the best music with the fewest notes. I admire this very much, because I am tired of the complicated and swollen guitar solo of many "guitar masters", which is like flowing water without any flavor and loss. The essence of playing the piano has become a capital to show off. Foreigners call the kind of fast-playing but no-skilled guitarist masturbation. I think there are similarities. Faced with doubts from the outside world, the underrated Edge has never changed its direction. For 20 years, he has dedicated many outstanding rock works to us. Have you seen Edge's complex effects in the movie? I remembered a fragment from Zhou Xingchi’s Deer Tripod. Before Wei Xiaobao entered the palace, Chen Jinnan taught him martial arts and gave him a pamphlet. Wei Xiaobao was surprised that it would take me a month to see how thick it is. Chen Jinnan frowned and said: This is the catalog. The martial arts secrets are over there, just point at it, and a large stack of books in the corner, "I have read it for three years, and I have practiced for 30 years before I am where I am today"! The effects of the world are just like that big stack of martial arts cheats. If you want to reach the realm of Edge, you don't know how much effort and energy it takes. I often hear that the biggest gap between Chinese guitarists and the world lies in the understanding of timbre. Few people can calm down and study timbre. This is the greatness of Edge. He is a geek in the history of guitars.
Jack White is the soul of the popular band White Stripe. I don't know much about it, so I don't dare to say anything. In today's music world, there are few blues music like the white stripes, and they are still played so well, so popular, and records can still sell well. What is commendable is that he is still white, and he has always thought that Bruce is the patent of black people. It is like the ruffian eminem in the rap world, which is more unusual.
At the end of the movie, the three of them JAM together. In fact, I was a little disappointed. What I want to see is that the three people each used their housekeeping skills to create intense sparks, such as Jimmy's continuous duo, Edge's guitar sound effects, Jack White's blues, and such fragments in my mind. People are excited, like Hong Qigong taking out the eighteen palms of the dragon to fight against Ouyang Feng's toad power, the effect is definitely extraordinary.
Okay, I'm too tired to say so much in one breath. I have time to replenish it. My brain needs a short rest.
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