Jimi Hendrix is the best guitar player ever

http://www.youtube.com... http://www.youtube.com... I thank my opponent once more for accepting this debate and for his first one, I must say I am impressed with him. However “Ok, this is weird because I did not see and opening argument from you. It was blank and I thought that was weird but posted anyways.” I’m sorry but what part of “first round for accept” do you not understand here I’ll analyze it with you. “First round” infers round 1 “Accept” Means to consent So put it together and you find that the first round if only for consent. This has to be a joke right? When Rolling Stone is posting stories on Global Warming you know its joke. Unfortunately I fail to see what a scientific issue has to do with their ability to judge music and pop culture. “The truly original songs on Houses of the Holy again underscore Led Zeppelin's songwriting deficiencies… So it is that "Dancing Days," "The Rain Song" and "No Quarter" fall flat on their respective faces...” (1) Again, this is from the same magazine you respect so much? Actually as a huge Zeppelin fan that album to me was a huge disappointment, and most of the songs really did fall flat. “D'yer Mak'er" is even worse, a pathetic stab at reggae... is obnoxiously heavy-handed and totally devoid of the native form's sensibilities.” (1) D’yer Mak’er is one of my favorite LZ songs! It’s also always on the local classic rock station. I guess the writer didn’t understand LZ creative genius and they took reggae and rocked the $H!T out of it! This proves Rolling Stone has been a joke since the 70’s and should not be considered as the be-all-end-all source for music reviews. As bold as my opponent may be, his opinions are hardly enough for me to consider RS as a distrustful source. If you had given more than personal opinions and bold statements, I may have listened to you. Did Henry Ford “revolutionize” and “innovate” automobile manufacturing? Yes, but was the Model T the best car? Was Ford the best car builder of all time? No. Same goes for Dick Fosbury. Did he have incredible skill and innovate/revolutionize the sport of high jumping? Yes. He won Gold in 1968. But is he the “greatest high jumper of all time”? No. Umm actually the ford V8 which was the model T is the best car ever… And, umm Fosbury is considered the best high jumper ever. http://www.edmunds.com... http://en.wikipedia.org... I could say the same about Jimi now can’t I? However, Malmsteen is also a master of the classical acoustic guitar whereas Hendrix wasn’t. You may not like his “style” but you cannot deny his technical ability and speed. This displays a wider skill range than Jimi. Okay, you already agreed that he was a universal guitar player. Okay throughout this debate my opponent has been hammering to find evidence that Hendrix could match them, which I found. But has my opponent shown and evidence that THEY could play Hendrix observe the above videos. If there is one difference besides the double guitar, it’s that in all that commotion Jimi never looks down as his guitar, never. Whereas in the videos my opponent has shown me there eyes are rooted to there guitars, there reason Hendrix was such a god on stage was because he never need to glance at his guitar the music just flowed out of him, to me Angelo and Malmsteen sounded like hard concrete fearing to look up. Irrelevant point. However I can do that and so can many others but I’m not up for the title of greatest guitarist now am I? Pics or it didn’t happen If Jimi is unable to play Malmsteen or Batio music then yes, that does disqualify him for being labeled as the “greatest guitarist”. I have still yet to see any evidence that either of these musicians could play like Hendrix, if you could, however show me a video of Angelo moving around the stage like Jimi did with a two sided guitar then I will sh!t my pants. And I can make blatant assumptions to ready? So in conclusion could Jimi play Malmsteen? Yes. Could Jimi play Batio? Without a doubt. My opponent does not seem to understand that you need solid evidence to make a case, and while I offered evidence of Jimi’s ability to match there speed my opponent has failed to offer evidence that either one of these musicians could match Jimi’s skill. And so having refuted my opponents lack luster evidence, I can still safely say that Hendirx is the best guitar player that has ever lived. I would also like to remind my opponent not to post an argument in round three, it would be against the one rule I had for this debate and against the DDO standard rules, if you post you then drop all arguments and forfeit this debate, so I’ll say it again DO NOT POST IN ROUND 3.