It Might Get Loud - Name a substitute for The Edge

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by mick_sh, Feb 12, 2018.

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  1. mick_sh

    mick_sh Hackney diamond Thread Starter

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    As much as I like U2, The Edge was not the right choice for the 80s generation.

    Imagine this movie with Billy Duffy from The Cult in place of The Edge.

    Any other candidates that you think that would have been a better choice?
     
  2. The Elephant Man

    The Elephant Man Forum Resident

    Joe Satriani.
    He can show Jimmy Page and Jack White what it's like to rock'n'roll!
    :p
     
  3. yarbles

    yarbles Too sick to pray

    Yngwie J Malmsteen
     
  4. poe_man

    poe_man Senior Member

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    Johnny Marr
     
  5. aphexj

    aphexj Sound mind & body

    Buckethead
     
  6. BadJack

    BadJack doorman who always high-fives children of divorce

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    I have no complaints about The Edge's inclusion.
     
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  7. Oliver

    Oliver Bourbon Infused

    C.C. DeVille
     
  8. TLMusic

    TLMusic Musician & record collector

    Yngwie would be far more entertaining! :pineapple: Frankly, he'd be more representative of the "shred" guitar style that was ubiquitous in the 1980s. He could talk about how you can see his Great Wall of amps from outer space and other pearls of wisdom.

     
  9. No Bull

    No Bull Forum Resident

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    Mick Ronson
     
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  10. As much as he is a dead end nowadays, Eddie Van Halen would have been better, and then somebody like Satriani, but I think this is from a European view point so they are not gonna understand the same continuum. White's and the Edge's presence humanize this beyond a muso's indulgence. Edge also has the experience of the level of superstardom that Page has.

    Contemporaries like Joe Walsh, and Carlos Santana also would have been interesting, but would not have appealed to the Jack White and Edge crowds.
     
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  11. davenav

    davenav High Plains Grifter

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    The Edge was fine.
     
  12. ralphb

    ralphb "First they came for..."

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    Bob Mould
     
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  13. guidedbyvoices

    guidedbyvoices Old Dan's Records

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    The edge was fine, but Johnny marr would’ve been great too
     
  14. giantleech

    giantleech Lord of all fevers and plagues

    Joe Baiza.
     
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  15. walrus

    walrus Staring into nothing

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    The Edge was great in it. His approach to the electric guitar is unique, and it was a good contrast to Page. (Repeated scenes of Edge rehearsing/recording one of U2's lamest songs, however, definitely should've been rethought before the film's release though)

    Jack White, on the other hand, had no real business being there. "Making your guitar sound like crap on purpose" isn't really the best way to celebrate the instrument. Now get off my lawn.
     
  16. dkmonroe

    dkmonroe A completely self-taught idiot

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    I found The Edge to be far and away the most interesting participant in the movie. And his approach to the guitar is very quintessentially 80's. I remember reading an article in Musician magazine back in the day which talked about the "new" guitar heroes of the 80's and how they were interested in textures and not blazing solos, and The Edge and Andy Summers were prominently featured.
     
  17. dkmonroe

    dkmonroe A completely self-taught idiot

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    Yeah, maybe I'm just an old fart, but I thought he had no business being there.
     
  18. sunking101

    sunking101 Forum Resident

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    Exactly. I'd have jettisoned Jack White before The Edge.
     
  19. mick_sh

    mick_sh Hackney diamond Thread Starter

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    I love U2, I really like The Edge as a guitar player but boy, is he boring in that movie? Show some enthusiasm, David!
     
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  20. ribonucleic

    ribonucleic Forum Resident

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    In terms of who would have the most interesting things to say about the craft, I'd go with Steve Lukather.
     
  21. yarbles

    yarbles Too sick to pray

    Or, if they couldn't get Yngwie, how about The Great Kat?

    Better yet, The Treeman.

    Or Vinnie Vincent.

    Just about anyone would've been better than ol' tea cosy head.
     
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  22. I would have gone with David Howell Evans.
     
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  23. bluejimbop

    bluejimbop Thumb Toe Heel Toe

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    Perhaps. But there's precedent:
    "It costs a lot of money to look this cheap" - Dolly Parton
     
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  24. Sammy Waslow

    Sammy Waslow Just watching the show

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    Other than the scene with Jimmy Page giddy with enthusiasm when he puts on his 7" single of Rumble, the scenes with The Edge were my favourite parts of the film.
     
  25. deadbirdie

    deadbirdie Senior Member

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    I would've dumped Jack White and replaced him with Noel Gallagher. Now that would be a great conversation. :righton:

    But I guess if I had to replace Edge, per your thread title, I'd go with Johnny Marr.
     
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