Hendrix or Marley - the hardest question of all

[Lefty]

Which was better?
Its like choosing between my two parents.

[Rob]

MARLEY!! Jimi was cool and all, but Bob, was much cooler.

[Lefty]

watch out, you may be hit by a falling guitar now...you may have offended the guitar gods

[Rob]

Trust me, after all the guitar "playing" I've done, the guitar gods would've already smited me if they'd wanted to. Although, they might've been the force that made me smash myself in the mouth with my guitar.

[pce]

talent wise, i have to say, with no thought necesary: hendrix all the friggin way. without question. also sheer pleasure to listen to: hendrix all the way. no doubt

but as far as message and lyrics, it's marley.

[Optimus Prime]

this is like comparing apples and oranges. Rock...Reggae. Why compare?

[RedCeltic]

PCE said exactlly what I would have said.. hmmm.. I'm a big fan of both. However listening to Jimi also brings back childhood memories of summers visiting my hippie aunt and uncle who would blast tracks like "Machine Gun" so loud that it shook the house.

[Lefty]

I got a complaint from 3 houses down cuz i blasted "purple haze" and "all along the watchtower" so loud.

[BOZG]

Definately Marley

[Dan Majerle]

Bob Marley

[Menshevik]

both are incomparable. Although, Jimi Hendrix changed music forever, moreso I think than Bob Marley.

[Hattori Hanzo]

marley- more political
hendrix- more druggie

[Son of Scargill]

Quote: from Hattori Hanzo on 5:48 pm on June 18, 2002
marley- more political
hendrix- more druggie

Peter Tosh-more political+druggie than both.But still a top drawer musician.
Back to the choice though,Hendrix just shades it for me.But only just.

(Edited by Son of Scargill at 6:33 pm on June 18, 2002)

[Hattori Hanzo]

gotta say i prefer marley

[sypher]

Marley

[j]

What the hell kind of question is this??? Damn it. I don't know!!!! Ummmm, Hendrix....no Bob.........no Hendrix.....damn you!!!!!!!!

I'm gonna go with Bob Marley. Don't let me repost in two minutes saying Jimi.

j

[Lefty]

lol see? Its impossible!

[pixie]

Both, there both sooo sweeet :)

[samaniego]

Man you can't compare these two guy's. They both did great things for their style of music. If can say who was a better muscian, but not who's better. They both are equally awsome.

[man in the red suit]

No question. Hendrix was much better. Marley has his place among the stoners but I can't stand his music when I'm sober. He was definitely influential and had a lot of great songs but he isn't my type personally. I like rock and guitar solos as opposed to hip hop rasta reggae.

[suffianr]

Hendrix was Puff the Magic Dragon to Marley's Everyman. They taught the world that a little weed don't hurt anyone, every now and then.

[RedCeltic]

no, alittle weed don't hurt anyone.

For Jimi however, 8 or 9 tablets of Seconol causes death by choking on your vomit in your sleep.

[peaccenicked]

Bob Dylan

[deadpool 52]

But if only he could play music as well as he wrote it.

Fuck Marely, Hendrix practically invented the electric guitar, it was a mere extension of himself; let alone his performance at Woodstock.

[peaccenicked]

The triumph of form over content. Its all about depth man. Yeah but you are right both were great and had depth too I might add.

[RedCeltic]

Dylan wrote some of the greatest songs of all time. However they are better when someone else sings them. I can only listen to one or two of his songs at a time before his voice gets on my nerves.

[Fires of History]

Jimmy Page, duh.

[Bakunjin]

Robert Nesta Marley

[deadpool 52]

Quote: from RedCeltic on 10:47 am on June 27, 2002
However they are better when someone else sings them.

Exactly, most were protest songs.

[soul esperado]

they both were entirely phenomenal and both revolutionary in their own ways. but i have to say bob marley because i grew up listening to him and his music touches me on a more personal level. hendrix...hendrix was amazing tho. simply amazing.

[canikickit]

Jimi.
Bob compromised his music too much.
But then he's the one that got me into it all so....fuck it. There is no answer.

[RedLight]

Marley

[hawarameen]

jimmi for natural talent, you know he couldnt read music! i heard he played 'god save the queen' just by listening to the crowd singing it and he got each not spot on

marley wins it for lyrics and the message he conveyed. i personally prefer listening to moving lyrics rather than good tunes so he gets my vote

hard choice though

[Politrickian]

If there was no Hendrix there would never been a wah-wah pedal.

So its Hendrix.

Allthough Marley is good too.

[LeninCCCP]

The world would be very different without both but i feel Hendrix made more of an impact to artists now than Bob.

[death b4 dishonour]

bob marley for shure

[Pinko]

Marley and Hendrix are gods in the great music pantheon, they are up there with Jim Morrison.
It is not like choosing between parents, it is like choosing between the god of rain and the god of agriculture. Worship them both with equal awe and you will not go far wrong.

[Raztro]

Marley

[vox]

"Hendrix practically invented the electric guitar."

Whoa, slow down a little. Let's not forget about Charlie Christian, okay? I know most people have never heard of him nowadays, but he's one of the greats.

vox

[deadpool 52]

Hearing Hendrix play transcends all guitarists to date.

Listen to Machine Gun, you can get more from Hendrix's riffs, than from any words could convey.

(Edited by deadpool 52 at 8:12 am on Oct. 5, 2002)

[mujer revolucionaria]

I am not even quite sure how you can compare the two or choose one over the other.....both are FANTASTIC!!!

(I am sure I saying something 20 other people have said, but I am lazy and havent read all the posts) haha

[Dirty Commie]

I hate you lefty, I hate with all my revolutionary fervor.
I wish there was Jimi Marley, or Bob Hendrix, I cannot choose, you ruined my life, this will plague me for years.
Bob sent the best message, JimI was a rock and roll hero. Bob lived to be thirty-six, JimI to be twenty-six,
I don't know, htey are both equal, If I had to choose, I wouyld fight free from my captors and never give an answer.

JimI and Bob rull!!

[dsmtuner]

It depends on what I'm in the mood for. Right now I'm in the mood for some Bob Marley. One Love

[Rastafari]

Howabout...It is more of a shame that bob died young because he would have gone on to much more, whilst Hendrix was already beginning to slow down. But I do hate you lefty, as well as whoever revitalized this.

[Dirty Commie]

Lefty, this wil plague me for years to come.
I hate you. j/k

[Lardlad95]

The fuck are yo people confused for?

I love Jimi's music with all my soul

but he isn't fit to clean the bugs from Bob's grave

Jimi wasn't worthy enough to lick the mud from Marley's boot


Marley is the winner hands down.


only person ever who's had an album in which every song on it was just as good as the other, and every song on that album (exodus) was beyond incredible

[Rock1Renegade3]

In my opinion Hendrix rules, hands down. Marley is alright, but nothing compared to Hendrix, he's a guitar
god!

[Dhul Fiqar]

The comparison is absolutely impossible, totally differeint styles. Jimi Page vs. Jimi Hendrix, ok. Peter tosh vs. Bob Marley, ok.

But Jimi and Bob are just nothing alike, totally different people and totally different music.

That being said, I prefer reggae, so I say Bob. :)

--- G.

[atlanticche]

in music talent and well for being brilliant Jimi Hendrix
but Marley for the inspiration
hard decision
but its got to be Jimi

[Rastafari]

get out of my house you irreverant fuck!!!
Oh, and "Turn Your Lights DOwn Low" wasn't exactly my forte, but the rest was the best. He should have cut out TYLDL and put on "Roots" or "Punky Reggae Party"

[Lefty]

Hendrix kicks the shit out of Bob, music-wise. But as for message, Bob wins.

And Dhul:

Hendrix>Page>Vaughan- The guitar holy trinity

[WUOrevolt]

definately marley Bob will never die

[Urban Rubble]

Honestly, I like Bob's music way better. I know Hendrix is a much more advanced guitar player, but as for what sounds good (to me) I have to go with Bob.

Question, why do people act like Bob is the only relevant reggae musician ?

[Rastafari]

because he is the easiest to understand/relate to, and probably the overall best

[Jackmond]

Hendrix
Marley was cool but hendrix was a master and Clapton was his mate. so how cool is HE THEN!?!?!

[Lefty]

And he had a 10-inch penis. Beat that, you dirty rastas! ;)

[Menshevik]

This is like trying to compare Miles Davis to Rage Against the Machine--you just can't do it. One should respect both for their individual contributions to music and leave it at that.

[rAW DEaL bILL]

o my god this is way too hard... theyre both so awesome. i guess marley. i like reggae a bit more than 60s rock...

[GCusack]

Marley! More inspiring, in my opinion

[chamo]

Jimi Hendrix is the man. You can even download "Castles Made of Sand" off my website;)

Hendrix was a legend of the guitar, I never saw Marley burn his.

[scott thesocialist]

bob wins hands down, for his words of wisdom, for the effort he made trying to bring peace and love to the world esp. Africa and last for the politic strugle he endured in Jamaca
long live the rasta king
peace

[chamo]

Maybe so but did he ever do this:

http://images.art.com/images/PRODUCTS/large/10022000/10022195.jpg

[Zombie]

Quote: from Menshevik on 12:36 pm on May 17, 2003
This is like trying to compare Miles Davis to Rage Against the Machine--you just can't do it. One should respect both for their individual contributions to music and leave it at that.


well said.

[redstaruser]

this is one choice that is hard to make, both of these guys were unique in their own way, bob marleya nd jimi hendrix were like 2 of the greatest of their kind. I for one cannot decide, tough choice!

[Soul Rebel]

i really cant choose who i like more- each one moves me differently and has had a different impact on me.

[Dirty Commie]

All depends on my mood.
Love 'em both.

[Soul Rebel]

happyguy- that pic. that you put up; i actually got that in my bedroom, in between two marley posters.

[fascism101]

Marley, Hendrix was great at guitar. But bob marley is had good lyrics, smoked way more weed, and is more relaxing, Hendrix, was just like kurt cobain on guitar except a hell of a lot better(i mean kurt cobain as in when he uses all those effects and like it just sounds like hes breaking shit...check the star spangeled banner by hendrix he goes crazy at the end)

[linda]

HENDRIX!!! I THINK HE F*CKING RULES!!!

[Danton]

Hendrix V Marley?

Comparisons are odious, they are both genuine musical legends.




"Victoria o muerte"

[Invader Zim]

Well Hendrix is possibly in the 2 top guitar players ever second only to perhaps Brian May, Slash or Eric Clapton. There is so little to choose between all of them they all really skilled. All of who I consider second place as there is so little to choose between them.

David Gilmour and Kurt Kobain are both amazing as well and could possibly earn a place in the top 10...

It also pains me to admit it but Tom Morello is good as well even though I dislike the band's music.

Ohh my god I just remembered Jimmy Page... How could i have not included him until now. I am deaply ashamed.