This is an interesting piece. Someone dubbed their guitar “skills” over the ineffable Eric Clapton, making him seem like a total spazz. Watching this makes me feel better about my so-so performances of David Bowie songs on Guitar Hero. But it gets at a deeper issue. In the light of the “Legends of Rock” Expansion (or Expanchkin, as I like to say) for GH2, where are the blues songs, where are the 12-string songs? These too, are Strong Guitar Mojo. Given the GH controller, a squeaky plastic ukulele (thank you Yahtzee), only certain kinds of guitarwork are possible. Here are some reasons that Guitar Hero should have always been called Standard Rock Number Hero:
Leo Kottke:
Carlos Montoya:
Buckethead: Who is a spazz at the beginning but cooks with gasoline in the middle, where he’s two-handing, at about 2:15.
I would have included some David Gilmour, but I couldn’t find any good close ups of him playing.
