Top 25 Guitarists of All-Time

The Newly Updated Rolling Stone List of the Top 100 Guitarists of All-Time was issued in the Summer of 2012. Here's the top 25. I always find many egregious errors with these types of Lists, especially ROLLING STONE, but this one has some pretty great names and is worthy of discussion and debate. Feel free to add comments below. See the List Lounge best rock guitar player list below also. ROLLING STONE - BEST GUITAR PLAYERS of ALL-TIME (New 2012)
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1) Jimi Hendrix (A)
2) Eric Clapton (A)
3) Jimmy Page (A)
4) Keith Richards (A)
5) Jeff Beck (A)
6) B.B. King
7) Chuck Berry
8) Eddie Van Halen (A)
9) Duane Allman
10) Pete Townsend (A)
11) George Harrison (A)
12) Stevie Ray Vaughn
13) Albert King
14) David Gilmour
15) Freddie King
16) Derek Trucks
17) Neil Young
18) Les Paul
19) James Burton
20) Carlos Santana
21) Chet Atkins
22) Frank Zappa
23) Buddy Guy
24) Angus Young
25) Tony Iommi
(A) = The List Lounge Agrees the artist should be on the list

TEN Great Things about the 2011 Golden Globes

List Lounge’s Top 10 Best Things about the 2011 Golden Globe Awards

1) Colin Firth winning Best Actor for The King’s Speech. Well deserved.
2) The Social Network winning Best Picture and three more prizes. The most relevant and timely winning film I can ever recall.
3) NIN Front man, Trent Reznor winning a Globe for The Social Network score. He used to be such a rebel, now; he’s a Hollywood A-List Celebrity.
4) Christian Bale winning Best Supporting Actor for The Fighter. Supurb performance.
5) Robert De Niro winning the Lifetime Award. That place loved him.
6) Melissa Leo winning for The Fighter. She was a mean, bad, bothersome character in the film. Hard to like, but amazingly real performance.
7) Aaron Sorkin winning for The Social Network Screenplay. The speed and wit of that script was one of the best in many many years.
8) Paul Giamatti’s groovy and self-less speech. He’s done some amazing things. Sideways being one of the best single performances ever.
9) Natalie Portman (new school) and Annette Bening (old school) Hollywood class acts receiving awards. Both roles were powerful.
10) Having DVR'ed the show, I could skip past much of Ricky Gervais’s mean-spirited, awkward and largely un-funny banter. He was brutally mean and brutally un-funny.

Often, the Golden Globes feel like they are filled with some odd choices. Tonight, it felt like the HFPA really got it right. A great year for films and it will be an exciting Oscars this year. (Plus, no Gervais.)

THE TOP 25 Rock Singers of ALL-TIME (since 1960)

TOP 25 ROCK SINGERS of ALL-TIME (1960-2010)

Making a list of the top 25 Rock Singers of All-Time is a really tough one. The List Lounge editors are sure it will stir it up, no matter who makes the list...

Before you read on, it's important to know the judging criteria to make the top 25 and what we mean by TOP ROCK SINGER:
1) Unique and Recognizable
2) Powerful Rock Voice
3) Broad Vocal Range
4) Live Performance
5) Catalog of Great Rock Tunes
6) Frontman Skills

HERE's THE LIST, Feel free to comment below:

1) Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin, Solo)

2) Freddie Mercury (Queen)

3) Steve Perry (Journey, Solo)

4) Steven Tyler (Aerosmith)

5) David Lee Roth (Van Halen, Solo)

6) Roger Daltry (The Who)

7) Chris Cornell (Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog, Audioslave, solo)

8) Jim Morrison (The Doors)

9) Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam, solo)

10) Paul McCartney (The Beatles, Wings, solo)

11) John Lennon (The Beatles, solo)

12) Klaus Meine (Scorpions)

13) Paul Rodgers (Free, Bad Company, Queen)

14) Peter Cetera (Chicago, solo)

15) Dennis DeYoung (Styx, solo)

16) Ozzie Osborne (Black Sabbath, solo)

17) Prince

18) David Bowie

19) Ian Gillan (Deep Purple, solo)

20) Elton John

21) Bono (U2)

22) Billy Joel

23) Phillip Bailey (Earth, Wind and Fire, solo)

24) Morrissey (The Smiths, solo)

25) Steve Winwood (Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, solo)

Just Missed: Joe Elliot (Def Leppard), Jon Anderson (Yes, solo), Matthew Bellamy (Muse), Brad Delp (Boston), John Wetton (Asia, King Crimson, Roxy Music), Don Henley (Eagles, solo), Bruce Springsteen, Sting (Police, solo), Peter Gabriel (Genesis, Solo), Ronnie James Dio (Black Sabbath, solo), Van Morrison, Brian Wilson (Beach Boys), Rod Steward, Sammy Hagar (Van Halen, Montrose, Chickenfoot, solo), James Taylor, Robin Zander (Cheap Trick), Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull), Bryan Adams, Peter Frampton, Billy Idol, Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots, Velvet Revolver), Geddy Lee (Rush), Ian Astbury (The Cure), Robert Palmer, Chris Martin (Coldplay), Tom Chaplin (Keane), Lenny Kravitz, Thom York (Radiohead), Lou Gramm (Foreigner), and ?

All-Time Top 20 Guitar Players in Rock History (past 50 years)

20 GREATEST Rock Guitar Players of the Past 50 Years

FINALLY, after Months of research and agonizing, having studied dozens of lists from Gibson.com to Rolling Stone to Guitar World Magazine… Here’s our top 20 of the past 50 years. Rock only... No blues, Jazz or pop, although Clapton has Blues chops, he qualifies as a ROCK guitar player. Please comment at will…

Written 12.10.10
Revised 1.21.2012

1) Edward Van Halen (Van Halen)
2) Eric Clapton (The Yardbirds, Derek and the Dominos, Cream, Solo)
3) Jimmy Page (The Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin)
4) Eric Johnson (G3, Solo artist)
5) Keith Richards (Rolling Stones)
6) Jimi Hendrix (Solo) - [[Spelling corrected]]
7) Jeff Beck (The Yardbirds, various, solo)
8) Joe Satriani (various, G3, solo)
9) Steve Howe (Yes, Asia, GTR, solo)
10) Steve Vai (David Lee Roth band, Billy Idol, G3, Solo)
10) The Edge (U2)
11) Neal Schon (Journey)
12) Pete Townsend (The Who)
13) George Harrison (Beatles)
14) David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
15) Joe Walsh (Eagles, solo)
16) Brian May (Queen)
17) Brad Gillis (Night Ranger)
18) Andy Summers (Police)
19) Rodolf Shenker (Scorpions)
20) Matthias Jabs (Scorpions)

Almost made list: Chuck Berry (solo)**, Alex Lifeson (Rush), Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits), Kirk Hammett (Metallica), Randy Rhodes (Black Sabbath), Richie Blackmour (Deep Purple), Prince, Angus Young (AC/DC), Johnny Marr (The Smiths).

**Chuck Berry was moved from the top 20 on Friday, December 10, 2010 be virtue of a comment that much of Chuck's key guitar-work occurred in the 50's, thus outside of the 50 year timeline. Chuck's post 1960.

Worthy of debate: Slash, Mike Campbell (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers), Robbie Krieger (The Doors)

Critics Judging Criteria:
1) Uniqueness
2) Solos
3) Rock-Ness
4) Versatility
5) Memorable Riffs

NOTE: 80% of the TOP 10 FROM the ALL-TIME Greatest Rock Guitar Players according to Gibson Guitars list are included above.

Thanks to: Guitar Magazine, Guitar World, Rolling Stone, Gibson Guitars (Gibson.com)

It seems unthinkable that Alex Lifeson did not make the top 20. Maybe he does belong, but before you comment, be sure to READ the Critics Criteria above to make sure you understand how the List Lounge Critics Panel made their choices.

10 Great Cities for a Long Weekend Trip

From the Editors of LL, here are 10 Great places to spend a Friday through Monday and the best month of the year to do so...

1) Chicago, IL - May
2) Napa, CA - September
3) Nantucket, MA - July
4) Charleston, SC - October
5) New York, NY - September
6) Scottsdale, AZ - January
7) Newport Beach, CA - July
8) San Diego, CA - February
9) Las Vegas, NV - March
10) Key West, FL - May

Ok, here are 5 more:
11) Austin, TX
12) New Orleans, LA
13) San Francisco, CA
14) Washington, DC
15) St. Augustine, FL

Top 20 "Guys" Films of All-Time - Featuring a Tough Guy

According to the Orange County Register (a great newspaper, here are the 20 best guys films of all-time, what do you think of the list?

1) Dirty Harry - 1970 (Eastwood)
2) Gladiator - 2000 - (Crowe)
3) Die Hard - 1988 - (Willis)
4) Godfather - 1972 - (Brando, Pacino, Caan, Duvall)
5) 300 - 2007 - (Butler) - Newest on the list
6) The Dirty Dozen - 1967 - (Marvin)
7) Scarface - 1983 - (Pacino)
8) Reservoir Dogs - 1992 - (Keitel, Roth, Madsen, Penn, Buscemi)
9) Raging Bull - 1980 - (De Niro)
10) Bullitt - 1968 - (McQueen)
11) Cool Hand Luke - 1967 - (Eastwood)
12) The Searchers - 1956 - (Wayne)
13) The Termintor - 1984 - (Arnold)
14) Fight Club - 1999 - (Pitt, Norton)
15) Sparticus - 1960 - (Douglas, Oliver)
16) On the Waterfront - 1954 - (Brando)
17) Death Wish - 1970 - (Bronson)
18) The Right Stuff - 1983 - (Shepard, Glenn, Harris Quaid)
19) The Great Escape - 1963 - (McQueen)
20) The Untouchables - 1987 - (De Niro, Costner, Connery)

Honorable Mention- Goodfellas - 1990
How is it not on the list? Pulp Fiction

Stats:
Films from the 50s-1, 60s-5, 70s-3, 80s-6, 90s-2, 2000s-2

List Lounge #2: TOP 5 (New) Bands from Last 5 Years

Five Bands whom MADE IT BIG in the past 5 years, 2004-2010:

1) The Killers
2) MUSE
3) Keane
4) Kings of Leon
5) Snow Patrol

The Next Big One: The Temper Trap


Other Lists:
Associated Content's TOP 5 BANDS IN LAST 5 YEARS:

1) Breaking Benjamin
2) The White Stripes
3) Killers
4) Muse
5) Kings of Leon

SOURCE: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2569933/top_five_rock_bands_in_the_last_ten.html?cat=33

And From YAHOO (My Comments in parenthesis)

1) Linkin Park (Wrong, 1996, but still popular in last 5 years)
2) Three Days Grace (Wrong, 1997, big before)
3) The Killers
4) Sum 41
5) Muse
6) New Found Glory
7) Coheed And Cambria
8) Switchfoot
9) P.O.D.
10) Snow Patrol

For Entertainment value and pop culture, LADA GAGA should make the list, but she is technically not a "band."