It's just terrible how nobody makes good music nowadays...

[malthaussen]

-- Mal

[LearnedHand]

1. I'm VERY fond of the version in Battlestar Galactica

Bear McCreary rocked this version.

[hlthe2b]

2. I think there are a lot of talented musicians who can do a good cover...

But pitting them against the one guitarist who Rolling Stone, Eric Clapton, The Beatles, Jimmy Page and many many others acknowledged as the Best Guitarist of all time is probably unfair.

But, yes, a very good cover. Now, can they do their OWN music? Sorry, but my residual cynicism about most of today's music is very strong, but these guys are quite talented compared to their contemporaries, so I will be interested to see. At least they are performing their own instruments and not bringing in too many digital effects. Perhaps a group of guys born outside their time. And thankfully, a group not obsessed with RAP genre and nothing else. Whether R&B, Rock, Soul, Funk, Disco, Pop, Country, Jazz--I need to hear some melody!

[malthaussen]

5. Yeah, the title of the video is unfortunate.

The music, though, is pretty dang good, and the arrangement rocks.

Now, whether they can do original tunes is an open question, but let's not forget that Jimi was doing a cover. The ability to write and perform original music is only one of many qualifications for musical excellence. You remember they used to criticise Streisand because she didn't do her own stuff. Many great performers and bands were interpreting some writer's ideas -- it's always been a standard part of the music business, the idea of groups doing it all is something that came into vogue after the Beatles (and some other groups) convinced everyone that was the standard.

Jimi never thought he was the greatest, although the supposed quote of his that one should ask Rory Gallagher how it feels to be the greatest is apocryphal. I tend not to play rating games: I'm perfectly happy to have both Jimi Hendrix and Rory Gallagher in my sonic universe, and am prepared to show neither the door.

-- Mal

[hlthe2b]

6. True enough...

[bif]

3. There's lots of great music these days

You just have to look a lot harder than you use to.

[Midnight Writer]

8. Exactly. "They" sure seem to hide it, but there are still a ton of talent working their hearts out.

I hear new music every day that is just amazing. It is just not promoted and popularized.

And with YouTube, you can hear music from all around the world at the push of a couple of buttons.

[demosincebirth]

4. So true.

[ABC123Easy]

7. I understand but feel your statement is 100% true

Music for the most part nowadays is horrible.
Music for the most part nowadays IS horrible.

The version in the attached video is very, very bad. As in not good bad. So bad I wasn't able to make it through the whole video. It's cool that you like it. I don't and no one has to share my opinion or yours. If some people like it, that's cool. If some people hate it, that's cool too.

There's a huge difference in copying and sampling other artists music than creating your own. It's incredibly rare that a cover version is better than the original. Bob Dylan admitted as much when he acknowledged that Hendrix's version of AATW is much better than his own. In fact Dylan changed his original format to that of Hendrix because it was better.