Ah this is what I'm talking about. We've established our presences in this thread, thrown out a few people we like, given up opinions, and posted videos. The topic has been given life, but now we must be the electrical current that drives through its Frankensteinian creation of a life and bring about… active discussions. My comrades, come with me.
Now there's plenty of guitarists out there who are supposed to be really impressive if you play the guitar, but there aren't many out there who I get that vibe with, personally, as a musician. I want to get into that in a sec, but first
Since we're talking about Jack White… I haven't ever gotten a huge good vibe from that angle.
On the flipside, despite being two very different bands, I used to like The White Stripes and Rage Against the Machine at the same period in my young life. I used to think Jack White was a cooler guitarist than I do now and I used to be really into the band. It was all baseless of course and ignorant and just "assumed"... but then I recently went back and listened to these two huge bands I used to dig. And found out I just don't care about White and I never will.
But holy shit Tom Morello. I can't believe I never realized how great he was when I was a kid. Stupid ten year old dipshit me, if you're gonna be into two bands get more into Rage Against the Machine and appreciate Morello's excellent guitar. And also stop finding their political self douchey. You'll end up agreeing with half their politics one day and still be able to laugh at their antics, okay
That was around the time I started getting really into music when I was 14, or so, so Tom Morello has a special place in my heart, as does Jack White in a sense, because the latter taught me I could call stuff bad music if it disagreed with other people and the world didn't go up in flames. I spent some time trying to fuck with sound effects to make ersatz Morello work shortly after that and then discovered AMT. Ah good guitar times.