The Thing with Thurston Moore - No Crowd Surfing (excerpt) (2005/08/12)

August 12, 2005
Middelalderparken - Øyafestivalen
Oslo, Norway
Mats Gustafsson - tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
Thurston Moore - guitar
Ingebrigt Håker Flaten - contrabass
Paal Nilssen-Love - drums, percussion

[@joepatterson1203]

I'm just waiting for Captain Beefheart to just come out to the stage and start singing.

[@joshscatlakiegalileo658]

xD

[@ZebedyFan15]

Just inspiring.

[@LazyBastard69]

Such beautiful cacophony!

[@ICAndrei]

@sonicdelight Hello! Glad you enjoy it. Unfortunatelly there isn't a downloadable version, but you can buy the complete boxset (3CD + 1DVD) from boomkat at a more than resonable price.

[@baslip]

thanks Andrei, you've seen some great shows.

[@LUTHR0N]

I'm not sure. John Frusciante used to be my favourite, but there are so many others you know. And it's intressting how some of theme have an unique sound like Jack White or those guys from Sonic Youth with their tunings. But if have to choose my favourite it would be Frusciante. I love how he talks about music and the guitar and his ways of thinking and all that. So... What's your favourite?

[@taikoking1]

It's good. it's captivating. it's da bomb man.

[@gregorybiersack5435]

This is immorally good

[@LUTHR0N]

What sets Hendrix in the upper echelon is his ability to just flat out play guitar. While he is thought of as a lead guitarist, his rhythm playing is just as incredible. Also impressive is his ability to perform across any style of music, whether rock, blues, jazz, gospel, psychedelic, etc. Many great guitarist perfect what they do best, such as Jimmy Page's knack for the blues and hard rock, but it is rare to be outstanding within so many different musical styles.

[@sydbarrett5]

I am 87 years old and I live next door. I am angry.

[@vasaudara7657]

oh yeah! Great and what an audience haha.. not even Trane could reach such a big crowd with Avantgarde Big Sound!!

[@gregorybiersack5435]

Thurston is my fucking hero XD

[@viniciuseduardo380]

monster

[@LUTHR0N]

More like Mr. Classical Fingerpicking Guitar. If you listen to Hendrix's music, you can hear the technicality and skill of his ability. The solos that he does are mind blowing, but he does many variations of style that I have yet to see others pull off; including playing with only his right hand (he was a lefty) and playing with or playing behind his back and between his legs. Hendrix characteristically used his thumb to fret bass notes, leaving his fingers free to play melodic lines on top.

[@dh-_1011]

Lutron is the all knowing music school guy. Don't argue with him. He listens to this shit and pretends it means something and is profound. Really. It's not just a bunch of guys beating up their instruments. This means something.

[@eror3931]

Fuck!! That look fun!! :D

[@idiotstroszek]

best!

[@wasabihansen]

yeah, i know, chet was a great composer and he don't need any backing musicians, that's why he was named "mr. guitar"

[@loopedmess]

3:13 omg its huge!

[@conchosewing]

tabs please ! :D

[@vondicus]

Are the jamming on Gong's "Master Builder" at the end?

[@wasabihansen]

i haven't heard too much about fruscinate, i gotta check him out... i also like jack white sounding, and i've always thought chet atkins was the best, but then i heard a better guitarist, and his name is mathew stephen ward, better known as m. ward, he have a charmful sound and i love how he create unusual melodies, but with a classic american traditional feeling to it

[@Phobia017]

There a link to the full show?

[@wasabihansen]

hmm, i've watched that video some time ago... and yeah, he probably played the guitar upside down, but that doesn't matter too much, i mean, for me a real great guitarist would be someone like him... /watch?v=Ao1VOMrEuS4 it really doesn't matter too much to play upside down when it comes to play two guitar lines at the same time, that's why he's probably the best guitar player i've ever seen

[@LUTHR0N]

Did Moore ever played this? /watch?v=zXkeFmQ52Yg&feature=related

[@wasabihansen]

yeah, that's good, who's your favorite??

[@actionjazz]

buy?????

[@jimgustafsson3625]

tabs please?

[@peppinodicorrado407]

Jim Gustafsson tabs to the toilet

[@LUTHR0N]

Nah, Hendrix invented guitar feedback and nobody before Hendrix even thought about it. And Hendrix took his invention one step farther. Until Hendrix came along, all music since the time of Mozart and Beethoven has been built on chord structure and rock and roll music uses simple chord structure. Hendrix actually used feedback alone to construct song structure in a few, but not all of his songs (i.e. Third Stone From the Sun). To this day, nobody has been able to do what he did.

[@wasabihansen]

thumb's up if you think that thurston can kick hendrixs ass on guitar

[@m0sketti]

i think his guitar is out of tune...

[@mendelevio258]

That reminds me of that Noble Indian Chief song from Family Guy.

[@LUTHR0N]

And why is that?

[@LUTHR0N]

And let's not overlook his ability to compose songs..

[@QuarantineThePast]

Sounds like that machine that makes chewing gum in Willy Wonka.

[@DantonTheWerewolf]

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[@LUTHR0N]

I tought he was overrated too, and also tought there were better players. But i saw shows and footage and all kind of stuff about him. When he played, he and his guitar (that he played upside down) are one. Just watch this feedback compilation : /watch?v=zXkeFmQ52Yg&feature=r­elated

[@LUTHR0N]

Right, like i said with Hendrix. Im not gonna discus this anymore, im glad he's mostly n. 1 although he's NOT my favourite. Lets just have favourites instead of n.1's

[@LUTHR0N]

But he helped right?

[@LUTHR0N]

No it's actually the other way around. He was the first to use feedback as a part of his playing. He brought fuzz and distortion and feedback and reverb into the mainstream of guitar.... He did the shredding with his teeth... Moore is creating loud noise, Sonic Youth is NOISE rock. Sorry, but Hendrix can't be matched. You should dig more in Hendrix's work before you call him overrated. He also played a righthanded guitar left, no difference for him.

[@ICAndrei]

@actionjazz buy

[@Deepurplerain]

I put some time to recognize Funhouse's L.A. blues,dreadful,but not bad if it's means something.

[@rozankaleonka]

Free Europe:-)

[@dontreadthis8028]

a bunch of building to more building. fun to play I'm sure. isn't the song supposed to break apart in an epic way after it builds to epic? this shit sounds broken apart from the beginning.

[@LUTHR0N]

Hendrix would'nt compose that stuff, he would improvise that on stage.

[@LUTHR0N]

Hendrix MANIPULATED the guitar. You should do some research, there's some awesome info about his musical stuff y know. Moore is awesome too, i like the dreamy sound in some songs.

[@theaurarune]

if interested in creating music in this vane...contact nutmud Nut up or shut up!

[@JSBourke]

I don't know. I don't think I'd pay to see it.

[@wasabihansen]

of course no, if he was that good, he would demostrate it with acoustic guitar too, but chet was awesome on acoustic, electric, with or without feedback, with or without backing band, playing folk, country, rock, jazz, blues... or any other genre

[@wasabihansen]

if the inventor of something, is the best at it, why was michael jordan a better basketball player than the inventor of that sport? o.O

[@wasabihansen]

yeah, moore is noise rock, but his noises make sanse, while hendrix was to exaggerated, and i think he is overrated because most people think he's the best guitar player, and there are much better guitarists, not just thurston

[@wasabihansen]

bah, anybody can sound "good" with an amp feedback, but you should be really a genius to compose songs like chet atkins did, or leo kottke... those where much more great

[@wasabihansen]

humm... because mr. moore is better

[@thomasprice1760]

Bring on the ex wife..

[@wasabihansen]

yeah, maybe hendrix was first, but thurston did a better job... jimi was just pointless noise, imo, that's why i think he's too overrated and not the best guitar player ever as most people think

[@FabioOldTime]

insupportable....

[@mattludlam2194]

I'm all for experimental, it's just that if I paid to go to a festival and I was stood in the crowd seeing this.. I'd be pissed off

[@Iratherbeher]

sounds like a parody

[@princeikel4349]

H8

[@G315HA]

this is not how to use a guitar !

[@petersmith2200]

Crap of the highest order!

[@cleftturnip7774]

Peter Smith at least it's of the highest order

[@GFEBMX]

and the award for least knowledge of musical freedom goes to this douche