Play guitar like Guthrie Govan or sing like Layne Staley

[jnurp]

If you could take a pill and it would give you either one of these talents which would you choose?

Guthrie is probably the most capable and amazing player on the earth.

layne Staley is regarded as one of the greatest rock vocalists of all time with the most recognizable voice ever.

What would you choose and why/

imo I would take laynes talents in a heartbeat, being an amazing vocalist is probably the hardest thing in the world to be. That's why there are thousands and thousands of great guitar players in professional music and maybe a few dozen vocalists with the kind of talent that layne had.

idk I expect most of you to naturally choose Guthrie due to this being a guitar forum, but really think about it.

[Ostinato Rubato]

no

[Telephant]

no

This.

[jnurp]

thanks for contributing to the thread.

[nakedzen]

I'd rather have the sense of melody of Vivaldi over those.

[Telephant]

Well the thread is too specific. If you had said, "would you rather be able to sing like your favorite singer or play guitar like your favorite guitar player" then the thread may have gone somewhere.

And by the way, there are thousands of singers just as talented as Lane and just because you "play guitar" doesn't mean you're good at it.

[MacaroniSalad]

chalk up another vote for "neither"

[benjamin801]

Pretending for a minute, in the spirit of the thread, that I would want to play or sing like either of those guys:

Sing like Layne. Absolutely.

I could play like Guthrie, or something close to it, if you gave me 25,000 hours or so to work at it. A great voice is something some people simply have, and there's a hard ceiling on how good you can get at singing through practice.

[Devin]

I'd eat the Guthrie pill.

I saw him live a couple months ago and it was a life-changing experience. I've seen a hell of a lot of awesome guitar players live, but that dude is just on a whole other level. Unreal

[JonVengeance]

Which one would get me the most pussy?

[jnurp]

Pretending for a minute, in the spirit of the thread, that I would want to play or sing like either of those guys:

Sing like Layne. Absolutely.

I could play like Guthrie, or something close to it, if you gave me 25,000 hours or so to work at it. A great voice is something some people simply have, and there's a hard ceiling on how good you can get at singing through practice.

thanks for getting the thread and pretty much stating what I was thinking as well. Telephant is in a bad mood today I guess, either that or he is trolling.

[Telephant]

Trolling? This thread is dumb as fuck - no trolling required. And again, just because you practice guitar for 25,000 hours doesn't mean you'll approach Guthrie's level of playing. You may have a better shot at it, but I know dudes who practice tons and can't play a lead lick to save their life. Its all about TIME. Either you have it or you don't. Kinda like singing.

[Sizzler]

I don't know about all this but I just want to fucking dunk. I am no closer today than I was 20 years ago. Shit.

[jnurp]

Trolling? This thread is dumb as fuck - no trolling required. And again, just because you practice guitar for 25,000 hours doesn't mean you'll approach Guthrie's level of playing. You may have a better shot at it, but I know dudes who practice tons and can't play a lead lick to save their life. Its all about TIME. Either you have it or you don't. Kinda like singing.

why be a raging douche about it? You weren't smart enough to get the idea of the thread. The only thing "dumb as fuck "in this thread is you right now. The question was simple, would you rather play guitar like one guy or sing like the other. it WAS specific. you chose to give us the douche chills in your response, no big deal. Like I said, either you're having a bad day shea or you're trolling. since you made it clear you weren't trolling you probably need a hug to wash away the douche.

I took a year respite from hcaf/gab and I was pleasantly surprised that everybody here is exactly the same as they were on hcaf with very few exceptions, you being one of them right now. maybe you should masturbate righty tonight to change things up, that might put a smile on your sour puss.

[izzy]

Would love GG's knowledge and prowess, but would play completely different music.

[Telephant]

Trolling? This thread is dumb as fuck - no trolling required. And again, just because you practice guitar for 25,000 hours doesn't mean you'll approach Guthrie's level of playing. You may have a better shot at it, but I know dudes who practice tons and can't play a lead lick to save their life. Its all about TIME. Either you have it or you don't. Kinda like singing.

why be a raging douche about it? You weren't smart enough to get the idea of the thread. The only thing "dumb as fuck "in this thread is you right now. The question was simple, would you rather play guitar like one guy or sing like the other. it WAS specific. you chose to give us the douche chills in your response, no big deal. Like I said, either you're having a bad day shea or you're trolling. since you made it clear you weren't trolling you probably need a hug to wash away the douche.

I took a year respite from hcaf/gab and I was pleasantly surprised that everybody here is exactly the same as they were on hcaf with very few exceptions, you being one of them right now. maybe you should masturbate righty tonight to change things up, that might put a smile on your sour puss.

Oh jDerp quit your crying. The thread is fucking dumb. To assume everyone here is going to like GG or Lane is stupid. If you need that pointed out to you the derp is even stronger than I thought.

edited: cause I felt a twinge of remorse for calling you a "bitch."

[jnurp]

Trolling? This thread is dumb as fuck - no trolling required. And again, just because you practice guitar for 25,000 hours doesn't mean you'll approach Guthrie's level of playing. You may have a better shot at it, but I know dudes who practice tons and can't play a lead lick to save their life. Its all about TIME. Either you have it or you don't. Kinda like singing.

why be a raging douche about it? You weren't smart enough to get the idea of the thread. The only thing "dumb as fuck "in this thread is you right now. The question was simple, would you rather play guitar like one guy or sing like the other. it WAS specific. you chose to give us the douche chills in your response, no big deal. Like I said, either you're having a bad day shea or you're trolling. since you made it clear you weren't trolling you probably need a hug to wash away the douche.

I took a year respite from hcaf/gab and I was pleasantly surprised that everybody here is exactly the same as they were on hcaf with very few exceptions, you being one of them right now. maybe you should masturbate righty tonight to change things up, that might put a smile on your sour puss.

Oh jDerp quit your crying. The thread is fucking dumb. To assume everyone here is going to like GG or Lane is stupid. If you need that pointed out to you the derp is even stronger than I thought.

edited: cause I felt a twinge of remorse for calling you a "bitch."

I like being called a bitch in bed.

[JonVengeance]

This thread doesn't really have much relevance to me either. Lane Staley is not the voice I'd choose. For someone from that same time and era I'd go with Chris Cornell, but there are probably many other singers I'd choose over Staley. And GG is a great guitarist, but I'd rather be someone who writes great songs that have decent appeal and just rock than a super shredder.

[JiveTurkey]

Chuck Billy

[downstemmed]

Lane Stanley. It'd require me to smoke more, to make my voice more harsh, but to mainline smack and drink heavily, to loosen my vocal cords.

[izzy]

Chuck Norris

yep

[Markdude]

Would love GG's knowledge and prowess, but would play completely different music.

This.

[Eddy Current]

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_yTG1L8Ck8[/video]

[Holy-diver]

definitely layne.
the thread seems to be more about having either of their talents... not literally turning into them... fuckin

[Loop Bizkit]

In the spirit of this thread, and choices that have any correlation to each other:

Would you rather get drunk and puke up McDonalds, or buy a truck and fart?