Re: Ace Frehley/You Can't Kill Rock and Roll
Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2014 3:30 pm
As great of a player as Randy was, I've often thought that he "borrowed" bits of this and that from other stuff he'd done, and other music in general, and reworked it. I personally think it was a case of "we need to get these albums out the door, and let's move quickly" that prompted him borrowing things from his QR days and other sources.
We could already see Randy's genius at work when he was left to explore, musically, and create. I feel that this would have flourished more with time, and Randy would have amazed us with the stuff he composed. I mean, I'm already very impressed with his work with Ozzy....it's classic material that he came up with in a short time (with the assistance of others like Daisley and Kerslake, of course, but still, THAT GUITAR WORK!), and as I've said before, the tragedy is that he hadn't even peaked in terms of talent yet. Who knows what he may have given the world? Sad enough that the man lost his life, equally as sad that he didn't have the chance to share more of the music he loved.
We could already see Randy's genius at work when he was left to explore, musically, and create. I feel that this would have flourished more with time, and Randy would have amazed us with the stuff he composed. I mean, I'm already very impressed with his work with Ozzy....it's classic material that he came up with in a short time (with the assistance of others like Daisley and Kerslake, of course, but still, THAT GUITAR WORK!), and as I've said before, the tragedy is that he hadn't even peaked in terms of talent yet. Who knows what he may have given the world? Sad enough that the man lost his life, equally as sad that he didn't have the chance to share more of the music he loved.