Feedback Kitchen: Mario Batali with The Edge (Full Episode) 

Agreed.

I wasn't expecting it, before he started to sing. But it's a great with that loop

Yeah, you can hear that he and Bono have grown up musically twinned. He probably sings in his head every night while playing. Second nature to him.

So opposite his singer...

underrated? He's probably the most overrated guitarist on the planet.

It’s like certain kinds of abstract art. Someone who knows very little about art (maybe they even do some Bob Ross style painting, themselves) looks at a piece with some simple squiggles and geometric shapes and says, “look at this overrated junk! My six-year-old nephew could paint something like that!”. Someone who has studied and admired art for years, knows the history of progressing art styles, understands what subtle differences in shades and hues do to the mood of a piece, understands weight and balance in a piece and how that affects perception, understands how to interpret meaning and feeling from the symbolism of some simple shapes comes along and sees the same painting… she simply whispers, “genius”. I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that if you think Edge’s playing is massively overrated, you just don’t get it.

@@jeffmansfield914 All great musicians play low volume without exception. That's the musical equivalent of what subtle differences in shades and hues are in a painting. TE doesn't do low volume.

@@onesong2001 Low volume? You know they play stadiums, right? Unless you’re talking about playing musically with dynamics, in which case I would say Edge has done plenty of that, as well. Besides, it’s not like dynamics is the only litmus test of a good musician/instrumentalist. There’s rhythm, consistency, having control/technique, note choice, crafting tones, composition, and many other indicators that one could use in determining the musicianship of an artist. Another factor to consider is success. Of course this should be taken with a grain of salt since we know there have been a glut of talentless hacks, whether guitarists, singer, or whatever, who score high on the charts. But there are also tons of very technically skilled, high-brow, elitist, jazz guitarists who might poo-poo the playing of a rock guitarist like The Edge and his “reliance” on lots of effects and special amps while they are “busy” playing twice a week at the local restaurant or occasional wedding reception. So, perhaps, in some way, the argument about someone’s musicianship and craft may be moot if the “superior” musician ends up playing over the sound of forks clanking on plates as people are finishing their chicken parm and the “overrated” guy is selling millions of albums and packing arenas and stadiums around the world. 🤷🏻‍♂️

@@jeffmansfield914 If you are playing stadiums and can't play low volume there's not going to be a lot of feeling in your play and you'll sound soulless like edge. Your conclusion seems to be that art is irrelevant compared to some crap that sells millions of copies. Do you like Michael Jackson?

Actually, there're 2 albums made by him "solo". The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack from Captive (1986) and "Cold Colour Dream" from 2012.

cool. thanks

I would buy that in a heartbeat! Excellent idea!

U2 Argentina Only down side is that Edge doesn't sing on either of those recordings. But it is cool to hear the result of his instrumentalist creativity!

​@@U2ARGHe's not singing on it though. Still I love that album. Especially Rowena's Theme.

all day, all nite, all year, all decade. i love this Leo man. He makes me happy just hearing him

he's on the same level as Michael Jackson

JACKSON NUNCA FUÉ UN MÚSICO DE ALTO NIVEL.

but without the pretentious thieving scumbag

While I do believe Adam and Larry are great, I see where you are coming from. Most of the defining sound and how it changed over time revolves around him. And I don't care about the haters. He was my first guitar hero who inspired me to become a musician myself. And he will always have a place up in my personal top ranks.

@@derfalschejunge sounds like you are pretty crap on guitar too?

wow

it proves you can be convinced of anything

art is a 2 chord loop with echo played over and over and over and over and over... 🤣

The Edge is Welsh, actually

Agreed, it's a tenuous link that doesn't work in my opinion.

Ofc he does he’s been pretty much living with bono for 40 years

Bono sounds like The Edge! 😀

He sings with on albums, you're probably hearing him.

Love Bono, but The Edge's voice _melts_ me.

that's a weird comment

He's a prick lol

An interrupter

he spent a lot of time in makeup

Bono's voice is gone. New Yesterday Day has to be paid at a lower pitch and he cant sing Vertigo anymore. It really sucks.

@@espinozafn the 360 tour was kind of the last great U2 tour where the band was running on all cylinders

@@espinozafn Have you seen the Abbey Road 2017 show? He sounded amazing

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@@onesong2001 That's the best you can do? Emojis? You must be brilliant. Nothing says "I'm an articulate, intelligent person" like emojis.

@@ruffxm Your comment made me laugh a lot. You think the edge (what a ridiculous name) excels in his "craft". Is that a boat or does he whittle driftwood he finds on the beach? He's undoubtedly one of the most overrated guitarists in history.

Watch his Rig Rundown video

is he a musician? i thought he was an echo machine salesman/bullshit artist