I personaly never cared for Beck much as some of who you don't like a speed demon, (showoff)He never inspired me much, just my opinion. Don't mean to offend. Clapton either.
Speed guitar Vs smooth is a mute issue, I know full well as it has been debated here TOO much.
I posted about JOHN JAUNESE and his demo, knowing this speed issue would come up. But because of the poor sample quality you can get from the demo songs , it's realy hard to hear, what I think in a fully produced album will result, a differant metal rock, maybe neo classic sound. Defantly not a rip off. Granted "Speed of Light" was a speed demo, I think if you listen though, like the moderater of this thread said, the guy is freakin' awsome. But you have to listen to it, not just half ass hear it. No ofense.
Fron John's first fully produced album, I imagine, you may hear some great rock,and severe guitar, not copy cat s***!
I not saying this 'cause he emailed me back, just that I hear something differant there that's sounds as though John could defantly write some serious s***!