Who was/is the best musical artist in the world?

[TeenGodFather]

Who was/is the best musical artist in the world?

..and I'm not talking about deaf piano players. Something modern please. :)


I think my inner communist votes for Lennon. I dig the music still.

:rokk:

[Winetalk.com]

Beatles

[dantheman]

lennon is way up there for me also

[jimmyf]

Hank Williams Sr. :salute:

[Vick]

How do you qualify best?

I don't think there can be a best, you may have favorites, what reaches to you

That's one of the the things that gets me about musical appreciation, when you try to name the "best" whatever - there is no best, just what moves you and hits your groove so to speak

That other thing that cracks me up is when someone will say so and so musician is terrible and they suck - just because you don't care for their musical stylings doesn't mean they lack talent

You'll find great players in every genre of music

For my personal favorite .... Aerosmith - they're everything a rock band should be - great guitar sound, catchy turn of phrase of lyrics, big drum sound, solid bottom end and they've lived an um ... interesting life

and they opened up the NFL season this year and they are opening the Super Bowl in 10 days

[Vick]

and this thread shows why it's about personal taste
While I can appreciate the contributions and talent of John Lennon
I don't care for the music of Lennon or the Beatles

[Winetalk.com]

Originally posted by Vick@Jan 22 2004, 10:57 AM

I don't care for the music of Lennon or the Beatles
you are a bigger perve than I originallyt thought
;-)))

[Vick]

In best Elvis Voice

Thank ya, thank ya very much

[Buff]

Beethoven

[Almighty Colin]

Originally posted by Buff@Jan 22 2004, 11:14 AM
Beethoven

I'm not talking about deaf piano players.

[TheEnforcer]

Sorry, but even though he tried to disqualify Beethoven i gotta agree with Buff! :o What he did was simply amazing! :okthumb:

If he had asked who was the best rock and roll artist or some such thing then I might feel compelled to say something different like Elvis! :rokk: But he didn't.

[Buff]

Originally posted by Colin+Jan 22 2004, 10:28 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Colin @ Jan 22 2004, 10:28 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteBegin--Buff@Jan 22 2004, 11:14 AM
Beethoven

I'm not talking about deaf piano players. [/b][/quote]
This is Oprano -- if someone asks for you to name anyone but X, X will be named -- although surprisingly, not first in this case, which is unusual.

[el pres]

Hendrix could play a mean tune.

Led Zep wrote some pretty impressive songs.

J.S.Bach could wack out a superb organ riff.

and Animal from the muppets wins hands down on the drums.



Last edited by el pres at Jan 22 2004, 01:10 PM

[Vick]

Originally posted by el pres@Jan 22 2004, 01:09 PM
Animal from the muppets wins hands down on the drums.
Now there is a unqiue talent

[spanno]

britney spears is good

[Vick]

Originally posted by spanno@Jan 22 2004, 02:07 PM
britney spears is good
Do you have pics to prove that allegation? :P

[[Labret]]

http://www.eyeneer.com/America/Genre/Blues/Profiles/Images/patton.gif

[Vick]

I'm still wondering what makes any one musician "best"?

How do you qualify "best"? what is the criteria?

Because you enjoy their work more than others?

Is there a technical criteria?

[Nickatilynx]

Originally posted by dantheman@Jan 22 2004, 07:48 AM
lennon is way up there for me also
Yup , Yoko is very talented

;-)))

[Edd]

Oi! its Radical Posture... I mean, Leonard Cohen - no wait... Cliff Richard.....

..... facist bullyboy bastards.....

"Neil, your bedroom's on fire...."

[Snoops]

Originally posted by Vick@Jan 22 2004, 07:56 AM
How do you qualify best?

I don't think there can be a best, you may have favorites, what reaches to you

That's one of the the things that gets me about musical appreciation, when you try to name the "best" whatever - there is no best, just what moves you and hits your groove so to speak

That other thing that cracks me up is when someone will say so and so musician is terrible and they suck - just because you don't care for their musical stylings doesn't mean they lack talent

You'll find great players in every genre of music

For my personal favorite .... Aerosmith - they're everything a rock band should be - great guitar sound, catchy turn of phrase of lyrics, big drum sound, solid bottom end and they've lived an um ... interesting life

and they opened up the NFL season this year and they are opening the Super Bowl in 10 days
Agree totally about it being personal taste - I'm one who loves Lennon AND Aerosmith and throw a bit of Skynard, Eagles, AC/DC, & Johnny Cash into the mix. (ok, so I'm a 'music mutt' - I admit it lol)

But ya know, NO ONE I've ever heard can belt out a scream (screech?) like Steven Tyler - I will recognize that voice when I'm 90 and damn near deaf - no doubt. And much of what my generation calls 'classic' (whether it's rock or country) is being heard and appreciated by our kids.

I have one kid who thinks Aerosmith & Toby Keith should rule the world, another kid who thinks it should be Britney Spears, Shania & Journey and a third who can't decide if it should be Eminem, Queen or Chicago.

Ok, I'm raising music mutts too lmao

[TeenGodFather]

Oooo! I forgot about Freddy Mercury, he was a damn animal!
On my top 5.

[chodadog]

Originally posted by [Labret]@Jan 22 2004, 11:12 AM
http://www.eyeneer.com/America/Genre/Blues/Profiles/Images/patton.gif
Got some blues on that FTP of yours, by any chance? All my blues is on vinyl.


Anyways. I couldn't choose one person, but for the last couple of years, i've been extremely impressed with John Williams. He's a classical guitarist.

[DrGuile]

In the modern department, when we're talking creative musical geniuses, I would have to say:

Trent Reznor
Beck
and
The Beastie Boys

honorable mention to Billy Corgan

One of their common trait is originality and diversity.

[Joe Sixpack]

Originally posted by Vick@Jan 22 2004, 11:14 AM
I'm still wondering what makes any one musician "best"?

How do you qualify "best"? what is the criteria?

Because you enjoy their work more than others?

Is there a technical criteria?
You judge any artist by their influence and their body of work.

Personal taste means nothing.

[Ani D]

Was : beatles, elvis
Is : coldplay, ani difranco

[DrGuile]

Originally posted by Ani D@Jan 22 2004, 05:45 PM
coldplay
really?

Coldplay is like "Radiohead Lite"

[mojobill]

ok then...

one would be frank zappa.. not only HIS music, but the number of musicians he gave the chance to shine and move on to bigger things...

Bowie... his influence on 'staging' a rock show...

this could go on for ever... :P

[Ani D]

Originally posted by DrGuile+Jan 22 2004, 02:47 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (DrGuile @ Jan 22 2004, 02:47 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteBegin--Ani D@Jan 22 2004, 05:45 PM
coldplay
really?

Coldplay is like "Radiohead Lite"[/b][/quote]
Coldplay's music is less abrasive and more comforting than radiohead's has ever been.

[DrGuile]

Originally posted by Ani D+Jan 22 2004, 06:04 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Ani D @ Jan 22 2004, 06:04 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>Originally posted by -DrGuile@Jan 22 2004, 02:47 PM
<!--QuoteBegin--Ani D@Jan 22 2004, 05:45 PM
coldplay
really?

Coldplay is like "Radiohead Lite"
Coldplay's music is less abrasive and more comforting than radiohead's has ever been.[/b][/quote]
Ok, than we agree.

[dantheman]

can't beleive noone has mentioned 2pac :ph34r:

[LadyMischief]

Andrew Lloyd Webber :)

[Hell Puppy]

Wang Chung!

[chodadog]

Originally posted by dantheman@Jan 22 2004, 03:18 PM
can't beleive noone has mentioned 2pac :ph34r:
I can't believe someone would. :blink:

[Nickatilynx]

Originally posted by LadyMischief@Jan 22 2004, 05:00 PM
Andrew Lloyd Webber :)
He's nothing without Sarah Brightman with him!! ;-))))

[Vick]

Originally posted by Joe Sixpack+Jan 22 2004, 05:37 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Joe Sixpack @ Jan 22 2004, 05:37 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteBegin--Vick@Jan 22 2004, 11:14 AM
I'm still wondering what makes any one musician "best"?

How do you qualify "best"? what is the criteria?

Because you enjoy their work more than others?

Is there a technical criteria?
You judge any artist by their influence and their body of work.

Personal taste means nothing.[/b][/quote]
Nice try ....

.... but then how do you measure the body of work produced by Bach to the body of work produced by The Rolling Stones

Both are influential

and when asking "best" - personal taste seems to mean a lot to many

example - some one may find John Coltrane works amazing while someone who is not a Jazz aficionado wouldn't care for his work and wouldn't consider Coltrane the best

(Coltrane being used as an example, there are many Jazz greats - including many largely unknown players - see the players working everyday in the French Quarter, there's a woman who does scat and plays clarinet and she absolutely blows me away every time I hear her - and she's playing for next to nothing and has immense talent)

[Dravyk]

Bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuce!!!

[Nickatilynx]

there's a woman who does scat

I've always thought scat is shit.

;-)))






Last edited by Nickatilynx at Jan 22 2004, 07:01 PM

[Vick]

Originally posted by Nickatilynx@Jan 22 2004, 10:00 PM
there's a woman who does scat

I've always thought scat is shit.

;-)))
See Ella Fitzgerald .... he he he

One of my favorite recordings of her is Ella doing "Mack the Knife" live in Berlin and she forgets the words and has to ad-lib and scat out of the song - really nice piece

[Peaches]

I have to confess that I'm also a music mutt like Snoops. My tastes are frighteningly varied, but the ONLY music I can't seem to warm up to is jazz, though there are SOME (and by SOME I mean a handful) jazz songs I can sit through. But scat just bores me to tears. :(

[Vick]

Peaches - good example of why I say it comes down to taste,

if I'm cooking dinner for friends I load the CD player with Jazz and a few other cool things - Usually Winton Marseilles, John Coltrane and then some Ella and Frank

I might throw Me First and the Gimme Gimmes in for a change of pace, also have a CD of a string quartet doing all the songs from Alanis Morrissette Jagged Little Pill CD - interesting dinner music

But if I'm going out the car is cranked to guitar based, slightly blues influenced Rock n Roll

[Peaches]

I'm not sure I have ANY taste in music :P In my car now:

Aerosmith
Boston
Mother's Finest
Lynyrd Skynyrd
3 Doors Down
Outkast
Genesis
Dave Matthews
ACDC
Def Leopard
Ozzie
Tom Petty
The Cure
(get ready.....)
Barry Manilow
Oklahoma soundtrack
The Nutcracker

That's just a hint to my weird selections! Like I said, I'm all over the map - just not jazz, lol! B)

[[Labret]]

might throw Me First and the Gimme Gimmes in for a change of pace,


You heard the new Me First? Their version of End of the Road is fucking classic.

Everything they do is for that matter.



Last edited by [Labret] at Jan 22 2004, 07:31 PM

[Vick]

Got it but have only listened to it a couple times

They are fucking classic!

[Nickatilynx]

Originally posted by Peaches@Jan 22 2004, 07:24 PM
I'm not sure I have ANY taste in music :P In my car now:

Aerosmith
Boston
Mother's Finest
Lynyrd Skynyrd
3 Doors Down
Outkast
Genesis
Dave Matthews
ACDC
Def Leopard
Ozzie
Tom Petty
The Cure
(get ready.....)
Barry Manilow
Oklahoma soundtrack
The Nutcracker

That's just a hint to my weird selections! Like I said, I'm all over the map - just not jazz, lol! B)
Peaches, You were right ;-)

You need to get one of our " Gay hits of The 70s/80s " compilation CDs we burn.

;-)))

I tell ya , you get a lot of looks in a Porsche911 , with the roof down , in the middle of winter,playing Club Tropicana by Wham ;-)))

[Hell Puppy]

Two trailer park girls go round the outside....

[Vick]

Nick - just wake me up before you go-go

[Nickatilynx]

Originally posted by Vick@Jan 22 2004, 08:01 PM
Nick - just wake me up before you go-go
thanks Vick for putting the boom boom into my heart ;-)))

[Vick]

Originally posted by Nickatilynx+Jan 22 2004, 11:03 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Nickatilynx @ Jan 22 2004, 11:03 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteBegin--Vick@Jan 22 2004, 08:01 PM
Nick - just wake me up before you go-go
thanks Vick for putting the boom boom into my heart ;-)))[/b][/quote]
as 99 Luft Balloons Go by?

[Peaches]

Originally posted by Nickatilynx@Jan 22 2004, 11:47 PM
I tell ya , you get a lot of looks in a Porsche911 , with the roof down , in the middle of winter,playing Club Tropicana by Wham ;-)))
Ask ClemsonTiger about me cranking out "Ooooooak La Homa when the wind comes sweeping down the plain" with all the windows down, sunroof open, when picking him up at school.....and I'm singing along at the top of my lungs and I can't sing. :P

[Snoops]

In my Windows Media Play List right now (among a few others lol):

Welcome To The Jungle!
I Need A Hero, that's What a Girl Wants 'cause ya know Girls Just Wanna Have Fun.
Or a man with a Slow Hand who can Do That To Me One More Time down on Electric Avenue in the Fire and Rain.
After Drinking some Red, Red Wine I'm gonna Rock You Like A Hurricane, Because, Hells Bells, I'm Hot Blooded & Tonight's The Night.
And ya know, Sometimes When We Touch I feel Like I'm Dancin' In The Dark and that just Hurts So Good ('specially if ya stub your toe)
Love Stinks but What's Love Got To Do With It anyway? I'm Tough Enough - Like A Rock - and I Will Survive.
So, Take It On The Run baby or go ahead and Hit Me With Your Best Shot 'cause It's Still Rock & Roll To Me!

:purpdance:

[PeerPatrick]

Spinal Tap, hands down.

[XXXPhoto]

What about the Hokey Pokey (http://www.geocities.com/kaceyone/kids2/kidhokeypokey.mid) darlin? I hear tell that's what it's all a-bout... smootches...

[Snoops]

Sure thing mark - but are you gonna change your name to 'hokey'?

'Cause otherwise it's the Rednecky Pokey - just doesn't have the same ring to it (sigh)

lol
:purpdance:

[nlphoto]

Originally posted by Snoops@Jan 22 2004, 09:47 PM


'Cause otherwise it's the Rednecky Pokey - just doesn't have the same ring to it (sigh)



Sure doesn't... just ask Ned Beatty... :o



And on the subject on the thread... one of the ways I interpret
quality of music, is how well the music can transend its original
"genre"... Right now I have 3 versions of Pink Floyd's "Dark Side
of the Moon"... the original, a reggae version called "Dub Side
of the Moon" released last year, and a symphonic version called
"Us and Them", with about 2/3's of the album on that one...





Last edited by nlphoto at Jan 23 2004, 01:28 AM

[Joe Sixpack]

Originally posted by Vick+Jan 22 2004, 06:50 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Vick @ Jan 22 2004, 06:50 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>Originally posted by -Joe Sixpack@Jan 22 2004, 05:37 PM
<!--QuoteBegin--Vick@Jan 22 2004, 11:14 AM
I'm still wondering what makes any one musician "best"?

How do you qualify "best"? what is the criteria?

Because you enjoy their work more than others?

Is there a technical criteria?
You judge any artist by their influence and their body of work.

Personal taste means nothing.
Nice try ....

.... but then how do you measure the body of work produced by Bach to the body of work produced by The Rolling Stones

Both are influential[/b][/quote]
Bach and The Rolling Stones are both influential artists with significant bodies of work... but they both worked in different genres so it's apples and oranges baby!



Last edited by Joe Sixpack at Jan 23 2004, 12:47 AM

[Torone]

Instrumentalist-Chet Atkins
Vocalist-Me
:agrin:

[DrGuile]

Originally posted by [Labret]@Jan 22 2004, 10:31 PM

might throw Me First and the Gimme Gimmes in for a change of pace,


You heard the new Me First? Their version of End of the Road is fucking classic.

Everything they do is for that matter.
eh, who would have known....

[LeBrat] is a cover-band fan...


Oh well, Im not the man they think I am at home, oh no no no, Im a Rocket Man.

[Vick]

Originally posted by Joe Sixpack+Jan 23 2004, 03:46 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Joe Sixpack @ Jan 23 2004, 03:46 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>Originally posted by -Vick@Jan 22 2004, 06:50 PM
Originally posted by -Joe Sixpack@Jan 22 2004, 05:37 PM
<!--QuoteBegin--Vick@Jan 22 2004, 11:14 AM
I'm still wondering what makes any one musician "best"?

How do you qualify "best"? what is the criteria?

Because you enjoy their work more than others?

Is there a technical criteria?
You judge any artist by their influence and their body of work.

Personal taste means nothing.
Nice try ....

.... but then how do you measure the body of work produced by Bach to the body of work produced by The Rolling Stones

Both are influential
Bach and The Rolling Stones are both influential artists with significant bodies of work... but they both worked in different genres so it's apples and oranges baby![/b][/quote]
Joe, sorry I'm not following your answer

Maybe this will help me, If their is a "best" musician and it's measured by their influence and their body of work ......
who would be the best between Bach and The Rolling Stones?



Dr. G - to the late night double feature picture show

[LadyMischief]

Originally posted by Nickatilynx+Jan 22 2004, 06:15 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Nickatilynx @ Jan 22 2004, 06:15 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteBegin--LadyMischief@Jan 22 2004, 05:00 PM
Andrew Lloyd Webber :)
He's nothing without Sarah Brightman with him!! ;-))))[/b][/quote]
Well then you haven't seen him play his own music! His brother, Julian is an incredible musician too! :)

[[Labret]]

Originally posted by DrGuile+Jan 23 2004, 08:53 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (DrGuile @ Jan 23 2004, 08:53 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteBegin--[Labret]@Jan 22 2004, 10:31 PM

might throw Me First and the Gimme Gimmes in for a change of pace,


You heard the new Me First? Their version of End of the Road is fucking classic.

Everything they do is for that matter.
eh, who would have known....

[LeBrat] is a cover-band fan...


Oh well, Im not the man they think I am at home, oh no no no, Im a Rocket Man.[/b][/quote]

They take otherwise shitty music and make it good.

Their version of Rocket Man is magnificent.

[[Labret]]

Originally posted by chodadog+Jan 22 2004, 02:19 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (chodadog @ Jan 22 2004, 02:19 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteBegin--[Labret]@Jan 22 2004, 11:12 AM
http://www.eyeneer.com/America/Genre/Blues/Profiles/Images/patton.gif
Got some blues on that FTP of yours, by any chance? All my blues is on vinyl.
[/b][/quote]

Sadly, no.

[Vick]

All this talk about Me First ...

... I had to put "Are a Drag" in

Somewhere over the Rainbow

Punk covers of Show Tunes - ah ha ha ha ha

Don't cry for me Argentina

[esdmodels]

The best musicans is my Friends:
http://xboard.biz/Track 07.mp3

[DrGuile]

Originally posted by [Labret]+Jan 23 2004, 12:29 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE ([Labret] @ Jan 23 2004, 12:29 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>Originally posted by -DrGuile@Jan 23 2004, 08:53 AM
<!--QuoteBegin--[Labret]@Jan 22 2004, 10:31 PM

might throw Me First and the Gimme Gimmes in for a change of pace,


You heard the new Me First? Their version of End of the Road is fucking classic.

Everything they do is for that matter.
eh, who would have known....

[LeBrat] is a cover-band fan...


Oh well, Im not the man they think I am at home, oh no no no, Im a Rocket Man.

They take otherwise shitty music and make it good.

Their version of Rocket Man is magnificent.[/b][/quote]
I didnt know you like any "fun" music... eh, good on you.

[Meni]

Musicians playing kickass music?


TOOL

[Almighty Colin]

What do you mean by the question?

"Best" as in "my favorite"?
"Best" as in "most influential"?
"Best" as in "most popular"?
"Best" as in "appreciated by the most musicians"?



Last edited by Colin at Jan 25 2004, 07:33 AM

[TeenGodFather]

Originally posted by Colin@Jan 25 2004, 04:31 AM
What do you mean by the question?

"Best" as in "my favorite"?
"Best" as in "most influential"?
"Best" as in "most popular"?
"Best" as in "appreciated by the most musicians"?
Any of the above.
Although since we're not doing scientific research here, I originally intended this to be 'your favorite' musician thread, and my poorly chosen words made this thread into something else.
:unsure:

[Joe Sixpack]

Originally posted by TeenGodFather+Jan 25 2004, 06:02 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (TeenGodFather @ Jan 25 2004, 06:02 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteBegin--Colin@Jan 25 2004, 04:31 AM
What do you mean by the question?

"Best" as in "my favorite"?
"Best" as in "most influential"?
"Best" as in "most popular"?
"Best" as in "appreciated by the most musicians"?
Any of the above.
Although since we're not doing scientific research here, I originally intended this to be 'your favorite' musician thread, and my poorly chosen words made this thread into something else.
:unsure:[/b][/quote]
John Lennon was a musical genius who also changed the world.

I can't think of anyone else who managed that.

The Beatles body of work is unmatched to this day. They are a classic example of where the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.







Last edited by Joe Sixpack at Jan 25 2004, 06:17 AM

[Carrie]

Bah, I don't think you can have one 'best' musical artist - they're all so different and talented in so many ways.
I think a better question would be who has made huge contributions or influences...
Hank Williams (Sr.) drove so many of the country musicians you hear today. Garth Brooks took a nearly dying genre and catapulted it back to the top. While women like Dolly Parton (bless her heart, I love her to death) and Patsy Cline made huge inroads in country, Shania Twain really blew country wide open for female artists with a more modern style.

Duran Duran took a fledgling video music industry and power-jumped it into the monster it is today.

Elvis was a cross-breed rock-country genius who moved both genres forward from goody-two-shoes happy-happy sit-still-and-watch songs to something so energetic and emotional you couldn't sit still and everyone from your great-grandmom to your 15-yr old daughter thought he walked on water... not to mention the breakthroughs he made for all artists with nothing more than a shake of his hips (or would that be a hilarious pinkie-finger dancing?hehe) :P

Aerosmith is by far the only rock n roll band who has identified with EVERY generation for the past 40 freaking years and they're still going strong, still putting out new top-ten material and bringing the house down in live shows.

Metallica showed the world that heavy metal is more than just noise, those boys were brought up on classical music and opera and the influences are strong in their music; as evidenced so beautifully by the classical symphonies who play their songs (one of my favorites is Carol of the Bells w/ Metallica and the Tran-Siberia orchestra).

The Beatles of course get a standing ovation for bringing rock-n-roll to the American youth; sure R&R was around before that but even artists like Chuck Berry were "daddy's music".

2Pac *does* get props in my eyes, he took the soulful R&B sound and moved it into something that the youth could identify with - yeah Barry White and Marvin Gaye were serious figureheads in R&B but again, that was "daddy's music"; 2Pac along with LLCool J and Kool Moe Dee gave the youth their own sound. Too bad fuckheads like Eminem had to come along and ruin it.

And it just goes on and on and on....
I'm one of those musical mutts as well, although I prefer "eclectic to the extreme", LOL.
My favorite memories will be sitting in front of the record player all day and all night long as a kid with me, mom, and dad all fighting over which 45 would go in next... we'd hop from Charlie Rich to Elton John to Jefferson Airplane to Rush to Loretta Lynn to David Bowie to the Statler Bros to Rod Stewart to Neil Diamond to the soundtrack from Cats... starting at about 11am on a Saturday and finally ending around 3am Sunday morning.
And of course going to see Elvis live in concert and coming home with two black eyes because Mom had her hands on the binoculars and she was shaking so badly, lol. :)

[Vick]

Originally posted by Joe Sixpack+Jan 25 2004, 09:11 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Joe Sixpack @ Jan 25 2004, 09:11 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>Originally posted by -TeenGodFather@Jan 25 2004, 06:02 AM
<!--QuoteBegin--Colin@Jan 25 2004, 04:31 AM
What do you mean by the question?

"Best" as in "my favorite"?
"Best" as in "most influential"?
"Best" as in "most popular"?
"Best" as in "appreciated by the most musicians"?
Any of the above.
Although since we're not doing scientific research here, I originally intended this to be 'your favorite' musician thread, and my poorly chosen words made this thread into something else.
:unsure:
John Lennon was a musical genius who also changed the world.

I can't think of anyone else who managed that.

The Beatles body of work is unmatched to this day. They are a classic example of where the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.[/b][/quote]
Ok can go for favorite .......

While I can recognize the contributions the Beatles made I find their music boring and ignorant and they basically killed raw 50's sounding rock and roll (think Chuck Berry) - actually the Beatles started out with that type sound

Glad there was teh Rolling Stones to be the counterpoint to the Beatles

Who the hell could dance to Strawberry Fields? Who cares about Lucy in the Sky? Fucking doper song - yuck

But the distortion in Back in the USSR was cool

and if all you need is love try eating a love sandwich when you're starving

Give me guitar based blues oriented raw sound music any day

and I also have very diverse tastes
Everything from Ella and Frank and Wynton Marsalis through classical to the New York Dolls over to the Sex Pistols into Mary Prankster and all points inbetween

Elvis Rules

Aerosmth is the quintessential rock n roll band

David Bowie pushed boundaries and is still brilliant

LA Sleaze Metal was a lot of fun - nothing succeed like excess - Faster Pussycat, LA Guns, Poison - tons of make up, hot girls in short skirts, fast cars, faster women - life before AIDS

Used to be sex, drugs and rock n roll - then it turned into aids, crack and techno

Guns-n-Roses should be slapped daily - they could have been one of the greatest rock bands ever but chronic assholism fucked them up

There are so many other artist and bands I'm forgetting

[Almighty Colin]

Missing in the thread is Zeppelin.

I like a lot of the jazz/fusion guys but they certainly have smaller audiences. Al Dimeola. Holdsworth. McLaughlin.

[HoneyBlond]

My thoughts, in no particular order :

Springsteen
Garth Brooks
Elvis
Dylan
Elton John
BB King
Marc Bolan
KISS


Closer to Home:
Skyhooks
The Angels
AC/DC



Last edited by HoneyBlond at Jan 26 2004, 10:19 PM

[SykkBoy]

well of course, it's our lord and savior...Johnny Cash

[Hell Puppy]

Morris Day and The Time!

oh wee oh wee oh!