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Wolfman you are right, Garth Brooks changed Country and touched many outside of country, but that was only in the genre of country music . Angie, I agree with you. MJ wins hands down. People all over the world know him, his popularity rivals the Beatles. He influenced millions. He touched the old and the young, maybe too much touching on the young side, but whatever. I would like to add Earth, Wind, and Fire to this list and I think James Brown gets honorable mention. They both influenced Prince. As for Springsteen, to be honest, although a great song writer/musician, like Dylan, the Boss can not sing. To be in the best band since the Beatles, I think you need to have some vocals.
Wolfman you are right, Garth Brooks changed Country and touched many outside of country, but that was only in the genre of country music .
Actually I think the big point I was trying to make about Garth is that he made so many people crossover country fans that he basically created the wildly popular genre of pop country. Hell Friends in Low places got play on rock stations back in the day.
Ah, well I stand mistaken. As for good ol' MJ, my favorite album of all time is "Off The Wall". "Thriller" is great too, but Prince just owns him on every lever other than actual voice to the nth.
Ah, well I stand mistaken. As for good ol' MJ, my favorite album of all time is "Off The Wall". "Thriller" is great too, but Prince just owns him on every lever other than actual voice to the nth.
You were right about the pancakes though. I saw MJ as a very very young kid at Neyland stadium on the thriller tour. I wish I could say more about it than I was there but that is about it, I do remember him moonwalking.
We're all a mess of paradoxes. Believing in things we know can't be true. We walk around carrying feelings too complicated and contradictory to express. But when it all becomes too big, and words aren't enough to help get it all out, there's always music.
P.Y.T., I love that song! Used that line this past weekend. My Dad, brother, and I were talking about about the extra point, the PAT, in the Football game. Then the camera had a close up of a cheerleader and I said,"and that is a PYT!"
MJ, Garth, and the Beatles I think are the three most recognized musicians worldwide. Literally I bet you could go to almost any area on the planet, and if the people there knew any musicians you did as well, it would be one of those three.
Nah... Bad sucked, so did Dangerous... ditto on anything after that.
Dude, Dirty Diana and Smooth Criminal are better tracks then any modern pop artist could even dream of having. It's a weaker album but it doesn't totally suck.
John: We don't even understand our own music Spider: It doesn't, does it matter whether we understand it? At least it'll give us . . . strength John: I know but maybe we could get into it more if we understood it
quack it. I don't see any way this guy won't be up there as one of the best artists of this generation (i.e. last 10 years, in the spirit of the previous list):
Prodigiously talented, arguably as good of a songwriter as anyone in the last ten years (including Jeff Tweedy), incredibly creative arrangements, and he's made four incredible albums in a row. A true artist.
I guess if I had to have a list of ten contemporary great artists (again, contemporary meaning the last decade; I realize this is a tangent from the purpose of the thread, but it is somewhat related), it'd look something like this (in order of whoever popped into my head first): Radiohead Outkast Jay-Z Wilco The White Stripes Arcade Fire Sufjan Stevens Kanye West LCD Soundsystem My Morning Jacket (edit: this slot initially had The Strokes...knew I was forgetting someone)
I, of course, reserve the right to change this list as I see fit. Thoughts?
Post by LoveLuckLaughter on Nov 9, 2010 22:10:45 GMT -5
I give you a hearty thumbs up on Sufjan (for the last 10 years). His talent defies space and time. Well, that was a ridiculous statement, but I do find him to be a savant of his art.
I also appreciate your inclusion of Wilco, Jay-Z, Kanye and Outcast for either: originality, influence, marketing genius, collaboration abilities, production, or just composing crazy kick azz tunes.
We're all a mess of paradoxes. Believing in things we know can't be true. We walk around carrying feelings too complicated and contradictory to express. But when it all becomes too big, and words aren't enough to help get it all out, there's always music.
We're all a mess of paradoxes. Believing in things we know can't be true. We walk around carrying feelings too complicated and contradictory to express. But when it all becomes too big, and words aren't enough to help get it all out, there's always music.
We're all a mess of paradoxes. Believing in things we know can't be true. We walk around carrying feelings too complicated and contradictory to express. But when it all becomes too big, and words aren't enough to help get it all out, there's always music.