Top Musicians/Artist of All Time
 

Who's in your top 3 Musicians/Artist of all time?

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Beethoven - Anyone who can compose entire orchestral pieces without hearing is the man!

Hendrix - 'nuff said.

Dr. Dre - This probably won't be popular among the non-traditional instrument crowd, but he's revolutionized the way Pro-Tools can make your ear pop.

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I was gonna go with Mozart over Beethoven

Prince/Michael Jackson/Stevie Wonder-from like 1974 to 1984 that was the power trio (in my opinion)

James Brown

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I'm going to exclude classical/baroque/romantic musicians and composers because they'd dominate the list if we were being realistic.

TOP 3 from Pop Culture:

3) Freddy Mercury
2) Michael Jackson
1) John Lennon/Paul McCartney

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Now if we're talking top musicians including my personal bias for the kind of music I like to listen to?

3) Kurt Cobain
2) Maynard James Keenan
1) Freddy Mercury

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I would have to go with
Bob Dylan = Best poet in our life time.
Jimi Hendrix=revolutionized how to play the electric guitar. Rock & Roll hasn’t been the same since.
Elvis Presley = The Man was the King! Nuff said.

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Mozark
John Lennon
Elvis

Runnerup: Me and my band. I am a bad mother fuck$r when it comes to rocking. lol But no one knows me

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1a. Beethoven
1b. Mozart
2a. Stevie Wonder
2b. Ray Charles
anyone who can play the piano without seeing the keys is a beast too
3. michael jackson

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It's really tough to say, but if I had to choose three I would go with: (1) James Brown; (2) The Beatles; and (3) Elvis.

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eminem
sean taylor
sublime guy- cant remember the name

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sean taylor?

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brandon lloyd

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[quote=steveo395;312769]brandon lloyd[/quote]


chris samuels!!!!!!!!!!!

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[QUOTE=dall-assblows;312767]
eminem [he past]
sean taylor [he KILLZ!]
sublime guy- cant remember the name [he's dead]
[/QUOTE]

Am I seeing a theme here?

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Beatles
Pink Floyd (with and without Syd)
Miles Davis

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1. Stephen Rodriguez
2. Pink Floyd
3. Eminem

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No truth to the rumor Summo is thinking of going solo, by the way

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[quote=SmootSmack;312783][URL="http://www.bumbershoot.org/band-bio-generator.htm?band_name=Mods+of+the+Round+Table&genre=hip-hop&hometown=Round+Da+Block&year=1999&first_album=You%27re+My+Favorite+Pie&new_album=Ban+Yo+Azz&song=U%2BMe%3DQuestion+3&singer_name=Matty+K+72&x=45&y=6&flag=1"]Mods of the Round Table[/URL]

No truth to the rumor Summo is thinking of going solo, by the way[/quote]
That was funny.

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[QUOTE=SmootSmack;312783][URL="http://www.bumbershoot.org/band-bio-generator.htm?band_name=Mods+of+the+Round+Table&genre=hip-hop&hometown=Round+Da+Block&year=1999&first_album=You%27re+My+Favorite+Pie&new_album=Ban+Yo+Azz&song=U%2BMe%3DQuestion+3&singer_name=Matty+K+72&x=45&y=6&flag=1"]Mods of the Round Table[/URL]

No truth to the rumor Summo is thinking of going solo, by the way[/QUOTE]

Brilliant.

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1. Mozart
2. Bob Marley
3. Édith Piaf

Honorable Mentions:
Beethoven
Louis Armstrong
Elvis
Ray Charles
The Beatles

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The Police

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1. Bob Dylan

Of war and peace the truth just twists its virtue gull it glides
Upon four-legged forest clouds the cowboy angel rides
With his candle lit into the sun its glow is waxed in black
All except beneath the trees of Eden.

2. Beatles

Try to realize its all within yourself no one else can make you change

3. T-Bone Burnett

Everything he knew about himself he drew from what was around him
You know, this suit is you, this car is you, this studio is you
People were no different, people were also his mirrors
Often he was their mirror as well
Life became complicated and overstated and underrated
And she waited.

(L-R: Levon Helm, Rick Danko, Bob Dylan, Robbie Robertson)[IMG]http://todayspictures.slate.com/20070524/images/PAR293535.jpg[/IMG]

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Stevie Wonder

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[quote=SmootSmack;312793]The Police[/quote]

Love The Police.

Someone mentioned Dre, I love his stuff. Em's old stuff was good too.




How about Led Zep anyone? I love Hendrix....Marley is chill too.

The great thing about Hendrix is that he didnt have to shread like a madman or any of that crap to be amazing. Great stuff.

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[quote=hooskins;312802]Love The Police.

Someone mentioned Dre, I love his stuff. Em's old stuff was good too.




How about Led Zep anyone? I love Hendrix....Marley is chill too.

The great thing about Hendrix is that he didnt have to shread like a madman or any of that crap to be amazing. Great stuff.[/quote]

I like all of those too, but they said to name your top three so I couldn't mention them all.

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[QUOTE=hooskins;312802]Love The Police.

Someone mentioned Dre, I love his stuff. Em's old stuff was good too.




How about Led Zep anyone? I love Hendrix....Marley is chill too.

The great thing about Hendrix is that he didnt have to shread like a madman or any of that crap to be amazing. Great stuff.[/QUOTE]

Jagjit Singh :)

Represent!

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[quote=angryssg;312803]I like all of those too, but they said to name your top three so I couldn't mention them all.[/quote]

I feel you man. Its tough, i dont if these are top 3, but they are close in my book. I might have to think for a bit.

how are you doing btw angry?

sweet man, sounds good. Any plans this weekend?

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[quote=hooskins;312805]I feel you man. Its tough, i dont if these are top 3, but they are close in my book. I might have to think for a bit.

how are you doing btw angry?[/quote]
Pretty good, just one more night of work before the weekend.

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[quote=SmootSmack;312804]Jagjit Singh :)

Represent![/quote]

haha dont know about all of that..but represent!!

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If anyone is wondering why I didn't include Vanilla Ice or Sir Mixalot in my top 3 it is because I picked my top 3 based their historical relevance.

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1) Yoko Ono
2) Rupaul
3) Grace Jones

Honorable Mention: Right Said Fred

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1) Led Zep - Nobody can shread like Jimi Page, nobody. Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham were all first class musicians as well.

2) The Allman Brothers Band - Hearing the Allman Brothers play live is surreal. The whole band is composed of excellent musicians. Rolling Stone did a top 50 guitarists of all time list. Dwayne Allman and Dickey Betts were both in the top 5.

3) The Beatles - I'm not a huge Beatles fan. But the Beatles' influence has touched so many different bands and influenced music so much, it's hard not to give them respect.

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I'll go ahead and name some people not mentioned yet, as there are several I would have picked already listed.

Speaking of Led Zep, I gotta give props to Jimmy Page. One of the best guitarists of all time. The man is a guitar legend. The only guy I think that could have come close to holding his jock is Stevie Ray Vaughn.

Another singer/songwriter that has shown a great range of talent is Eric Clapton.

And you can't think Blues without thinking of BB King.

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Michael Jackson
Jimi Hendrix
Tupac

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Honorable Mentions

Elvis
Beatles
Stevie Wonder

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[quote=itvnetop;312726]Beethoven - Anyone who can compose entire orchestral pieces without hearing is the man!

Hendrix - 'nuff said.

Dr. Dre - This probably won't be popular among the non-traditional instrument crowd, but he's revolutionized the way Pro-Tools can make your ear pop.[/quote]

Just to piggy back on the rap/hip-hop theme; I would have to throw Erik B. & Rakkim in there.

The whole west coast movement of the 90s and 2000s, in my opinion, were built on the successes of the 80s by artists such as Erik B. and Rakim. They are among the patriarchs of rap in my humble opinion.

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1. Eddie Van Halen
2. Stevie Ray Vaughn
3. B B King tie with Jimi Hendrix

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Notorious B.i.g.

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John Fogerty
Green Day
Any of the guitar bands known to play in and around 70's Jacksonville, Fl

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[quote=Stacks42;312860]Notorious B.i.g.[/quote]

Definitely. Right up there with Pac. Pac gets the edge as the greatest all time rapper.

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Warrant
Britny Fox
Color Me Bad