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Best musicians of all time? (1 Viewer)

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Which artist, band or musician would make your Mt Rushmore?

I think mine would be Bowie, Beatles, Prince, Queen and Janis Joplin.

 
Individuals - Prince, Hendrix, Bowie, Stevie Wonder

Bands - Beatles, Stones, Yes, Radiohead

ETA: artists like Lowell George, Joni Mitchell, Laura Nyro might mean more to me personally than some of those but, balancing my taste with quality, fame & import it would be those four. Bach would be in, Coltrane just miss from other genres. Satchmo is the most important figure in the history of modern music, but he didnt take recording seriously enough to be at the top. aint playin a mix of bands & artists

 
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This should really be broken up by era.

You can’t compare Robert Johnson with Eddie Van Heflin.

There was probably some dude before Mozart that shredded but we’ve never heard of him.

 
Any Mt. Rushmore of musicians that doesn't include Paul McCartney is flawed.   One of the greatest songwriters of all time, fantastic singer with extraordinary range in his prime and the guy can play virtually any instrument and play it well.  Also an excellent producer.

Even if you're not a fan there are very few artists that have that kind of resume.

 
Godsbrother said:
Any Mt. Rushmore of musicians that doesn't include Paul McCartney is flawed.   One of the greatest songwriters of all time, fantastic singer with extraordinary range in his prime and the guy can play virtually any instrument and play it well.  Also an excellent producer.

Even if you're not a fan there are very few artists that have that kind of resume.
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It is true that Paul McCartney has few peers when it comes to his resume in regards to success and songwriting, but to push back a little, his greatness comes from his songwriting, not his playing.  Sure, he can play a bunch of different instruments, but you can look at every single one of those instruments and find dozens of players better on each one, even bass guitar, his main instrument.  

As to question posed in this thread, it seems like another "name your favorite bands/artists" thread rather than listing the best actual musicians. 

 
Ghost Rider said:
It is true that Paul McCartney has few peers when it comes to his resume in regards to success and songwriting, but to push back a little, his greatness comes from his songwriting, not his playing.  Sure, he can play a bunch of different instruments, but you can look at every single one of those instruments and find dozens of players better on each one, even bass guitar, his main instrument.  

As to question posed in this thread, it seems like another "name your favorite bands/artists" thread rather than listing the best actual musicians. 
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What do you mean by "better?" Very few, if any better bass players in the history of rock and roll. And chances are whoever you cite was heavily influenced by Paul's playing.

 
Godsbrother said:
Any Mt. Rushmore of musicians that doesn't include Paul McCartney is flawed.   One of the greatest songwriters of all time, fantastic singer with extraordinary range in his prime and the guy can play virtually any instrument and play it well.  Also an excellent producer.

Even if you're not a fan there are very few artists that have that kind of resume.
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I don’t hate it but I don’t think he is totally necessary. Miles Davis, Mozart, Beethoven, Aretha. There’s a top 4 that one can easily argue Paul can’t F with.

 
Apple Jack said:
What do you mean by "better?" Very few, if any better bass players in the history of rock and roll. And chances are whoever you cite was heavily influenced by Paul's playing.
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Not only that, I doubt that many bass players were as good as Paul on guitar, piano and drums.   

 
Apple Jack said:
Ghost Rider said:
It is true that Paul McCartney has few peers when it comes to his resume in regards to success and songwriting, but to push back a little, his greatness comes from his songwriting, not his playing.  Sure, he can play a bunch of different instruments, but you can look at every single one of those instruments and find dozens of players better on each one, even bass guitar, his main instrument.  

As to question posed in this thread, it seems like another "name your favorite bands/artists" thread rather than listing the best actual musicians. 
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What do you mean by "better?" Very few, if any better bass players in the history of rock and roll. And chances are whoever you cite was heavily influenced by Paul's playing.
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I can think of several that are better than him. Flea, Chris Squire, and Geddy Lee.

Godsbrother said:
Not only that, I doubt that many bass players were as good as Paul on guitar, piano and drums.   
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Hey, Geddy played keyboards with his feet, while singing and playing bass. :headbang:

 
wikkidpissah said:
If she had been a man, she might have had a Stevie Wonder-type career. Excellent piano player and tremendous arranger. She was not only not encouraged, but specifically discouraged in her songwriting, self-producing efforts
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Yep. Aretha on a piano was about as good as it gets. Anytime a recording session was going nowhere, she'd sit at the keys and bring it all back into focus. As an arranger - she was a lot like Elvis, in that she knew what she wanted a record to sound like but had to throw a tantrum to make it happen. Her records still sound great, 50 years later. 

Speaking of Stevie Wonder, he's one of the best drummers in rock history and that was his 4th best instrument. 

 
If I were doing a "Founding Fathers" Mt Rushmore of American music (keeping it to the last 100 years and how it shaped popular music) it would be:

Louis Armstrong

Robert Johnson

Hank Williams

Duke Ellington

Honorable mention to Mahalia Jackson, the Carter Family, Son House, and Merle Travis.

 
Uruk-Hai said:
If I were doing a "Founding Fathers" Mt Rushmore of American music (keeping it to the last 100 years and how it shaped popular music) it would be:

Louis Armstrong

Robert Johnson

Hank Williams

Duke Ellington

Honorable mention to Mahalia Jackson, the Carter Family, Son House, and Merle Travis.
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No Gershwin?

 
Uruk-Hai said:
Yep. Aretha on a piano was about as good as it gets. Anytime a recording session was going nowhere, she'd sit at the keys and bring it all back into focus. As an arranger - she was a lot like Elvis, in that she knew what she wanted a record to sound like but had to throw a tantrum to make it happen. Her records still sound great, 50 years later. 

Speaking of Stevie Wonder, he's one of the best drummers in rock history and that was his 4th best instrument. 
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She was one of the very few people who could factor emotional criteria into her arrangements - that takes genius AND chops. people seldom recognize that work was done before she ever opened her mouth, which is what makes me think she wouldve have been a first-rate songwriter freed from Motown tropes

 
wikkidpissah said:
She was one of the very few people who could factor emotional criteria into her arrangements - that takes genius AND chops. people seldom recognize that work was done before she ever opened her mouth, which is what makes me think she wouldve have been a first-rate songwriter freed from Motown tropes
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Otis Redding was getting there, too, until that plane went down. 

Back to Aretha, I don't know if folks born after 1980 or so know how much she changed the way women in rock could sing. 

 
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