John Cage, Tchaikovsky, and maybe Genesis P-Orridge. I was going to mention Sun Ra, but you guys beat me to it. I also think Skaligojurah's definition of genius is as close as we can get.
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Originally Posted by jackhammer
Agree 100 %
It's all subjective.
There are no geniuses only people that relate to us on a personal level, at least in musical terms.
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Well, according to some philosophers (like Laotse), everything is subjective, but where's the fun in that? I think if we can have a nice discussion without using words like "better" or "best" or "awesome" or anything like them, then maybe we can come off with a few decent examples of genius. While I think labeling any musician isn't the best way to go about music, I do think this may be a fun topic to talk about.