Most influential Individual in Music (genre, beatles, miles davis, elvis presley)

right-track · 02-25-2006, 04:02 AM

Arguably it has to be Elvis Presley, as far as modern music is concerned.
No Elvis...no John Lennon...no Beatles etc.

Having said that...it's a tough one and I'd like to see an argument for just one individual.

You could argue for one artist for each genre, but for music in general...

Sneer · 02-25-2006, 06:15 AM

i think lou reed is pretty influential.

**Scarlett O'Hara** · 04-08-2009, 12:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Stu

i think lou reed is pretty influential.

I love Lou Reed, brings back memories of first year at Uni.

Most influential in my opinion is James Brown. He took the soul and gospel music of the day and transformed it, influencing many artists in many different genres to this day.

It's interesting how gospel music was so inspiring considering it's religious context. I actually quite enjoy it though.

**Janszoon** · 04-08-2009, 01:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Vanilla

It's interesting how gospel music was so inspiring considering it's religious context. I actually quite enjoy it though.

Old school gospel isn't bad but modern gospel is, if you'll pardon the pun, godawful.

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right-track Atchin' Akai Join Date: May 2005 Location: Unamerica Posts: 8,770	Arguably it has to be Elvis Presley, as far as modern music is concerned. No Elvis...no John Lennon...no Beatles etc. Having said that...it's a tough one and I'd like to see an argument for just one individual. You could argue for one artist for each genre, but for music in general...