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all cudi raps about is the transition of being a teen to an adult and saying things along the lines of "hey, those people are judging me, but that's okay I'm content with myself." which is something that each and every adult should have the power to do. It's just apart of life. Annnd....people who rap about smoking weed 80%+ of the time really dont have anything worth while to say in my opinion. |
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This is thread is asking an almost impossible question. "Greatest" could mean everything from mastery of one's instrument to his or her influence on music. Really, each musician is good in his or her own way. Sometimes I don't really understand the point of ranking musicians. Of course, then there are pseudo musicians like that Gaga woman and Justin Bieber... but that's another story.
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He who influenced most: Robert Johnson
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The greatest all-around musician of all time is Daniel Vahnke, but I can't remember why...
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Including classical, than Mozart wins hands down. Don't see how there can be any argument there.
Contemporary-wise, I would say Charles Mingus. The reason why I'm hesitant is because a lot of his music is reflecting a somewhat strange time in my own life right now, so I might be somewhat biased. But looking at the question logically, I really can't think of many others who would top Mingus. Not only was his skill as a musician amazing, but equally amazing, if not more so, was his skill in leading musicians. Even his recordings on piano are pretty incredible, although there are definitely a few jazz-piano albums that I would place before Mingus Plays Piano (like Village Vanguard, although that is a completely different animal altogether). Albums that really stick out for me though are The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady, Blues & Roots, and Let My Children Hear Music. And I find more spirituality in Mingus's music than Coltrane's, although I think I might be in the minority on that one. Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting completely turns my head around, like a musical high. I love how the scratches on the Blues & Roots recording make it seem like the music is too powerful to be recorded, like divinely sent or something. |
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i'm changing my answer to peter gabriel
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Doesnt greatest musician end up being your favorite genres most accomplished? I mean how does one compare Hendrix to Mozart??
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Beethoven and Bach were the optimal points for classical music in terms of great music, great quantity, and great influence. You'll hear a lot more Bach and Beethoven stemming through modern music than Mozart, even though Mozart is more famous because of his tragic death and his gift of being able to hear music and immediately create a piece out of it. Though Mozart's music is often fantastic, as well.
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To be honest i'd say Robert Johnson but just for ****s and giggles i'm gonna say sid vicious because he got by on image and it was awesome the ultimate **** you I can't even play bass can't sing for **** but I got you under my spell mother****ers haha
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I would have to say Aphex Twin. Deal with it
Some of his earlier EPs weren't good and GAK was a disaster but when you look at his work as a whole, it's pretty awesome. |
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Also, one of the most underrated, proven not least by this thread, is Roy Wood. Not that I like all of his output, especially not his 50's sendups, but he could play just about every instrument (and did so on several of his solo albums) and covered a lot of styles on the way as well. |
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if we are talking pop and rock.....stevie wonder has to get a mention...a brilliant multi instrumentalist but....there is only one man in popular music who kills on every instrument you can think of....someone who plays and sings and does almost everything on his recorded work....its prince ....no one comes near him for sheer god given talent....
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Didn't read through all 12 pages. Has anyone mentioned Roger Waters? Driving creative force behind one of the best bands of all time, basically invented genre of progressive rock as well as composing (with some help from Gilmour) some of the greatest albums of all time. I'm not a huge Pink Floyd fan, but try taking some sort of hallucinogen and listening to Dark Side of the Moon and tell me it doesn't blow your mind. Plus, now he's writing operas. Not a flashy bass player, but what he did in terms of experimenting with song structure, tempo, soundscapes etc. in a rock setting was pretty amazing
I saw some people mention Zappa too. He's incredible. So was Lowell George. Jeff Beck is pretty good at the guitar as well, and has done stuff in a lot of different genres. Mozart was ok too |
Lauryn Hill!!!!!
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Has anyone mentioned Zorn? I mean, I think he's explored every single compositional style known to man, and may be a bit too avant-garde, and hit and miss for some people's taste. But when it comes to eclecticism, he's very comparable to Zappa, and in his own way just as boundary pushing, if not more.
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Mozart, Bach, or Beethoven. Unless you mean the best instrumentalist ever.
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I guess i'll have to go with prince since he can play 27 instruments.
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My choice is Willie Dixon; vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer; proficient on both the upright bass and the guitar. He was an important link between the blues and rock and roll and his songs were covered by some of the biggest artist of recent times.
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