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Reply #30 posted 05/17/04 7:29pm

psykosoul

goat2004 said:

theVelvetRoper said:

This is a tough one...

Spandau Ballet
Sisqo (If only for "Thong Song")
O-Town
Skee-lo
Quad City DJs
Joyce
Clay Aiken
The hairy guy from Nickelback



Clay Aiken? WTF!!! sad


I know, right? But you said R. Kelly sad
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Reply #31 posted 05/18/04 7:03am

roodboi

Prince
MJ
Ray Charles
Miles Davis
Willie Nelson
Brian Wilson
Stevie Wonder
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Reply #32 posted 05/18/04 8:58am

VinaBlue

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Tori Amos
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Reply #33 posted 05/18/04 4:17pm

PrettyMan72

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Sananda/TTD
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Reply #34 posted 05/18/04 4:46pm

Darla

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Reply #35 posted 05/18/04 7:03pm

theVelvetRoper

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goat2004 said:

theVelvetRoper said:

This is a tough one...

Spandau Ballet
Sisqo (If only for "Thong Song")
O-Town
Skee-lo
Quad City DJs
Joyce
Clay Aiken
The hairy guy from Nickelback



Clay Aiken? WTF!!! sad


It was a joke. I'm sure you can understand humor, as your list consists of "R. Kelly".
'Cause your friends don't dance, and if they don't dance... well, they're no friends of mine.
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Reply #36 posted 05/18/04 7:10pm

JonSnow

a couple I don't see mentioned:

NEIL YOUNG

TOM WAITS
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Reply #37 posted 05/20/04 9:15pm

Thumparello

Quincy Jones
George Clinton
Prince
Stevie Wonder
James Brown-----redefined black music. Everyone owes his ass!@
Sly Stone
Madonna (yes I said Madonna, not a fan but she is brilliant in what she does)



ALL THESE PEOPLE ABOVE HAVE REDEFINED MUSIC IN SOME FORM.
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Reply #38 posted 05/20/04 9:20pm

Thumparello

oH YEAH....BOOTSY COLLINS. although he has been silent for quite some time, anybody that plays the funk owes his ass.


He redefined the groove and nobody plays bass like him.

James Brown and George Clinton owe his genius a great deal. Prince is playing Bootsy when he does JB. JB didn't give him credit cause he was young.
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Reply #39 posted 05/20/04 9:57pm

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It's unfortunate that people who profess to know so much about music fail to read simple liner notes, but I digress.

My list:

Stevie Wonder
John Lennon
Michael Jackson
Prince
Nina Simone
Miles Davis
Sly Stone
James Brown
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Reply #40 posted 05/21/04 5:50am

endorphin74

Since I agree with most of who's been posted already, I'm going out on a limb here to add Dolly Parton...

She does a style of music many here may not be into, but DAMN. WIth around 3,000 songs written through her 30+ year career, that is one DAMN brilliant woman. And, I would even veture to add she was one of the first female artists to get it exactly right with image/marketing and personal style. She knew what she had on her body and used it to her FULL advantage (and without ever having to show even a nipple!)

Since she frequently sticks with 3 minute "simple" country songs she is often forgotten. But not by me.

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Reply #41 posted 05/21/04 7:45pm

SteamForest

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psykosoul said:

Prince - for overall entertainer
Stevie Wonder - for pioneering synthesizers
Miles Davis - for being a chameleon
Joni Mitchell - for painting pictures with words
Michael Jackson - for vocal harmony
James Brown - for the one
George Clinton - for the insanity
David Bowie - for evolution
Lennon & McCartney - for popular music
Gamble & Huff - for Philly Soul
Jimi Hendrix - for breaking barriers
Sly Stone - for unification and the cocaine habit
Aretha Franklin - for the powerhouse
Billie Holiday & Janis Joplin - for blues
Ella Fitzgerald - for the scat
The Rolling Stones - for longevity
Marvin Gaye - for inner turmoil
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Perfectly said!
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Reply #42 posted 05/22/04 2:01am

andyman91

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Bach
Mozart
Beethoven
Louis Armstrong
Robert Johnson
Charlie Parker
Duke Ellington
Miles Davis
John Coltrane
John Lennon
Chuck Berry
Bob Dylan
James Brown
Jimi Hendrix
Stevie Wonder
Frank Zappa
Tom Waits
Prince
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Reply #43 posted 05/22/04 4:23am

crazyhorse

Otis Redding(incredible passion n soul)
Sergio Mendes(brilliant pianist,pioneer of bossa nova)
Thelonious Monk(can hear the confusion of his world through the keys)
Buddy Rich(hard to believe someone can be that good)
Charlie Parker(bird was the best)
Jim Morrison(lyrics and incredible persona)
Roger Waters(probably some of the best lyrics i've ever read)
Jim Croce(life was cut short but he had it)
Van Morrison(dude has alot of soul)
Donald Fagen(steely dan,enough said)
Neil Peart(one of the greatest drummers ever,complex lyrics)
Peter Gabriel(original along with everything else)
Phil Collins(incerdible songwriter)
Smokey Robinson(wrote all the hits for motown in the 60's)
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Reply #44 posted 05/22/04 5:45am

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crazyhorse said:

Otis Redding(incredible passion n soul)
Sergio Mendes(brilliant pianist,pioneer of bossa nova)
Thelonious Monk(can hear the confusion of his world through the keys)
Buddy Rich(hard to believe someone can be that good)
Charlie Parker(bird was the best)
Jim Morrison(lyrics and incredible persona)
Roger Waters(probably some of the best lyrics i've ever read)
Jim Croce(life was cut short but he had it)
Van Morrison(dude has alot of soul)
Donald Fagen(steely dan,enough said)
Neil Peart(one of the greatest drummers ever,complex lyrics)
Peter Gabriel(original along with everything else)
Phil Collins(incerdible songwriter)
Smokey Robinson(wrote all the hits for motown in the 60's)

Can't have Donald Fagen without Walter Becker no no no!

I'd add Curtis Mayfield and Charles Mingus to the list
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Reply #45 posted 05/29/04 7:17am

LightOfArt

Best of Bests:

John Lennon
Michael Jackson
Prince
Elton John
Smokey Robinson
James Brown...

I can think of another 10 more but these 6 pops out of my had first when it comes to musical geniuses
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Reply #46 posted 05/29/04 7:43pm

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I'd like to add Laura Nyro to this growing list...
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