Steve Harvey has a question of the day.

Who is the greatest black musician?

A. Prince

B. MJ

C. Aretha

D. Stevie

E. Marvin Gaye

Log on to www.steveharvey.com and place your vote (toward the bottom left of the page in the Nielson box).

What instrument did jackson play?

To me, a musician is someone who plays a musical instrument.

MikeyB71 said:

What instrument did jackson play?

To me, a musician is someone who plays a musical instrument.

He wasnt a musician of any note. Great performer, entertainer, dancer, singer, child molester, etc - but no one was amazed by his musical prowess

Well, as much as I love Prince, he doesn't hold up to the bottom three AT ALL. I'm not even really fans of Marvin or Stevie, but P has not quite attained the "Classic" status that they have, at least in my mind. My vote goes for Aretha

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MikeyB71 said:

What instrument did jackson play?

To me, a musician is someone who plays a musical instrument.

Really? He wrote/composed/produced music. Not enough?

skywalker said:

MikeyB71 said:

What instrument did jackson play?

To me, a musician is someone who plays a musical instrument.

Really? He wrote/composed/produced music. Not enough?

No! That makes him a writer, a composer and/or a producer. Not a musician.

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MikeyB71 said:

skywalker said:

Really? He wrote/composed/produced music. Not enough?

No! That makes him a writer, a composer and/or a producer. Not a musician.

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right - the art of actually playing music is so dead that people dont even know the difference.

MikeyB71 said:

skywalker said:

Really? He wrote/composed/produced music. Not enough?

No! That makes him a writer, a composer and/or a producer. Not a musician.

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clovesandtea said:

Well, as much as I love Prince, he doesn't hold up to the bottom three AT ALL. I'm not even really fans of Marvin or Stevie, but P has not quite attained the "Classic" status that they have, at least in my mind. My vote goes for Aretha

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Wow I had no idea that Aretha Franklin was known as a master musician? She plays a little piano and has written some great songs but do you really think she is a better musician than Prince or Stevie Wonder? Or maybe you do not know what musicians actually do. Anyway you might be the only person who thinks P has not attained "Classic" status.

I feel like MJ messed around on synths a bit? I could be wrong.

considering the fact that certain prince songs could not be played on the radio because thy were too dirty and all the other artist had all their records played because they were clean says that prince des not belong on the list.

jackson35 said:

considering the fact that certain prince songs could not be played on the radio because thy were too dirty and all the other artist had all their records played because they were clean says that prince des not belong on the list.

That's your opinion and you're entitled to it but...

REALLY????

jackson35 said:

considering the fact that certain prince songs could not be played on the radio because thy were too dirty and all the other artist had all their records played because they were clean says that prince des not belong on the list.

Get off of the drugs that you are on

crusader said:

MikeyB71 said:

No! That makes him a writer, a composer and/or a producer. Not a musician.

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right - the art of actually playing music is so dead that people dont even know the difference.

Besides Prince and Stevie Wonder, tell me what INSTRUMENTS the others played and i will gladly change my opinion of them.

The simple fact of the matter is that tinkering a little on a piano or sitting at a mixing desk and wanking about with pro-tools or whatever, does NOT make you a musician.

Me 2 c and t me 2!

Prince is currently ahead at 54% of the vote....

MikeyB71 said:

crusader said:

right - the art of actually playing music is so dead that people dont even know the difference.

Besides Prince and Stevie Wonder, tell me what INSTRUMENTS the others played and i will gladly change my opinion of them.

The simple fact of the matter is that tinkering a little on a piano or sitting at a mixing desk and wanking about with pro-tools or whatever, does NOT make you a musician.

musician

• noun a person who plays a musical instrument or is otherwise musically gifted.

This is what the online Oxford dictionary has for the word 'musician.'

As a result i apologize for my earlier comments.

And in this case, i think either Prince or Stevie Wonder would get my vote.

Prince and Stevie get my vote. MJ did play the piano...and he WAS NOT a child molester!

Voted^^

MikeyB71 said:

MikeyB71 said:

Besides Prince and Stevie Wonder, tell me what INSTRUMENTS the others played and i will gladly change my opinion of them.

The simple fact of the matter is that tinkering a little on a piano or sitting at a mixing desk and wanking about with pro-tools or whatever, does NOT make you a musician.

musician

• noun a person who plays a musical instrument or is otherwise musically gifted.

This is what the online Oxford dictionary has for the word 'musician.'

As a result i apologize for my earlier comments.

And in this case, i think either Prince or Stevie Wonder would get my vote.

Oh, ok. I saw your earlier comments and was just about to break down the Merriam-Webster definition of a musician for you but you realized the flaw in your assessment and apologized. So I'll let you be.

Thanks for the info

Voted Prince was at 61%

As much as I love ALL of them for their incredible contributions to the world of music...my vote went to Stevie because the actual question is...Who do you think is the greatest black musician of the past few decades?

In MY eyes, Stevie's 70's output alone based purely on the content and quality of the music, not sales and what not...eclipses them all! Yet I tend to forget that the year is 2010, making this a new decade, going forward. But my vote still stands.

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daPrettyman said:

Steve Harvey has a question of the day.

Who is the greatest black musician?

A. Prince

B. MJ

C. Aretha

D. Stevie

E. Marvin Gaye

Log on to www.steveharvey.com and place your vote (toward the bottom left of the page in the Nielson box).

The question on this poll actually is:

Who do you think is the greatest black musician of the past few decades?

(I underlined the words that were left out from the poll from Steve Harvey's website)

A. Prince

B. Michael Jackson

C. Aretha Franklin

D. Stevie Wonder

E. Marvin Gaye

Now that I saw the full question on Steve Harvey's site, Prince DEFINITELY got my vote.

Oh, and when I voted, Prince had 61% of the votes.

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nursev said:

Thanks for the info

No problem. I love the others listed, but P never hardly wins in these polls.

63%

midiscover said:

63%

an hour later Prince still at 63%..keep voting..lets get him to at least 70%.

66%

peb319 said:

66%

68% AS OF 8:40 PM CALIFORNIA TIME!! WHOO HOO..ALMOST AT 70%..keep it movin keep it movin