for me i have 2 say that both prince and david sylvian are equally great and probably the only 2 that have a unique and varied sound throughout their respective careers.

both these these artistis have connected with me for most of my life and still offer something new and challenging and exciting.

its all about creativity and doing what they believe in and not conforming to the norm.

lezama said:

I listen to a lot of latin music but in my head the worlds dont'really exist together.

Just listening to Prince's Te Amo Corazon confirms that. It's such a fascinating idea, though to combine these two.

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I find it weird that forum member Prince fans overall doesn't rate him as their top artist. This is different from other artists

Prince vocals: at best he is doing things with his voice that could sound like Sly Stone, James Brown and Kate Bush at once. Well not excatly, but his variation in vocal use while still sounding 100% Prince is amazing. And no matter if he doesn't have the smoothness and softness of michael, power of james brown, rawness of howlin wolf, he sure has an outastanding and broad understanding of vocal use, where he easily blends punk, soul, rnb, rock, gospel and pop without making it sound like he's trying to do it. It comes naturally to him. He's not a poser and not a purist. He is not the best vocalist at each technique, but overall the most interresting and exciting one imo. Sly had more potential technically, but Prince had the nerve to actually test it. Prince wins! Btw, I love that his voice literally crawls out the speakers

Prince guitar: I've heard a quite few better ones technically. However Prince as a producer makes him sound better than many because he manages to blend in the guitar perfectly in the overall picture.

Prince bass: much the same as with guitar, there's many probably better, but most are not producing it better. Therefore not playing it as tastefull as Prince. Prince manages to make minimalistic bass sound 10 000 times cooler than Chic in my ears. However it is probably better to practice bass while listening to Chic, as it forces you to hit more notes per second at the same time as being extremely tight.

Prince drums: not one of the best drummers, but he has a rythm feel and a living metronome, that makes it easy for him to play something catchy and tight. His programming skills however is one of the most interresting I've heard. And I've been heavy into drum programming by different hip hop beatmakers, house and dance... No one can match the edge and original nature of these drums.

Prince synth/piano: probably many jazz and classical pianists better than him, and dr. fink probably had more memorable synth solos than himself. However not many more diverse pianist sings like him at the same time. And the the purple edge he puts in his timing and dynamics is sexual and raw, still briight and fun. The total package of him, I have never heard or seen before or after his best decade the 80s.

WHen this dude has 6 albums atleast that I consider classics, and a hell of alot more great concert bootlegs, I have yet to hear and witness anything close to him. I'm interresting in hearing what makes any other artist more interesting, but of course we have different taste etc. One of the reasons why I probably favor him so much is that I love his sexy edge that he attaches to his music. And I'm a 100% hetero guy.

Timmy84 said:

Joyinrepatition said:

name names tim?

1. Parliament-Funkadelic
2. Stevie
3. Todd Rundgren
4. Prince
5. James Brown
6. Marvin
7. Eno
8. Bowie
9. Bolan
10. Freddie Mercury

In terms of musical geniuses.

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Bolan was NOT a musical genius. He could barely play his guitar. Calling Bolan a musical genius is like calling Tom Petty a musical genius. He wrote a few catchy songs with totally meaningless lyrics all based on very slight changes to boogie-woogie chords progressions. Otherwise, that's a pretty good list.

steakfinger said:

Timmy84 said:

1. Parliament-Funkadelic
2. Stevie
3. Todd Rundgren
4. Prince
5. James Brown
6. Marvin
7. Eno
8. Bowie
9. Bolan
10. Freddie Mercury

In terms of musical geniuses.

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Bolan was NOT a musical genius. He could barely play his guitar. Calling Bolan a musical genius is like calling Tom Petty a musical genius. He wrote a few catchy songs with totally meaningless lyrics all based on very slight changes to boogie-woogie chords progressions. Otherwise, that's a pretty good list.

It's just my personal opinion. Thanks though.

I'm not sure I have enough time to devote to a list such as this, but I can say that IF Santana made it into my top 100 it would be on the strength of his first 3 albums ONLY. His latest efforts have been commercially HUGE while remaining artistically USELESS.

Hell, his association with Rob Thomas almost got him banned from reality by the Lords of Karma.

steakfinger said:

Timmy84 said:

1. Parliament-Funkadelic
2. Stevie
3. Todd Rundgren
4. Prince
5. James Brown
6. Marvin
7. Eno
8. Bowie
9. Bolan
10. Freddie Mercury

In terms of musical geniuses.

[Edited 8/16/11 16:44pm]

Bolan was NOT a musical genius. He could barely play his guitar. Calling Bolan a musical genius is like calling Tom Petty a musical genius. He wrote a few catchy songs with totally meaningless lyrics all based on very slight changes to boogie-woogie chords progressions. Otherwise, that's a pretty good list.

don't you come up in here dissing Tom Petty....

steakfinger said:

I'm not sure I have enough time to devote to a list such as this, but I can say that IF Santana made it into my top 100 it would be on the strength of his first 3 albums ONLY. His latest efforts have been commercially HUGE while remaining artistically USELESS.

Hell, his association with Rob Thomas almost got him banned from reality by the Lords of Karma.

#1 Prince

#2 Stevie

#3 Freddie Mercury

#4 Jamie Cullum

#5 D´Angelo

1.

In the top 10.
In general, the position of artists among my favorites change frequently, but it is always the same people for a long time.
1. The Beatles
2. Scorpions
3. Pink Floyd
4. David Bowie
5. Queen
6. Within Temptation
7. Michael Jackson
8. Prince
9. George Michael
10. Elton John
A year ago, Prince was in the top 5 instead of David. Times are changing ((:

LiLi1992 said:

1. The Beatles
2. Scorpions
3. Pink Floyd
4. David Bowie
5. Queen
6. Within Temptation
7. Michael Jackson
8. Prince
9. George Michael
10. Elton John

^ what the fuck....

Scorpions???

the poodle band from Germany???

Among the legends The Beatles & Pink Floyd

Blasphemy imo......... and funny too......

thedance said:

LiLi1992 said:

1. The Beatles
2. Scorpions
3. Pink Floyd
4. David Bowie
5. Queen
6. Within Temptation
7. Michael Jackson
8. Prince
9. George Michael
10. Elton John

^ what the fuck....

Scorpions???

the poodle band from Germany???

Among the legends The Beatles & Pink Floyd

Blasphemy imo......... and funny too......

Perhaps they are using the "scorpions" as in to cleanse the palate.

thedance said:

LiLi1992 said:

1. The Beatles
2. Scorpions
3. Pink Floyd
4. David Bowie
5. Queen
6. Within Temptation
7. Michael Jackson
8. Prince
9. George Michael
10. Elton John

^ what the fuck....

Scorpions???

the poodle band from Germany???

Among the legends The Beatles & Pink Floyd

Blasphemy imo......... and funny too......

This rating artists, whom I love, rather than rating the greatest artists of all time .....
I do not think that the Scorpions more great than Pink Floyd, Queen, or MJ. Lol! I just love their music more.
Do you have a problem?

thedance said

^ what the fuck....

Scorpions???

the poodle band from Germany???

Among the legends The Beatles & Pink Floyd

Blasphemy imo......... and funny too......

The theme of personal preference, right?
If not, Prince above the Beatles, and MJ only 14th place - no less blasphemous than the Scorpions at the 2nd place ........