delectable137 said:

You guys are totally missing it,

Elton John, Tori Amos, Lenny Kravitz, and Maroon 5 (yes, they do jam!)

tuffycat said:

Lenny? Maroon 5? Second to PRINCE???

Elton John can be argued, even though his music's been rubbish for the past twenty years.

I don't care for Tori that much, but I can recognize her skill and talent enough to see your point. She's got it goin' on.

Anxiety said:

No not 2nd to by far, but they are good instrument palying people to me.

Elton can be 2nd and I don't even own any of his stuff. I think he is damn talented though.

"After Prince..." Well if Prince is number one he'd have to be the next 19 places after that. The wee man is on a totally different level. Prince is a legend no doubt. Some of the artists that people have mentioned, yes I do like them but they certainly aren't legendary. So since it's after Prince I'm gonna have to name a couple of legends. Errmmm... certainly Bruce Springsteen... and certainly U2.

tori amos, kate bush, elton john, annie lennox

4nowneway said:

no fucking way

yes also madonna bjork and goran bregovic

Beck perhaps

I've been asking myself this as well...if we are talking the pop/rock arena...in terms of originality and output...in the last 10 years we have seen...

Beck
Bjork
David Bowie
Ani DiFranco

but none I don't think can touch P..even now.

funkadelic11 said:

For the gen-xers I'd say yes.

But it's definitely Stevie, for me.

mrdespues said:

Definitely Beck. Also, I'm trying to figure out some more of the new school legends rather than the old school ones. I mean, sure you still got Stevie, Macca, Bowie, U2, Springsteen, Moz (yeah, I threw him in just cuz I love his work ), etc. But what about the relatively new school cats that you'd might compare to Prince?

I'll give you Lenny, D'Angelo, Robert Randolph. But I'll also throw in Trey Anastasio, Trent Reznor, Tricky, The Chili Peppers (even if they ain't funky no more), etc. I also said OutKast (and yes, they can and do play instruments) because they're so far ahead of folks in the Hip-Hop game because of their creativity and style. But I don't know if they compare to Prince though. I don't even know if any of these guys I mentioned compare to Prince.

And if someone says Alicia Keys, I've got a brick with their name on it.

Believe it or not, Madonna...

rainbowchild said:

I'd say that myself, but what was her last great album? Ray of Light?

Nobody.The best has already been done.

i can't believe some of the answers i've seen on here. Were talking about musicians, NOT SINGERS, NOT MOST POPULAR ARTISTS! the topic stated:

"After prince who do you feel is the next most talented musician out there today?"

of course before Prince, there was Stevie so that negates the TRUE guy who started it all.

musicianship is a very touchy & biased opinion when coming from someone who does not know what TRUE musicianship is about. IMO, after Prince, there was one guy who wasn't that popular but that MF'r plays every instrument in the likeness & vibe of P and wasn't a half bad singer either. I said it again and i'll say it before. Chuckii Booker. If you don't know, then you need to check out his 2 albums and you'll get an idea of what i am saying here. After that, MUSICIAN WISE, it would have to be Lenny Kravitz, Lenny is POPULAR and PLAYS ALL INSTRUMENTS on his CD's.

remember the topic folks... "we are saying After prince who do you feel is the next most talented musician out there today?" not most popular, not most succesful writer, not biggest sales..

most talented musician!!!!!

not trying to start anything, just my honest opinion, that's all

Bran

I really couldn't say, there aren't really any. Replays mostly, the smiths back by pop demand? jees the UK must be desperate!

brante said:

Thankyouverymuch.

brante said:

CHUCKII is incredible, and alot of people dont know how BAAD he is...Lenny and Terence Trent are great, also....
[This message was edited Sat May 29 21:00:58 2004 by ndigo]

Chuckii Booker, definitely. Also, the late, great Roger Troutman.

If Andre Cymone was active, I'd add add him to the list, too.

JesseDezz said:

THANKS Jesse.. HOW can i forget ROGER????

That cat was AWESOME, played everything including harmonica AND on yop of that, the cat also engineered and mixed his own stuff. He is sorely missed and no one can replace him on the talkbox.

Bran

JesseDezz said:

THANKS Jesse.. HOW can i forget ROGER????

That cat was AWESOME, played everything including harmonica AND on yop of that, the cat also engineered and mixed his own stuff. He is sorely missed and no one can replace him on the talkbox.

Bran

Younger than Prince - Rufus Wainwright
Older than Prince - Joni Mitchell

don't hit me because i'm honest but...

Madonna ? no way !
Lenny ? he's ok, i like him 2 but he's miles away from Prince !
Bruce Springsteen ?
Terence Trent D'Arby ? saw him last summer at a rather small audience - well that was a fucking weak performance ! i felt sorry for him !

....waiting for the bricks

slothmang said:

Yes, yes, yes, YES!!! Brilliant.

First off, someone said that Madonna was a talented musician? PPPLLLLEEEASSSSSEEEEE.....she is great at marketing.....and that's it. She is pretty bland if you ask me. I'd have to say the most talented musician today, besides Prince is.....DRUMROLL PLEASE.....TOM PETTY.....yes, he rocks!!!!

Anxiety said:

COSIGN 100% I love Bjork, she is absolutely brilliant and on an entirely different playing field than most artists today.

Anxiety, you hit the nail on proverbial head!

jtfolden said:

I Love Rufus also! I like how he always sounds so disinterested

Talking about younger musicians? MUSICIANS, that is?

There is no one. Forget it. No one is in the same league musically.

Back in the day, Stevie WAS, but no one is NOW.

Remember, we're talking MUSICIANSHIP. NOT JUST singing, performing.

Beck is the only talent of today's music who comes close and Bjork MIGHT be up there except she doesn't play any instrument (although she can write notation so that sort of makes it okay).

Y'all seem to have forgotten, by way of the Britney-fied media, what a MUSICIAN is.