EMattP said:

We all know Mozart and Duke Ellington were geniuses. He's asking about rock & pop.

Stevie Wonder.

Babyface

Stevie Wonder
Prince
Jimi Hendrix
Kraftwerk
Kool Herc
Afrika Bambaataa
George Clinton/Parliament/Funkadelic
Phil Spector
Chuck Berry
Juan Atkins
Brian and Eddie Holland
Lamont Dozier
Frankie Knuckles
Grandmaster Flash



The "darn-it, we're only relegated to rock and pop," edit.
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yanni

Pat Metheny
Richard Bona

lilgish said:

Call me a cunt but he is overated.

And some of u list way too many.

In rock and pop

Wacko
beatles (not solo)
brian wilson
Prince
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bob dylan (kisscamille is right. Give him his dues will ya!)

thesexofit said:

Marivn is a genuis, has he been overrated by some? Probably, yes, but he was a genuis


How could you forget Hammer ?

I think at least one musician in the world of funk who would qualify as a genius apart from Sly, James, George, Stevie and Prince would be Bootsy. For one thing he was the link between two of the aforementioned funk icons and was a crucial part in the developement of both of their sounds, his personality and style are unmistakable and, his voice is pure smooth comic awesomeness, and he's an awesome multi-instrumentalist whose one of the undisputed masters of the bass guitar.

WHATS MICHAEL BOLTON GOT TO DO WITH MUSICIAL GENIUS????....

Once Bolton saw Prince...in the distance

I was trying to think of a few women to add to the list. Someone already said Joni Mitchell.

How about Bonnie Raitt, Sheryl Crow ,Lucinda Williams,or Suzanne Vega??

Isel said:

I don't consider these females musical geniuses.

Bonnie's a great musician. But genius? That's stretching.

YANNI
Ashford and Simpson

blackbob said:

Now, that I think about it. It does take alot of effort to steal someones song and make it your own like Bolton did Ron Isley.
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Hotlegs said:

love is a wonderthing thing hotlegs. My love for Bolton is just that. That video is quite good, if incredibally cheesy.

Well, bolton aint no genius, but no one sounds like the fucker now do they? So give him some dues u stone cold snakes

Prince
Wonder
McCartney
Harrison
Lennon
Folds
Jeff Tweedy
Hendrix
Beck
Buckley
Martin
Dylan
Yorke
Morrison
Rourke
Rezner
Wainwright

etc...

thesexofit said:

Oh hell nah, but I still love ya Sexofit.

MsLegs said:

I wanna c the dance u made for johnny gills "the floor".

I don't think many of the people mentioned really qualify as geniuses. I think the word "Genius" is overused really. It should denote someone whose abilities are far beyond the levels of most. Many of the people mentioned are above average to be sure, but geniuses, I think not.

JANFAN4L said:

Yeah, I started the list coz I wanted to include some women in the group. What women would you include??

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Other than Prince,

Michael Jackson.

BlaqueKnight said:

And still no women??? There has got to be some female musical geniuses somewhere?????

How about... Well all of my ideas have been shot down already. I don't know coz I thought you all would have some ideas. I can't accept that no one considers ANY female, except Joni Mitchell, a musical genius. Now someone think of AT LEAST one more FEMALE genius on which we can ALL agree.

Isel said:

Meshell Ndegeocello

Isel said:

Bjork?

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