I'm currently watching for probably the 4th time "Ray" and just revisiting his influence on music...as i review the list of "geniouses" and i woudl asay the lst one would be prince: coming after Aretha, James Brown and a few others that actually changed the direction of music and so on....thoughts.....

Well, we only have up and still running artists out now, so we have to see and wait who crosses the 15 - 20 year mark.

Prince I would say yeah is the youngest of the list.. Prince, Mike, Madonna may be the last so far untile we get more on the bunk.


Producers too..cant 4get them... Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis

There are a number of geniuses in popular music today.
Someone can define artistic genuis however they like, they're are only a few people who could do what some of our recent (last 50 years) artists have done.

thoughts....

How you could not list Stevie Wonder right off the bat.
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Genius and/or changed the direction of music
Elvis
Beatles
Rolling Stones
Ray Charles
Stevie Wonder
Bee Gees
Prince

lilgish said:

didnt forget stevie, just typing too fast....i honestly think that prince and stevie are the last true geniouses....these new people are just doing recycling for the sake of itno forward thinkers at all....orginal voices seemed muted these days

love2thenines said:

did Bob Dylan die...did I miss something?

There are many geniuses who are among us.

lilgish said:

No, but he sounds like shit

Well at the risk of relighting the old argument, I really, really like The Love Below, and I'll be watching to see what 3000 does next.

BlaqueKnight said:

Thanks for the link.

Why don't you enlighten us and give us some more names?

Bob Dylan is a genius when it comes to writing lyrics. No one can touch his greatness!

BlaqueKnight said:

Thanks for the link. That's really great news.

OdysseyMiles said:

Pretty fascinating. I'm dying to hear one of the songs. I'm hope someone's feeding him a steady dose of funk!

Genius...Hmm that's a toughie.

I think the last album that made me go WOWBOBWOW was The Love Below. But one album doesn't equal genius.

There is an electronic band I know of that CONSISTANTLY puts out QUALITY stuff that is just mind blowing. I've mentioned them before...SHPONGLE.

Brian Wilson! watch the film "Beautiful Dreamer" and u will be blown away
also Jeff Buckley had serious genuis poetential

George Clinton....wait till you hear the new lp!!!

David Bowie
Joni Mitchell
Kate Bush

Bob Marley?

Led Zeppelin
Frank Zappa
Marvin Gaye
Radiohead

Hendrix
Clapton

I would love to mention Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams.

Usher

Scorpion said:

In his own mind?

JAMIESTARR said:

Naturally.

Kanye West
did u hear his new album late registration,
its another classic
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LOL! Obviously some of you cats have a VERY LOW OPINION of what MUSICAL GENIUS IS.

namepeace said:

i was not referring to the obvious geniouses of the past i was referring to the new school over the past few years...i just used the people in my initial post as examples.

johnnyvulture said:

The nerve of you to even mention his name.