TylerHippie

Emancipation89 said:

TylerHippie

Ew no. Please. Stick to legends. Not internet posters.

I'm Sorry Kurt Cobain was garbage.

Jeff Buckley always...

J Dilla

Otis Redding

John Coltrane

Definitely MJ. I miss that man!

After that, I'd say Marvin Gaye, John Lennon and Tammi Terrell among others, but these three are among my faves.

HermesReborn said:

I'm Sorry Kurt Cobain was garbage.

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I refuse to bring back Legends who did not release an album for 8 years prior to their death, were past their prime, or who killed themselves.

Out of all sensibility Michael Jackson, as he could have cleaned him self up and fired all those parasites around him.

I would also consider Jimi Hendrix, but he would probably be lost in the modern world, he died over 40 years ago in another age.

I would expect Elvis to remain buried, who actually still likes him except rednecks

TUPAC!!

This sexy man is the GOAT!! He's influenced every rapper out there today! He mastered every type of rap. He could be straight gansta, political, or sexual (my fav) and everything in between! If alive today he'd probably have an Oscar and for sure he'd have a case full of grammys.

Terrib3Towel said:

TUPAC!!

This sexy man is the GOAT!! He's influenced every rapper out there today! He mastered every type of rap. He could be straight gansta, political, or sexual (my fav) and everything in between! If alive today he'd probably have an Oscar and for sure he'd have a case full of grammys.

How could I forget him! Also what I liked is that he sampled Prince sometimes

If we're talking bringing back a legend to hear new music/art, I have to say Tupac. I often wonder where he would have been by the time he was 30. I'd like to think he'd have dropped all that Death Row drama and made more movies. I love Gridlock'd. When he was on screen, it was impossible to take your eyes off of him. And I truly believe rap, as an art, would have evolved years past its current state.

Nevertheless, this thread depressed the hell out of me.

Adorecream said:

I would expect Elvis to remain buried, who actually still likes him except rednecks

People who enjoy one of the finest vocalists of the 20th century?

I suggest that you listen to this album:

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Elvis' problem was that he often was given weak material to record. When he was given the right songs he produced terrific music.

rialb said:

Adorecream said:

I would expect Elvis to remain buried, who actually still likes him except rednecks

People who enjoy one of the finest vocalists of the 20th century?

I suggest that you listen to this album:

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Elvis' problem was that he often was given weak material to record. When he was given the right songs he produced terrific music.

ummm...

I'll leave that alone

Adorecream said:

I would expect Elvis to remain buried, who actually still likes him except rednecks

I must be a redneck then.

rialb said:

Elvis' problem was that he often was given weak material to record.

That has more to do with Colonel Parker than Elvis. If the Colonel didn't approve songs (aka giving up publishing), Elvis couldn't record them.

Spinlight said:

Prince.

MickyDolenz said:

rialb said:

Elvis' problem was that he often was given weak material to record.

That has more to do with Colonel Parker than Elvis. If the Colonel didn't approve songs (aka giving up publishing), Elvis couldn't record them.

Sure but Elvis was a grown man. He could have stood up to his manager and said "no." I'm not a huge fan of Elvis but I do think he was a phenomenal talent and it is frustrating that he recorded so many mediocre songs. Imagine Elvis doing whole albums of songs by Hank Williams, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Motown and on and on. Every week there were amazing songs being released while he was content to churn out soundtrack albums that were of dubious quality.

I don't want to overstate things, most of his '50s material was great and albums like Elvis is Back and From Elvis in Memphis were fantastic but it just seemed like he was capable of so much better.

rialb said:

MickyDolenz said:

That has more to do with Colonel Parker than Elvis. If the Colonel didn't approve songs (aka giving up publishing), Elvis couldn't record them.

Sure but Elvis was a grown man. He could have stood up to his manager and said "no." I'm not a huge fan of Elvis but I do think he was a phenomenal talent and it is frustrating that he recorded so many mediocre songs. Imagine Elvis doing whole albums of songs by Hank Williams, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Motown and on and on. Every week there were amazing songs being released while he was content to churn out soundtrack albums that were of dubious quality.

I don't want to overstate things, most of his '50s material was great and albums like Elvis is Back and From Elvis in Memphis were fantastic but it just seemed like he was capable of so much better.

Colonel Parker didn't care about song (or movie) quality, only that he got his 50% to go gambling with. Really Elvis was working for him, not the other way around. Probably the only reason Elvis stopped making movies was that the Colonel wasn't making any more money from them as the later ones all started to flop. The Colonel wanted Elvis to appeal to the middle of the road audience, which was more loyal than a teen rock audience, who were fickle. That's why many of the post Army songs were toned down pop and ballads. Elvis didn't like recording a lot of the soundtrack songs or making the movies. He enjoyed making the gospel material though. He wanted to be a serious actor, but Colonel Parker nixed that as that wouldn't make any money. The pre Army movies were a bit more serious in tone, than the post Army ones.

rialb said:

HermesReborn said:

I'm Sorry Kurt Cobain was garbage.

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Face it Dave Grohl had more talent in his finger than Kurt...

Kurt couldn't sing , was shite on guitar.

And couldn't write worth a damn.

Was a whiny cunt

HermesReborn said:

I'm Sorry Kurt Cobain was garbage.

Jeff Buckley always...

Jeff is great! But why do you have to trash Kurt?

And Dave being more talented than Kurt?

RKJCNE said:

HermesReborn said:

I'm Sorry Kurt Cobain was garbage.

Jeff Buckley always...

Jeff is great! But why do you have to trash Kurt?

And Dave being more talented than Kurt?

Hey I got nothing against Kurt personally.

Mostly just the fandom associated with him.

It's written out to be some messiah of rock and roll

when all he did was retroized the form of rock back to its harmonic basics

while adding sloppy guitar playing and bad singing.

Whilst Dave... created the Foos by his fucking self...

playing ever instrument and singing every track.

I'm not saying he's the bees knees

But he was a helluva lot more talented than kurt on several levels.

This worship of Kurt is asinine

HermesReborn said:

RKJCNE said:

Jeff is great! But why do you have to trash Kurt?

And Dave being more talented than Kurt?

Hey I got nothing against Kurt personally.

Mostly just the fandom associated with him.

It's written out to be some messiah of rock and roll

when all he did was retroized the form of rock back to its harmonic basics

while adding sloppy guitar playing and bad singing.

Whilst Dave... created the Foos by his fucking self...

playing ever instrument and singing every track.

I'm not saying he's the bees knees

But he was a helluva lot more talented than kurt on several levels.

This worship of Kurt is asinine

While him being revolutionary is arguable, he did change the game at the time.

And Dave got a record deal off of Kurt's legend not the music he wrote, the Foo Fighters sound like every other carbon copy rock band these days.

Naw, I wouldn't do that to anyone. As brilliant as they were, some were tortured souls. Some of them partied themselves to death. The ride is over may they rest in peace. Every story should have an ending.

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RKJCNE said:

HermesReborn said:

Hey I got nothing against Kurt personally.

Mostly just the fandom associated with him.

It's written out to be some messiah of rock and roll

when all he did was retroized the form of rock back to its harmonic basics

while adding sloppy guitar playing and bad singing.

Whilst Dave... created the Foos by his fucking self...

playing ever instrument and singing every track.

I'm not saying he's the bees knees

But he was a helluva lot more talented than kurt on several levels.

This worship of Kurt is asinine

While him being revolutionary is arguable, he did change the game at the time.

And Dave got a record deal off of Kurt's legend not the music he wrote, the Foo Fighters sound like every other carbon copy rock band these days.

I maintain that the game was already changing he was at the right place at the right time.

But I don't fault him for that.

I fault him on the music being shite, thats all

Plus if you think about.

Nirvana only recycle what bands like Sonic youth, Husker Du and Suicidal Tendencies where doing a decade earlier.

All they did was slow the tempo down

Dave getting a record deal because of nirvana is sooo fucking false.

The dude did everything to step away from Nirvana after Kirk's death they all did.

The reason Dave got a deal was because he had a lot of famous musician contacts from doing session gigs and replacement touring for bands after nirvana, and they played demos on radio stations as a favor.

Say what you want on quality.

But just debating raw talent.

Dave is a better instrumentalist (multi-instrumentalist), singer and songwriter.

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Adorecream said:

I would expect Elvis to remain buried, who actually still likes him except rednecks

Why must we come to this?

Robert Wilson(Gap Band reunion)

HermesReborn said:

rialb said:

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Face it Dave Grohl had more talent in his finger than Kurt...

Kurt couldn't sing , was shite on guitar.

And couldn't write worth a damn.

Was a whiny cunt

Why not keep it to yourself? This is NOT a comparison/hate thread.

JoeBala said:

HermesReborn said:

Face it Dave Grohl had more talent in his finger than Kurt...

Kurt couldn't sing , was shite on guitar.

And couldn't write worth a damn.

Was a whiny cunt

Why not keep it to yourself? This is NOT a comparison/hate thread.

Who died and made you king of the org?

rialb said:

MickyDolenz said:

That has more to do with Colonel Parker than Elvis. If the Colonel didn't approve songs (aka giving up publishing), Elvis couldn't record them.

Sure but Elvis was a grown man. He could have stood up to his manager and said "no." I'm not a huge fan of Elvis but I do think he was a phenomenal talent and it is frustrating that he recorded so many mediocre songs. Imagine Elvis doing whole albums of songs by Hank Williams, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Motown and on and on. Every week there were amazing songs being released while he was content to churn out soundtrack albums that were of dubious quality.

I don't want to overstate things, most of his '50s material was great and albums like Elvis is Back and From Elvis in Memphis were fantastic but it just seemed like he was capable of so much better.

Actually Elvis did record covers of the artist you mentioned. Sun Records, Elvis In Memphis, Elvis Back In Memphis, Elvis Is Back, Elvis Country, Elvis Today(great vocals and a personal favorite) and TTWII are ones I always recommend. There are some great bonus songs on some of the sountracks too.

I'd like meet Christ Jesus (Christos Yehoshua) by a beautiful fountain and ask questions about true love and compassion one for another, and thank him for the many beautiful gospel songs written about him. Also, I'd ask him to give a true interpretations to the parables that have been recorded in the bible, and how we can live in peace.

Lastly I'd also ask him if he'd put his arm around my shoulders and give comfort to my soul in these challenging times on our planet.

(i'd express my love for him)

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