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Who do you guys think were the greatest muses for music producers in the past 60 yrs or more in Popular music in general? (Not trying to limit it to one genre) Who inspired or brought out the best in the producer? This question is focused in both songwriting and music production....

Do you guys think Michael Jackson inspired Teddy Riley's best work on, "Dangerous" or maybe Keith Sweat's debut album, "Make It Last Forever?" Or, maybe his best work was with his own group, Guy.

SuperSoulFighter said:

Suzie Rotolo and Sara Lowndes. Without them, no Freewheelin Bob Dylan, no Blonde on Blonde, no Blood on the Tracks... [Edited 2/17/15 5:11am]

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How were they influential to Bob Dylan?

Musicslave said:

SuperSoulFighter said:

Musicslave said:

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How were they influential to Bob Dylan?

Because they inspired his greatest love songs. Don't Think Twice It's All Right is about Suzie, Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands about Sara etc etc. That's usually what we call a muse: someone who inspires an artist. And that's very often a lover.

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Cool. Thanks for the information. I figured that was the case but didn't want to assume anything. Yes, I'm familiar with the typical use of the word muse. I just didn't want to limit it to the conventional lover model.

Although there was no romantic relationship between Janet Jackson, Jimmy or Terry, their close bond helped produced their (imo) most diverse collection of songs than any other artist they worked with. They definitely had something special.

A lot of Hall & Oates songs were about Sara Allen or co-written by her and sometimes her sister Janna.

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John Lennon made several songs about Yoko Ono, probably starting with The Ballad Of John & Yoko.

MickyDolenz said:

A lot of Hall & Oates songs were about Sara Allen or co-written by her and sometimes her sister Janna.

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John Lennon made several songs about Yoko Ono, probably starting with The Ballad Of John & Yoko.

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Yeah, that was probably one of the most renown artist/muse combinations. Didn't know about Sara Allen though.

Two nominees . . .

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SuperSoulFighter said:

Susannah Melvoin I understand. Kate Bush on the other hand... She made great music, but whose muse was she? Please explain...

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That's a young Stevie Nicks in that picture above Susannah Melvoin.

Food & TV for Weird Al

MickyDolenz said:

Food & TV for Weird Al

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Good one. Probably true.

thedoorkeeper said:

I'd say Linda McCartney was Paul McCartney's muse for many years.

great call.

There's been a few songs about Angela Davis:

Bayeté ~ Free Angela (Thoughts... And All I've Got To Say)

Rolling Stones ~ Sweet Black Angel

John Lennon & Yoko Ono ~ Angela

Larry Saunders ~ Free Angela

Jah Woosh ~ Angela Davis

Rah Digga ~ Angela Davis