ME! hahahahahahahahahahahahaha. ha. ha.

http://www.blindslim.com/fly

Couldn't help it.

I know there's others, you know, beSIDES Prince... What about Stevie Wonder? Didn't he play everything on some records?

And, uhh, Lenny? I saw a video with him playing drums.

And, umm.

umm.

Sananda Maitreya - TTD

Remy Shand put down some smooth shit on his first drop...

Luther Vandross

Kate Bush/Kate Bush/Kate Bush/Kate Bush

...but I'm taking a chance on you.

...downloading...

this mite b as good as it's ever gonna get, yeah
[This message was edited Wed May 14 15:14:11 PDT 2003 by PANDURITO]

posthumorously :curtis mayfield...he did it all well!
besides prince?

paul mccartney &
stevie wonder ..because they do everything well-sing well
has written classic songs ..play a lot of instruments...
have a huge body of work that's standards...and they influenced zillions of other artists.

others i considered sting...lindsay buckinghamm...smokey
robinson (if he was alittle more accomplished as a musician
i'd put his with paul and stevie.

addd marvin toe the posthumorous category. one hell of
a musician.producer singer.

muszewell said:

Yep. Would like to see him do some shit for another artist and see how it comes out.

Da King/Kang of Modern R&B The Sam Cooke of the Modern Era of Soul The One&Only R. KELLY!!! Nobody can touch R.

PANDURITO said:

Hey hey thanks! Glad you liked it.

Quincy Jones is a producer mostly now, but brings all these together as one,with different people, better than anybody...ever!

Bjork

TTD

Sting

Tori Amos

Robin Thicke

intha916 said:

Definately yes, my vote goes to Sananda / TTD as well. But on the other hand wouldn't it be a shame to let someone else sing your songs when you got a voice like he's got, I mean who could sing them better than he does???

VinaBlue said:

Good ones.
I also liked Macca and Kate Bush.
What about Bowie though? He's the ultimate EVERYTHING.

gooeythehamster said:

yeah, but those guys don't play everything, do they? what does Bjork play? She writes and sings, but I'm talking about a one-stop package - someone that plays every instrument, sings, writes the songs - like Prince, Stevie Wonder (on some of the songs) Sly Stone, Remy Shand, and ME!! (well, except I aint' got no major label sucking the life out of me).

otan said:

Most instruments on her albums, mate.
She's an electronic wizz.
She plays keyboards and is overly involved with every beep and squeak in her songs.
She is as obsessed with her music as Prince is.

otan said:

You can be your favourite EVERYTHING.

Besides Prince...George Michael.

PANDURITO said:

Barry Gibb has to be in this discussion. Not only because of his tremendous success with the Bee Gees (5th best selling act ever), but also because of his success doing it for other artists. He's not the versitile musician that, say, prince is, but where would the Bee Gees be without his unique guitar playing.

All of the following was written and produced by Barry Gibb (He also sings on a lot of it)

Barbra Streisand's biggest selling album ever, Guilty
Kenny Roger's biggest selling album ever, Eyes that See In the Dark, including one of the biggest country hits ever, Islands In The Stream
Every hit Andy Gibb ever had
Dionne Warwick's Heartbreaker album
Dianna Ross's huge international, but underappreciated in the US, album, Eaten Alive, which includes the interanational award winning Chain Reaction
Grease - the song, not the whole movie
Samantha Sang's Emotion

Currently...

D'Angelo/Karen Clark Sheard/Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis/Raphael Saadiq

Of All Time...

Stevie Wonder/Stevie Wonder/Stevie Wonder/Stevie Wonder

Frank Zappa

Stevie Wonder

David Bowie

These 3 along with Prince are-out-on-their-own genius.

I would also include Tom Jenkinson aka Squarepusher, though he is an instrumental artist and Ed Wynne (Ozric Tentacles, Nodens Ictus) - although he heads up a band, normally half of the tracks on an album are just him on his own - he is a guitar and production genius, totally with his won sound. If you aint heard either of these 2, check them out, you won't be disappointed.

mistermaxxx said:

This is your brain on drugs kids...using Sam Cooke and R.Kelly in the same sentence

AprilMichelle said:

gooeythehamster said:

otan said:

They are all musicians. They all play something. I didn't know the list was limited to people who play everything. Even Prince can't play everything, he doesn't do brass, so everyone has some kind of limit. These artists all sing, play, write and produce. So I bow to them. And I bow to you too.

gooeythehamster said:

Damn straight. I'm my favorite runway model too. And have you SEEN the rocketships I design? Oh dude, and I'm a magician with beached whales.
[This message was edited Thu May 15 9:22:59 PDT 2003 by otan]

alandail said:

Co-sign. The man is a songwriting/producing genius.

Cloudbuster said:

I agree with you 2 (but don't say it too loud. People here might call us things).

mistermaxxx said:

I could never insult Sam Cooke like that.

PANDURITO said:

They can say what they want. I don't give a toss!