Who is the greatest artist musical talent of all time

chandlerbing2

For me it would have to be Eminem, lyrical genius and unbelievable songs.

Wibbs

Eminem? Bloody good, but the greatest of all time? Eh... Mozart and Beethoven might just blow him outa the water musically.

Woke Hogan

Wibbs wrote: »

Eminem? Bloody good, but the greatest of all time? Eh... Mozart and Beethoven might just blow him outa the water musically.

They're two people, Wibbs.

Dog Murphy

Probably Bach,Beethoven,Mozart,Wagner people like that.

Anytime there's a discussion involving music I always say I only listen to the likes of the above mentioned, cuts them down to size fairly quickly, I'll never be looked down on by any supposed music snobs again.

KathleenGrant

Freddie Mercury.

Be right back

KathleenGrant wrote: »

Freddie Mercury.

Beat me to it. George Michael wasn't bad either.

Anus Von Skidmark

KathleenGrant wrote: »

Freddie Mercury.

Shame about the old full-blown AIDS there.

PirateShampoo

Wibbs wrote: »

Eminem? Bloody good, but the greatest of all time? Eh... Mozart and Beethoven might just blow him outa the water musically.

I'll raise you Hans Zimmer.

tdf7187

In classical, Johann Sebastian Bach.
In popular music, would have to go for an obvious one, Keef Richards.

KathleenGrant

Anus Von Skidmark wrote: »

Shame about the old full-blown AIDS there.

Is this about musical ability or sexual morals.
GAFY.

beejee

Right Said Fred.

There's a hidden commentary in "I'm too sexy" that tells us so much about the ever-changing dynamics of modern social paradigms, that, when you do uncover it, results in nothing less than an epiphany of philosophical, theological and scientific awakening of such significance that it humbles the sum total of human endeavour since the dark ages.

I can't overstate the genius contributions of this species-defining behemoth. Hands down, close the Internet for a week to think it over.

Peatys

Patrick Prins

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

Finbar Furey

Obviously a subjective choice, but Ronan Keating is a colossus. Right down to his impersonation of a walrus during mating season.

filbert the fox

Bernard Herrmann

The Orb

Prince

Wrote the songs, could play all the instruments and could dance. As an all round talent he takes beating.

beejee

Dog Murphy wrote: »

Probably Bach,Beethoven,Mozart,Wagner people like that.

Anytime there's a discussion involving music I always say I only listen to the likes of the above mentioned, cuts them down to size fairly quickly, I'll never be looked down on by any supposed music snobs again.

I only listen to the spirit-shaking sounds of nature.

Your pathetic earthling attempts at mimicking the soul of the universe is so weak it almost makes me smile. Therefore I am left with no other choice than to look down upon you in distasteful bemusement, like narrowly avoiding the stepping upon of dog shoite.

Anus Von Skidmark

KathleenGrant wrote: »

Is this about musical ability or sexual morals.
GAFY.

Harsh! It really was a shame - if he was diagnosed now he'd probably live to old age.

Effects

Dog Murphy wrote: »

Probably Bach,Beethoven,Mozart,Wagner people like that.

Anytime there's a discussion involving music I always say I only listen to the likes of the above mentioned.

That just makes you sound pretentious and narrow minded.

PTH2009

dave grohl to be high up the list of modern day musicians

Tired Gardener

Trent Reznor.

His musical talent goes beyond writing, playing, and singing. He does a fair bit of production as well.

While his genre may not be for everyone, his musical scores for films have been absolutely brilliant.

Sadly due to the nature and theme of Nine Inch Nails, his work gets over looked by a lot of people.

dxhound2005

PTH2009 wrote: »

Dave Groul has to be high up the list of modern day musicians

Not as good as Dave Grohl.

Montage of Feck

Neil Young

KathleenGrant

Anus Von Skidmark wrote: »

Harsh! It really was a shame - if he was diagnosed now he'd probably live to old age.

Again the question, what has that to do with musical ability?

banie01

Prince?!

Unbelievable range of musicality and ability

KathleenGrant

banie01 wrote: »

Prince?!

Unbelievable range of musicality and ability

Freddie better.

banie01

KathleenGrant wrote: »

Freddie better.

Yep, but he was already posted and rather than follow the crowd I thought I'd add a new one to the mix :P

zoe 3619

David bowie spanned many years with different styles of music.Pink Floyd would take some beating.Either would make George Micheal look like ****.(no offence).

saintsaltynuts

Lennon And McCartney.

zoe 3619

saintsaltynuts wrote: »

Lennon And McCartney.

On reflection,I'll go with this.
Brilliant singers/songwriters.They were huge for a reason,and absolutely ground breaking.

Thelonious Monk

Gotta be old Wolfie Mozart

Patthecat84

Bobby Dylan. Though argument for davey Bowie is strong

MadYaker

David Bowie? Though it was more than just the music.

anewme

zoe 3619 wrote: »

David bowie spanned many years with different styles of music.Pink Floyd would take some beating.Either would make George Micheal look like ****.(no offence).

It's hard, when you are comparing apples with oranges and it really is down to different choices. I would rate Freddie Mercury and George Michael above Pink Floyd and dare I say it, Bowie.

Freddie Mercury, it is fair to say, is untouchable in terms of talent. He is arguably the best vocalist in living memory.

I watched the rehearsal of George Michael doing his run through of Someone to Love in advance of the Freddie Mercury tribute concert. George Michael walks in and kills it, while SEAL and David Bowie look on. George is the only vocalist who could have sang that and did it justice. George Michael is very underrated in terms of how good he was as a singer and also as a songwriter. The sad thing for George is that he never realised just how talented he was.

A different topic; in relation to Freddie Mercury and smart comments about AIDS, it shows how bigotry still exists many years later, or is it begrudgery, as the reality is, not one of us in our lifetime will possess 1% of that man's creativity or talent.

emeldc

KathleenGrant wrote: »

Freddie Mercury.

I heard Queen are reforming. Their new name is ‘Right Fred’s Dead’ :pac:

KathleenGrant

emeldc wrote: »

I heard Queen are reforming. Their new name is ‘Right Fred’s Dead’ :pac:

Not commenting, don't want to give offence

prince, george michael, bowie are all good shouts

stevie wonder gets a nod

george gershwin personally, rhapsody in blue invented an awful lot of the popular music of the next century and if that's all he did it would be enough

leonard bernstein for similar reasons

edit: the RZA could be added to the above for.my part also

Anus Von Skidmark

KathleenGrant wrote: »

Again the question, what has that to do with musical ability?

Nowt to do with ability, but lots to do with his potential musical output, had he lived longer.

horseofstone

Johnny Cash deserves to be considered,absolute legend.

Sorry about that

Kate Bush.

73bc61lyohr0mu

Rebecca Black

Anus Von Skidmark

If it's lyrical genius you're after, Leonard Cohen is your man.

For sheer musicality, Liam O'Flynn is hard to beat

cj maxx

Bob Dylan has to be in there.
I do like classical too and one that wasn't mentioned I think was Holst
You could also add in Hendrix , burnside, a whole host of others. It's a question without an answer.

tonycascarino

Elton John or Freddie Mercury

Lirange

banie01 wrote: »

Yep, but he was already posted and rather than follow the crowd I thought I'd add a new one to the mix :P

The Orb snuck it in over the line further up the page.

dxhound2005

cjmc wrote: »

Bob Dylan has to be in there.
I do like classical too and one that wasn't mentioned I think was Holst
You could also add in Hendrix , burnside, a whole host of others. It's a question without an answer.

No problem getting answers. We have three dozen so far.

Twister2

right said fred worth a nod

Be right back

Aretha Franklin worth a mention.

cj maxx

dxhound2005 wrote: »

No problem getting answers. We have three dozen so far.

Maybe I should have said definitive answer.

Greyfox

Michael Jackson

Still Leonard Cohen. If you haven't opened your world up to his world at some stage in your life you've missed something more than consoling music. And what an extraordinary life he lived yet still managed to be giving concerts across the world at 84 years of age. He consistently came across as the most genuinely cool guy in all of rock music the way in concerts he weaved his suffering from drugs and depression with loads of humour and just kept going year after year with a very healthy philosophy on life.

'There's a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in.'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wRYjtvIYK0