[Music] Musical Geniuses

[Ooh it’s a corner]

Or Andrew Lloyd Webber!!

Joking apart he has written some excellent tunes in his particular genre

 

[Is it PotG?]

Who is Richie?

Hello?

 

[rocker959]

Freddie Mercury

 

[BN9 BHA]

Hello?

Of course
Definitely a musical genius, all night long.

 

[RossyG]

Handel
Rossini
Elgar
Adam Ant

 

[RossyG]

Hello?

Good choice.

 

[sams dad]

William "Smokey" Robinson.

 

[sams dad]

Marvin Gaye

 

[Superphil]

Lemmy

 

[ozzygull]

Phil Collins, and before anyone sneers, and states “Groovy Kind of love” or “ sussudio” as to define him, take a look at the people he has worked with.He has Produced albums for Eric Clapton, Robert Plant, and Feda from ABBA, played drums for bands from Bee Gee to Black Sabbath. Created the gated reverb drum sound song of the 80s. His drumming on Genesis Albums is sublime. He can write songs for Disney as well as incredibly complex and odd time signature prog rock classics. Incredible talent that gets derided because he’s seen as uncool.

 

[TugWilson]

Rick Wakeman
Benjamin Burnley
Jean Michel Jarre
Keith Emerson
Jeff Lynne
and the greatest of all David Gilmour

 

[R. Slicker]

This thread could just be named 'Musicians that you like'.
I mean Paul Weller has been mentioned a few times. Sure, he tapped into the mood of the nations youth with The Jam, (with some great albums) went college boy weird with The style Council and really hasn't pulled up any trees as a Solo artist, Has he?
Is he any more genius than Glenn Tilbrook or Chris Difford or any artist of the time?

 

[Binney on acid]

Thank god there's loads, but Jackson Browne's by far and away the most talented of them all.

 

[Clive Walker]

Clapton

 

[Icy Gull]

Thank god there's loads, but Jackson Browne's by far and away the most talented of them all.

Fixtures

 

[Is it PotG?]

This thread could just be named 'Musicians that you like'.
I mean Paul Weller has been mentioned a few times. Sure, he tapped into the mood of the nations youth with The Jam, (with some great albums) went college boy weird with The style Council and really hasn't pulled up any trees as a Solo artist, Has he?
Is he any more genius than Glenn Tilbrook or Chris Difford or any artist of the time?

Music is, and always should be, subjective.

If you enjoy it and get things out of it, then it's for you.

Costello, Tilbrook et al are miles ahead, imo, of the likes of Bowie.

There is no right or wrong, whatever floats your boat.

If you like it, play it. Proudly.

Forcing someone to be cool and saying 'I like that' because everyone else thinks it's hip kind of destroys what music is for.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Can't be bothered to trawl through every page on this (getting even longer) thread, but has anyone mentioned Jeff Lynne? Awesome musician, and great songwriter too.

 

[BN9 BHA]

Can't be bothered to trawl through every page on this (getting even longer) thread, but has anyone mentioned Jeff Lynne? Awesome musician, and great songwriter too.

Yes he has been mentioned.

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

Beethoven
Brahms
Bach
William Orbit

 

[Stat Brother]

Don't talk to me about musical geniuses.

I'm currently at work and some psychopath has tuned the TV in, Vintage Bossa Nova.

So I'm currently listening to a Bossa Nova reimagining of 'Dont Let Go' by The New Radicals (?)




People here actually have the nerve to ask 'why are you so grumpy?'