Who is the greatest artist musical talent of all time

Blazer · 02-11-2019 05:46AM

Tell me how wrote: »

Think this lady deserves a shout.
Classically trained pianist, writes her own music and songs.

I've included the video as it is a great example of her talent.
In this, she simultaneously plays the piano with her left hand, beats a varied rhythm with drumsticks using her right while singing the words to the song.

Every time I watch it, I think of just how hard that must be. Very talented.

Not a good song though. You can be talented..hell google kid guitarists on youtube and they're a dime a dozen and their talent is amazing.
But can they write a song that will stand the passage of time?

Tell me how · 02-11-2019 05:57AM

Blazer wrote: »

Not a good song though. You can be talented..hell google kid guitarists on youtube and they're a dime a dozen and their talent is amazing.
But can they write a song that will stand the passage of time?

I think a good song is very much a subjective thing though is it not? I mean, we all listen to songs which have stood the test of time and we award them a certain degree of quality for that fact, but does that mean that they were lyrically or musically exceptional? East 17 Stay now as just one example.

The reason I think the above video was appropriate was because to track beat and position in 3 planes, left hand, right hand and singing is impressive in my view. Maybe you could argue that makes a one man band musically impressive but I haven't seen many performers do it as Regina did there.

NIMAN · 02-11-2019 05:57AM

This thread got me thinking about the comedian (can't remember who it was now) who said, "If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees and people think you're a loon".

Elemonator · 02-11-2019 12:55PM

Blazer wrote: »

That's a 41 year old song.
Sultans of Swing also the same year.
Most of the great songs of modern music are between 30-60 years old.
In the last 20 years what great songs have been released?
I'm just curious as I'm stuck back in the 80's
Enimem's Marshall LP was the last real album I listened to which I highly rate and loved. And I'm not a fan of rap but he was a genius on that album.
I hear some good songs now and then but album wise nothing sticks out.

You’re not wrong unfortunately. A lot of artists that deserve exposure these days don’t get it. I wasn’t even around in the 80’s and I find myself going back to that decade all the time. Listened to Queens Of The Stone Age’s Like Clockwork, a few Nile Rodgers collaborations and The Killers Hot Fuss lately. Can’t say I’d complain about those.

Relikk · 02-11-2019 01:03PM

Dog Murphy wrote: »

Probably Bach

Bingo. Even when you consider who came after him with the likes of Mozart, Beethoven and Chopin etc., Bach was light years ahead of everyone, and still is.

Bigboldworld · 02-11-2019 01:10PM

Hendrix

Church on Tuesday · 02-11-2019 01:12PM

It's impossible to pick one and we all know the obvious contenders. I would suggest off the top of my head;

Phil Lynott
Trent Reznor
Cliff Burton
Scott Weiland
Chris Cornell
Steven Wilson
John Williams
Willie Nelson
Johnny Cash
Rory Gallagher

Bobblehats · 02-11-2019 01:16PM

Relikk wrote: »

Bach was light years ahead of everyone, and still is.

Carpentry · 02-11-2019 01:36PM

Tell me how wrote: »

Think this lady deserves a shout.
Classically trained pianist, writes her own music and songs.

I've included the video as it is a great example of her talent.
In this, she simultaneously plays the piano with her left hand, beats a varied rhythm with drumsticks using her right while singing the words to the song.

Every time I watch it, I think of just how hard that must be. Very talented.

Tori Amos beats her hands down.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eLSmf76dss

Capt'n Midnight · 02-11-2019 01:54PM

jpfahy wrote: »

The criteria you might use to decide this question would include:
Songwriting ability
Ability to play an instrument or play multiple instruments
Having a good singing voice with a good range
Being successful at different types of music
Being innovative
Single sales
Album sales
Concert ticket sales
Respect of his/her peers
Influencing other artists
Longevity of career.

In this regard there is one artist who tops probably every category above........Paul McCartney

"Wings? They're only the band The Beatles could've been!"

nthclare · 02-11-2019 01:59PM

David Byrne of the Talking Head's is quite a good artist.

If anyone could be in a movie and play him when he was younger, I give Killian Murphy first audition....

They're the bulb off each other

Odyssey 2005 · 02-11-2019 02:00PM

Stevie Wonder.

Tammy! · 02-11-2019 02:04PM

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

"Wings? They're only the band The Beatles could've been!"

I know it's a joke

but I never liked Wings. Their songs do absolutely nothing for me.

I'll go with Rory Gallagher. The music he made was perfect.

Tell me how · 02-11-2019 02:06PM

Carpentry wrote: »

Tori Amos beats her hands down.

http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eLSmf76dss

Link doesn't work

shamrock55 · 02-11-2019 02:06PM

Whatever people think of Michael Jackson, it's hard to deny he was an amazing artist and performer

Capt'n Midnight · 02-11-2019 02:07PM

Carpentry wrote: »

7 pages gone and not even one mention of James Douglas Morrison ? Thom Yorke ? Dave Gahan ? Ozzy ? Plant ? Page ? Marley ? Cmon

or Miles Davis

Carpentry · 02-11-2019 02:07PM

Tell me how wrote: »

Link doesn't work

FIXED

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eLSmf76dss

Carpentry · 02-11-2019 02:10PM

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

or Miles Davis

Coltrane or Thelonious Monk

Tell me how · 02-11-2019 02:14PM

Carpentry wrote: »

FIXED

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eLSmf76dss

That looks pretty good, but, definitely don't think it beats Regina hands down.
Regina is drumming and playing piano, do different mechanisms, Tori, is playing piano with both hands (like most pianists do all the time), it just so happens on two different pieces of equipment.

Tori is very talented, their styles are not too dissimilar.

Lewis_Benson · 02-11-2019 02:16PM

chandlerbing2 wrote: »

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

This has to be the worst thread on boards.....ever.

Tell me how · 02-11-2019 02:20PM

Lewis_Benson wrote: »

This has to be the worst thread on boards.....ever.

'Musical' could imply it is solely to do with instruments but obviously, in today's world many performers are more noted for their singing, and the songs they sing.

It is subjective at any rate, but an interesting discussion.

Capt'n Midnight · 02-11-2019 02:26PM

Lucy8080 wrote: »

There was a period of time in Brian Wilson's life when the muse was galloping across the fields of his mind. Something beautiful found itself into the world.

Good vibrations ,as they say.

Pet Sounds is one of the most influential albums ever.

It's impossible to understand how different it was back then as the concepts and techniques have been copied so much since.

tayto lover · 02-11-2019 02:29PM

Did Bob Marley get a mention yet? Great songs, short life though.

Simon & Garfunkel too.

CalamariFritti · 02-11-2019 02:31PM

Has to be Mozart.

CalamariFritti · 02-11-2019 02:33PM

The Orb wrote: »

Prince

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

Probably agree with that when it comes to pop music.

So Mozart overall, modern times Prince. They seem to have been somewhat similar characters too.

trashcan · 02-11-2019 02:56PM

CalamariFritti wrote: »

Probably agree with that when it comes to pop music.

So Mozart overall, modern times Prince. They seem to have been somewhat similar characters too.

Prince wasn't doing anything Paul McCartney didn't do long before, or Stevie Wonder even. All music opinion is subjective of course, but for modern musicians you'd be hard pressed to look past McCartney, given his overall body of work, and ability to do it all himself.

I thought the thread was a pisstake to be honest when I saw that Eminem was the first name mentioned. Seriously ?

nthclare · 02-11-2019 02:57PM

Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden deserves a shout too, his vocal range goes from heavy metal to professional Opera singer all in one paragraph.

He's extremely talented, met him once out fishing a real gent.

Capt'n Midnight · 02-11-2019 03:09PM

nthclare wrote: »

Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden deserves a shout too, his vocal range goes from heavy metal to professional Opera singer all in one paragraph.

He's extremely talented, met him once out fishing a real gent.

And he can fly a 747.

Wibbs · 02-11-2019 03:10PM

The Floyd p wrote: »

Brian Wilson, show some respect. Was matching and surpassing The Beatles on his own. Wrote all the music, directed the sessions musicians around, came up with the themes for the albums, to the point where he suffered a mental breakdown. Troubled genius who's influence spans far and wide.

Aye. One helluva talent and when the Beatles were asked who they were competing against it wasn't bands like the Stones*, or Dylan or whomever, it was the Beachboys and Brian Wilson. McCartney in particular credits him as the guy to beat outside of his bandmate and Pet Sounds as the kick in the arse to come up with Sgt Pepper. Wilson has said that after Pepper came out the stress of trying to top that was one major feature of his breakdown. And as McCartney later pointed out at least he had Lennon and increasingly George(and George Martin) to help, Brian was essentially on his own. In another universe I hope that at some point in 1968 John, Paul and Brian worked on an album together.

*The Stones were never in the running on that score. Different band entirely, who tried to compete with the Beatles but didn't have the chops in that direction. This pissed Jagger off no end. Not Richards though, he wanted to do his own thing well and did so and had a lot of time for the Beatles, Lennon in particular. They'd be similar in musical tastes if not output. Given their influences it's odd the Beatles only recorded one "traditional" 12 bar blues song. Odder still a load of their songs have non modern western musical structures, even before they went all eastern for a time. Much older choral church music figures a bit, deceptive and plagal cadences another feature. Complex stuff that should sound strange, but didn't.

Carpentry · 02-11-2019 03:14PM

From wiki page.

Serj Tankian is an Armenian-American musician, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, poet and political activist. He is best known as the lead vocalist, songwriter, keyboardist, and occasional live rhythm guitarist of the band System of a Down

To write and compose such a song you must be talented, and a bit mad.

Who is the greatest artist musical talent of all time

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