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Re: Music belongs on this board floer you great git!
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Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Years after?
Are we determining who was a step above based on your random decision that influence on the music world you know is the deciding factor? I was basing it on a combination of success, influence, and talent. Is Presley a step above Bowie? Is Bieber a step above John Legend?
And I'm not so sure you're right that Bowie was more influential. But I don't really care about so many artists that white people tend to lose their minds over (and not trying to make this into a black/white thing, I'm just always confused about worship of musicians I never cared that much about, like Springsteen, Dylan, Petty, Plant, Presley, Clapton, REM, etc.*). Surely you are correct and it's a subjective taste thing. And a lot of what you've determined to be influence has to do with access denied to plenty of black artists whose styles were borrowed heavily from (or stolen, depending on you ask). But Prince had more influence over the music I tend to listen to than Bowie.
Whatever. This shit is silly.
TM
As an aside, this link is funny just for #4: http://www.laweekly.com/music/the-to...e-list-2411989 |
Question, since I didn't listen much to his music, I got no idea who he influenced. Who are the folks in the next generation who take his stuff to a higher level?*
* Other than the contemporary orchestra I work with which has a catch-line that it performs "the music formerly known as classical".
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Last edited by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy; 04-25-2016 at 12:17 PM..
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