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re: Who is/was the most influential musician of all time?
Posted on 6/20/16 at 9:37 pm to DawgfaninCa
Posted on 6/20/16 at 9:37 pm to DawgfaninCa
Black Sabbath
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Posted on 6/20/16 at 11:35 pm to haikarate
Jesus, we're on the 2nd page and only one mention of Hendrix? From his sound, from cranking a Marshall, from his performance, from his stellar playing, from his unique style of playing rhythms with lead flurries, to lighting shite on fire, from probably being the physicallly best guitar player of that era, and on and on. Robert Johnson is a good mention because so much is derived from him including Hendrix, and Elvis should get his due, but Hendrix took everything to the extreme. There were so many things that had never been done before, much in the same way that Page inovated recording techniques. Hendrix influenced every facet of music industry. Think of hearing his wah wah for the first time, or a fuzz face or deja vibe on together like in Machine Gun. Stage presence, musicianship, songwriting, attitude, drugs, sex, rock n roll...Hendrix may not have created it by himself but he launched a genre into the stratosphere.
Posted on 6/21/16 at 8:30 am to cajunbama
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Elvis the Kang
Elvis was derivative of black musicians in a lot of ways. With him, the industry basically packaged black music in an attractive white box and watched it explode.
Posted on 6/21/16 at 9:40 am to Jester
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Elvis was derivative of black musicians in a lot of ways. With him, the industry basically packaged black music in an attractive white box and watched it explode.
I know this is the fashionable view but it entirely dismisses Elvis' prominent country influences, among other things. He was more than an "industry package." And I would prefer to leave race out of it. It's music. There were others, black and white, who played important parts in early rock and roll. None of them had the cultural impact of Elvis.
Posted on 6/21/16 at 9:46 am to kizomich
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I know this is the fashionable view but it entirely dismisses Elvis' prominent country influences
No it doesn't.
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He was more than an "industry package."
Of course, but you can't be entirely dismissive of that aspect of his rise.
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And I would prefer to leave race out of it.
I'm sure you do, but it's undeniable that black musicians making very similar music were largely ignored by mainstream white radio stations before and during his time.
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None of them had the cultural impact of Elvis.
Cultural impact, huh?
Posted on 6/21/16 at 12:23 pm to DawgfaninCa
One of three.
1. Elvis
2. Beatles.
3. Would have to poll some now dead guitarists to find which old black dude influenced their playing the most, whoever the consensus is, he is on the list.
1. Elvis
2. Beatles.
3. Would have to poll some now dead guitarists to find which old black dude influenced their playing the most, whoever the consensus is, he is on the list.
Posted on 6/21/16 at 2:47 pm to Tunasntigers92
this could/should be broken down by genre...for RNR...it's The Beatles..no question
Posted on 6/21/16 at 5:17 pm to Jester
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Robert Johnson
Could be. Dylan said he learned to write songs by listening to Johnson.
Posted on 6/21/16 at 5:48 pm to Mars duMorgue
Guido D'Arezzo
Posted on 6/21/16 at 8:10 pm to Cdawg
Les Paul. Not for his playing but for the iconic guitar and inventing multi-track recording.
Posted on 6/21/16 at 9:19 pm to OldTigahFot
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Always was and always will be Ludwig Von Beethoven.
This dude shattered norms, depths and expectations of music that we still have not surpassed.
Posted on 6/22/16 at 6:06 pm to LSUgusto
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Always was and always will be Ludwig Von Beethoven.
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This dude shattered norms, depths and expectations of music that we still have not surpassed.
And the dude was deaf when he wrote his 9th symphony.
I was going to mention Beethoven at first but I decided to pick more modern musicians like Chuck Berry and Jerry Lee Lewis because they were the first classic rockers.
I always love the line, "Roll over Beethoven and tell Tchaikovsky the news."
Posted on 6/22/16 at 6:58 pm to Tunasntigers92
Not saying they are THE MOST influential of all time, but Pink Floyd always gets overlooked in these discussions. Their studio work was very modern with tape loops and track layering that is common practice today. They pioneered that type of recording and brought it into popular music before there was even the technology for it.
Posted on 6/22/16 at 7:15 pm to Tunasntigers92
W.C. Handy
This post was edited on 6/22/16 at 7:16 pm
Posted on 6/22/16 at 7:21 pm to HandGrenade
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Not saying they are THE MOST influential of all time, but Pink Floyd always gets overlooked in these discussions. Their studio work was very modern with tape loops and track layering that is common practice today. They pioneered that type of recording and brought it into popular music before there was even the technology for it.
Damn, they may not have been THE MOST influential of all time but they sure were great especially live.
Their Dark Side of the Moon concert was one of the best concerts I ever went to but maybe it was because I was on acid the whole time.
They literally took everyone to the moon and back.
Posted on 6/22/16 at 7:24 pm to Tunasntigers92
Charles Mingus
Posted on 6/22/16 at 7:28 pm to Jester
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Robert Johnson
Beat me to it. He lit the spark that developed into rock and roll.
Posted on 6/22/16 at 9:43 pm to genuineLSUtiger
quote:Not alone. Don´t think he´s THE most influential (Elmore James comes to mind).
Beat me to it. He lit the spark that developed into rock and roll.
This post was edited on 6/22/16 at 9:44 pm
Posted on 6/22/16 at 9:45 pm to Dandy Lion
Louis Armstrong
Posted on 6/23/16 at 6:13 am to Jester
I'll see your Robert Johnson and raise you a Leadbelly.
He didn't write many of the songs he played, but he brought them to the masses, and many great groups have covered them over the years.
He didn't write many of the songs he played, but he brought them to the masses, and many great groups have covered them over the years.
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