Where are all the super musicians at?

[Guest wildpegasus]

Does anyone think there will ever be any more super musicians to come about or have we already seen the best? There are great musicians out there today but will there ever be singers or groups that are the quality of people like Elvis, the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, ACDC, VanHalen, Neil Young or Yoko Kanno?

[vivalaultra]

That's a wide range of "super musicians". AC/DC, eh? Is this thread going to turn into a quagmire like "Who is the defining artist of this generation?" I'll start it off by saying...Radiohead.

[Giuseppe Zangara]

Let's not have this fucking stupid thread again.

[vivalaultra]

Can we instead use it to discuss our favorite candy bars?

 

I like Take 5.

[Ravenbomb]

I'd say Mike Patton, but he doesn't have the mainstream exposure to be like the groups/singers you mentioned

[Guest Felonies!]

This guy.

 

wildpegasus is out of his element here, by the way.

[vivalaultra]

I met Paul Wall at the baseball game tonite. He's got a shiny mouth.

[Giuseppe Zangara]

I never thought I could love "Wild Horses," but then I heard the Flying Burrito Brothers' version.

[vivalaultra]

Yeah...Gram Parsons is great. I only thought I dug "Love Hurts" till I heard him and Emmylou do it.

[Special K]

I just want ONE good keyboardist.

 

I watch Coldplay and Keane, and they just piss me off. plonking on chords doesn't make you good, no matter how hard you press the keys , you stupid shit.

 

On the plus side, saw Sonic Youth. Fucking mesmerizing and incredible.

 

PLAY that guitar with a screwdriver!

[ZGangsta]

Come on let's just end this because we all know where this thread will go:

-People will claim all the bands that WP posted suck

-A few folks will claim the some shit like Neutral Milk Hotel or some other band you've never heard of are the only genius musicians around to prove that they're smarter than you for knowing who this random indie band are.

-Radiohead

-Random trashing of Green Day/Nickleback

-Making fun of WP on principle

-Kayne West

-etc.

-etc.

 

So can we skip to the last step, which is invariably:

-Incandenza gets drunk and starts real-time dictating his thoughts of whatever album he's listening to at the moment.

[Annabelle]

how did pegasus slip in van halen?

[vivalaultra]

So, I hear on Pitchfork that Neutral Milk Hotel might have a new CD coming out. They also have videos of TV on the Radio in concert with two old white guys that won't shut up.

[Guest wildpegasus]

how did pegasus slip in van halen?

 

Does that surprise you? Van Halen rules all. I love my Van Halen. It's great workout music.

 

All the names I mentioned blow me away as being on a different level whenever I hear them as compared to most others. I won't pretend for 1 second that I am a music expert because I'm not. There are songs that I hear today that are fantastic but I want to know of a band or a singer that's putting out several fantastic songs. Songs that will stand the test of time for generations to come.

 

Educate me. Is there anyone out there today who is as good as Elvis or perhaps even better? That's what I wanna know. What about Madonna? etc....

[Annabelle]

we're on to you, pegasus.

[Guest wildpegasus]

I also want to know how fond people are of Elvis on the board here. Is he the Benoit/Dynamite Kid or the Wayne Gretzky/Bobby Orr of the music world? Because I think he's pretty high up there.

[Annabelle]

wildpegasus is a legend. he's managed to maintained a gimmick for 3 years. THREE years. man, thats restraint.

[Guest wildpegasus]

wildpegasus is a legend. he's managed to maintained a gimmick for 3 years. THREE years. man, thats restraint.

 

Well, thanks. I'm not a gimmick though. My Astroboy fandom is real, my weightraining is real, my ego is real, my girl problems are unfortuanately real, my strip club stories are real, the weight bench story is totally accurate and every single one of my childhood stories is real. I could tell a bunch of other stories that surpass what I've told already but I gotta keep some of my pride. I've really only joked around a few times. Once in a thread with Hawk34 where I teased him half to death with half truths and half lies.

 

But I want to talk about the music. How does everyone here rate Elvis? Does anyone in the music world have the talent to be as good as Elvis someday?

[vivalaultra]

There is no one what will be as good as Elvis. He was the greatest thief of black music that ever lived.

[Art Sandusky]

"Hey guys, can there be another Elvis?"

 

Can there be another Big Bang? Sheesh.

[Guest Felonies!]

I also want to know how fond people are of Elvis on the board here. Is he the Benoit/Dynamite Kid or the Wayne Gretzky/Bobby Orr of the music world?

I rarely know what the hell you're talking about. Why don't you compare him to fucking Astroboy while you're at it, geez.

 

Regarding the thread title: probably in Dream Theater, but that has nothing to do with what you actually asked.

 

Kotz's take on this was as concise and true as we're gonna get here, so let's just derail this while we're ahead.

 

Ben Folds Five, or solo Ben Folds? I just heard Songs for Silverman today for the first time. Ben's gettin' complacent. Where's the I'm-gonna-say-"fuck"-in-this-song-no-matter-how-much-it-doesn't-fit-and-makes-me-sound-like-a-5th-grader-who-just-learned-to-swear Ben Folds? "Jesusland"? He's taking songwriting cues from stupid Funny Internet Pictures now? Why don't you write "The Owned Song" while you're at it.

[Special K]

ES JOSE LIMA AN HE LIKE DO DANCE

 

PITCHIN A BALL LIKE MAKE A ROMANCE

BAP BAP BAP

[C Dubya 04]

Ben Folds Five, or solo Ben Folds? I just heard Songs for Silverman today for the first time. Ben's gettin' complacent. Where's the I'm-gonna-say-"fuck"-in-this-song-no-matter-how-much-it-doesn't-fit-and-makes-me-sound-like-a-5th-grader-who-just-learned-to-swear Ben Folds? "Jesusland"? He's taking songwriting cues from stupid Funny Internet Pictures now? Why don't you write "The Owned Song" while you're at it.

 

I think that Songs for Silverman was the most disappointed I've ever been with an album.

[snuffbox]

To prove zgangsta correct we still have to discuss 'Kayne' West.

[Guest Felonies!]

ES JOSE LIMA AN HE LIKE DO DANCE

 

PITCHIN A BALL LIKE MAKE A ROMANCE

BAP BAP BAP

Dugout quotes in a Music thread? Jesus, K, don't tell me you've fallen off again and started dr

 

You know what, never mind. It's not as if it ruins the thread.

[godthedog]

To prove zgangsta correct we still have to discuss 'Kayne' West.

there will never be another kanye west. kanye is the greatest thief of white music who ever lived.

[snuffbox]

Heh...good one.

[vivalaultra]

So, if I were to take a poll of everyone's favorite Hank Williams, would it be Hank 1, Hank 2, or Hank 3?

[Giuseppe Zangara]

Shooter Jennings.

 

I'm on my virgin excursion through Soft Machine's Third; it's some real fusiony prog that's totally fitting my mood right now.

 

I'm thinking of starting a prog thread, but I'm not too well-versed in the genre.

[vivalaultra]

Hey, I just got the Shooter Jennings CD today. I'd give it a 6 outta 10. I like the slower tempo stuff more than the rootin' tootin' "busted for smokin' dope" songs. I also got the new Hank 3 CD. I like Hank 3. He's like his daddy and his grandaddy rolled into one Phil Anselmo friendly/Kid Rock hating package.