Based upon album sales / $ earned / and grammy's won?
Why not?
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quote:Originally posted by indybob:
Molly Hatchet.![]()
quote:Originally posted by DoubleD:
Any musician who don't write their own lyrics or music.
quote:Originally posted by Seaquam:quote:Originally posted by DoubleD:
Any musician who don't write their own lyrics or music.
Really?? Pavarotti? Domingo? Callas? Te Kanawa? Sutherland? Barenboim? Gould? Heifetz? Stern? Ma? Casals? etc.
That is one broad, broad brush, sir. I can't believe you really mean that.
quote:Originally posted by The Cabernet of Doctor Caligari:
John Mayer and the entire current school of testosterone-free male singer-like creatures who sing ballads about bodily wonderlands and chicks on busses they are afraid to talk to (James Blunt.)
quote:Originally posted by The Cabernet of Doctor Caligari:
Rush
Radiohead
Coldplay
John Mayer and the entire current school of testosterone-free male singer-like creatures who sing ballads about bodily wonderlands and chicks on busses they are afraid to talk to (James Blunt.)
Every Jeff back album since Wired (or, maybe, Blow By Blow.)
Every Joe Satriani album.
Metallica (but maybe their next one with Lou Reed will change my mind.)
The Glee phenomenon.
Beyonce (except "Put A Ring On It,") Rhianna, Ke(dollar sign)ha, and those chick acts that require an 'artist' to undertake a 90% reduction in clothing in order to become tolerable entertainment.
End rant.
quote:Originally posted by The Cabernet of Doctor Caligari:quote:Originally posted by Seaquam:quote:Originally posted by DoubleD:
Any musician who don't write their own lyrics or music.
Really?? Pavarotti? Domingo? Callas? Te Kanawa? Sutherland? Barenboim? Gould? Heifetz? Stern? Ma? Casals? etc.
That is one broad, broad brush, sir. I can't believe you really mean that.
Maybe he'd say Pavorotti, Domingo, Callas, Te Kanawa, Sutherland, and Casals aren't technically musicians?
Please read the original subject line of this thread again.
Is it your belief that Pablo Casals is a carpenter? Or a shepherd? Or a Viking hero? I'm not sure why someone would think him not "technically" a musician; he did make a modest living from playing music, I understand.
And, yes, all they really do is 'cover versions' of existing material! How hard could that be?
Not hard to do it poorly, I can tell you from personal experience. Extremely hard to do it so well that people revere you and you receive significant financial compensation for doing, I think, though I cannot tell you that from personal experience.
(Totally goofing off, I agree with your point about 'original' material being required.)
Any overrated "musicians" on your genre list?
I'm not certain whether this question is directed to me, but I'll reply. There are musicians whose music I try to avoid hearing; I'm not sure they're over-rated as someone must like them. If they're not good enough for me-- based only on my personal taste-- to listen to, I wouldn't call them "overrated," but rather inadequate.
Sorry, I was referring to pop music and the boy bands. Classical musicians have a different bar, and I don't have any idea of the criteria one would use in rating them in this context.quote:Originally posted by Seaquam:quote:Originally posted by DoubleD:
Any musician who don't write their own lyrics or music.
Really?? Pavarotti? Domingo? Callas? Te Kanawa? Sutherland? Barenboim? Gould? Heifetz? Stern? Ma? Casals? etc.
That is one broad, broad brush, sir. I can't believe you really mean that.
quote:Originally posted by Seaquam:quote:Originally posted by The Cabernet of Doctor Caligari:quote:Originally posted by Seaquam:quote:Originally posted by DoubleD:
Any musician who don't write their own lyrics or music.
Really?? Pavarotti? Domingo? Callas? Te Kanawa? Sutherland? Barenboim? Gould? Heifetz? Stern? Ma? Casals? etc.
That is one broad, broad brush, sir. I can't believe you really mean that.
Maybe he'd say Pavorotti, Domingo, Callas, Te Kanawa, Sutherland, and Casals aren't technically musicians?
Please read the original subject line of this thread again.
Is it your belief that Pablo Casals is a carpenter? Or a shepherd? Or a Viking hero? I'm not sure why someone would think him not "technically" a musician; he did make a modest living from playing music, I understand.
And, yes, all they really do is 'cover versions' of existing material! How hard could that be?
Not hard to do it poorly, I can tell you from personal experience. Extremely hard to do it so well that people revere you and you receive significant financial compensation for doing, I think, though I cannot tell you that from personal experience.
(Totally goofing off, I agree with your point about 'original' material being required.)
Any overrated "musicians" on your genre list?
I'm not certain whether this question is directed to me, but I'll reply. There are musicians whose music I try to avoid hearing; I'm not sure they're over-rated as someone must like them. If they're not good enough for me-- based only on my personal taste-- to listen to, I wouldn't call them "overrated," but rather inadequate.
quote:Originally posted by indybob:
No Problemo Pinotlvr!![]()
As much as I'd love to pan Kenny G, he's actually skilled on his fish horn, so I can't call him overrated. Crappy music to be sure, and it makes me want to pour hot candle wax in my ears whenever his mellow soprano sax stylings come on in my company's elevator, I'll admit his "jazz" has served as good gateway music to the idiom. Most people aren't appreciating Coltrane's Sun Ship in a vacuum.
quote:Originally posted by Vinyrd Skynyrd:
Pat Metheny's vicious takedown of Kenny G is an interesting read.
quote:Originally posted by PurpleHaze:quote:Originally posted by Vinyrd Skynyrd:
Pat Metheny's vicious takedown of Kenny G is an interesting read.
Skewered. Wow...![]()
We have XM in the office, and occasionally in times past one of our employees would turn on the "smooth jazz" station.
quote:Originally posted by The Cabernet of Doctor Caligari:
Q: What's the difference between Kenny G and a 'real' jazz musician?
A: A 'real' jazz musician plays 4,000 chords for 4 people and Kenny G plays 4 chords for 4,000 people.
quote:Originally posted by Mimik:
With the exception of one song I liked, my second vote would go with Celine Dion.
quote:Originally posted by Captain Cancun:
Journey and Air Supply really grate my pecorino.
quote:Originally posted by Captain Cancun:
Journey and Air Supply really grate my pecorino.
quote:Originally posted by DoubleD:Sorry, I was referring to pop music and the boy bands. Classical musicians have a different bar, and I don't have any idea of the criteria one would use in rating them in this context.quote:Originally posted by Seaquam:quote:Originally posted by DoubleD:
Any musician who don't write their own lyrics or music.
Really?? Pavarotti? Domingo? Callas? Te Kanawa? Sutherland? Barenboim? Gould? Heifetz? Stern? Ma? Casals? etc.
That is one broad, broad brush, sir. I can't believe you really mean that.