Originally posted by FistOfThe North
Michael Jackson, flat out.He's definitely the most influential.
Hardly the most influential.
The Sex Pistols had a bigger influence on music than he did. He was the biggest influence culturally, maybe, out of all musicians. Not musically.
On topic: Prince, in my opinion. Modern, anyway.
Overall, I'd probably say Johann Sebastian Bach.
-AC
Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
Hardly the most influential.The Sex Pistols had a bigger influence on music than he did. He was the biggest influence culturally, maybe, out of all musicians. Not musically.
On topic: Prince, in my opinion. Modern, anyway.
Overall, I'd probably say Johann Sebastian Bach.
-AC
Hardly? Yet he was the biggest influence "culturally"? What's that suppose to mean..
Look, i'm honestly not trying to start a long and drawn out back and forth argument with you cause may think that i'm playing the race card here, so don't think i'm implying anything, cause i'm not, but, had you'd of of said that if he was of white heritage?
MJ was/is a music icon. A global mega superstar, music artist who's set many trends musically and that have been copied a hundred-fold over, that we couldn't really imagine the enormous impact he's had as a very talented musical artist.
MJ, as a musical artist, owned the 80's cause of his skill and talent as, a musical artist, cause of the impact he's had, due to his musical artistry.
Originally posted by FistOfThe North
Hardly? Yet he was the biggest influence "culturally"? What's that suppose to mean..Look, i'm honestly not trying to start a long and drawn out back and forth argument with you cause may think that i'm playing the race card here, so don't think i'm implying anything, cause i'm not, but, had you'd of of said that if he was of white heritage?
MJ was/is a music icon. A global mega superstar, music artist who's set many trends musically and that have been copied a hundred-fold over, that we couldn't really imagine the enormous impact he's had as a very talented musical artist.
MJ, as a musical artist, owned the 80's cause of his skill and talent as, a musical artist, cause of the impact he's had, due to his musical artistry.
I'm about as big of an M.J. fan as they come. Don't be so pathetic as to bring in the race card in the same thread where I named Prince as my favourite musician of all time. Don't be ridiculous. EVERYTHING is about f*cking race with you. That's the irony.
He simply isn't the most musically influential of all time. He did not do anything musically that was MASSIVELY, structurally, compositionally or conceptually (Really) innovative.
He took what existed, added a little twist here and there and blew it through the straosphere. He influenced culture, not necessarily music. More kids dressed like him and did the moonwalk than decided to pick up an instrument and play.
He was inspirational more than influential.
He never owned the 80s in any other way than exposure. Prince was out in the 80s, and you don't wanna argue the musical talent of M.J. Vs Prince.
-AC
I'd go with the Devil as well, I mean all the best Rock and Metal bands are affiliated with Satan.
On a more serious note there are far to many to determine just one, for instance there's Bowie, Reznor, Dylan, Strummer, Ihsahn, Elton John, Steve Wilson, Clapton, Barrett, Iommi, Ian Anderson, Robin Fripp, Chuck Schuldiner, Hank Marvin, Roger Daltrey, Lennon, Thomas Gabriel Fischer, Chuck D, John Williams...the list goes on and on.
I'm not even a fan of all of them but there's no denying their musical marking on the music tablet.