Who Is The Greatest Artist of all Time?

[Wooderson]

Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt Peppers and Abbey Road of course Magical Mystery Tour is also a 10/10 actually

Not a White Album kinda guy?

[Gucci Piggy]

I did laugh at The Eagles' inclusion.

[The Nal]

I did laugh at The Eagles' inclusion.

 

They have two good tunes. Maybe the most cynical big band of all time aswell.

[Amy Lawn]

PATRIARCHY!

(as in; all your people in the list are penis owners, not that the patriarchy is the best artist of all time).

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[grumpyhack]

Got to vote for Hendix who transformed electric guitar.

[viberunner]

James Motherfukin' Brown

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[TheSilence]

PATRIARCHY!

(as in; all your people in the list are penis owners, not that the patriarchy is the best artist of all time).

Was going to go on to add Bjork but didn't have the space. Perhaps should have put her in Eagles position  

 

 

Not a White Album kinda guy?

 

I think it's good. Some amazing songs in Blackbird, While My Guitar and Happiness is a Warm Gun but I think the five I mentioned are genuinely flawless.

[Amy Lawn]

Was going to go on to add Bjork but didn't have the space. Perhaps should have put her in Eagles position

Bjork, Taylor Swift, Billie Holiday, Joanna Newsome, Patti Smith and Robyn are each better on their own than your whole list put together

[TheSilence]

Bjork, Taylor Swift, Billie Holiday, Joanna Newsome, Patti Smith and Robyn are each better on their own than your whole list put together

Beatles, Led Zep, Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Bowie, Beach Boys, Talking Heads all better, I'm afraid. 

[The Nal]

but I think the five I mentioned are genuinely flawless.

 

What Goes On is on Rubber Soul. 

[mjsell]

I'd like to change my vote to James Brown - Viberunner made a really solid argument for him

 

Female would be Aretha Franklin

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[Wooderson]

What Goes On is on Rubber Soul.

As is Run for Your Life. Fucking shit.

[TheSilence]

As is Run for Your Life. Fucking shit.

I love both those songs! Think I might be blinded/deafened by my love for them though. My least favourite song on white album is Glass Onion and ive been told by many a person im an idiot for that.

[Wooderson]

I love both those songs! Think I might be blinded/deafened by my love for them though. My least favourite song on white album is Glass Onion and ive been told by many a person im an idiot for that.

Glass Onion is mental - and ace. Run for Your Life is dire.

[TheSilence]

Glass Onion is mental - and ace. Run for Your Life is dire.

Whats your favourite Beatles album, out of interest?

For me

Rubber Soul is only topped by Abbey Road

[Wooderson]

Whats your favourite Beatles album, out of interest?

For me

Rubber Soul is only topped by Abbey Road

Revolver. My second fave is prolly Hard Days Night.

[TheGayTent]

Rolf Harris answers both questions?

[Thearg]

Well it has to be Mozart, how many artists on that list will still be having their music played 225 years after their death at the age of 35,not many I'll bet and mozart will still be beating them by 200 yearsish.

[kaosmark2]

Well it has to be Mozart, how many artists on that list will still be having their music played 225 years after their death at the age of 35,not many I'll bet and mozart will still be beating them by 200 yearsish.

Jeff Buckley

[Amy Lawn]

I originally thought this was a trite question, and that you're not really a music fan if you're thinking about it in terms of who is the best, because such a notion goes against the very spirit of things. Then I got thinking, there is an answer, and it's Bjork. Nobody touches her in terms of consistency and creativity, she's fully reinvented herself many many times, she has no boundaries or limit to what she can realise. It's Bjork, no doubt about it.

[Winslow Leach]

Man Feelings

[Amy Lawn]

Mamma's Kumquat

[LJS]

in many ways, it's a silly question, but for me it has to be the Beatles. they made British music cool in the USA, made writing your  own songs the norm, made albums bigger than singles, broke pretty much every rule in the book & smoked grass at Buckingham Palace. 

 

They also wrote some shit hot songs.

[Spindles]

Bjork is without an incredibly talented artist with a hell of a back catalogue, but whether I'd say she was the greatest female artist of all time I don't know.  There are plenty of ladies through the year who have been much more influential, not least Aretha Franklin, Billie Holliday and Kate Bush.

 

For the record, Bjork is my favourite female artist of all time, but I doubt that is a view shared by the majority and it could definitely be argued that she has been far from influential.

[LJS]

Bjork is without an incredibly talented artist with a hell of a back catalogue, but whether I'd say she was the greatest female artist of all time I don't know. There are plenty of ladies through the year who have been much more influential, not least Aretha Franklin, Billie Holliday and Kate Bush.

For the record, Bjork is my favourite female artist of all time, but I doubt that is a view shared by the majority and it could definitely be argued that she has been far from influential.

Joni Mitchell