Greatest All-Around Musician of All Time

[STEVEN F]

you don't have to like it. but if you can't recognize the significance then... well... we're not going to miss you when you eventually just go away.

 

[Sweet Daddy Dill]

Paul McCartney is ****. GG Allin is superior to him in every measure. GG was proficient with all rock instruments, and he refused to be restricted by musical genres. He played power pop, punk, hardcore, country and everything in between. His live performances often held more in common with performance art than your typical bull**** rock & roll posturing. For him music wasn't a job, but a way of life.

GG Allin is, without a doubt, the 20th century's best rock musician.

 

[VIGILANTE]

^Are you ****ing serious?

 

[*Pickles*]

Who would you say is the all around greatest musician of all time?


My vote is for Paul McCartney. First off, he's a phenomenal bassist and guitarist (listen to the bass on I Want You (She's So Heavy) and the guitar solo on Taxman, as well as the acoustic guitar on Blackbird). I'm not sure how good of a drummer he is, but still, he can drum. He's got one of the most versatile voices in the history of music (He recorded Long Tall Sally, I'm Down, and Yesterday) on the same day, and he recorded Yesterday last!

Also, he's arguably as good as mozart with melodies

 

[alliestrawberrymelon]

Hildegard von Bingen. Wrote some of the first Western Art Music, which lead to everything we know today.

 

[Ziggler]

Michael Jackson. The King of Pop!

 

[italian_singer_1989]

probably either Chester Bennington or Mike Shinoda... Chester has amazing vocal talents and Mike can rap like a mofo

 

[Sweet.im4u]

Weird Al. NOT kidding. He is one of the most talented human beings on earth.

 

[MyFriendTaz]

Zappa. And if you don't know who this is and what he has done, I pity you.

 

[superjew812]

I find it remarkable that he plays virtually every instrument on his albums, and not just to play them, but to compose them impresses me.

 

[AnnaMarie]

McCartney isn't exactly limited to one genre either:

Rock-I Saw Her Standing There
Metal-Helter Skelter
Dance Hall/20s and 30s music-Your Mother Should Know
Classical-Ecce Cor Meum album
Reggae? (Ob la di, ob la da)?
Country:Rocky Racoon

 

[!! I Want a Baby!!!]

Stevie Wonder.

I think he pretty much played all the instruments on albums like Innervisions. his drum solos are crazy, there's a few on youtube. I mean jaw droppingly insane drumming, and he's not even known for that!

 

[Alfuewi]

Prince is the GOAT, great on guitar, piano, bass, drums, no one does more. Paul Mcartney and Jimi Hendrix also have to get votes.

 

[wikked wombat]

Props for putting your balls on the chopping block with that one. :laughing:

 

[Sanya Ali]

He can play the accordion. And he's remained relevant since the 80s....so..like.......yay him. But no.

 

[AnnonO]

Maybe not the greatest all around. But I do believe he was probably the best vocalist in Western Music.

 

[!*L!k3*M3N]

you ever check out Eric Dolphy? he died before he could reach Coltrane's level but could definitely hold his own as a band leader and sideman (including a few spots with Coltrane too). check a track called 'You Don't Know What Love Is' from his Last Date album if you're not already familiar with it. that one track does more for me than the entirety of Interstellar Space.

 

[superduty250]

He hasn't made a lot of music, nor has he really done much in the music scene in general. But Raul Midon is fascinating to me.

Example:
[YOUTUBE]zzaClXAt3aY[/YOUTUBE]

 

[Meg]

Wtf, your kidding?

 

[Zach Strickmuffins]

x2

When I first read this thread I thought 'Paul McCartney'