Thread: Who is the musical genius of your life?

Originally Posted by YetiMan

Yep. Great minds think alike and stuff.

Originally Posted by Tippster

No love for his solo stuff?

Its good too, but with the Verve he is truly inspiring

Originally Posted by Elle Be

Start with the early albums, My Aim is True and Armed Forces and/or Trust. Or, get a compilation of all the great stuff, like Girls! Girls! Girls!. Pretty much all my favorite early songs are on there.

I agree, but you forgot This Year's Model (his 2nd album) which I think definitely disspelled the sophomore jinx, and IMHO is in the running for his best album. I love the tune (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea. Pump It Up is not to shabby either.

Absolutely, Warren Zevon. Supremely talented writer and musician, literate, funny, huge range. Most people think he's the guy who sang Werewolves of London, and that's okay, cause it made him enough money to do what he wanted for the rest of his abbreviated life. I was fortunate enough to see him twice. I never tire of listening to "The French Inhaler" / "Genius" / "Mr. Bad Example" / etc.

Alec Empire....

This guy... no question.

Originally Posted by lingcod

Absolutely, Warren Zevon. Supremely talented writer and musician, literate, funny, huge range. Most people think he's the guy who sang Werewolves of London, and that's okay, cause it made him enough money to do what he wanted for the rest of his abbreviated life. I was fortunate enough to see him twice. I never tire of listening to "The French Inhaler" / "Genius" / "Mr. Bad Example" / etc.

I had the unmitigated pleasure to hang out w/Warren one night long ago in Vail. He was playing at the Jackalope, just him and his guitar. He stopped by the Radio Station (KSKE) for some promos/tags/live interview before the show, which just happened to be during my shift on air. We were hangin', playing everything BUT his music, smoking cigarettes, and drinking some beer from a Hubcap Brewery growler I'd brought in.

We then drove over to the 'Lope together and played pool for a while before it got too crowded.

The show was insane - just him on that little stage sitting on a chair with a mic and an electric guitar. He started out w/ Roland... and just kept grooving. One of the musical highlights of my life.

In retrospect I wish I'd been more sober when it was all said and done. I have no idea how I got home that night, and no idea if I thanked him and said good-bye.

No contest, NIN. I can put any one of Reznor's albums on repeat and be happy all day.

I CAN NOT narrow things down to one....impossible for me, sorry. Right now I'd say Hendrix, Zeppelin, Older Modest Mouse, Built To Spill, Radiohead, Wu-Tang

Originally Posted by Tippster

I had the unmitigated pleasure to hang out w/Warren one night long ago in Vail. He was playing at the Jackalope, just him and his guitar. He stopped by the Radio Station (KSKE) for some promos/tags/live interview before the show, which just happened to be during my shift on air. We were hangin', playing everything BUT his music, smoking cigarettes, and drinking some beer from a Hubcap Brewery growler I'd brought in.

We then drove over to the 'Lope together and played pool for a while before it got too crowded.

The show was insane - just him on that little stage sitting on a chair with a mic and an electric guitar. He started out w/ Roland... and just kept grooving. One of the musical highlights of my life.

In retrospect I wish I'd been more sober when it was all said and done. I have no idea how I got home that night, and no idea if I thanked him and said good-bye.

That's a great story you lucky bastard. Letterman just had Steve Earle on to play a tribute to Zevon on Friday's show. Can't believe it's been five years...

from the archives...

I'm going to go with LCD soundsystem.

Though iTunes tells me brother ali, ghostland observatory, talking heads, people under the stairs, and zepp. sorry...

Stevie Ray Vaughn and Double Trouble.

^ Ditto.

I'm completely awestruck with how that man played a guitar. It was a shame he died so young.

Peter Gabriel, hands down.

His work with Genesis was mind-blowingly creative and his first 4 solo albums truly set a bar for modern (or perhaps post-modern) rock. Plus his creative use of synthesizers and, what I believe, non-exploitive use of world rhythms and music was truly ahead of its time. Additionally, his later work (So, Us, Up) actually brought some much needed intelligence and wit to mainstream pop music.

Brian Eno

Bob Marley

wow, am i the first to suggest eric clapton?!?
there is a very short list of people who truly understand their instrument...who are truly fluent in its performance. he has got to be somewhere at the top of that list.

a virtuoso, his improvisation is a joy to see and hear

at the moment, i'd have to say deadmau5. the quality of his productions is just off the charts. few in the electronic world can compare imo. his albums flow together more like a score than just a collection of songs, especially his older albums.

That's easy
Joe Strummer, that man changed the way I listened to music. Form the 101ers to the Clash and his last band the Mescaleros. I can still sit down in the middle of the room, turn up "Streetcore" to a loud as it goes.

my holy trinity:

i mean, come on:

i am sure this has been said but its a kind of ridiculous premise, picking at all but why not- Jimi Hendrix, Steve Reich, John Coletrane, many many others.