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Post by Kensterberg on Apr 28, 2006 9:18:42 GMT -5
I'm hoping Jimi is in the top 5. Even like him for some odd and unexplainable reason, you gotta admit he took rock to the next level....He built on Chuck Berry's foundation and took it to places people today still can't reach! His imagination and creativity, and his efortless flow are rivaled by no one else. I think that Jimi will wind up doing well in this. I'm really curious about a couple of others, myself. In particular, Elvis Presley and Kurt Cobain. These guys defined their respective eras in many ways, but there are also significant downsides with each. It'll be very interesting to see which of the fifties rockers make the cut here. I don't see more than one or two of the following making the final cut: Elvis, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Roy Orbison, the Everly Brothers ... you get the idea. I'm also curious who of today's artists will wind up on the list. |
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Post by Paul on Apr 28, 2006 9:21:37 GMT -5
With the exception of the Everly Brothers, all of those early rockers you listed will make my cut. Elvis, Chuck, and Buddy will propably be top 10 for me.
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Post by Paul on Apr 28, 2006 9:22:40 GMT -5
I can't think of one person from this century to make the list...maybe Jack White, but thats it.
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Post by phil on Apr 28, 2006 9:45:22 GMT -5
 Nuff said ... !  ! |
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Post by luke on Apr 28, 2006 10:02:07 GMT -5
Yeah, I don't think Elvis really has much competition for a top spot.
This list would be way more interesting if we expanded it to country...but I'm just on a huge country kick here lately, so meh. But seriously, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, George Jones, Hank Williams, I mean, c'mon, these guys stomp a whole in most of the 50s rock icons and just about everything after.
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Post by Kensterberg on Apr 28, 2006 10:07:38 GMT -5
Yeah, I don't think Elvis really has much competition for a top spot. This list would be way more interesting if we expanded it to country...but I'm just on a huge country kick here lately, so meh. But seriously, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, George Jones, Hank Williams, I mean, c'mon, these guys stomp a whole in most of the 50s rock icons and just about everything after. Considering that a bunch of people are (probably) going to vote for Johnny Cash, I don't know just how clear the line between country and rock is at this point. So vote for whoever you like! |
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Post by Paul on Apr 28, 2006 10:08:24 GMT -5
Yeah, I don't think Elvis really has much competition for a top spot. This list would be way more interesting if we expanded it to country...but I'm just on a huge country kick here lately, so meh. But seriously, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, George Jones, Hank Williams, I mean, c'mon, these guys stomp a whole in most of the 50s rock icons and just about everything after. Ken said we can include them; JC is making my list, maybe Hank too. |
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Post by phil on Apr 28, 2006 10:12:21 GMT -5
Elvis will be lucky if he makes my Top 25 list ...
Aloha !!
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Post by Kensterberg on Apr 28, 2006 10:14:31 GMT -5
Elvis will be lucky if he makes my Top 25 list ... Aloha !! I'm with Phil here ... Elvis did a lot of stuff first (and popularized a lot of what he had co-opted from others), but there are a lot of others who've since done it better. My picks for numbers one and two are very, very close right now. If I can come up with an order I feel half-way comfortable with, I'll post something preliminary this afternoon. Hard, hard choices ... |
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Post by Galactus on Apr 28, 2006 10:26:55 GMT -5
Maybe I'm reading it wrong...I took "rocker" to mean just a musician that kicks ass. Are we doing just solo rock artists?
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Post by Kensterberg on Apr 28, 2006 10:30:28 GMT -5
It's not limited to solo artists, but it is limited to individuals. In other words, you can vote for Huey Lewis, but NOT for Huey Lewis and the News. You can vote for Hall OR Oates, but not Hall & Oates. You can vote for Mr. Crosby and Mr. Young, but you can't vote for CSNY.
Does that make sense? It's not about solo artists per se, but I do expect that solos will dominate the list. But if you vote for (for example) Lou Reed, you're voting for everything that Lou has ever had a part in, from the Velvet Underground and Nico through The Raven (or whatever his last release was).
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Post by Kensterberg on Apr 28, 2006 10:34:30 GMT -5
And as for the "rocker" portion ... I hate defining terms for these things, so I don't. Rock and roll is as much about attitude as it is about any musical style. I have a hard time trying to come up with a valid musical definition for rock and roll that can encompass BloodSugarSexMagic, The Band, Pretty Hate Machine, and Marque Moon, but all of these are obviously great American rock and roll albums. So you've got to decide what "rocker" means to you: I sure can't deny that Waylon and Willie have lived rock and roll lives, and Hank Williams (Sr.) practically set the live fast, die young, template for everyone else to follow.
Was that at all helpful?
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Post by Galactus on Apr 28, 2006 10:39:45 GMT -5
Yeah that's what I was thinking. I just wanted to make sure...surely we can consider The Captain & Tennille a single entity though.
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Post by phil on Apr 28, 2006 10:48:34 GMT -5
Mimi OR Vanilli ... ??
Hummmm ... Tough choice !!
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Post by bowiglou on Apr 29, 2006 13:40:31 GMT -5
Having a hard time deciding between Pat Boone or Barry Manilow as my #1
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