Greatest All-Around Musician of All Time

snagglepuss · 01-08-2011, 10:20 PM

David Gilmour

Ninjapleeze420 · 01-09-2011, 05:20 AM

To be honest i'd say Robert Johnson but just for ****s and giggles i'm gonna say sid vicious because he got by on image and it was awesome the ultimate **** you I can't even play bass can't sing for **** but I got you under my spell mother****ers haha

**Janszoon** · 01-11-2011, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Ninjapleeze420

To be honest i'd say Robert Johnson but just for ****s and giggles i'm gonna say sid vicious because he got by on image and it was awesome the ultimate **** you I can't even play bass can't sing for **** but I got you under my spell mother****ers haha

So would Milli Vanilli get a vote from you as well then?

Dotoar · 01-11-2011, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

So would Milli Vanilli get a vote from you as well then?

I'd say! He did it even better by doing less!

blackboab · 01-19-2011, 12:14 PM

if we are talking pop and rock.....stevie wonder has to get a mention...a brilliant multi instrumentalist but....there is only one man in popular music who kills on every instrument you can think of....someone who plays and sings and does almost everything on his recorded work....its prince ....no one comes near him for sheer god given talent....

Dayvan Cowboy · 01-09-2011, 07:08 AM

I would have to say Aphex Twin. Deal with it
Some of his earlier EPs weren't good and GAK was a disaster but when you look at his work as a whole, it's pretty awesome.

avalonblues · 01-19-2011, 06:55 PM

Didn't read through all 12 pages. Has anyone mentioned Roger Waters? Driving creative force behind one of the best bands of all time, basically invented genre of progressive rock as well as composing (with some help from Gilmour) some of the greatest albums of all time. I'm not a huge Pink Floyd fan, but try taking some sort of hallucinogen and listening to Dark Side of the Moon and tell me it doesn't blow your mind. Plus, now he's writing operas. Not a flashy bass player, but what he did in terms of experimenting with song structure, tempo, soundscapes etc. in a rock setting was pretty amazing

I saw some people mention Zappa too. He's incredible. So was Lowell George. Jeff Beck is pretty good at the guitar as well, and has done stuff in a lot of different genres. Mozart was ok too

Tops · 01-20-2011, 08:04 PM

Lauryn Hill!!!!!

Ska Lagos Jew Sun Ra · 01-20-2011, 08:11 PM

Has anyone mentioned Zorn? I mean, I think he's explored every single compositional style known to man, and may be a bit too avant-garde, and hit and miss for some people's taste. But when it comes to eclecticism, he's very comparable to Zappa, and in his own way just as boundary pushing, if not more.

Danny88 · 11-13-2011, 12:43 PM

Mozart, Bach, or Beethoven. Unless you mean the best instrumentalist ever.

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01-08-2011, 10:20 PM	#1 (permalink)
snagglepuss Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: PA Posts: 136	David Gilmour

01-09-2011, 05:20 AM	#2 (permalink)
Ninjapleeze420 Groupie Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 20	To be honest i'd say Robert Johnson but just for **s and giggles i'm gonna say sid vicious because he got by on image and it was awesome the ultimate you I can't even play bass can't sing for but I got you under my spell mother**ers haha

01-09-2011, 07:08 AM	#6 (permalink)
Dayvan Cowboy Basscadet Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Antarctica Posts: 1,258	I would have to say Aphex Twin. Deal with it Some of his earlier EPs weren't good and GAK was a disaster but when you look at his work as a whole, it's pretty awesome.

01-19-2011, 06:55 PM	#7 (permalink)
avalonblues Groupie Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 11	Didn't read through all 12 pages. Has anyone mentioned Roger Waters? Driving creative force behind one of the best bands of all time, basically invented genre of progressive rock as well as composing (with some help from Gilmour) some of the greatest albums of all time. I'm not a huge Pink Floyd fan, but try taking some sort of hallucinogen and listening to Dark Side of the Moon and tell me it doesn't blow your mind. Plus, now he's writing operas. Not a flashy bass player, but what he did in terms of experimenting with song structure, tempo, soundscapes etc. in a rock setting was pretty amazing I saw some people mention Zappa too. He's incredible. So was Lowell George. Jeff Beck is pretty good at the guitar as well, and has done stuff in a lot of different genres. Mozart was ok too

01-20-2011, 08:04 PM	#8 (permalink)
Tops Groupie Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 3	Lauryn Hill!!!!!

11-13-2011, 12:43 PM	#10 (permalink)
Danny88 Groupie Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 17	Mozart, Bach, or Beethoven. Unless you mean the best instrumentalist ever.