chipper

i think it is unfair to compare the two with each other. they came from two different generations and that in itself sets the demarcation line. both are great artists and both contributed to greatly to music.

The Beatles [and Elvis] certainly contributed to the acceptance of artists writing their own material to the mainstream. Before them, singers were manufactured by labels. They were fed the music they were going to sing and the image they were going to portray. The Beatles [and Elvis] broke that boundary. They were highly experimental in their music and introduced a lot of the styles that became the basis of the many progression in music today.

Michael Jackson is one of the performers who reaped from that but he definitely progressed it. In fact, he is the most successful in progressin his music. He was a multi genre artist, something that was uncommon in his era. He popularized the use of naratives in songs. He put MTV in mainstream. He bridged disco and hiphop. The list could go on.

You just can't compare.

I'd say Michael Jackson is up there with The Beatles and Elvis on my Level 1 Greatest Artist list.

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