Greatest musicans/composers/bands through all time

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OK I don't know if this has been posted before but I think that music related threads are interesting.... I like Bach, Dvorak and Handel, especially their piano pieces.. musicians I'm not really sure about, but just to mention a few: Metallica, Dream Theater, Sting (or actually most of these are bands but anyways ;)) I also like Bob dylan's lyrics and his voice, but not the acoustics...
 
Are you asking for personal favorites, or just who we think is the greatest of all time? If it's the latter, I'd have to say J.S. Bach or Beethoven. There's no modern band or composer who comes close to them in any way as far as musicianship or creativity goes.
 
Metalwise, it goes something like this...

Rythm guitar - James Hetfield
Lead - Zakk Wylde
Bass guitar - Either Robert Trujillo or Geezer Butler from Sabbath (he *was* the bassist, correct?...I always confuse him and the drummer)
Drums - Nick Barker from many death/black metal bands, or Ryan Parrish from Darkest Hour

Word.

-Malk
 
Malkavian said:
Geezer Butler from Sabbath (he *was* the bassist, correct?...I always confuse him and the drummer)
-Malk
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No, you got it, the drummer was Bill Ward. Nice band, by the way.
 
I pick and mix a lot in 'classical' music, favourites that spring to mind are Rameau's Works for Harpsichord, Debussy, Mendelssohn, Albeniz and Ketelbey's piano pieces, Vivaldi's Gloria RV589, Stravinsky's Firebird Suite, and Bach's most famous Toccata for Organ (I can never remember the number, but it brings tears to my eyes every time I hear it). I also enjoy Madrigals (King Singers), and Early music (though I can't recall any artists at the present).
My favourite band is definitely Queen. Other favourites include Steve Hackett, Shania Twain (not the last album though), Willie Logan (instrumental rock), Martin Tallstrom (newgrass), Joachim Tospann (acoustic and electric guitar), and Toto (rock).
 
Strauss!!! Ke'eng Rat Rippertear!

The greatest composers of all time are Bach and Tschaikowsky. Directly after them comes Shostakovich. Shostakovich is a much-underrated Soviet composer. His works are agressive and anarchic, but so beautiful.

Other greats...Handel, Beethoven, Mahler (his 1st "Der Titan" is a masterpiece), Ravel, Rimsky-Korsakov, Mussorgsky, Vivaldi...like I mentioned, I have a strong disliking for the entire Strauss-family, and I'm not partial to Mozart or Haydn either.

Good bands...meh...Rolling Stones; Neil Young & Crazy Horse; Crosby, Stills, Nash and young (meaning Neil Young gets two mentions); the Who; the old U2 (anything before Achtung Baby); the Police; the Doors (a bit simple, but I like it); Rush, and so on and so forth.

The greatest jazz-musician ever is Steve Coleman. Sans doubte. Ehm...Miles Davis is alright too, as is Dizzie Gillespie (sp?)...Thelonious Monk is good too.

France had some good rap in NTM, Shur*ken and Mc Solaar

Buena Vista Social Club is a cliche, but good

Holland has some good Nederpop; Blof, Acda en de Munnik, de Poema's.

Don't listen to Metal much anymore, in the olden days I liked Metallica (up to and including ...AJFA), Sepultura, Madball and a stack of others...Can't remember one name right now, it may occur to me later...

Sting, solo, is really bad, by the way. He had one or two good songs, but jeesh...The police was great, but did those guys ever suck solo.
 
Composers: Rachmaninov's piano works are hard to beat, although a lot of what Franz Liszt did come close and Chopín is also very good. I prefer Bartok and Sibelius over Shostakovich when it comes to "modern" composers although he's good, and I'm also fond of Györgi Ligeti's work. Wagner is the king of opera together with Bizet (very different styles). Beethoven and Bach are seldom wrong either.

Metal: Besides the obvious choices of the important and ground breaking bands like Judas Priest and Black Sabbath, I'd go with Slayer's Reign in Blood as the epitome of thrash metal and At the Gates' Slaugher of the Soul as the greatest testament of the Swedish death metal scene which was quite "hot" in the 90's.
 
Hans Zimmer is one of the best out there. His amazing work in Gladiator and especially in Black Hawk Down was pure genius. As for bands, The Beach Boys and The Steve Miller Band are some of my favorites, I used to like Bon Jovi but I haven't been listening to him to much lately.
 
Malkavian said:
Metalwise, it goes something like this...

Rythm guitar - James Hetfield
Lead - Zakk Wylde
Bass guitar - Either Robert Trujillo or Geezer Butler from Sabbath (he *was* the bassist, correct?...I always confuse him and the drummer)
Drums - Nick Barker from many death/black metal bands, or Ryan Parrish from Darkest Hour
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Lissen, I know you're the self-appointed King of Hardcore and all, and I'm basking in your endless glory, but I have to disagree on all points. I'm not saying you're totally wrong, necessarily, but here are my personal faves:

Rythym: Dave Mustaine
Lead: Paul Gilbert
Bass: Billy Sheehan
Drums: Neil Pert
Vocals: Bruce Dickinson...or possibly Geoff Tate

And as far as punk rock goes, nobody, I mean NOBODY, beats Bad Religion.

--'Boner
 
Bands: Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Motorhead, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, SLAYER, KISS, Venom...

I still think that Metallica is listed as a great band because of what it USED to be, so I'm not adding them in my list :P

Lead/Rythm Guitar: Adrian Smith, Ace Frehley, Van Halen
Bass: Steve Harris, Lemmy Kilmister
Drums: Mikkey Dee, Scott Travis
Vocals: Bruce Dickinson, Rob Halford
 
ConstinpatedCraprunner said:
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Agreed. Nocturnes especially. Better than Goldberg's variations.

Bach and Tchaikovsky.

Kharn, have you listened to Zemlinsky's the Mermaid?

Jazz- mostly Latin/brazilian- Joabim, especially. Stan Getz.

Lately have been listening to older blues, soul.

Rock- New U2 was pretty good. But I would go with the classics- Rolling Stones, Beatles, Springstein, Clapton, Police.
 
Tromboner999 said:
Rythym: Dave Mustaine
Lead: Paul Gilbert
Bass: Billy Sheehan
Drums: Neil Pert
Vocals: Bruce Dickinson...or possibly Geoff Tate
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I dunno, but last I checked Neil Peart was the drummer of Rush, which was maybe at one point a metal-band, but is now a kind of weird mix of classic rock and symphonic rock. Which rocks.

Good drummer, though. Not the best, but good. Keith Moon pwns him. Keith Moon's also dead, but still.

welsh said:
Kharn, have you listened to Zemlinsky's the Mermaid?
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Nope, I could try it one day, but I've not been listening to a lot of classical lately.

I forgot Saint-Saëns' Carneval of Animals (I forgot more than that, but that's my most important omission). One of the most peaceful and beautiful experiences of my life was sitting on the river-front in Venice, near a sort of classical music club which was just playing the Swan. Ah, memories...
 
Try the "Casa" album by Ryuchi Sakamoto and the former Tom Jobim musicians Jaques Morelenbaum and others, like Paulo Jobim, and the voice of Paula Morelenbaum.
There`s a new one recorded in New York by them, also with Tom Jobim musics, but i still haven`t bought it.

"Casa" is wonderfull.
 
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