Musical genius?

F1nut

hehe...I forgot what a rabid fan of Bowie you are.

BTW, it looks like most if not all of his early stuff is coming out on SACD.

Loud & Clear

'F1nut' hit on some of my favorite musicians.

Big Dan R

Wow F1, my opinions as well...Roxy (Bryan Ferry) has been a major influence on many musicians..Ive loved Crimson since 69 and Fripp is considered by many to be a technical guitar genius.
Btw, been waiting for a Floyd album for 6 years!!
FYI, the new Steely Dan and Annie Lennox cd's are some of the very best recorded sound out there.
BDR

danger boy

Originally posted by Big Dan R

FYI, the new Steely Dan and Annie Lennox cd's are some of the very best recorded sound out there.
BDR

True dat... Annie Lennox's Bare has some great low end.. more than you usually hear on a redbook CD.

Actually, any Annie Lennox music is great. she is my genius.

bikezappa

Musical Genius

Well this may not be that simple. I'll try to tell the story and I'm sure I'll screw it up. Here it goes.

Poeple define some one who is brilliant by saying: What a great idea. I wish I could have thought of that.

People define some one who is a genius by saying: What a great idea, I never would have thought of that in a 1,000,000 years.

I still vote for Zappa. And who cares about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Zappa was not a rock and roll musician, duh. People like to put poeple in boxes. Makes things nice and neat, but that box maybe not be very accurate. Zappa composed and played tunes for opera, symphony, jazz, musicals, country, movie sound tracks and just about everything else including rock and roll. He even played with the singers from Tuva and made movies. The first commercial movie with a video camera, 200 Motels. But no love songs however. Maybe love songs would get him some votes. And he didn't give a **** if you didn't like any of his tunes. He just seemed to appeal to all the ugly MF ers out there.

Just my $0.02.

Great site.

Big Dan R

Bike you are correct sir! Zappa really was a genius in many ways. His humor and technical ability is unmatched. As Im sure you know he was considered vulgar by many, but listen to most rap crap and it makes Frank seem tame.

BDR

Loud & Clear

Zappa, a technical genius? I assume this isn't related to his guitar work. I find him fabulously entertaining, and he and his mates put together some incredible pieces when they were of a mind to do so, but excellent guitar work wasn't his specialty; he had no real feel for melody.

Playing fast doesn't mean much to me; John McLaughlin can play fast, but like Zappa, it just puts me to sleep ... no emotion, no content.

You want to hear great guitarists? Look no further than Paco De Lucia, who is arguably the finest guitar player of all-time. His sense of melody (read: music) is spectacular, mind-blowing.

Al Di Meola plays a beautiful guitar, wonderful articulation.

SRV could actually play 'Little Wing' without **** up.

And then of course there's CC Deville, Poison's exquisite master of the horizontal harp ... Christ, just thinking of his work makes me weep like a child, a female child.

bikezappa

Big Dan

How are those new speakers?

Loud and Clear

What Paco CD would you recommend? I'd like to listen to this guy.

Loud & Clear

bikezappa - The album "Luzia" would be a nice addition to any guitar enthusiast's collection; Paco's complete mastery of the instrument is humbling.

Paco has been there and done that, hell, he even put forth the solo work on Bryan Adams' 'Have you Ever Really Loved A Woman.' The song is pretty syrupy, ultra-tender, etc., but you'd best be sure that when I heard that guitar work, I stood up and took notice. Great melody makers can't hide.

I'm too tired to find every review of available, but here's one from Amazon for the 'Luzia' album; obviously there are many more.

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
Though he's recognized as flamenco's premier guitarist--with few contenders save for Tomatito, Pepe Habichuela, and Manolo Sanlúcar--Paco de Lucía has met with decades of controversy for his hybridization of the form with bossa, salsa, and jazz; for influencing flamenco-rock renegades like Ketama and Pata Negra; and for his legendary, cultivated arrogance. Albums like Luzia, named for his late mother, restore the balance: true flamenco puro of the highest order, it's a brooding reinvention from within, particularly in its complex harmonies and polyrhythms, forged around time-honored forms like bulerías and alegrías. The bustling bulería "El Chorruelo" is simply blood-boiling, a surging virtuosity at work over rapid key shifts and melodic firestorms. Written for his late collaborator--bad-boy singer Camarón de la Isla--the closing solo "Camarón" is meditative, joyous, forlorn, incensed, and sublime; in short, the real deal. A startlingly good set from a true master. --James Rotondi

bikezappa

Thanks Loud and Clear, I'll check out the CD and get back to you. Always want to hear good tunes and expand my limited horizons.