Who's your musical God or Goddess?

[mvd]

He/she/they don't even have to be your favorite. He/she/they can just be one you admire a lot musically, but you should love him/her/they too, of course. Beatles here - both musically and for enjoyment. :-) If you pick a group, all group members can qualify.

On my personal list, ABBA would be much, much closer to here than anti-Christ.

[skooooo]

1. BOB DYLAN

[DBoon]

2. Patti Smith

a true Goddess.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

53. Yeah.

[salinen]

3. Brian Eno

[Screaming Lord Byron]

54. Agreed, particularly for his work between 1972 and '81

Covering the first two Roxy Music discs, Here Come The Warm Jets, Before and after Science, the Bowie Berlin discs, the Talking Heads work, My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, and all matter of crazy shit.

69. produced Are We Not Men also at that time

speaking of crazy genius shit

[Screaming Lord Byron]

81. I'd forgotten. Bit of a purple patch for Brian, there.

[Reverend_Smitty]

4. My Gods

Jimi Hendrix, top of the list, greatest guitarist ever
The Beatles, they did so much for music
and my rock Goddess is Janis Joplin, awesome voice, and didn't give a damn what anyone thought about her, she represented pure rock n' roll

[Canuckistanian]

5. Frank Zappa

I could study his music for the rest of my life.

[NightTrain]

6. James Brown!!

My musical universe reaches far and wide, but James Brown is the sun source around which all the others orbit!

[Bossy Monkey]

7. Steve Wynn, Too Much Joy, Jerry Douglas, Norman & Nancy

Yes I know nine out of ten have never heard of them. More's the pity.

[Redneck Socialist]

18. Jerrrryyyyy!!!!

Jerry Douglas rules! :yourock: so to speak.

[Bossy Monkey]

21. Quick! Run play "We Hide & Seek" or "Turkish Taffee"! I know I just did

[Redneck Socialist]

25. Already did!

I was listening to Alison Krauss and Union Station Live on the ride home tonight. The version of We Hide and Seek on that CD is great.

Do you have Skip, Hop and Wobble with Russ Barenberg and Edgar Meyer? That is one of my all time favorite CDs. Also, Yonder with Peter Rowan is a must have as well.

[Bossy Monkey]

28. I've got both; both are outstanding

Just to lose ol' Mister Blues
and mingle with the crowd

[PragMantisT]

8. Beck, Joey Ramone, Carole King

[bbernardini]

9. Frank Zappa, Todd Rundgren, Mike Keneally

Top three, probably in that order from 1 to 3.

[markus]

13. Ok, anybody who picks FZ and TR needs to tell me about Mike Keneally

[bbernardini]

14. One of the most amazing musicians I've ever known...

He was Zappa's "stunt guitarist" on the 1988 tour. He's an amazing guitarist, keyboardist and songwriter/composer. Imagine the best of FZ, Todd, The Beatles, XTC and Gentle Giant (first I can think of off the top of my head) all rolled into one. Check out www.keneally.com to experience his particular brand of existence.

[markus]

65. Gentle Giant! This gets better and better

I wonder if he has any samples in the B&N record store sample base?

I am definitely checking this guy out.

[tsakshaug]

84. Another link

http://www.mktrading.org/mp3/index.htm

samples of his music

[BlueJazz]

10. Paul Desmond

.

[Dudley_DUright]

11. Stevie Ray Vaughan

[toddzilla]

50. i second that.

runner up would be chris duarte.

[markus]

12. Jerry (you know which one) and Todd (is Godd) Rundgren

Since everyone else's choices are rock oriented.

If sent off to that mythic desert island, I would take 1) Europe, 2)American Beauty, 3) A Wizard/A True Star, 4) Something/Anything and something by Thelonius Monk (let me think about what but if I had to grab something right now I'd crab the Jazz Is No 5 compilation or Monk/Coltrane. Yeah, take the Monk/Coltrane.).

[skooooo]

27. I loved "Initiation" album..

...in the 70s. I don't even know if that's considered one of his "good" albums.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

55. Something/Anything is one of the top 40 greatest rock records ever.

Fantastic, Man, Fantastic.

[Bluzmann57]

15. Charles Edward Anderson Berry

It all came from Chuck Berry. All Rock and Roll. And he was, is, and always will be a Bluesman.

[mouse7]

16. BRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCE!

The Bruce Live mega-set is the closest thing thing to a religious experience in recorded music.

[Whitacre D_WI]

17. Charles Michael Kitteridge Thompson IV

[Gothic Sponge]

31. better known as Frank Black

Too many to pick. I love Frank Black and Frank Zappa.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

56. I prefer Black Francis myself.

[Whitacre D_WI]

67. Yes, but they are both Charles.

[LastKnight]

19. hendrix...

followed by tom morello, and then SRV

yea odd progression huh?

-LK

[Cursive_Knives512]

20. Joan Jett!

The goddess of rock and roll!! :headbang:

[U of M Dem 07]

22. Bob Seger

I LOVE his music. :D

[midnight armadillo]

23. Futureman

and Tony Levin too

[tigereye]

35. nice pic

he is really cool

[name not needed]

24. Cliff Burton

He was an outstanding and dedicated musician. Its a damn shame he died so young.

[PittPoliSci]

38. very true...

Maybe Metallica wouldn't suck so bad now if he had lived...

[porkrind]

39. Suck, they do.

It's true :( Corporate rock sucks.

[riverwalker]

26. Eric Burdon

[voter x]

29. Bob

Marley, that is
then Jimi, and Jerry.......

[Mobius]

30. Ihy, Egyptian God of music

Son of Hathor and Horus.

[Van Helsing]

32. William Hung.

JK. :)

[Zorro]

33. Leo Kottke

a true virtuoso on the 12 string.

I also have a lot of admiration for the talent of Gordon Lightfoot; he's written many memorable and moving tunes for over four decades.

[Neshanic]

34. Joni Mitchell...there, I said it.

[tigereye]

36. have to be Patti Smith

she is the goddess

for God... hmmm have to get back to you on that.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

57. Hejira, Blue and The Hissing of Summer Lawns are extraordinary.

plus Court and Spark, of course.

[PittPoliSci]

37. Mike Portnoy

Drummer from Dream Theater. He makes me go "wow" everytime he touches a drum.

[porkrind]

40. Megadeth

With props to Steve Morse.

[furrylitldevil]

41. I like Tom Morello

Anybody can be technically good at playing guitar, but he reinvented the instrument with his technical know-how and application of "unorthodox" styles.

Him and Adam Jones are my two (modern day) musical Gods

[Taverner]

42. Steve Winwood, mid 70's

Low Spark of the High Heeled Boys
Shootout at the Fantasy Factory
When the Eagle Flies

Nuff said!

[durutti]

43. Ian Curtis.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

83. Cool. I'll bet he'd be on Fenris' list too.

Mine had New Order on it, so I've got Ian covered.

[LDS Jock]

44. Julie Andrews

What a goddess she was in her prime. The perfect voice.

[Combat Honey]

45. David Bowie and Billy Corgan!!!

They truly come close to gods...I'm amazed by their musical talents, charisma and the way they can sing (with Billy: his singin voice just somehow fits his songs, and who cares if there are a few wrong notes as long there's passion. with David: he simply sings like a god...).

They also write damn good lyrics...And lets face it they are both very, very sexy. Which is a bit scary since the other one is 7 years older than my father...;)

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

46. Hmmm. Let me think ....this may take a while....hey wait I know!

Saint John Coltrane, mayhap?

[Forkboy]

47. John and Rob Wright

of NoMeansNo

Then either Michael Gira or Charles Gosher.

[southpaw]

48. David Gilmour

Waters can be 'Pink Floyd' all he wants... cuz Gilmour IS GOD!

[Bertha Venation]

49. at this moment: Patricia Barber

mmmm.....

[ProfessorGAC]

51. A List

While the Titans are The Beatles (collectively) here's my list of musical god-like influences:

Thelonious Monk: Since i was 10, and it should be obvious why.
David Bowie: As a songwriter and performer
David Byrne: Same as above
Ornette Coleman: For teaching me there was no edge of the envelope
James Ulmer: Same as above
Joe Satriani: For teaching me that one can be a shredder and still press the harmonic envelope.
The Professor

[Commendatori]

52. If you exclude BOC, it'd have to be Joe Perry

Aside from his Aerosmith work, his first two (of three) solo albums were amazing.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

58. I have a pantheon.

Serge Gainsbourg
Kraftwerk
Neu!
Brian Eno
David Byrne
David Bowie
George Clinton
Sly Stone
Patti Smith
Joni Mitchell
Nick Cave
Robert Forster
Grant McLennan
Neil Finn
Neil Young
Andy Partridge and Colin Moulding
Billy MacKenzie and Alan Rankine
Lennon and McCartney
Joe Meek
Edwyn Collins
Jim and William Reid
Kevin Shields
Richard D. James
James Dean Bradfield
Radiohead
Bootsy Collins
New Order
and several thousand others

[mvd]

60. That's how I feel

"several thousand others" sums it up. :-)

72. Hey!

I was going to put Serge as the god. Damn you.

ok.

Monk
Coltrane
Sun Ra
Mingus
Miles

Jimi
Jeff
Peter Green
Carlos
Bloomfield

Marley
Dylan

& your list too

[Screaming Lord Byron]

73. Up with Serge!

That's four Serge fans on the board! He's a cult.

[Fenris]

75. We actually have sort of a strange Gainsbourg/Lazenby cult

Strange indeed.

[Whitacre D_WI]

76. Yes, as Byron well knows,

I am also a Gainsbourg devotee.

I even have a super-groovy psychedelic Serge t-shirt.

[Fenris]

77. I remember. He was your first user created avatar

And I was the one to guess his identity.

"I said, 'I would like to fuck you.'"

[Whitacre D_WI]

79. Yes.

If you had been quoting Serge's Whitney come-on, I would not have been so disturbed. :scared:

78. How could anyone NOT like Serge?

:evilgrin:

[Screaming Lord Byron]

80. There are a few.

See (serious hat on), people don't think about Serge's musical talents, they think we like him because he was a shit-disturber (which he so clearly was, brilliantly), but his arrangements on Initials BB, Ford Mustang, Bonnie and Clyde and Soixante-neuf particularly are in the same league as Burt Bacharach and Brian Wilson. From a musical point of view, Gainsbourg is as important to me as The Beatles.

[Sticky]

59. Van Morrison

45 commercial cds and most people only associate him with one song - Brown Eyed Girl. :wtf:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

61. tori amos

[Tom_Foolery]

62. God: James Taylor & Goddess: Stevie Nicks n/t

[a560]

63. greg graffin

wrote some tight ass lyrics, proved you dont have to be a start to be a professional musician

[livetohike]

64. Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin

Jimi -it's all been said -nothing more to add

Janis - who made it okay for all the young women my age at the time to be ourselves

Honorable mention to Jim Morrison, Alvin Lee and Jeff Beck.

[ComerPerro]

66. Trey Anastasio, Mike Gordon, Page McConnell, Jon Fishman

[kmla]

68. Peter Gabriel.

Perhaps the coolest human being ever to put on a pair of trousers. Had the great fortune of seeing him last year in concert...

Way too freakin' cool.

[Loonman]

70. Mark Burgess

Chameleons UK

[MissMillie]

71. Aimee Mann

everything she does touches my soul.

[bif]

74. John Coltrane

[sadiesworld]

82. Annie Lennox.

[mitchum]

85. Mr Coltrane...

and the sax isn't even my instrument

[VOX]

86. Three-way tie: Taj Mahal, Ry Cooder and Captain Beefheart...

And the fact that they've all played together doesn't hurt a bit.

All three started out with blues: country blues, folk blues, city blues, and pressed on into most genres of American music, and continued their journey into world music.

All can play a number of instruments, one (Ry) being a virtuoso. One is a true eccentric and legitimate painter (Beefheart, aka Don Van Vliet). And Taj is a big-hearted, warm human being who makes music for everyone.