Favorite John of Music

[arwalden]

[sundog]

1. you forgot phillips

not my fave

just sayin :P

[arwalden]

11. And "..Sebastian Bach"

At least I remembered to include the ubiquitous "other".

[sundog]

28. & of course plain ol john sebastian

you did good allen, don't be too hard on yourself :P

[wildhorses]

32. honorable mention for sure

Summer in the City
Hot town, summer in the city
Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty
Been down, isn't it a pity
Doesn't seem to be a shadow in the city

All around, people looking half dead
Walking on the sidewalk, hotter than a match head

But at night it's a different world
Go out and find a girl
Come-on come-on and dance all night
Despite the heat it'll be alright

And babe, don't you know it's a pity
That the days can't be like the nights
In the summer, in the city
In the summer, in the city

Cool town, evening in the city
Dressing so fine and looking so pretty
Cool cat, looking for a kitty
Gonna look in every corner of the city
Till I'm wheezing like a bus stop
Running up the stairs, gonna meet you on the rooftop

But at night it's a different world
Go out and find a girl
Come-on come-on and dance all night
Despite the heat it'll be alright

And babe, don't you know it's a pity
That the days can't be like the nights
In the summer, in the city
In the summer, in the city

Hot town, summer in the city
Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty
Been down, isn't it a pity
Doesn't seem to be a shadow in the city

All around, people looking half dead
Walking on the sidewalk, hotter than a match head

But at night it's a different world
Go out and find a girl
Come-on come-on and dance all night
Despite the heat it'll be alright

And babe, don't you know it's a pity
That the days can't be like the nights
In the summer, in the city
In the summer, in the city

[hippywife]

2. John Prine. nt

[5thGenDemocrat]

5. John Prine

Can't believe "Neutron Bomb" made the list and Mr Prine didn't.
John
That common sense don't make no sense no more.

[Gormy Cuss]

10. John Prine

Some humans ain't human
Though they walk like we do
They live and they breathe
Just to turn the old screw
They screw you when you're sleeping
They try to screw you blind
Some humans ain't human
Some people ain't kind

...

Have you ever noticed
When you're feeling really good
There's always a pigeon
That'll come shit on your hood
Or you're feeling your freedom
And the world's off your back
Some cowboy from Texas
Starts his own war in Iraq....

[grannylib]

45. John Prine gets my vote. Lennon would be a close second, but ya

gotta love John Prine!

[CatholicEdHead]

3. John McCutcheon or Johnsmith

[DanCa]

4. Elton John is god praise be to Elton

[Metta]

6. John the Conqueroo.

Yeah.

[progmom]

7. Coltrane, baby!

:bounce:

[chaska]

29. D'accord.

[DanCa]

8. John Cafferty and the beaver brown band? Eddie and the cruisers?

Or am I the only one that remembers those two movies. :D

[Whoa_Nelly]

9. Several Johns!!!!

(Dunno who this guy is, but he's some sort of Musical John Sitter...)

[kwassa]

12. John McLaughlin and the Mavavishnu Orchestra

[chaska]

23. Without a doubt, my friend.

'Birds of Fire' is the best album in the history of the world.

[kwassa]

26. I played that one to death

quite a record.

[stlsaxman]

42. When I heard "Inner Mounting Flame" for the first time as a kid...

I learned there were others who could "hear" the kind of thing that I had in my head and knew that I wasn't alone.

Boundaries? Borders between "genres" were the death of music... John McLaughlin learned from Miles how to raise music from thee grave!

And I was lucky enough to see the 5-piece Mahavishnu Orchestra twice in concert; once for IMF and then Birds of Fire/Between Nothingness and Eternity.

Thanks John!

[bridgit]

38. also prime...

B-)

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

39. One of the great guitar innovators

Another John that you could add would be the great John Pizarrelli, the 7-string jazz guitarist (son of Bucky Pizarrelli) who is one of the most accomplished jazz players today. His stuff is fairly traditional, but technically brilliant.

[kwassa]

13. John Cage

[bridgit]

36. a most excellent John indeed...

[kwassa]

14. John Doe

[Tikki]

47. John Doe...my choice, also.

Amazing writer, bassist and vocalist....pretty good actor and very, very handsome.



Early X days...

[NNadir]

15. Abercrombie, by about a zillion miles.

He just keeps cranking out those beautiful transcendent albums, one after another, sheer intelligence.

I don't know about the notice he gets, but he is brilliant.

Coltrane, of course, was a paramount musical genius, but among the living, it's all Abercrombie for me.

[chaska]

24. Big fan here. I sure didn't expect Abercrombie and McLaughlin to be posted

[NNadir]

30. Just put on "Open Land."

The song I'm listening to is "Speak Easy."

Wow. Everytime I hear it, it's like the first time.

[kwassa]

16. John Cale

[kwassa]

17. John Lee Hooker

[hfojvt]

18. who is this 'other'?

Johnny hates jazz?

[kwassa]

19. Dr. John

[Catchawave]

20. Star Wars John

Sorry kids, this is the music your great-greatgrandkids will still be studying in Music History classes at the turn of the next century and beyond!

Okay, maybe Lennon and the other Beatles too :)

[kwassa]

21. Johnny Winter

[kwassa]

22. and never forget, John Phillip Sousa!

[chaska]

25. Not mentioned enough. I have it on good authority that he is scary weird..

though.

[Oeditpus Rex]

34. Sousa wrote the Liberty Bell March

Otherwise known as the theme to Monty Python's Flying Circus.

:bounce:

[kwassa]

44. So that's why I like him! Spam, spam, spam, spam

though I have to admit that his marches are my favorite patriotic American songs, too.

[chaska]

27. How about an honorable mention for Scofield.

[terrya]

31. John Barry, my favorite film composer.

Some brilliant, magificent music from this most talented composer.

[arwalden]

33. Good One!

:thumbsup:

[Trajan]

35. VVVV<---------------- I think it obvious what my answer would be ....

GREAT choices here ....

I would give Mellencamp and Fogerty strong kudos as well; they exemplify the american 'rock' impulse ...

[6000eliot]

37. Long John Baldry

From whom Elton got his last name.

[grannylib]

46. Oh good call! I have a friend who's a die-hard LJB fan, have not run into

too many people who have even heard of him!

[AntiCoup2K4]

40. The "Johns" class of 1977

John Cummings a.k.a. Ramone


Johnny "Rotten" Lydon


John Jeffery Mellor (or "Joe", to his friends)

[stlsaxman]

43. Great pic of Lydon there!

"Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?"

[newyawker99]

41. Lennon and Elton.

:-)

[Redneck Socialist]

48. Hartford

RIP Johnny :cry: