Your Top Five ...... solo music artists .
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Stevie Wonder
David Bowie
Elton John
George Benson
Michael Jackson0 -
To hard to pick a top 5
I seperated them into Male and Female, still my answers would probably be different if I was asked again next week
MALE
Eminem
Justin Timberlake
Will Smith
Enrique Iglesias
R Kelly
FEMALE
Angelika Vee
Avril Lavigne
Natasha Bedingfield
Adele
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Best list so far, except I'd put Justin timber lake along with Justin beiber in my worse five list, probably Natasha bedingfield, don't know who angelika vee is?...paulie8290 said:To hard to pick a top 5
I seperated them into Male and Female, still my answers would probably be different if I was asked again next week
MALE
Eminem
Justin Timberlake
Will Smith
Enrique Iglesias
R Kelly
FEMALE
Angelika Vee
Avril Lavigne
Natasha Bedingfield
Adele
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Look her up on Youtube she is amazingsadiejane1981 said:
Best list so far, except I'd put Justin timber lake along with Justin beiber in my worse five list, probably Natasha bedingfield, don't know who angelika vee is?...paulie8290 said:To hard to pick a top 5
I seperated them into Male and Female, still my answers would probably be different if I was asked again next week
MALE
Eminem
Justin Timberlake
Will Smith
Enrique Iglesias
R Kelly
FEMALE
Angelika Vee
Avril Lavigne
Natasha Bedingfield
Adele
Kelly Clarkson
she mainly does covers:
Unconditionally Burn and La La La, probably her best of the covers,
But she has done a couple of her own Language of Love is one of the best songs I have ever heard0 -
Paulie is the best wind up since Nathan.1
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Eminem best selling hip hop artist of all time and one of the most successful soloists ever, deserves a mention as does adele and Kelly clarkson for a contemporary list at least, I wouldn't say avril was up there but I enjoy her music, r Kelly is not exactly terrible. Will smith soloist? Really? Ok that may be a wind up.JaShea99 said:Paulie is the best wind up since Nathan.
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Yeah Eminem's in my list too. I wasn't giving Paulie that title for this post alone, but the more he posts, the more I'm convinced that he's not for real.0
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If he is, he suffers from before-my-time-itis...JaShea99 said:Yeah Eminem's in my list too. I wasn't giving Paulie that title for this post alone, but the more he posts, the more I'm convinced that he's not for real.
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Elvis Presley
Meatloaf
Neil Diamond
Adam Ant
Freddie Mercury
Elvis once said that Roy Orbison was the best voice he had ever heard.0 -
He was also a big fan of Tom Jones.killer kish said:Elvis Presley
Meatloaf
Neil Diamond
Adam Ant
Freddie Mercury
Elvis once said that Roy Orbison was the best voice he had ever heard.0 - Sponsored links:
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Just seen this, mate. Seed of Memory is also among my favourite albums. Definitely my favourite Terry Reid album. The consensus is that River is his masterpiece, and I like it a lot, but it's Seed of Memory every time for me. Faith To Arise and Brave Awakening are absolute ace.shootershill2tropics said:
wow, corkn' line-up hawksmoor. & pleasantly surprised to see a terry reid appearance in this thread, his "seed of memory" is one my top 10 albums, ahhh terry, soooo unlucky/underrated.hawksmoor said:Todd Rundgren
Paul Weller
Lewis Taylor
Terry Reid
Pharoah Sanders
I can only see maybe Weller getting more than my one vote out of that lot.
I've seen him a couple of times, and despite the fact that he clearly likes one or two light ales, he was fantastic both times. Still got a a great voice.
But like you said, the unluckiest bloke in rock, although he's very good-natured about it. There's that great quote from Robert Plant: 'Terry Reid should've had my life!'
Pharoah Sanders I've seen, I think, three times, and man he can still blow that saxophone; he still does that thing where, through circular breathing, he generates so much air in the instrument that he holds it up and it plays by itself for about 30 seconds!
As for Todd Rundgren. Don't get me started. I've got everything the guy ever recorded, including the Nazz and Utopia. Bootlegs, grey market, everything. I can and do listen to him every day. My absolute musical hero. Seen him loads of times
In fact the only artist I haven't seen in that list is the UK's lost soul genius Lewis Taylor, because he'd already gone mental, announced his 'retirement', took down every clip of himself from youtube and done the best disappearing act since Houdini when I first heard him.
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Oakster said:
Alex Chilton (& Chris Bell for I am the Cosmos)
Lee Hazlewood (was lucky to see him live before he died)
George Jones (pure & 'proper" country during the 50s/60s)
Laura Cantrell (best contemporary female country singer in my book)
Sandy Denny (for North Star Grassman alone)
Listen to these artists regularly - also love a bit of Messrs, Lowe/Young/Dylan etc but they've got enough vites
edit - just realised I missed out Gram Parsons - (sorry Laura you've been bumped)...arghhh EmmyLou Harris.....oh well
Good call on the Big Star connections.
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David Sylvian
Christian Fennesz
David Sylvian
Steve Jensen
Stephen Mattieu
Can I put more Sylvians please?2 -
Daryl Hall
van Morrison
Marvin Gaye
Don Henley
Chrissie Hynde1 -
when the recent "big star" doc came out, saw jody stephens and the filmmakers host a q&a after it's showing, then a makeshift big star/jody stephens band did 3 songs, triff night!!!hawksmoor said:Oakster said:Alex Chilton (& Chris Bell for I am the Cosmos)
Lee Hazlewood (was lucky to see him live before he died)
George Jones (pure & 'proper" country during the 50s/60s)
Laura Cantrell (best contemporary female country singer in my book)
Sandy Denny (for North Star Grassman alone)
Listen to these artists regularly - also love a bit of Messrs, Lowe/Young/Dylan etc but they've got enough vites
edit - just realised I missed out Gram Parsons - (sorry Laura you've been bumped)...arghhh EmmyLou Harris.....oh well
Good call on the Big Star connections.0 -
My mate, who's in the band 14 Iced Bears, is a huge Big Star fan. Imagine his surprise when he went to see said doc and he's in the first scene!0
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I do like early Hall & Oates, but then that's because I'm a big Todd Rundgren fan. He produced their album War Babies. Apparently, one sure-fire way to piss off Daryl Hall for many years was to say War Babies sounds like a Todd Rundgren album. But then apart from producing and engineering it, Rundgren also drafted in members of his band Utopia, sang back vocals and handled the lead guitar parts.
Here's Rundgren and Daryl Hall in the web show Live At Daryl's House, sing Rundgren's song Sweet:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dlmlNgrXSQ
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It would've been easier to list the solo artists you don't like.shootershill2tropics said:very quickly, off the top of my (too many drugs in the past) head, here is my disordered top 5 soloists;
billy bragg
townes van zandt
jules shear
richard buckner
van morrison (though not so much after veedon fleece)
burial
sandy denny
terry reid
warren zevon
morrissey
ryan adams
bob marley
rickie lee jones
neil young
pj harvey
krishna das
roky erickson
damien rice
nils lofgren
daniel lanois
jackson browne
zbigniew preisner
nick cave
eno
john martyn
mary margaret o'hara
jonathan richman
moby
wah!
david bowie
sinead o'connor
joe frank
gram parsons
john lennon
bob dyland so many more....
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I have a lot of Todd rundgren stuff in my collection : wizard ,true star , something anything ,runt etc etc and would have had him in that list too save for the fact that the choice was limited to five. The song : you're much too soon on the War Baies record with todd on backing vocals is one of my faves. But He is also rumoured to be a massive pain in the arse and general ego maniac .he pretty much cocked up the production of xtc record Skylarking remedied only by a recent release and re master and pretty much came to blows with Andy Partridge over his domineering approach . So far as Daryl Hall is concerned his white soul pipes while now on the wain were totally untouchable in my view.his Sacred songs collaboration with Robert Fripp is also never too far towards the back of my play list. I will also be at that H and O show at Hammersmith on 11/7 .hope that you will enjoy it as much as I intend to.proper musicians playing songs that stand the test of time.1
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Ha 14 Iced Bears!! Remember them well, saw them so many times back in the days of C86 - Rob still going strong I see - who is your mate!?hawksmoor said:My mate, who's in the band 14 Iced Bears, is a huge Big Star fan. Imagine his surprise when he went to see said doc and he's in the first scene!
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There is, for any other guitarist/hackers a really good series of Big Star tutorials on youtube...shootershill2tropics said:
when the recent "big star" doc came out, saw jody stephens and the filmmakers host a q&a after it's showing, then a makeshift big star/jody stephens band did 3 songs, triff night!!!hawksmoor said:Oakster said:Alex Chilton (& Chris Bell for I am the Cosmos)
Lee Hazlewood (was lucky to see him live before he died)
George Jones (pure & 'proper" country during the 50s/60s)
Laura Cantrell (best contemporary female country singer in my book)
Sandy Denny (for North Star Grassman alone)
Listen to these artists regularly - also love a bit of Messrs, Lowe/Young/Dylan etc but they've got enough vites
edit - just realised I missed out Gram Parsons - (sorry Laura you've been bumped)...arghhh EmmyLou Harris.....oh well
Good call on the Big Star connections.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ4IX09blAS5XJPrUI6e6yQ
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I saw Big Star a few years ago at Sheppards Bush with Robyn Hitchcock supporting. What a great night.0
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Duane Eddy
Van Morrison
Joni Mitchell
Neil Young
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Paul Young used to front a really fun band Q-tips before he got famous. Astorria at Victoria.TeacherAddick said:Paul Young - check out his band Los Pacaminos - great night out with lots of talented musicians
James Morrison
Neil Young
James Taylor
Richard Hawley
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Colin Hindmarsh
Sinatra
Elvis Costello
Adele
Amy McDonald
Robbie Williams
Mary Coughlan
Amy Winehouse
Tom Robinson
Al Green
Love to say Weller but his solo stuff is egotistical.
Sorry can"t pick 5 as tastes fly with the wind.
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Already picked my 5 but an honourable mention to John Waite. I was going through my iPod earlier and forgot how much I love his stuff.0
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Can't believe none of us have said this astonishingly talented man:
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On the subject of honourable mentions Im laughing at the songs of Ivor Cutler this morning, bit of a genius.0
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Cat Stevens
Elvis Presley
Bob Dylan
Van Morrison
Bruce Springsteen0
