Top 5 Musical Genuises

[sirmavers]

Saw this on the La's forum, and couldn't resist starting one here ;D

For the record, people like Morrissey and Bono don't count, when I say musical geniuses, I mean musical geniuses, not lyrical wordsmiths etc etc...

All a matter of opinion

Here I go anyway (no particular order):

Lee Mavers
Johnny Marr
Brian Wilson
John Lennon
Bo Diddley

and that wasn't exactly easy was torn between McCartney/ Diddley/ Fats for the last one, not happy to leave 2 of them out

EDIT: f*ck the thing about no Bono etc etc, whoever you consider to be musically genius just throw them in there, but mine still don't change

[dontask]

doesnt morrissey write the guitar, drums n what not for his solo stuff? if it was up to me we would definitely include them but i dont mind.

Thom Yorke of Radiohead
Matthew Bellamy of Muse
Roger Waters of Pink Floyd
Paul Gilbert, Solo Guitarist.
Geddy Lee of Rush.

Honourable mentions; John Paul and George, Les Paul, Hugh Manson, Josh Homme, Trent Reznor.

[sirmavers]

Edited now Luke, just include whoever you like, might spoil it for some

[Sean]

James Bourne
Noel Gallagher
Liam Fray
Alex Turner
Matt Helders

[Darren]

I had to think long and hard about this and tried to stick to Ant's initial post when choosing them, I think they all were/are good all rounders.

Maybe Pete was a bit of a biased choice, in no particular order:

Joe Strummer
Pete Townshend
Pete Doherty
Freddie Mercury
Buddy Holly

So many to choose from and was hard to leave out Wilson, Lennon etc

[sirmavers]

Wilson is one of the under-rated geniuses. Lol at Seans post

[Sean]

Why lol?

[sirmavers]

Only noel warrents a place there. Come on. Matt Helders?

[dontask]

alex very nearly got a place on mine. id say your mavers doesnt deserve to be on. chords and clever lyrics. woo. get in line.

[sirmavers]

The La's are magic, The La's are my life, The La's saved my life, The La's are something new that had never been heard before, they understood what music should really sound like and how is should be made, I love Lee Mavers.

[mc18988]

musical genius is one hefty statement, you'd have to include people like beethoven who arguably invented certain types of music and all that jazz...

people like noel gallagher, alex turner and ian brown are legends but I wouldn't say they are "genius' ", even Noel would agree as im sure hes been quoted as being embarassed when called a guitar god or whatever.......

for me its near impossible but here goes:

1. John Lennon/Paul McCartney (they have to be together surely?)
2. Jimi Hendrix
3. Bob Dylan
4. Beethoven or insert your own classical composer, maybe mozart
5. Bob Marley

I nearly put in Michael Jackson, rip away but he's easily the genius of pop, nobody comes close in that genre

[dontask]

mike you spoke alot of sense. infact youve given me some food for thought and i would like to revise my list a little.

1. DJ Shadow
2. Chopin (classical composer)
3. Matt Bellamy
4. Paul Gilbert
5. Thom Yorke

[dontask]

and the idea of noel as a guitar god makes me chuckle.

[upton]

Lennon/Macca
Liam Howlett
Johnny Marr
Damon Albarn/Coxon
Tom York/Johnny Greenwood.

[sirmavers]

I was going to put Lennon and Mac both in same bracket, and why not

Maybe it is over used, all again, a matter of opinion. For the reasons you gave, I included Bo Diddley, because he started his own genre, he started his own rock n roll blues, and has paved way for so many more, including Fats Domino, which was why I picked Bo ahead of him.