Greatest (or just your favourite) Musician/Performer of the 60's,70's,80's,90's,00's

[JayCaz]

I was having a little think about who I'd choose as my biggest influences musically from the last 5 decades, and this is what I came up with;

60's: John Lennon

70's: Stevie Wonder

80's: Morrisey

90's: Thom Yorke

00's: Thom Yorke


Lennon has to be there for being the more talented half of possibly the greatest songwriting partnership of all time.

Stevie was at his raw best in the 70's I thought. I can listen to his stuff from the 80's & early 90's, but it doesn't grip me in the way his earlier stuff does.

The Smiths/Morrisey were the best thing about the 80's PERIOD in my opinion, so Moz had to be there.

Thom get's two mentions as I really do think Radiohead are the 3rd greatest band of all time, and I actually thought his solo stuff was amazing too. I feel like he's been at a consistently high level from the early 90's, and the best artist of his generation.


Who would yours be??

 

[November Rain]

80s/90s/00s for me is janet jackson

 

[JayCaz]

80s/90s/00s for me is janet jackson

Has she really done that much in the 00's?

 

[November Rain]

mmmmmm.....probably not but she still did All For you, Damita Jo and that other one.

I heard a remix of her Rock Wit U track using Ja Rule's body instrumental, it's just a joy to the ears.
I'd rather go and watch her on tour (especially in her prime) than eat.

The whole reason I went to the university i did was because i thought she was going to tour here in 2001 but 9/11 happened so i got bummed over

 

[LondonGirl]

70's: Abba, Jackson 5

80's/90's: Michael Jackson

00's:Hmm, tough one

 

[The Chairman]

Sinatra is my all time favoeite, but since he doesn't really correlate with any of these era, I'd say:

1960s' - The Rolling Stones

1970s' / 1980s' - Billy Joel

1990s' - Nirvana

2000's - The White Stripes

 

[04nbod]

60's the supremes
70's Elton John
80's Michael jackson
90's Madonna
00's (lets wait until the decade's out. I have favourites but I don't think they deserve to be on the list with the others)

 

[ttotheusher]

70's/80's = The Jam
80's/90's/00's/ = Paul Weller

 

[Nirvana]

60's- The Beatles, The Doors, Bob Dylan

70's- Queen, Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin

80's- Michael Jackson, Billy Joel, A-ah

90's- Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden,

00's- Mudvayne, Audioslave, Chevelle

 

[Ronny Shade]

Prince.

 

[Moviefan2k4]

80's: Michael Jackson, Bon Jovi, Amy Grant
90's: BSB, Garth Brooks, Michael W. Smith, Steven Curtis Chapman
00's: Rascal Flatts, 3 Doors Down, Brian Littrell's solo album

 

[Brick]

80's/90's/00's - Ian MacKaye

 

[Immortalfire]

They span several decades, so I'll just list em...Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, Robert Palmer, Charlie Daniels, James Taylor, Johnny Cash, Phil Collins, Willie Nelson

 

[Zephyr Alexian]

60's: toss up between James Brown and Miles Davis
70's: Eric Clapton followed closely by Marvin Gaye
80's: Michael Jackson followed closely by David Bowie
90's: Red Hot Chili Peppers
00's: I have no clear favorite for this decade; most music I listen to isn't post-2000.

 

[simplysuperhero]

60s: Beatles
70s: Led Zeppelin
80s: U2
90s: U2, Pearl Jam
00s: Eminem

 

[Mr.Webs]

1960's : The Beatles/Johnny Cash
1970's : John Lennon/Led Zeppelin
1980's : Michael Jackson/The Kinks
1990's : Michael Jackson/Wilco
2000's : Jack White/Wilco/Ray Davies

 

[Kurosawa]

1960's: Beatles
1970's: The Who
1980's: Guns N Roses
1990's: Pearl Jam
2000's: no one comes to mind except Dream Theater

 

[Ghostvirus]

60's: Jimi Hendrix
70's: Led Zepellin
80's: Madonna
90's: Marylin Manson
00's: Eminem

 

[AxlsAppetite]

80's/90's/00's - Guns N' Roses

 

[darkseid26]

60's - The Beatles
70's - Led Zeppelin
80's - Dire Straits
90's - The Flaming Lips
00's - The Mars Volta

 

[Motown Marvel]

60's-the beatles
70's-led zeppelin
80's-the gories
90's-the mummies
00's-the white stripes

 

[Karem-Knight]

60´s- The Doors
70´s- The Ramones
80´s- Micheal Jackson/Bon Jovi
90´s- Guns N Roses
00´s- err...Blink-182, can´t think of anything really.

 

[Dark Victory]

80's/90's/00's - Trent Reznor/Nine Inch Nails

 

[E-Man]

60s-Sam Cooke
70s-Marvin Gaye
80s-Too many to name here. Gaye and Marley died early. I like MJ, but I like Whitney Houston as much as well.
90s-112
2000s-112

 

[Jake Cassidy]

60's - Jim Morrison, Ray Davies, Roger Daltrey

70's - Roger Waters, Stevie Wonder, Elton John, Billy Joel, David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, Freddy Mercury, Marvin Gaye

80's - Axl Rose, Neil Finn, Bono

90's - Jeff Buckley, Chris Cornell