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What modern musicians are as good as Amadeus?

posted 12 years ago by K_kugelis
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So if they were to make a movie about a genius musician today who would it be? I loved this movie so I'm just curious what you think? My (personal) choices would be (mostly bands by the way):

Green day - controversial music, controversial band, pure talent.

Creed - one of the bands that match the tallent of greats such as Bach and Amadeus.

Beyonce - what a great movie would that be! She could play herself too!

Maroon5 - maybe, not so sure about them.

Nickelback - I'll get a lot of hate for this one, but you know they are simply amazing.

Papa Roach - I respect them for their raw originality, they practically reinvented music.

Kelly Clarkson - what doesn't kill you makes you stronger IS the best song of this century and it would make for a beautiful name for a film.

Hoobastank - give me a reason why not. Get it?? a REASON!! lol.

Gym Class Heroes - I wasn't into their complicated style of music but now they have complitelly won me over!

Adele - came out of nowhere but she is better than all the bands from the 1960-1990.

Blink 182 - great, great, great!

Can't wait to hear what you think.

[–] yolhanson 11 years ago

Perhaps Andrew Lloyd Webber is the closest we've got to a modern Mozart. He's been around for decades and is virtually synonymous with musical theatre. Yes, I know his output has been limited in other areas, and Mozart wrote in every style for every audience, but I think the idea is valid.
Mozart's operas accounted for a large measure of his fame in Europe. I've been involved in musical theatre for 20-odd years and I don't know anyone who disparages the status of Lloyd Webber. They're not equal; they can't ever be. But they both have that inerrant sense of melody and that dramatic, sometimes playful skill in music that makes you sit up and listen. They never fail to surprise.
I saw a documentary in which a speaker claimed that Lloyd Webber was the "most influential artist to ever work in the genre of musical theatre" and I thought, "Hang on, what about Mozart?"
In their vastly different styles, I'd rate them almost equally in their influence on musical theatre.

[–] speccyboy 11 years ago

I was going to say the late great Freddie Mercury - born into a privileged family, well-educated, musically and artistically gifted, loved having a good time (on and off the stage), shy and private in real life, died young. :)

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[–] mxzt 10 years ago

Classic thread, especially when some of you took the TS seriously.

[–] thepartydjz 10 years ago

Jethro Tull is one of the few popular rock groups that can be compared to the classics.

The OP is either a joke or infatuated with pop music, nickleback is pure garbage

[–] Chrisbc-1 10 years ago

W. Axl Rose. One the surface he is crazy and eccentric, maybe he really is, but the man can create great music. The Chinese Democracy album is a masterpiece in modern rock that is not touched by anything in the last 25 years. The amount of detail of the music going on is staggering. Axl is a musical genius and it shows when you compare GNR work with Velvet Revolver and Slash's Snakepit. Axl was the mad genius behind GNR's greatest work in both the Slash and post-Slash eras.

[–] Dante88 10 years ago

Keith Jarrett would be one.

Also the guy who Mick his groove. Jagger met James Brown years later.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDI8MqN4YjE

[–] Dante88 10 years ago

Milano was to the Stones what Hamburg was to The Beatles. There is a lot of Celentano in Mick.

With Monica Bellucci:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-twWf1bd4BY

[–] mrkovacs1 10 years ago

All joking aside...

Phil Collins

The man is a great producer, song writer, drummer, and performer. He can play lengthy, complex prog rock and make sweet, catchy pop masterpieces.

Whether you're a fan or not the man cares about his music, isn't in it for fame or money, and worked his ass off for four decades.

[–] Degree7 10 years ago

Phil Collins is probably one of the greatest rock drummers to have lived. His jazzy, complex drumming on albums like Selling England by the Pound or Foxtrot are nothing short of awe-inspiring. And he's a pretty good singer to boot.

Unfortunately, his pop music was just soulless baloney.

~ I am the tiny voice inside your head.

[–] robgarcia07 10 years ago

You forgot Lil' Wayne, Lady Gaga and Justin Beiber.

[–] bbomberr 10 years ago

Ennio Morricone without a doubt!

ROCK: Focus (Dutch Band with Jan Akkerman & Thijs van Leer), Mick & Keith from Rolling Stones, Lennon & Mcartney, Kurt Cobain, Deep Purple, Mark Knopfler, Neil
Young, Jimi Hendrix.

POP: Benny & Bjorn from ABBA, Björk, Madonna.

RAP: Dr.Dre (producing), RZA (producing), Marley Marl, DJ Premier, MF Doom.

SOUL: Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder, Isaac Hayes, Barry White, Isley Brothers.

And also look especially at the ELECTRONIC genre wich is more like classical:

Aphex Twin, Benno De Goeij (from Rank-1), Ferry Corsten, Thomas Bangalter, Liam Howlett, Chemical Brothers.

Producers: Phil Spector, Rick Rubin...

these guys were/are all enormously versatile musically skilled musicians in their own right!

[–] eddsixpi 8 years ago

Brian Wilson is on Mozart's level as a composer.

The legend of the dog faced woman.