Who is the greatest musical icon?

[Skippord]

In your opinion who is the greatest musical icon in the history of forever?

Bob Marley?
Paul McCartney?
John Lennon?
Ringo Starr :shifty:

[Requiem]

Scott Stapp

[Requiem]

Weird Al Yankovic

[Kane Knight]

SLAAAAAAAAAAAAYER!

[Kane Knight]

No, but seriously, Kurt Cobain.

[ct2k]

Elvis

[Bad Company]

yeah, the first name that came to mind was John Lennon, and then I thought for about 2 more Seconds and decided on Elvis.

[ron the dial]

I think it comes down to Lennon and Cobain, with the argument being somewhat parallel to Ali vs. Jordan. I really don't know who to pick.

[Bad Company]

Cobain? Are You Serious? More influential than Elvis or Michael Jackson? Come on.

[ron the dial]

Who said anything about influence? ICON.

[Kane Knight]

I think it comes down to Lennon and Cobain, with the argument being somewhat parallel to Ali vs. Jordan. I really don't know who to pick.

Lennon: Hogan.
Elvis: The Rock.
Cobain: Gillberg.

[ct2k]

I don't think its Cobain personally, I think Cobain is to Lennon or Elvis what Michael Jordan was to Muhammed Ali in that argument tbh

[Requiem]

Wait.. did someone actually take KK seriously when he said Cobain? Does anyone pay attention in the music forum?

[Savio]

Michael would be up there if he wasn't so weird.

[ct2k]

Wait.. did someone actually take KK seriously when he said Cobain? Does anyone pay attention in the music forum?


I thought somebody else had actually legitimately put his name forward:o

Thing is someone probably will, hell there were a number of people in the sports forum who think Wayne gretzky is a bigger sporting icon than Muhammed Ali:lol:

[ron the dial]

Wait.. did someone actually take KK seriously when he said Cobain? Does anyone pay attention in the music forum?
KK wasn't serious. I get it. But you know Cobain's going to be said.

[el fregadero]

Aphex Twin

[Kane Knight]

Wait.. did someone actually take KK seriously when he said Cobain? Does anyone pay attention in the music forum?

Nobody pays attention in general around here, but I'm not the only one who mentioned Cobain.....

[St. Jimmy]

Chuck Manson.

[Blue Demon]

Lennon is up there.....Clapton perhaps as well?

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Probably Elvis.

[weather vane]

Elvis

[Kane Knight]

Madonna. Just to piss off Wadding.

[Kane Knight]

Seriously, Elvis strikes a chord in a way nobody else does. The Beatles are probably a close second as a group, and Hendrix (Overrated though he is) has to be up there.

[FakeLaser]

Lennon

[Kid Robb]

Elvis.

I'd have Hendrix up there as well

[Indifferent Clox]

Lennon...

[Downunder]

Elvis

[weather vane]

SYKE

obviously Lukas Rossi

[Fignuts]

Elvis, unfortunatly.

[FakeLaser]

Boy George

[Zen v.W.o.]

Cobain? Are You Serious? More influential than Elvis or Michael Jackson? Come on.

Michael jackson, lol. Of course Cobain is more influential. Seriously, besides being able to moonwalk, who has Jackson influenced or what has he influenced in terms of music.

Look, all MJ influences now are little kids into his bedroom.:lol:

[Kane Knight]

Kurt Cobain did, too. He liked to steal songs and little kids' innocence.

[GD]

Elvis. The Beatles had the maximum chart topper albums. Jim Hendrix and Led Zepellin for their contribution to rock. Bryan Adams and Sting are really popular back in south east Asia.

[El Fangel]

Elvis.

I'd have Hendrix up there as well

[loopydate]

Elvis, followed closely by The Beatles. Personal preference is for the lads, but people worship Elvis in a way that nobody else compares to.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Shut the fuck up

[Rammsteinmad]

Michael Jackson.

[Bad Company]

Michael jackson, lol. Of course Cobain is more influential. Seriously, besides being able to moonwalk, who has Jackson influenced or what has he influenced in terms of music.

Look, all MJ influences now are little kids into his bedroom.:lol:


:?:

[Requiem]

Mozart or Beethoven

[el fregadero]

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Easy

[Theo Dious]

Ice Fuckin' Cube. :shifty:

[Kane Knight]

Mozart or Beethoven

They never had a single gold record between them. :roll:

[KingofOldSchool]

Pete Wentz

[Crossrine]

Well I mean you guys have to admit Cobain did leave an insane impact, whether you like him or not. Again I dont want to get too into this because I'm a fan of Nirvana and dont want to see it get obliterated and be online gang raped by you angry Anti-Nirvanists :'(

[FakeLaser]

Bowie is the man, just saying

[ct2k]

Omarion

[Kane Knight]

Well I mean you guys have to admit Cobain did leave an insane impact, whether you like him or not.

A 12 gauge will do that.

[Kane Knight]

Again I dont want to get too into this because I'm a fan of Nirvana and dont want to have to deal with reality because then I will feel bad for kissing my Kurt Cobain poster every night before I go to sleep.

[ct2k]

Peter Cetera

[KingofOldSchool]

A 12 gauge will do that.

"The brain matter left on the floor will be a symbol of Kurt's accomplishments in life."

[Fignuts]

Souldja boy

[What Would Kevin Do?]

Lennon,
Elvis
Johnny Cash

[Zen v.W.o.]

Every generation has their musical icons...You went from Elvis to the Beatles, to Led Zeppelin and well....well the 80's yeah, whatever, and then Nirvana.

I'd say the Beatles probably created the biggest stir and perhaps the largest impact.

[Fignuts]

My question is, how long til we see another icon?

Damn sure not in this era. Not nessecrily because of lack of talent, but we live in a time where you can literaly choke on the cynicism. EVERYTHING gets shit on at one time or another. And EVERYTHING is "overrated".

[Kane Knight]

My question is, how long til we see another icon?

Damn sure not in this era. Not nessecrily because of lack of talent, but we live in a time where you can literaly choke on the cynicism. EVERYTHING gets shit on at one time or another. And EVERYTHING is "overrated".

That's a rather cynical approach. Though it's hard to foresee a musical icon being produced in an era of corporate pablum. It's not so much that everything's overrated as it is everthing is dumbed down for the sake of consumerism. This happened in the 70s, 80s, and 90s as well, just not to the same level. It was realistically possible for someone to break away from the pack in those decades.

[Fignuts]

Maybe it is, I'm just fed up with people liking music based on whats "cool" to like and dislike, rather than what they actually enjoy. I'll bet half the people who make fun of fallout boy secretly like them. Not saying they're the next icon, but just an example of my meaning.

And while I agree that the industry is corporate driven, I don't think it's quite as bad as the late90's/early00's. Back then everything seemed to be sound alike female pop stars and boy bands. I remember truthfully thinking that rock could die back then.

[Kane Knight]

I don't pay attention to the whole "It's cool to hate" argument, since it seems to be a pop trend in and of itself to accuse people of "just hating it because it's cool" to do so.

[The Mask]

elvis, hendrix and MJ are all good shouts i suppose.

[Skippord]

The correct answer was Hypnotoad

[Skippord]

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ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD

[Fignuts]

I don't pay attention to the whole "It's cool to hate" argument, since it seems to be a pop trend in and of itself to accuse people of "just hating it because it's cool" to do so.

Are you trying to confuse a fembot or something?

[Shisen Kopf]

Wang Chung

[Indifferent Clox]

I think Panda Bear, Conor Oberst, and several others are going to be Indie Icons.

Eminem is an Icon for sure. As is Tupac.

It will take time for us to be seperate, when rap is looked on as legitimate as rock (which it should be and is by very many)

[Kane Knight]

I think Panda Bear, Conor Oberst, and several others are going to be Indie Icons.

Eminem is an Icon for sure. As is Tupac.

It will take time for us to be seperate, when rap is looked on as legitimate as rock (which it should be and is by very many)

Lay off. The pot. NAO.

[WestNZ]

hmm, Rob Halford