purpleronnie Posted 14 October 2012 Share Posted 14 October 2012 Ozzy Osbourne? Ritchie Blackmore? Jimmy Page? Public Enemy? maybe Amy fvcking Winehouse?!?!?!?!? Who is Alex Turner?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterborofox Posted 14 October 2012 Share Posted 14 October 2012 Top one is correct, rest is bollocks Not all the rest is, just maybe in the wrong order. Everyone has different opinions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ousefox Posted 14 October 2012 Share Posted 14 October 2012 Not all the rest is, just maybe in the wrong order. Everyone has different opinions. Yeah i meant the order as well, Bowie should definitely be in it etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterborofox Posted 14 October 2012 Share Posted 14 October 2012 Yeah i meant the order as well, Bowie should definitely be in it etc Amy Winehouse, Alex Turner?!?!?!?!, and possibly both the Gallaghers being in it is so questionable. Its more disappointing about the names which are missing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxfanazer Posted 14 October 2012 Share Posted 14 October 2012 Top one is correct, rest is bollocks Kurt Cobain is a musical icon whether you like nirvana or not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ousefox Posted 14 October 2012 Share Posted 14 October 2012 Kurt Cobain is a musical icon whether you like nirvana or not Yes i know! I was talking about the order as well as the people in it, some should be in there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petchy Posted 14 October 2012 Share Posted 14 October 2012 Alex Turner?! ALEX TURNER!? ALEX TUUUUURRRRRNNNNEEEER?!! If I asked my mum and dad who those people were, they'd know 7 or 8 of them (I also think they'd struggle with Ian Curtis, bless his miserable socks!), but not Alex Turner. In fact I suspect anyone not a fan of indie music in particular would struggle to name say what band Alex Turner is in. The Arctic Monkeys have done many fine tunes, but are hardly genre breaking or making. If you were going to look in that direction then surely the likes of Damon Albarn or Thom Yorke should take precedence? For me the notable exception from the list is Neil Young. Hugely influentially across a range of music and still going strong after 45+ years. But NME appeals to a wide audience of varying genres, so to me it makes sense. Turner's a great song writer and isn't even indie anyway: he's alternative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxfanazer Posted 14 October 2012 Share Posted 14 October 2012 Yes i know! I was talking about the order as well as the people in it, some should be in there Oh I see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox92 Posted 14 October 2012 Share Posted 14 October 2012 Still can't believe the lack of Bob Dylan. He should easily be in the top ten, if not the top three. Can't argue with number one though, Lennon is a massive influence on loads of people; including Cobain. Personally, my top three would be Lennon, Bowie and Dylan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamN Posted 14 October 2012 Share Posted 14 October 2012 I'm starting to think that Fox92 might be a Beatles fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkers Posted 17 October 2012 Share Posted 17 October 2012 One of the most iconic musicians worldwide for me has to be Bob Marley. Lennon & Bowie up there too without a doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Guiza Posted 17 October 2012 Share Posted 17 October 2012 Really surprised they included Ian Curtis, i totally agree with including him in the list mind. He seems to go unnoticed by a large number of people, for such a young age his lyrics were incredible. And to those questioning Alex Turner's inclusion, I'd imagine it's because The Arctic Monkeys are the band of a generation and they are attempting to keep up the appeal for people of my kind of age (20). But he is nowhere near the names on that list, totally agree with the post about Bob Dylan too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaststandtom Posted 20 October 2012 Share Posted 20 October 2012 this is the magazine who hailed andrew wk as the saviour of rock n roll and feature pixie lott and cheryl cole. it reads like a comic and offers no musical opinion. just insults. lennon number one? mmmm yeah with mccartney ok but solo he did as much dross as mccartney. listen to those albums. cobain, im biased, he was where it started for me but i can see how he's not everyones cup of tea. cant be doing with morrissey. the smiths for me are vastly overrated. hendrix is hendrix. no arguments there. alex turner. good lyricist fair play. liam gallagher? do me a favour. great hair. fantastic hair in fact but he's hardly scott walker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox92 Posted 25 October 2012 Share Posted 25 October 2012 I'm starting to think that Fox92 might be a Beatles fan. lennon number one? mmmm yeah with mccartney ok but solo he did as much dross as mccartney. listen to those albums. cobain, im biased, he was where it started for me but i can see how he's not everyones cup of tea. cant be doing with morrissey. the smiths for me are vastly overrated. hendrix is hendrix. no arguments there. alex turner. good lyricist fair play. liam gallagher? do me a favour. great hair. fantastic hair in fact but he's hardly scott walker. You do know that although Beatles songs were credited to 'Lennon/McCartney' most of them were just wrote by the one. Apart from the very early stuff and the odd song later on ('A Day In The Life' for example) most of the songs were either Lennon or McCartney. 'All You Need Is Love' was written by John Lennon for example, and on the other side of things 'Yesterday' was all McCartney. Lennon's later music, did go more rocky but take nothing away from 'Imagine', 'Watching The Wheels', 'Jealous Guy', 'Starting Over', 'Beautiful Boy', 'Woman', 'Mind Games' (I can continue), all of which are sensational top quality songs. Every artist has wrote some rubbish, but with The Beatles, and John Lennon solo music, the majority of the stuff is quality. But influencing doesn't just include music, it's everything, and Lennon (becaue he was voted #1) has influenced thousands of artists.. Bowie, The Jam, Oasis, Alex Turner, Kurt Cobain, Hendrix, Dylan etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samilktray Posted 25 October 2012 Share Posted 25 October 2012 These lists are always shit. Not every 'musical icon' played the guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleronnie Posted 25 October 2012 Share Posted 25 October 2012 Thats right, kanye west should be on the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samilktray Posted 25 October 2012 Share Posted 25 October 2012 Nobody mentioned Kanye West. Jay-Z, Public Enemy maybe even Nas, A Tribe Called Quest and Wu Tang, could have a case made for them. Just because they're hip hop doesn't mean they aren't musical icons to a huge audience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finnegan Posted 25 October 2012 Share Posted 25 October 2012 Should have been Psy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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