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| From | Michael Bennett <mrhonorama@ameritech.net> |
| Subject | Re: Musical Cultural Question |
| Date | Fri, 28 Jul 2006 13:59:47 -0700 (PDT) |
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Of course, Thriller wasn't the best Michael Jackson
record -- I think a lot of people would agree that Off
The Wall was his artistic high water mark. An
interesting career, since so much of his early music
with The Jackson 5 and The Jacksons was singles
oriented. If you made CD-Rs of all the great music he
did up to 1987, you'd have a number of CDs, for sure.
But really, Michael can't hold a candle to Stevie
Wonder or Prince, just to name two, as an album artist
from the R & B arena.
Madonna is probably the logical selection, though I'd
say that her artistry is inconsistent. Some great
songs, but a lot of not-so-great ones. (BTW - that
Donna Summer/Moroder-esque single off her newest disc
is killer).
Nirvana is an icon -- in that vein, substitute The Sex
Pistols for Ramones on my initial list of those who
didn't make the cut.
Mike Bennett
--- Stewart Mason <craigtorso@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Bennett" <mrhonorama@ameritech.net>
> > As for my generation -- those three work,
> certainly
> > based on their pervasive success. I guess
> Madonna,
> > Ramones and Prince didn't make the cut.
>
> With every passing year, it's more obvious that
> THRILLER was more of a
> socio-cultural phenomenon than it was an Important
> Record. It's a
> great album, but it's a fluke on the level of the
> Rubik's Cube.
> Although I generally prefer Prince myself, I would
> argue that Madonna
> is the one who belongs on that list: unlike
> Michael, who flamed out
> artistically starting with the Jacksons' VICTORY
> album, Madonna
> remained musically and culturally relevant up
> through 1998's RAY OF
> LIGHT, and it's only been with the last couple of
> albums that she's
> turned into an embarrassing has-been trying to
> recapture past glories.
>
> Nirvana, I have the same qualms some other folks
> have raised, but I'm
> willing to buy the argument. U2, I would grant
> simply because they
> were trying so very hard for the Spokemen Of Their
> Generation mantle.
>
> S
>
>
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