Greatest Musician of the Decade?

[animefan13LPfn1]

Okay, I'm opening this one up to discussion. I want to know what people here on AP think about their favorite musicians, and why. For this decade, there have been many extremely talented and diverse musicians on the scene, it's been great. So let's open up the discussion and see who thinks what.

My candidate for greatest musician of the decade:
Jack White (White Stripes, Raconteurs, Dead Weather, solo projects, etc.)

And yours are...?

[briewer]

http://signalblog.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/344px-Phil_Elverum_green_shirt.jpg

Beat Rick to it.

[someboreddude]

Off the top of my head, I'd agree about Jack. If he isn't the top, he is up there

http://signalblog.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/344px-Phil_Elverum_green_shirt.jpg

Beat Rick to it.

Is it bad that I don't know who that is?

[Thesleepingwell]

Mine would be:

Melissa Auf Der Maur (bassist and vocalist) - former memeber of Hole, The Smashing Pumpkins and solo material.
She's talented and clever. How many women in alternative rock are as original and diverse?

[briewer]

Is it bad that I don't know who that is?
Not really. It's Phil Elverum.

[animefan13LPfn1]

Mine would be:

Melissa Auf Der Maur (bassist and vocalist) - former memeber of Hole, The Smashing Pumpkins and solo material.
She's talented and clever. How many women in alternative rock are as original and diverse?

Women-wise, I completely agree with you, she's extremely talented.

[someboreddude]

Not really. It's Phil Elverum.

Gotcha. Had to google him.

[Ari Christos]

Greatest musician? Matthew Bellamy. I don't know about my favorite though.

[x1onexwo1fx]

duh, jesse lacey, who else?
i'm kidding

i just came across about ten bands that i'm starting to listen to, and they've all been around for most of the decade. it's like the decade is just starting for me.

[animefan13LPfn1]

Greatest musician? Matthew Bellamy. I don't know about my favorite though.

That's a good one, I didn't think of Muse. I'd have to give it to Jack White, in my opinion though.

[Ari Christos]

That's a good one, I didn't think of Muse. I'd have to give it to Jack White, in my opinion though.

Very fair. Jack White is pretty excellent.

[maxvsmaradona]

Me.

[Nettn07]

I have to say Jack White. Although I don't really listen to anything he does, I'm perfectly able to see what a great musician he is.

[maxvsmaradona]

I still say me.

[Ilovepoprock]

omar lopez rodriguez

[pennie]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3234/2826514099_2fa266e10d.jpg

[ReadyForAction]

Butch Walker

[jco3]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3234/2826514099_2fa266e10d.jpg

What an intimate shot.

I'd have to say... hmmm, Music is subjective....so I'm gonna go with Bree Bree of BC13.

[jmg85]

John Gourley from Portugal. The Man. i'd say Jack White is for sure up there at the very top as well though. and John Frusciante is probably one of the greatest musicians ever and he's done lots of good stuff in this decade, even though he's been around for a long time.

[theguy77]

well, if we're taking about
1) merely my opinion and not trying to make an effort to objectively examine what has been done in their career
2) just this decade,

then it is UNQUESTIONABLY this guy:
http://themuseinmusic.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/sufjan_stevens.jpg

i dont even KNOW how many instruments this guy plays but its definitely more than can be counted on both hands, and he does things with all of them that i only wish i could do with ONE of mine. it stuns me how he can be minimalistic with them and tug at my heartstrings in a way that makes me worry about my sexuality on Seven Swans, and then turn around and push into overdrive and toss them all into a record like Illinoise but then have 5 different intertwining melodies blending perfectly into 7 minute compositions with 3 different "movements" all segued perfectly into each other. he is a Rachmaninoff of indie-folk. and as if all of this weren't enough, hes hands down my favorite vocalist on top of it all with the most delicate tones and the most distinctive and beautiful falsetto (see: "john wayne gacy jr."... *shudders*) that i know of. sufjan stevens... man no one even comes close to him as a musician as far as im concerned.

[sleepyseanzzz]

john frusciante.

[Matthew Tsai]

Butch Walker

hahahahahahhahahaha good one

John Gourley from Portugal. The Man. i'd say Jack White is for sure up there at the very top as well though. and John Frusciante is probably one of the greatest musicians ever and he's done lots of good stuff in this decade, even though he's been around for a long time.

i absolutely love PTM but no way he's the best musician of the decade

[danieltgrear]

Dan Hunter!

[saveferris]

Christofer Drew

[KingJohn_654]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3234/2826514099_2fa266e10d.jpg

this.

[aoftbsten]

Kid Rock.

http://static.open.salon.com/files/kid.rock.1022071248993704.jpg

[Rodeo]

Tom Waits.

[someboreddude]

Kid Rock.

http://static.open.salon.com/files/kid.rock.1022071248993704.jpg

You're funny.

[aoftbsten]

You're funny.

Man's a visionary.

[someboreddude]

Man's a visionary.

and I'm Jesus.

I'm not 100% if you're kidding, but for the sake of my faith in humanity I'll assume you are.

[briewer]

What an intimate shot.

I'd have to say... hmmm, Music is subjective....so I'm gonna go with Bree Bree of BC13.
Talent is not subjective.

well, if we're taking about
1) merely my opinion and not trying to make an effort to objectively examine what has been done in their career
2) just this decade,

then it is UNQUESTIONABLY this guy:
http://themuseinmusic.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/sufjan_stevens.jpg

i dont even KNOW how many instruments this guy plays but its definitely more than can be counted on both hands, and he does things with all of them that i only wish i could do with ONE of mine. it stuns me how he can be minimalistic with them and tug at my heartstrings in a way that makes me worry about my sexuality on Seven Swans, and then turn around and push into overdrive and toss them all into a record like Illinoise but then have 5 different intertwining melodies blending perfectly into 7 minute compositions with 3 different "movements" all segued perfectly into each other. he is a Rachmaninoff of indie-folk. and as if all of this weren't enough, hes hands down my favorite vocalist on top of it all with the most delicate tones and the most distinctive and beautiful falsetto (see: "john wayne gacy jr."... *shudders*) that i know of. sufjan stevens... man no one even comes close to him as a musician as far as im concerned.
No love for Michigan?

[aoftbsten]

and I'm Jesus.

I'm not 100% if you're kidding, but for the sake of my faith in humanity I'll assume you are.

Haha, don't worry, I'm kidding.

[mmmmmpoetry]

Anyone who says other than Omar is a fool.

[someboreddude]

Haha, don't worry, I'm kidding.

:ok: Good stuff. I actually know someone whose a big fan. I honestly have no idea why.

[bard]

http://themuseinmusic.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/sufjan_stevens.jpg

awesome post explaining what i try to explain to others about him.
Anyone who says other than Omar is a fool.
if you mean Omar Rodriguez Lopez, then..... i don't know. he's made three gerat albums and one great EP, but in the last 3 or so years, he's fallen off big time.


overall musician, i'd pick sufjan stevens.

who means the most to me in the last decade? aaron weiss. hands down.

[theguy77]

Talent is not subjective.


No love for Michigan?

oh PLENTY of love for michigan, that album's just very recent for me so im still learning what my comprehensive opinion on it is.

[Illadelphia]

Thomas Erak, barely any guitarists come close to what this guy can do

[Burn That Shit]

Thomas Erak, barely any guitarists come close to what this guy can do

lol

[aoftbsten]

:ok: Good stuff. I actually know someone whose a big fan. I honestly have no idea why.

Is it this guy by any chance?

http://pomomusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2004/08/Cosby-White-Trash.jpg

[Illadelphia]

lol
Ha you're probably right, maybe not the best of the last decade, but i think he's pretty good

[xJesusFreakx]

well, if we're taking about
1) merely my opinion and not trying to make an effort to objectively examine what has been done in their career
2) just this decade,

then it is UNQUESTIONABLY this guy:
http://themuseinmusic.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/sufjan_stevens.jpg

i dont even KNOW how many instruments this guy plays but its definitely more than can be counted on both hands, and he does things with all of them that i only wish i could do with ONE of mine. it stuns me how he can be minimalistic with them and tug at my heartstrings in a way that makes me worry about my sexuality on Seven Swans, and then turn around and push into overdrive and toss them all into a record like Illinoise but then have 5 different intertwining melodies blending perfectly into 7 minute compositions with 3 different "movements" all segued perfectly into each other. he is a Rachmaninoff of indie-folk. and as if all of this weren't enough, hes hands down my favorite vocalist on top of it all with the most delicate tones and the most distinctive and beautiful falsetto (see: "john wayne gacy jr."... *shudders*) that i know of. sufjan stevens... man no one even comes close to him as a musician as far as im concerned.

I'm not sure how comfortable I am seeing you go off like this on a man who isn't in Radiohead.

[theguy77]

I'm not sure how comfortable I am seeing you go off like this on a man who isn't in Radiohead.

oh believe me sufjan is the ONLY person i listen to who fucking compares lol. after all i do have a sufjan avatar and not a radiohead one, and this thread is asking for single musicians ;-) i couldnt pick any one radiohead member over sufjan but them together is a different fucking animal.

[xJesusFreakx]

oh believe me sufjan is the ONLY person i listen to who fucking compares lol. after all i do have a sufjan avatar and not a radiohead one, and this thread is asking for single musicians ;-) i couldnt pick any one radiohead member over sufjan but them together is a different fucking animal.

What if Sufjan Stephens were to collaborate with Radiohead? Would that collective of awesomeness blow your skull to smithereens?

Oh, and I just thought you quit having a Radiohead avatar because they're cliche.

[theguy77]

What if Sufjan Stephens were to collaborate with Radiohead? Would that collective of awesomeness blow your skull to smithereens?

Oh, and I just thought you quit having a Radiohead avatar because they're cliche.

hellllll no! it's likely OK computer is gonna be my next one hahaha

[murrich]

http://www.pastemagazine.com/images/articles/1116_image_1.jpg

[someboreddude]

Is it this guy by any chance?

http://pomomusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2004/08/Cosby-White-Trash.jpg

Its a girl, but pretty sure shes related to that guy.

[xJesusFreakx]

hellllll no! it's likely OK computer is gonna be my next one hahaha

I can definitely support that choice.

[kemppettyjohn]

im gonna say Conor Oberst. whether its bright eyes,solo,monsters of folk, or desaparecidos... he hasnt disappointed me yet.

the guy is awesome in my opinion

[kemppettyjohn]

Christofer Drew

disgusting

[heroesofthepast]

what the fuck is a musician

[BlackpoolLights]

Overall - Matt Bellamy, though I'm surprised no-one's mentioned John Mayer.

Pop music - Rob Thomas. The man keeps my faith in mainstream pop and rock alive.

[saveferris]

disgusting
He is isn't he?

[IntoTheSun]

well, if we're taking about
1) merely my opinion and not trying to make an effort to objectively examine what has been done in their career
2) just this decade,

then it is UNQUESTIONABLY this guy:
http://themuseinmusic.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/sufjan_stevens.jpg

i dont even KNOW how many instruments this guy plays but its definitely more than can be counted on both hands, and he does things with all of them that i only wish i could do with ONE of mine. it stuns me how he can be minimalistic with them and tug at my heartstrings in a way that makes me worry about my sexuality on Seven Swans, and then turn around and push into overdrive and toss them all into a record like Illinoise but then have 5 different intertwining melodies blending perfectly into 7 minute compositions with 3 different "movements" all segued perfectly into each other. he is a Rachmaninoff of indie-folk. and as if all of this weren't enough, hes hands down my favorite vocalist on top of it all with the most delicate tones and the most distinctive and beautiful falsetto (see: "john wayne gacy jr."... *shudders*) that i know of. sufjan stevens... man no one even comes close to him as a musician as far as im concerned.

yessss! SUCH a kewfbkejufosamazing song.

[MartyrsCasualty]

Christofer Drew
I hope terrible.... terrible things happen to you, your family, and your pets.

[Nourez]

Jesse Lacey, Dallas Green for me at the moment.

Matt Bellamy, Tegan and Sara Quin, Andrew McMahon, and Max Bemis are up there too, but not quite at the top.

[saveferris]

I hope terrible.... terrible things happen to you, your family, and your pets.
hahaha ok. I was definitely kidding. My vote definitely goes to Rob Thomas. Christofer Drew is a pussy.

[kemppettyjohn]

hahaha ok. I was definitely kidding. My vote definitely goes to Rob Thomas. Christofer Drew is a pussy.

dude, rob thomas! nice choice!

and john mayer? he has skills

[TheLoyalVox]

Matthew Bellamy.

[LastDeclaration]

Ehh, I guess I'll be the one to say Jesse Lacey... :shrug:

I was just thinking, it seems like more people on AP bitch about how everyone considers Brand New/Lacey to be music god(s) than there are people on here that actually consider them to be gods. Someone makes a "Brand new is the best band everrrrr!" joke in practically every thread, but I don't really see them being venerated on here often enough to justify it.

Edit: I didn't realize someone else already said Lacey.

[t3hryan]

Just gonna kill it and say either Dan Briggs or John Petrucci.

[Shin Akuma]

Jason Mraz STFU ;)

[aoftbsten]

Its a girl, but pretty sure shes related to that guy.

http://pistonsnationblog.com/images/kidrock021809.jpg

Must be her.

[kearn1tm]

The Rock.

Proof:

2JO9FlBOhhE

[Chris92]

Man this is a tough one...
To narrow my picks down to a few:

Jack White
Daryl Palumbo
Jeff Tweedy
Jesse Lacey
Ben Gibbard

[Debut_Fin]

well, if we're taking about
1) merely my opinion and not trying to make an effort to objectively examine what has been done in their career
2) just this decade,

then it is UNQUESTIONABLY this guy:
http://themuseinmusic.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/sufjan_stevens.jpg

i dont even KNOW how many instruments this guy plays but its definitely more than can be counted on both hands, and he does things with all of them that i only wish i could do with ONE of mine. it stuns me how he can be minimalistic with them and tug at my heartstrings in a way that makes me worry about my sexuality on Seven Swans, and then turn around and push into overdrive and toss them all into a record like Illinoise but then have 5 different intertwining melodies blending perfectly into 7 minute compositions with 3 different "movements" all segued perfectly into each other. he is a Rachmaninoff of indie-folk. and as if all of this weren't enough, hes hands down my favorite vocalist on top of it all with the most delicate tones and the most distinctive and beautiful falsetto (see: "john wayne gacy jr."... *shudders*) that i know of. sufjan stevens... man no one even comes close to him as a musician as far as im concerned.

John Wayne Gacy, Jr. is one of the best songs I've ever heard

[Chris92]

Man this is a tough one...
To narrow my picks down to a few:

Jack White
Daryl Palumbo
Jeff Tweedy
Jesse Lacey
Ben Gibbard
Oh yeah...and maybe John Nolan or Conor Oberst too...
I'm rather indecisive.

[theguy77]

yessss! SUCH a kewfbkejufosamazing song.

words cannot describe, hence why people like you and i resort to sdhjacwlaibg yawtnwhalabtaeghyt when we want to explain ourselves.

[theguy77]

John Wayne Gacy, Jr. is one of the best songs I've ever heard

i feel proud to have learned it on guitar this week :-)

[Nourez]

Ehh, I guess I'll be the one to say Jesse Lacey... :shrug:

I was just thinking, it seems like more people on AP bitch about how everyone considers Brand New/Lacey to be music god(s) than there are people on here that actually consider them to be gods. Someone makes a "Brand new is the best band everrrrr!" joke in practically every thread, but I don't really see them being venerated on here often enough to justify it.

Edit: I didn't realize someone else already said Lacey.
Yeah. The guy with the Jesse Lacey avatar picked Jesse Lacey. ;-)

And yeah, that drives me nuts too.

[IntoTheSun]

words cannot describe, hence why people like you and i resort to sdhjacwlaibg yawtnwhalabtaeghyt when we want to explain ourselves.

exactlykeufjhkewfukj :) The entire song is so haunting. That line though, "And on my best behavior, I am really just like him, look beneath the floorboards for the secrets I have hid." I'm curious to see what your input is on it.

My personal favorite off the album is Casimir Pulaski Day, and coming in for a close second, Palisades.

And weren't you going to tell me what you thought of Seven Swans?

i feel proud to have learned it on guitar this week :-)

:-d

[Debut_Fin]

i feel proud to have learned it on guitar this week :-)

epic shit right there. honestly though, 4 years after hearing it for the first time i still get chills from the last line

"look beneath the floorboards for the secrets i have hid"

that song took balls to write

[oddwithoutend]

http://signalblog.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/344px-Phil_Elverum_green_shirt.jpg

Beat Rick to it.

Love you both.

[Blakebear]

http://signalblog.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/344px-Phil_Elverum_green_shirt.jpg

Beat Rick to it.

This man is in town tonight, but I'm at work :-(

[oddwithoutend]

This man is in town tonight, but I'm at work :-(

Someone clearly doesn't have their priorities in line ;-) .

[RifFir]

Andrew McMahon.

[Blakebear]

Someone clearly doesn't have their priorities in line ;-) .
Well it was either skip my shift and get fired to see the show, or go to work and cry.

Needless to say, I'm drinking my sorrows away.

[bradsonemanband]

owl city, hands down.

[oddwithoutend]

Well it was either skip my shift and get fired to see the show, or go to work and cry.

Needless to say, I'm drinking my sorrows away.

Have you been enjoying Wind's Poem?

[the cinema]

matt bellamy hands down. of course the guitar skills but his piano skills blow my mind. the piano solo in this song says it all:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEenC0WmUug

[ThemChains]

Me and the way I play a man's ass.

[shes.a.ghost]

Some of these are just horrible answers.

[someboreddude]

Ehh, I guess I'll be the one to say Jesse Lacey... :shrug:

I was just thinking, it seems like more people on AP bitch about how everyone considers Brand New/Lacey to be music god(s) than there are people on here that actually consider them to be gods. Someone makes a "Brand new is the best band everrrrr!" joke in practically every thread, but I don't really see them being venerated on here often enough to justify it.

Edit: I didn't realize someone else already said Lacey.

I would have said Jesse, but I didn't wanna be "that guy". Dude is a god in my eyes though. And I had this view before I joined AP

http://pistonsnationblog.com/images/kidrock021809.jpg

Must be her.

Bingo!

[youngz]

will swan

[cookseymusic]

claudio sanchez

[tyramail]

there is no way i could narrow this down, but i would definitely say sufjan is a grand choice.

[cinderandsmoke]

http://signalblog.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/344px-Phil_Elverum_green_shirt.jpg



You are now one of my new favorite posters on AP.


Also, some more from me:
Jesse Lacey. Don't get me started.
Mac McCaughan. I think Superchunk basically uses power chords, but make simple music so absolutely amazing.
The obligatory mention of Jeff Mangum. Even if he's not from this decade, more people listen to his stuff now than they ever did in '98/'99.
Aaron Weiss. Why he isn't making music anymore is beyond me.
Bjork. She's so out there that you can't help but recognize her as one of the most interesting and best musicians out there right now.

[LastDeclaration]

I would have said Jesse, but I didn't wanna be "that guy". Dude is a god in my eyes though. And I had this view before I joined AP



Bingo!

Hahah, yeah, it's like you have to be afraid to even mention liking Brand New in the forums these days, or you're immediately a BN/SA fanboy who sucks Tate's dick and listens to whatever bands he tells you to.

[someboreddude]

Hahah, yeah, it's like you have to be afraid to even mention liking Brand New in the forums these days, or you're immediately a BN/SA fanboy who sucks Tate's dick and listens to whatever bands he tells you to.

Yep. Kinda sad, but I've adapted. Loved BN as long as I've been aware of their existence though.

[WakeUpBlondie]

Nine years has been a long, long time. of the decade? Trey Anastasio (of Phish) hands down.

[cinderandsmoke]

Hahah, yeah, it's like you have to be afraid to even mention liking Brand New in the forums these days, or you're immediately a BN/SA fanboy who sucks Tate's dick and listens to whatever bands he tells you to.

Quoted for truth, my man. Hahaha.

[supersteve7889]

gotta throw Geoff Rickly out there just in terms of pure influence as a musician.

[Formatfun]

First thing I thought of was Jack White, too. He's phenomenal.

[aoftbsten]

I'm a huge Dallas Green fan, so I'd say him, but I don't know really.

[maxvsmaradona]

Oh wait, so Jack White is the best musician because he can drum (dead weather), play guitar and sing?

Uh, Dave Grohl is better.

[Machu505]

Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Sufjan Stevens would have to go into sudden-death for this.

[oddwithoutend]

I want to make it official that I think the answer is Phil Elverum.

[pleasedontpanic]

Sufjan Stevens, Jon Foreman (hate me), Conor Oberst, and Thom Yorke now and forever.

[bard]

owl city, hands down.
hahahahah
You are now one of my new favorite posters on AP.


Also, some more from me:
Jesse Lacey. Don't get me started.
Mac McCaughan. I think Superchunk basically uses power chords, but make simple music so absolutely amazing.
The obligatory mention of Jeff Mangum. Even if he's not from this decade, more people listen to his stuff now than they ever did in '98/'99.
Aaron Weiss. Why he isn't making music anymore is beyond me.
Bjork. She's so out there that you can't help but recognize her as one of the most interesting and best musicians out there right now.
what do you mean?

[kearn1tm]

You are now one of my new favorite posters on AP.

Breiwer is no one's favorite poster. He's a perpetual "eh, you're around" poster. I suppose an argument could be made for "he's my seventh favorite poster on those days Ryan is particularly whiny."

Yeah, our dear Cellyr will forever be a perpetual "lower top ten" performer. I mean, he's like Diet Todd, when Todd is here, typing in third person, and scoring bleeding heart liberal cred with you middle-class fucks by being gay and Canadian (universal health care/Parliamentary Democracy/blabidy blooo/Michael Moore makes a documentary and attempts of classify us all as naive pacifists and you all make a collective "awww").

See, you already forgot about him while reading that elongated, self-congratulatory piece of textual masturbation!

I want to make it official that I think the answer is Rocky "The Rock" Maivia.

Interesting.

[kearn1tm]

Greatest Posters of the Decade:

Probably Vinh (playing it cool with the "probably" because, you know, he needs to keep that goddamn ego in check!)
but seriously, it's Vinh
Not brYan
Notice the lack of brYan on this list
Myself, because I am great (and frankly, deserving of the top spot)
Dwayne "The Rock, Rocky Maivia, Samoan Samson" Johnson
The elbow pad The Rock would haphazardly throw to the fans before performing the most electrifying move in sports entertainment, The People's Elbow (which involved [for those of you who weren't cool in the late '90s] dancing like a Down's Syndrome sufferer, leaping over a fallen wrestler, extending his arms like he's having a seizure, then, after years, nailing a sloppy elbow drop that the opponent has to sell like he's just been shot).
Phil Elvira (without the "Phil." She posts here all the time and is much cooler than some lame Microchords album or whatever)
brYan who?
Ryan. Yes, even Ryan makes this list above Briewer (but only to spite him, otherwise, I want nothing to do with Kid Indie and his "Baby's First Indie Record" taste!)

[Kill_the_radio]

Doug Martsch BITCHES!

[xidreamofyou32x]

Andrew McMahon

Andrew McMahon.

I agree

[NaiveMelody]

I'm going with Britt Daniel. Everyone Spoon album this decade has been consistently great and each one has it's own unique style yet never loses that Spoon sound.

[WARPEDorlando09]

I agree
me too! him or craig owens

[awakeohsleeper]

awesome post explaining what i try to explain to others about him.

if you mean Omar Rodriguez Lopez, then..... i don't know. he's made three gerat albums and one great EP, but in the last 3 or so years, he's fallen off big time.


overall musician, i'd pick sufjan stevens.

who means the most to me in the last decade? aaron weiss. hands down.
Hooray for Aaron Weiss. I was hoping he'd get a mention.

[Metal Now]

well, if we're taking about
1) merely my opinion and not trying to make an effort to objectively examine what has been done in their career
2) just this decade,

then it is UNQUESTIONABLY this guy:
http://themuseinmusic.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/sufjan_stevens.jpg

i dont even KNOW how many instruments this guy plays but its definitely more than can be counted on both hands, and he does things with all of them that i only wish i could do with ONE of mine. it stuns me how he can be minimalistic with them and tug at my heartstrings in a way that makes me worry about my sexuality on Seven Swans, and then turn around and push into overdrive and toss them all into a record like Illinoise but then have 5 different intertwining melodies blending perfectly into 7 minute compositions with 3 different "movements" all segued perfectly into each other. he is a Rachmaninoff of indie-folk. and as if all of this weren't enough, hes hands down my favorite vocalist on top of it all with the most delicate tones and the most distinctive and beautiful falsetto (see: "john wayne gacy jr."... *shudders*) that i know of. sufjan stevens... man no one even comes close to him as a musician as far as im concerned.

That + his epic outfits = decade.

[cinderandsmoke]

hahahahah

what do you mean?

I mean mewithoutYou has been hiatus for a few months and he hasn't announced any new projects yet, leading me to believe that he won't be making any music any time soon. Probably living in the woods somewhere right now, haha.

[wtfTouchMyBalls]

Women-wise, I completely agree with you, she's extremely talented.

hey what is your avatar? i've started to see it around a lot lately.

[TheDemosRock]

i vote for jack white

[PatrickRitchie]

I'm way too tired to think and explain my choice.

But I'll say it's Omar for me.

[AlternateToLife]

I'd have to go with

Sufjan Stevens
Ben Gibbard
Thom Yorke


But those are more favorites than best.

[11:11]

dude, rob thomas! nice choice!

and john mayer? he has skills
We have a winner.

[AlternateToLife]

Ooo John Mayer I should have thought of John Mayer. Him too.

[honkyg88]

Oh wait, so Jack White is the best musician because he can drum (dead weather), play guitar and sing?

Uh, Dave Grohl is better.
Not to be a dick, but he plays piano too.

[ate_teenfourevr]

jack white and matt bellamy hands down.

john mayer is amazing at what he does... i mean you dont have to like his music at all, but when BB king says he is amazing, it is true

[beazer32]

Sufjan Stevens
John Mayer
Ben Gibbard

[richter915]

Paul Waggoner

[Nettn07]

My vote went to Jack White earlier, but I have to add John Mayer. He's got serious skills, and makes awesome music.

[bard]

I mean mewithoutYou has been hiatus for a few months and he hasn't announced any new projects yet, leading me to believe that he won't be making any music any time soon. Probably living in the woods somewhere right now, haha.
ummm... they just released an album in May and did a huge tour to support it. i'm sure they're just taking a breather after a lot of hard work.

have you not heard it or something?

[pleasedontask]

I don't listen to good muscians.

[SophGod]

i always forget how great john mayer is.

[maxvsmaradona]

Not to be a dick, but he plays piano too.

Jack white plays piano? Oh no way! He's still not the greatest musician of the decade. Not by a long shot.

[briewer]

Breiwer is no one's favorite poster. He's a perpetual "eh, you're around" poster. I suppose an argument could be made for "he's my seventh favorite poster on those days Ryan is particularly whiny."

Yeah, our dear Cellyr will forever be a perpetual "lower top ten" performer. I mean, he's like Diet Todd, when Todd is here, typing in third person, and scoring bleeding heart liberal cred with you middle-class fucks by being gay and Canadian (universal health care/Parliamentary Democracy/blabidy blooo/Michael Moore makes a documentary and attempts of classify us all as naive pacifists and you all make a collective "awww").

See, you already forgot about him while reading that elongated, self-congratulatory piece of textual masturbation!

Greatest Posters of the Decade:

Probably Vinh (playing it cool with the "probably" because, you know, he needs to keep that goddamn ego in check!)
but seriously, it's Vinh
Not brYan
Notice the lack of brYan on this list
Myself, because I am great (and frankly, deserving of the top spot)
Dwayne "The Rock, Rocky Maivia, Samoan Samson" Johnson
The elbow pad The Rock would haphazardly throw to the fans before performing the most electrifying move in sports entertainment, The People's Elbow (which involved [for those of you who weren't cool in the late '90s] dancing like a Down's Syndrome sufferer, leaping over a fallen wrestler, extending his arms like he's having a seizure, then, after years, nailing a sloppy elbow drop that the opponent has to sell like he's just been shot).
Phil Elvira (without the "Phil." She posts here all the time and is much cooler than some lame Microchords album or whatever)
brYan who?
Ryan. Yes, even Ryan makes this list above Briewer (but only to spite him, otherwise, I want nothing to do with Kid Indie and his "Baby's First Indie Record" taste!)
For someone who claims to not care about me, you spend an awful lot of time caring about me.

[xJesusFreakx]

Jack white plays piano? Oh no way! He's still not the greatest musician of the decade. Not by a long shot.

Yeah, that distinction totally goes to P.O.S.

[kearn1tm]

For someone who claims to not care about me, you spend an awful lot of time caring about me.

Who?

[briewer]

Who?
Vinh. He's right at the top of the list, but you never talk about him.

(My soul! It hurts!)

[Theseventhson]

http://www.themonroetransfer.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/thom-yorke2.jpg

http://misspeakmusic.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/sufjan-stevens.jpg

[RecklessXRandy]

I think it's John Mayer. I envy his ability to play guitar so well and sing at the same time.

[Neo Cassady]

well, if we're taking about
1) merely my opinion and not trying to make an effort to objectively examine what has been done in their career
2) just this decade,

then it is UNQUESTIONABLY this guy:
http://themuseinmusic.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/sufjan_stevens.jpg

i dont even KNOW how many instruments this guy plays but its definitely more than can be counted on both hands, and he does things with all of them that i only wish i could do with ONE of mine. it stuns me how he can be minimalistic with them and tug at my heartstrings in a way that makes me worry about my sexuality on Seven Swans, and then turn around and push into overdrive and toss them all into a record like Illinoise but then have 5 different intertwining melodies blending perfectly into 7 minute compositions with 3 different "movements" all segued perfectly into each other. he is a Rachmaninoff of indie-folk. and as if all of this weren't enough, hes hands down my favorite vocalist on top of it all with the most delicate tones and the most distinctive and beautiful falsetto (see: "john wayne gacy jr."... *shudders*) that i know of. sufjan stevens... man no one even comes close to him as a musician as far as im concerned.

I came into this thread to say Sufjan, but there's no way I could express my reasons any better than this. The man is phenomenal.

[play.tragic]

conor oberst.
andrew mcmahon is a close second.

[yellowhouse]

Omar Rodriguez-Lopez or Chris Pennie.

[yellowhouse]

I don't listen to good muscians.

..............

[L.G. FUAD101]

Butch Walker is definitely the best, or Andrew McMahon.

[wroteurname]

Ehh, I guess I'll be the one to say Jesse Lacey... :shrug:

I was just thinking, it seems like more people on AP bitch about how everyone considers Brand New/Lacey to be music god(s) than there are people on here that actually consider them to be gods. Someone makes a "Brand new is the best band everrrrr!" joke in practically every thread, but I don't really see them being venerated on here often enough to justify it.

Edit: I didn't realize someone else already said Lacey.

I've been preachin that for years.

[theguy77]

hahahaha sufjan stevens SO wins this thread

[theguy77]

Greatest Posters of the Decade:
Probably Vinh (playing it cool with the "probably" because, you know, he needs to keep that goddamn ego in check!)
but seriously, it's Vinh
Not brYan
Notice the lack of brYan on this list
Myself, because I am great (and frankly, deserving of the top spot)
Dwayne "The Rock, Rocky Maivia, Samoan Samson" Johnson
The elbow pad The Rock would haphazardly throw to the fans before performing the most electrifying move in sports entertainment, The People's Elbow (which involved [for those of you who weren't cool in the late '90s] dancing like a Down's Syndrome sufferer, leaping over a fallen wrestler, extending his arms like he's having a seizure, then, after years, nailing a sloppy elbow drop that the opponent has to sell like he's just been shot).
Phil Elvira (without the "Phil." She posts here all the time and is much cooler than some lame Microchords album or whatever)
brYan who?
Ryan. Yes, even Ryan makes this list above Briewer (but only to spite him, otherwise, I want nothing to do with Kid Indie and his "Baby's First Indie Record" taste!)

come on, tell them the REAL reason. you're just mad cause the FCC mandated affirmative action in this list. you should have posted this during safe harbor hours.

/secretly proud that todd gave his little black adopted brother more credit than his scientific clone

[pennie]

I thought we all agreed it was John Nolan ? :shrug:

[Pat k]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ghejKpHMtJI/SZXrbIMEtQI/AAAAAAAAADw/RRBGutUf8Bs/s400/panda+bear.jpg
http://www.mtv.com/bands/s/saves_the_day/flipbook_04_04/images/13v.jpg

http://blogs.suntimes.com/sportsprose/owen.jpg

But really, it's these two guys.
http://www.bumpershine.com/wp-images/posts/bryce_aaron_bam.jpg

[Pat k]

http://www.justonestar.com/antnew.png

[Tommy Gun]

My vote is for Jonas, best known for writing the newly discovered Beatles album "Everyday Chemistry"

http://www.thebeatlesneverbrokeup.com/images/stories/cassette.jpg

lulz.

[joeag1985]

Without a doubt...

http://himynameismaren.files.wordpress.com /2008/06/m80-foofighters_dave-grohl_a5kn1.jpg

[StreetSpirit76]

http://www.justonestar.com/antnew.png
Best candidate I've seen so far.

[StreetSpirit76]

Tom Waits.
I take it back. Depending on what you mean by "of the decade", this is.

[wroteurname]

Kevin Barnes- of Montreal
Tim Kasher- Cursive, The Good Life, etc

[yellowhouse]

I change my mind.

I still say Omar, but replace Chris Pennie with Zach Hill.

[only the clouds]

http://www.justonestar.com/antnew.pngGood point.
I'd also like to throw Cody Bonnette's name out there. Other than that, all that's coming to mind are bands instead of individual musicians.

[briewer]

come on, tell them the REAL reason. you're just mad cause the FCC mandated affirmative action in this list. you should have posted this during safe harbor hours.

/secretly proud that todd gave his little black adopted brother more credit than his scientific clone
lollll.

[bernie16wb]

http://www.rockeweb.com/elliottsmith2.jpg

He was still making music in this decade. And his shirt is rad as fuck.

[Thomas Nassiff]

Bruce Springsteen. Came out with The Rising after the 9/11 attacks, then stopped playing with the E Street Band, did Devils and Dust solo and The Seeger Sessions with a huge band, then came back and released Magic and Working on A Dream with the E Street Band. And did world tours for every release. The guy has worked tirelessly this entire decade and he just turned 60. At this age he's having a lot more output than most good musicians do at their prime. How quickly he releasd Magic and Working on A Dream back to back is incredible.

[-ben]

I want to say Dustin Kensrue, but Thrice is a whole entity.


NO NO NO NO NO. Chris Carrabba. What a machine.

[briewer]

Oh, and kudos on the Hegarty mention, guy.

[wroteurname]

uhhhhhhhh

edit: at Christopher "the Machine" Carrabba.

[kearn1tm]

come on, tell them the REAL reason. you're just mad cause the FCC mandated affirmative action in this list. you should have posted this during safe harbor hours.

/secretly proud that todd gave his little black adopted brother more credit than his scientific clone

You're black? I have never heard you talk about this

/I can say that, having never talked about being gay

[kearn1tm]

Best candidate I've seen so far.

You clearly missed this post: http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?p=56981901#post56981 901

[briewer]

uhhhhhhhh

edit: at Christopher "the Machine" Carrabba.
YOUR HAIR IS EVERYWHERE!
SCREAMING INFIDELITIES!
AND SOMETHING SOMETHING SOMETHING!

x

[StreetSpirit76]

You clearly missed this post: http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?p=56981901#post56981 901
My mistake.

vPVB1COw0Gs

/thread

[Freeman/]

i got to go with McMahon on this one...

listening to the new EP while writing this post :D

[StreetSpirit76]

i got to go with McMahon on this one...
Vince?
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee72/mugzy_bra/vince-mcmahon-1.jpg

[honkyg88]

The Rock.

Proof:

2JO9FlBOhhE

My mistake.

vPVB1COw0Gs

/thread

Damn, The Rock is the man. The Cleveland sucks thing is true too, he's almost like a prophet.

[c_rob2700]

Some of the posts in this thread hurt me like a knife to the chest.

EDIT: Probably not the best thing to say with Elliott Smith being mentioned a page back

[Theseventhson]

Some of the posts in this thread hurt me like a knife to the chest.

EDIT: Probably not the best thing to say with Elliott Smith being mentioned a page back

I lol'd.

[wroteurname]

YOUR HAIR IS EVERYWHERE!
SCREAMING INFIDELITIES!
AND SOMETHING SOMETHING SOMETHING!

x

We're not allowed to agree on things gtfo.

[kearn1tm]

My mistake.

vPVB1COw0Gs

/thread

This is what I was trying to say!

Vince?
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee72/mugzy_bra/vince-mcmahon-1.jpg

Give this kid the internet. Not an award. Not a "you win the thread." Seriously. Here's the internet. Have fun.

[pennie]

Vince?
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee72/mugzy_bra/vince-mcmahon-1.jpg

Shane?
http://www.obsessedwithwrestling.com/pictures/s/shanemcmahon/12.jpg

[wroteurname]

Some of the posts in this thread hurt me like a knife to the chest.

EDIT: Probably not the best thing to say with Elliott Smith being mentioned a page back

oof, too soon?

[cubine]

Okay, I'm opening this one up to discussion. I want to know what people here on AP think about their favorite musicians, and why. For this decade, there have been many extremely talented and diverse musicians on the scene, it's been great. So let's open up the discussion and see who thinks what.

My candidate for greatest musician of the decade:
Jack White (White Stripes, Raconteurs, Dead Weather, solo projects, etc.)

And yours are...?

I was actually going to bring up Jack White as a possibility when I saw the title.

Travis Barker is pretty high up there too, although he's been around much longer.

Both have worked on SO many projects and both are pretty prolific musicians. Jack isn't a hyper-technical guitar player or incredible singer but all of his stuff sounds so modern but also very 70s, and he succesfully fuses multiple genres in a way I hadn't heard prior to the White Stripes.

Travis Barker is a total innovator in punk rock drumming and is practically a chameleon when he needs to be, he can pull off anything but still do it in a uniquely Barker fashion. My personal theory as to why he maintains this signature in his playing is that he rarely ever falls into straight ahead 4/4 rock. He's always playing in double time, half time, inverting 1 and 2, implementing toms and cymbals in different ways, or something outside of the boundaries of "boom crack boomboom crack."

[kearn1tm]

Shane?
http://www.obsessedwithwrestling.com/pictures/s/shanemcmahon/12.jpg

Cn8BfAWP2w4&feature=PlayList&p=9AB3CA3AF37318C6&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=52

[kearn1tm]

Some of the posts in this thread hurt me like a knife to the chest.

EDIT: Probably not the best thing to say with Elliott Smith being mentioned a page back

Would you say it hurt like a People's Elbow to the chest?

[c_rob2700]

I'd say it hurts like the tooth, because everyone knows

http://www.shockya.com/news/wp-content/uploads/tooth_fairy_poster_the_rock.jpg

[mmmmmpoetry]

http://www.rockeweb.com/elliottsmith2.jpg

He was still making music in this decade. And his shirt is rad as fuck.

Plus he's the greatest songwriter in the past thirty years so. IMO.

[theguy77]

Plus he's the greatest songwriter in the past thirty years so. IMO.

not a chance. i give him lots of credit for XO but so far ive yet to find another album by him that i think is worthy of elevation to a status of major importance.

[theguy77]

I was actually going to bring up Jack White as a possibility when I saw the title.

Travis Barker is pretty high up there too, although he's been around much longer.

Both have worked on SO many projects and both are pretty prolific musicians. Jack isn't a hyper-technical guitar player or incredible singer but all of his stuff sounds so modern but also very 70s, and he succesfully fuses multiple genres in a way I hadn't heard prior to the White Stripes.

Travis Barker is a total innovator in punk rock drumming and is practically a chameleon when he needs to be, he can pull off anything but still do it in a uniquely Barker fashion. My personal theory as to why he maintains this signature in his playing is that he rarely ever falls into straight ahead 4/4 rock. He's always playing in double time, half time, inverting 1 and 2, implementing toms and cymbals in different ways, or something outside of the boundaries of "boom crack boomboom crack."

haha barker is given so much more credit that he deserves, seriously. watch a drum corps performance and you will realize that barker is only scratching the surface of all the ridiculous things that can be done rhythmically that you never hear in rock music.

oh and by the way, double time, half time, and inverting 1 and 2 are all things that are done without changing the 4/4 time signature. the first two have to do with what rhythmic interval notes you're playing in while the latter has to do with accenting, neither one changes the count in any capacity. i cant remember a blink 182 song ever written in any other time signature.

[wendjiqn]

Very hard question. If we were talking about the '90's, the answer would be easy. This is gonna take some thought.

[mmmmmpoetry]

not a chance. i give him lots of credit for XO but so far ive yet to find another album by him that i think is worthy of elevation to a status of major importance.
You're a fool. That's not even his best record. He is just tremendous and a musical genius.

[HoldThatSound]

what the fuck is a musician
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/musician

[theguy77]

You're a fool. That's not even his best record. He is just tremendous and a musical genius.

you're being hyperbolic and saying hes better than everyone in the past 30 years and you call me a fool. thank you for contributing to my reasoning for why lack of music exposure on this site leads to ignorance.

[GuitarR0cker1]

not a chance. i give him lots of credit for XO but so far ive yet to find another album by him that i think is worthy of elevation to a status of major importance.
You also think that Kevin Devine is better lyricist. Your opinion is invalid. :-p

[GuitarR0cker1]

I'd say it hurts like the tooth, because everyone knows

http://www.shockya.com/news/wp-content/uploads/tooth_fairy_poster_the_rock.jpg
That's going to be my film of the year for sure.

[mmmmmpoetry]

you're being hyperbolic and saying hes better than everyone in the past 30 years and you call me a fool. thank you for contributing to my reasoning for why lack of music exposure on this site leads to ignorance.

Yeah, right.. Of course it's a hyperbole, but in my opinion no one can write a song like that man. I don't think I have a lack of musical exposure and you shouldn't assume so. I have a grand range of music. Grand I say.

[theguy77]

You also think that Kevin Devine is better lyricist. Your opinion is invalid. :-p

elliott smith was a druggie for his entire career and never once has he written a better song about it than this:

Tonight I'm posed and popping like a peacock
I'm pressing flesh, I'm smiling big, my spinning head sings "Stop, just stop"
Cause what used to calm me down
Just rips my life to ribbons now
So I keep smiling, I find my window and quick cut out

These days my hangman's hunger makes my gut kick
My sleeping mind, could map it blind
A flask, a key, a bag, a fifth
I try to will myself away
While shouting habits plead their case
So when the sun sears through my eyes
My beggar's brain can't compromise
I splash cold water, I draw the curtains, I stay inside

And I can't say that it's a sickness, more like a stranger I ask in
And later realize, was a strangler
Slipping nooses in my den
But I was lonely so I asked him, "Would you tie that one on me?"
It wasn't his fault, I was eager, and I was weak

So as I inch towards resolution
Yea I'm not sure which life feels right
A narrow noose or the wading water
The hanging head, sore open eyes
My brother Michael he went one way
And at the fork I heard him say
"Don't you follow, don't go making my mistakes"
And I realized what he meant
Don't kill yourself to raise the dead
It never works you'll only end up joining them

[GuitarR0cker1]

Oh and to answer the thread's question, I'd have to go with Sufjan Stevens. I'm sure his name has already been mentioned quite a few times though.

[theguy77]

Oh and to answer the thread's question, I'd have to go with Sufjan Stevens. I'm sure his name has already been mentioned quite a few times though.

haha hes the most mentioned in this thread AND GUESS WHO SAID HIM FIRST?? BOO YAH.

[timb89]

well, if we're taking about
1) merely my opinion and not trying to make an effort to objectively examine what has been done in their career
2) just this decade,

then it is UNQUESTIONABLY this guy:
http://themuseinmusic.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/sufjan_stevens.jpg

i dont even KNOW how many instruments this guy plays but its definitely more than can be counted on both hands, and he does things with all of them that i only wish i could do with ONE of mine. it stuns me how he can be minimalistic with them and tug at my heartstrings in a way that makes me worry about my sexuality on Seven Swans, and then turn around and push into overdrive and toss them all into a record like Illinoise but then have 5 different intertwining melodies blending perfectly into 7 minute compositions with 3 different "movements" all segued perfectly into each other. he is a Rachmaninoff of indie-folk. and as if all of this weren't enough, hes hands down my favorite vocalist on top of it all with the most delicate tones and the most distinctive and beautiful falsetto (see: "john wayne gacy jr."... *shudders*) that i know of. sufjan stevens... man no one even comes close to him as a musician as far as im concerned.

agreed.

[theguy77]

im gonna go back and count how many times sufjan's been nominated

[Burn That Shit]

I un-nominate him. So you have to take one of the nominations away. Rules are rules.

[theguy77]

I un-nominate him. So you have to take one of the nominations away. Rules are rules.

okay so that brings us down from 13 to 12. still of all the million artists out there, he's got like 20% of the nominations in this thread. he wins. you lewze.

[dancelukedance]

Girls like status - The hold steady

[Burn That Shit]

okay so that brings us down from 13 to 12. still of all the million artists out there, he's got like 20% of the nominations in this thread. he wins. you lewze.

Nuh uh, Mark Hoppus is going to post a link to this in his twitter "Great Musician of the Decade? GET ON IT!", and then we'll finally get a fair, non-bias opinion.

[theguy77]

Nuh uh, Mark Hoppus is going to post a link to this in his twitter "Great Musician of the Decade? GET ON IT!", and then we'll finally get a fair, non-bias opinion.

hahaha like those shitty poll threads. that jack dude from all time low was such a cunt.

[heroesofthepast]

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/musician
thanks

[maxvsmaradona]

I vote Sufjan.

[theguy77]

BOOM BACK UP TO 13

x

[wendjiqn]

I'm listening to Sufjan for the first time ever right now and I am really really impressed. Dude has an AWESOME voice.

[theguy77]

I'm listening to Sufjan for the first time ever right now and I am really really impressed. Dude has an AWESOME voice.

OMG DOESNT HE? which album are you listening to?

[wendjiqn]

OMG DOESNT HE? which album are you listening to?
your avatar good sir. i'm about halfway through, really liking it.

[Burn That Shit]

OMG DOESNT HE? which album are you listening to?

Haha, when I read that I just started laughing.

/completelyirrelevant

[theguy77]

your avatar good sir. i'm about halfway through, really liking it.

haha same here! this thread spurred me to listen to it again immediately. hes about to reach spot #8 on my last.fm, passing people who had like 2 years longer than him to get there.

any songs in particular that stood out to you so far?

[theguy77]

Haha, when I read that I just started laughing.

/completelyirrelevant

dude i am a little girl for sufjan hahaha hes #1 on my "would go gay for" list

[kearn1tm]

I'd say it hurts like the tooth, because everyone knows

http://www.shockya.com/news/wp-content/uploads/tooth_fairy_poster_the_rock.jpg

I refuse to acknowledge this.

http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/images/reviews/76/1212354417_2.jpg

That's better.

[wendjiqn]

haha same here! this thread spurred me to listen to it again immediately. hes about to reach spot #8 on my last.fm, passing people who had like 2 years longer than him to get there.

any songs in particular that stood out to you so far?
definitely "John Wayne Gacy Jr." "Jacksonville" and "Chicago"

[kearn1tm]

elliott smith was a druggie for his entire career and never once has he written a better song about it than this:

Cupid's Trick says everything that tries to much more succinctly. Also, there's multiple tracks on Damien Jurado's Ghost of David album about drug addiction that blows those lyrics away. Admittedly, I've not listened to much Divine, but I haven't really cared for what I've heard.

[Burn That Shit]

dude i am a little girl for sufjan hahaha hes #1 on my "would go gay for" list

I really need to catch up on my lists, I don't even have a "would go gay for" list, and I feel like that's a mandatory list that everyone should have. No longer would there be an awkward pause in conversation if I had a list like that, that could easily fill 10 minutes of small talk.

[kearn1tm]

Oh you guys and your trivializing sexuality. Boys will be boys!

I feel like I should add a smiley to show it's a joke, but fuck smileys. They're obnoxious.

[theguy77]

Cupid's Trick says everything that tries to much more succinctly. Also, there's multiple tracks on Damien Jurado's Ghost of David album about drug addiction that blows those lyrics away. Admittedly, I've not listened to much Divine, but I haven't really cared for what I've heard.

yeah, my love for kevdev lingers on even as my love for brand new starts to fade now that they sound less like scene-sensible sonic youth and more like rage against the machine on steroids. kevin may not have the most unique perspectives but the way he phrases himself is something ive always been such a fan of. even in interviews, hes composed and very circumspect, im surprised at what insight he usually has to offer on the fly.

[theguy77]

Oh you guys and your trivializing sexuality. Boys will be boys!

I feel like I should add a smiley to show it's a joke, but fuck smileys. They're obnoxious.

you're #3 or #4 on that list

[kearn1tm]

yeah, my love for kevdev lingers on even as my love for brand new starts to fade now that they sound less like scene-sensible sonic youth and more like rage against the machine on steroids.

Like everyone else on this board, I was sweet on Brand New in the day, and I picked up Daisy out of curiosity but haven't gotten around to spinning it yet. Is that what they sound like now? I mean, that kinda sounds...I don't know, but I want to hear it.

kevin may not have the most unique perspectives but the way he phrases himself is something ive always been such a fan of. even in interviews, hes composed and very circumspect, im surprised at what insight he usually has to offer on the fly.

It's all about preference, but in an interview concerning Cupid's Trick, Smith claims that he woke up from a rough, drug-induced night and just wrote the song, and when he looked over it sober, was shocked because he hadn't recalled writing it. It's an amusing little anecdote that frames the song. It's not a brilliant track by any means, but I enjoy it and it's certainly an impressive commentary on Smith's addictions wrapped neatly an a somewhat cryptic account of an event we may or may not know of. I enjoy it much more than the lyrics you posted. Again, it's about preference.

I do recommend Ghost of David, though. It's Jurado at his most bare and candid. He's a fantastic storyteller. I suspect you'd enjoy his work.

[kearn1tm]

you're #3 or #4 on that list

Naturally. I'm adorable (everyone, look at my pics and try not to touch yourselves!).

[xJesusFreakx]

Like everyone else on this board, I was sweet on Brand New in the day, and I picked up Daisy out of curiosity but haven't gotten around to spinning it yet. Is that what they sound like now? I mean, that kinda sounds...I don't know, but I want to hear it.

I'd probably compare it more so to In Utero. The musical influences are broader than that, but that's the general vibe I get from it. The album was mixed by Dave Sardy, so that's probably the primary reason for the RATM comparison.

[EndSerenading]

No question for me.

Omar Rodriguez Lopez.

-At the Drive In (their best and defining record came in 2000)
-De Facto (3 great albums and an EP)
-The Mars Volta (5 great LPs, 2 of which are in my top 20 of the decade)
-14+ solo albums this decade
-Guest appearances ranging from artists and styles like red hot chili peppers to Erykah Badu

The list of people I even considered choosing instead of him is VERY short.

[theguy77]

Like everyone else on this board, I was sweet on Brand New in the day, and I picked up Daisy out of curiosity but haven't gotten around to spinning it yet. Is that what they sound like now? I mean, that kinda sounds...I don't know, but I want to hear it.

well, if you're into comedy, specifically of the unintended kind, it's a good album.

example of jesse's lyrics now: "down like a clown in the second round"
so now he's taken his obvious mangum aping prowess and directed it into subversive topics such as erectile dysfunction. pure genius.

It's all about preference, but in an interview concerning Cupid's Trick, Smith claims that he woke up from a rough, drug-induced night and just wrote the song, and when he looked over it sober, was shocked because he hadn't recalled writing it. It's an amusing little anecdote that frames the song. It's not a brilliant track by any means, but I enjoy it and it's certainly an impressive commentary on Smith's addictions wrapped neatly an a somewhat cryptic account of an event we may or may not know of. I enjoy it much more than the lyrics you posted. Again, it's about preference.
yeah, in a lot of cases its kevin's self-awareness that gets me -- comparing it to a stranger he invited into his house as opposed to a sickness, basically un-victimizes himself to the crowd and lets them know he has nothing to blame but his own weak attempts to escape from his issues. he did a similar thing in an older song of his, "ballgame", and thats always been so endearing. not to mention the 50 cent metaphor in the end capping off a pathological, heart-tugging reference to his brother. kevin's lyrical appeal is one that i appreciate emotionally much more than intellectually.

I do recommend Ghost of David, though. It's Jurado at his most bare and candid. He's a fantastic storyteller. I suspect you'd enjoy his work.
ah yeah you've recommended jurado before. my buddy played him on our radio show and i liked what i'd heard. im gonna have to give this a listen soon.

[wheniflysolo]

everyone from brokencyde. duh

[briewer]

The Briewer addendum to Godwin's Law once again holds true.

[kearn1tm]

The Briewer addendum to Godwin's Law once again holds true.

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[IntoTheSun]

well, if you're into comedy, specifically of the unintended kind, it's a good album.

example of jesse's lyrics now: "down like a clown in the second round"
so now he's taken his obvious mangum aping prowess and directed it into subversive topics such as erectile dysfunction. pure genius.

As much as I disagree with you on Daisy, that's got to be one of the funniest things I've read all day.

[briewer]

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Read up on your facts, fool:

http://absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?p=56609141#post56609 141

[kearn1tm]

Read up on your facts, fool:

http://absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?p=56609141#post56609 141

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[briewer]

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Addendum #2: The longer a discussion goes on, the probability of Todd making some reference to professional wrestling approaches one.

[theguy77]

As much as I disagree with you on Daisy, that's got to be one of the funniest things I've read all day.

but we agree on sufjan :highfive: so you get to be a cool poster in my books :-)

[MyWorldEntire]

One of these two:

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/24619987.jpg

[cubine]

haha barker is given so much more credit that he deserves, seriously. watch a drum corps performance and you will realize that barker is only scratching the surface of all the ridiculous things that can be done rhythmically that you never hear in rock music.

oh and by the way, double time, half time, and inverting 1 and 2 are all things that are done without changing the 4/4 time signature. the first two have to do with what rhythmic interval notes you're playing in while the latter has to do with accenting, neither one changes the count in any capacity. i cant remember a blink 182 song ever written in any other time signature.

Well no shit Sherlock, a DCI caliber group is going to be more technical than a punk rock drummer, congratu-fucking-lations on that genius observation.

I have no illusions that double time, half time, or inversion of any beats actually change the time signature, when I referred to "4/4 rock" I was talking about the generic kick on 1 and 3, snare on 2 and 4.

I never said anything about Barker being some kind of technical mastermind, my point is that he's extraordinarily good at complimenting the structure and flow of a song and making everything he plays ultra high-energy.

[theguy77]

Well no shit Sherlock, a DCI caliber group is going to be more technical than a punk rock drummer, congratu-fucking-lations on that genius observation.

I have no illusions that double time, half time, or inversion of any beats actually change the time signature, when I referred to "4/4 rock" I was talking about the generic kick on 1 and 3, snare on 2 and 4.

I never said anything about Barker being some kind of technical mastermind, my point is that he's extraordinarily good at complimenting the structure and flow of a song and making everything he plays ultra high-energy.

well my argument is that its nowhere nearly enough to rank him as a top musician of the decade. i'd put dave matthews band's drummer over him 7 times over and i dont even like dave matthews band.

[cubine]

Carter Beauford? Yeah he's got chops. I can't say I like the band either but he definitely has chops.

[theguy77]

One of these two:

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/24619987.jpg

oh hey thanks for the boner dude.

haha i wonder which one of them is the mastermind behind the brilliant chord progressions radiohead uses on half their songs. seriously how the fuck do you come up with the basis for a song like paranoid android? i could never write something that inventive with its cadences and modulation and sadfjakddhnjhablg

[IntoTheSun]

oh hey thanks for the boner dude.

haha i wonder which one of them is the mastermind behind the brilliant chord progressions radiohead uses on half their songs. seriously how the fuck do you come up with the basis for a song like paranoid android? i could never write something that inventive with its cadences and modulation and sadfjakddhnjhablg

Another +1 haha! Paranoid Android is sooo deliciously good. I have a bunch of their live performances for it bookmarked on youtubezz.

but we agree on sufjan :highfive: so you get to be a cool poster in my books :-)

Aww, yay, it's suprising how well loved I feel here after barely a month /ego boost.

Speaking of which, I listened to YFW for the first time today (suprise, suprise). Some of the songs made me all warm and fuzzy inside and others bored me to tears. There were some major moments of brain malfunction due to headdesking.

[MyWorldEntire]

oh hey thanks for the boner dude.

haha i wonder which one of them is the mastermind behind the brilliant chord progressions radiohead uses on half their songs. seriously how the fuck do you come up with the basis for a song like paranoid android? i could never write something that inventive with its cadences and modulation and sadfjakddhnjhablg

Paranoid Android is pretty fucking mind blowing. It competes with How To Disappear Completely as my favorite song from the band.

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[briewer]

Aww, yay, it's suprising how well loved I feel here after barely a month /ego boost.
You gave me shit about liking The Bends more than OK Computer. Fuck you. jk.

[theguy77]

You gave me shit about liking The Bends more than OK Computer. Fuck you. jk.

i shit on your face and give you 5 years of acne for that. saying the bends is better than OK computer is like saying deja entendu is better than OK computer. :-p

[briewer]

i shit on your face and give you 5 years of acne for that. saying the bends is better than OK computer is like saying deja entendu is better than OK computer. :-p
I said "liked more", not "better". And I never had acne as a kid so suck on that.

[maxvsmaradona]

The Bends is better than OK Computer.

[IntoTheSun]

lol@ this conversation.

[xJesusFreakx]

The Bends is better than OK Computer.

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[maxvsmaradona]

This thread should be done by now. We all know Evan/tachyonpython is the best musician of the decade. He plays like 10 instruments, has a trance side project, and knows the didgeridoo for Christ's sake!

[iSasquatchh]

will swan

I could very well agree with you. He's definitely up there..

[musikjunky311]

I think this kid should get some lovin'


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[kemppettyjohn]

vocalist for I Set My Friends On Fire

[animefan13LPfn1]

You also think that Kevin Devine is better lyricist. Your opinion is invalid. :-p

Okay, there is no doubting the talent of Elliot Smith, I can't believe I overlooked him. I'm sticking with Jack White just cause I prefer his guitar playing to Smith's. And there is ALSO no doubting the talent of Kevin Devine. He is perhaps one of the best actual lyricists of this decade.

[kearn1tm]

Seeing as how everyone is discussing "best lyricists," the dude from Isis wrote an album on Jeremy Bentham's Panopticon prototype and Michel Foucault's Discipline and Punish. He definitely deserves a nod.

[IWasaCamera]

there is ALSO no doubting the talent of Kevin Devine. He is perhaps one of the best actual lyricists of this decade.
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[theguy77]

it pleases me when vinh is being obnoxious.

[IWasaCamera]

It pleases me when people think Kevin Devine is one of the best anything.

[apsterling]

http://www.wtfchan.org/mu/src/123702313985.jpg

[animefan13LPfn1]

Seeing as how everyone is discussing "best lyricists," the dude from Isis wrote an album on Jeremy Bentham's Panopticon prototype and Michel Foucault's Discipline and Punish. He definitely deserves a nod.

He definitely deserves a nod, that's a challenge.

You deserve a nod yourself for spelling all that right, haha. ;-)

[kearn1tm]

it pleases me when vinh is being obnoxious.

You fucking apologize!

[theguy77]

http://www.wtfchan.org/mu/src/123702313985.jpg

seconded. he has touched the hearts of internet users everywhere. followed closely by this guy:

http://www.brrrptzzapthesubject.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/chocorama.JPG

[someboreddude]

It pleases me when people think Kevin Devine is one of the best anything.

KevDev= Awesome. Damn good lyricist and one of the best concert experiences I've had, if not the best.

[IWasaCamera]

KevDev= Awesome. Damn good lyricist and one of the best concert experiences I've had, if not the best.
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[theguy77]

KevDev= Awesome. Damn good lyricist and one of the best concert experiences I've had, if not the best.

kevin devine is to me what radio music is to very casual music fans -- lyrics i can relate to, and a very good live vocal performance.

[someboreddude]

FUCK YES. THIS POST PLEASES ME IN WAYS ONLY ABSOLUTE CRUNK CAN RIVAL. WOOOO!


:highfive:

[someboreddude]

kevin devine is to me what radio music is to very casual music fans -- lyrics i can relate to, and a very good live vocal performance.


I really enjoy his music. One of my favorite musicians, hands down.

[IWasaCamera]

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