Best artist of all time secondo DeBaser.

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Good job, but he owes a lot to the Dream Theater.

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a guitarist is born hoping to become Hendrix and dies with the awareness of never having succeeded

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It's well known that they're great, but the fact that they are so often flaunted by those who want to present themselves as connoisseurs of "difficult" music annoys me. And stop saying they were better with Barrett; that's nonsense.

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He even wrote his own funeral. What more do you want?

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"The first time I heard Bird play, it hit me right between the eyes." -- John Ascension (John Coltrane)

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The assimilating genius. The catalyst. The leader of leaders.

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This man, in addition to having laid the foundations for all the Western music to come, composed divine music!

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Jazz is like a fart... it only pleases those who make it. (John Coltrane).

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THE PIANO. Period.

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"It is not possible to play something on a trumpet that Louis Armstrong hasn't already played." Miles Davis

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1 Led Zeppelin? What the hell are you doing on a music site???

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Rock = The Who

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the Duke, what else?

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The trumpet of the angels

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Santana is one of the greatest rock guitarists of all time, and who cares about the rest.

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the ejaculation of the blues

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I have only 3 certainties in life: 1) Nothing is faster than a diarrhea attack. 2) You can't resist the soft fruit joy. 3) No one messes with the Creedence.

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How to play a few notes, the right ones, with taste and elegance.

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The Incredible Jazz Guitar

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No one knows a damn thing and it has influenced like probably no one else. Three tombs, two (or three?) photos, born who knows when, died how and when even less. God, pardon me, the noble Devil, has ensured that 29 tracks of music have arrived, so haunting as to tear at the souls. In short, the apotheosis of the blues in its most delirious and enigmatic form. I don't believe he sold his soul to anyone... but, thinking about it, the only thing we have various testimonies of is that he was a lousy guitarist, he left, and after a while he returned a "phenomenon"... what beautiful stories!

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A Giant, forever.

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A man light-years ahead! In every way.

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It's hard to judge the monumental work of an artist often teetering between experimentation and banality. For this reason, I'm convinced that many who quote him haven't listened to him seriously, and many who do listen to him seriously struggle to truly understand him. All the others, to avoid misunderstandings, prefer to speak well of him.

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the bowie card packed with 1s and 2s? go hide, you indie losers.

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Ozzy Osbourne of Black Sabbath cites them as a primary influence. Lemmy of Motörhead holds them in much, much higher regard than the Stones. Matlock of the Sex Pistols loved them. George Benson, struck by "Abbey Road," immediately made his own version of the entire album. Robert Fripp decided to become a musician after hearing "A Day In The Life" on the radio, etc., etc. Does it count?

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But does 9x9 equal 81?

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Enormous artist, as a sculptor, above all, but also as a painter. The Sistine Chapel is without a doubt one of the most important and wonderful artistic heritages of all humanity.

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The voice of an angel.

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Pure poetry. If love, emotions, suffering, and joy could be translated into music, they would be called Chet Baker...

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If it weren't for Marty McFly, nothing would have been invented at all.

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A total artist who deserves to be heard and appreciated even by those who are not particularly fond of the genre.

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How to bring together classical music, jazz, and blues: a genius!

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In the years when kids wondered what the lyrics of Stairway to Heaven were hiding, what the prism of Dark Side Of The Moon represented, in the years when many thought that Black Sabbath had come straight from hell and that the Hermit with his Four Symbols might lead us to Paradise, in those same years there was a band that was only focused on playing and was traveling the world promoting a piece that talked about a fucking fire in a casino.

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So Great this Lord that every definition is, by force, reductive. I hate every type of classification attempt (stupid and useless farces by half-hearted critics) but thinking of this man, I can't help but recall a phrase from boxing or martial arts: "pound for pound"; there he is among the greatest of all time "pound for pound" or to put it "in music," regardless of genres. My soul can only continue to thank him.

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if rock had feminine features, it would surely have her face. as for the soul, it's already an integral part of it.

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The latest Oral-B studies show that 90% of people who hate this band suffer from inferiority complexes compared to the late Jim Morrison. The remaining 10% hate the blues, and honestly, I don't know which of the two categories is sadder.

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The guitar is an extension of his body. Garage jazz dad, an excellent protagonist of 80s fusion, today he writes the history (as a master) of contemporary jazz.

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If the blues is the music of the devil, The Hook is its voice.

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"If you don't like Tull, you better check your pulse; you're probably dead!"

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Let's give Caesar what is Caesar's; one or two of their songs sweep away entire discographies.

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He has written some of the most beautiful pages in the history of music. For me, an eternal thank you, Pete.

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The golden summer would never last long enough. But the discs of the Minds will remain forever. Let us hope, in this dark winter that music has been crossing for years, that a beacon of such splendor will rise again.

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After Exile, it's better to let it go, but the poker dealt between '68 and '72 is legendary, 4 essential albums that have now become an integral part of my DNA. I'm not fond of certain forced and misplaced comparisons, but surely the Rolling Stones crushed them like cockroaches hehe.

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"Musicians in history" the echo of your deeds will be immortal!!!

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She had an angelic voice (just listen to the first take of "Promenade"), she wrote some ballads among my favorites (Lucky Man, The Sage [Mussorgsky cover], From the Beginning, Still... You Turn Me on, C'est la Vie, Closer to Believing, Watching Over You) and that's enough for me.

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Cheesy, Redundant, Stadium Prog, Verbose, exhibitionists of instrumental technique, are simply the characteristics that make ELP great, a sensible and immense "Supergroup."

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Topo Gigio

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One of the bands that introduced me to Progressive Rock. Unique and immeasurable in every incarnation, the epitome of versatility. At least once in a lifetime, each of us should humbly seek audience with the Crimson King...

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The Genius Of Electric Jazz Guitar!!!!

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"He was surprised by his sixty years and with life he would still play, he who offered his face to the wind, his throat to wine and never a thought not to money, not to love nor to heaven. Yes, it really seems you can hear him babbling still about the filthy things eaten on the street at the wrong hours, it feels like you can still hear him telling the liquor merchant: you who sell it, what do you buy that's better?"

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one of the very few musicians to have achieved the perfect balance between technique and feeling. and he never sold out. double respect therefore

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These days I see a lot of people taking selfies with a banana... have they finally become famous?

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Jesus! It's a dangerously explosive vocal bomb!

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The Jazz Plan.

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A band that churns out exceptional masterpieces like Trespass, Nursery Cryme, Foxtrot, and Selling England By The Pound can also switch to making songs for the Zecchino d'Oro, but the 5 remains a must.

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The hellish Welles.

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noted brand of colored pencils. also tempera paints and pencils as needed

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"...this is not jazz. It's Keith Jarrett." fuck jazz too!

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English, fat, with a silhouette unmistakably known to the public and a tendency towards neuroses, even sexual ones, considered an absolute genius of cinema by many (including Godard and Truffaut), an absolute genius of suspense by all. There's little to say; the images speak for themselves: Kim Novak thrown from the bell tower, Cary Grant climbing Mount Rushmore, Bodega Bay besieged by birds, Jimmy Stewart spying through binoculars, and, of course, the epoch-making blood shower of Janet Leigh.

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Dust my broom and sticazzi

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Samba and more. Of substance.

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Little by little, I pay tribute to all the giants in definitions; now it's the turn of Genius.

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don't say straits if you don't have it in the bag

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Speak No Evil

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His piercing falsetto is a lament that captivates you. Moreover, "Today!" is an absolute masterpiece of the genre (as far as my knowledge of the Blues is not that great).

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His films grab you all the way to the remote corner of the unconscious. They stay inside us forever.

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I can't find the right adjectives to define the purity, the nobility, the poetry of the music (3 albums, each more intense than the last) that he left us. Damn the fate that took him away at just 26...

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A great bluesman, but the best is Howlin Wolf.

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the best living guitarist

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One of those artists for whom it's permissible to feel affection and gratitude. Science fiction. The man who brought music from the future.

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Anyway, inferior to his cousin Richard.

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The pulsating heartbeat of blaxploitation, and a deadly groove that pumps mercilessly like John Holmes in his prime.

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More soul than soul

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powerful voice, person, I believe, very good. the sugar father (intentionally with a lowercase 's')

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The most brilliant jazz drummer of all time.

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Great until 1976 (the first 5 albums), then ranging from merely decent to atrocious. After the swan song "Innuendo" and Mercury's death, twenty years of scavenging and producing pure crap.

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Great with and without Eno. Moreover, for my taste, they represent an anomaly: I'm not a lover of kitsch or glam in general. They are a beautiful exception.

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What a beast! I saw him live 3 days ago and he's amazing! One of my favorite jazz musicians.

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Immense. Everyone remembers Alvin Lee, his guitar would penetrate you (yeah, it wasn't just fast, damn it!) but the other three?! Lyion, Rich Lee, and Churchill were incredible musicians who turned even the simplest pieces into true gems. Woodstock was electrified.

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"Be a simple kind of man, or be something you love and understand."

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A band that sometimes, guiltfully, is forgotten. Rodgers and Kossoff are fantastic, the kid Fraser on bass and the impeccable Kirke on drums. Paul's voice tears at the soul and the other Paul's guitar is a sharp blade. Dry sound, basic without pretensions. Primordial hardrockblues! Heroin will end it all before any disputes arise.

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I loved them so much too. So much nostalgia, especially when I listen to One of these Nights and Hotel California. Great!

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Is it enough to call it LEGEND?

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One of the best and most personal "bridges" between the music of the '70s and the subsequent wave. Perhaps Foxx's are more interesting, while Ure's are definitely enjoyable.

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a pop hand, definitely happy.

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The soul of soul.

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What a class!! By far, one of my favorite jazz musicians.

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Only 4 definitions for these? Curious, so many of you fill your mouth with prog and ignore them. "Shine on Brightly" is simply excellent.

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Great musicians and performers, unfortunately fallen into oblivion.

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Innovative and brilliant. A master of the bass.

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I'll interrupt the plebiscite! :D (of course you all know what the real vote is, but the temptation was too strong and I couldn't refrain)

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A unique sound that still feels fresh and well-crafted today, masterpiece albums (above all "Outlandos D'Amour") and a handful of legendary tracks. And when we consider the presence of a certain Copeland on drums...5 for life.

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Take some good soul and mix it with refined pop, add a bit of rock, Jazz q.b. Serve with Style.

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If Lynott has been dedicated a statue in his Dublin, there must be a good reason for it. Phil was a groundbreaking musician, and apart from a couple of albums towards the end (Chinatown, Renegade), Lizzy never released a bad record. Above all, he was a person of immense sensitivity with a teenage life that was certainly not easy. I tend to go against the tide, as I love the first three albums, the ones with the trio, which have a much less hard sound and are more folk/traditional. They deserve to be rediscovered, in my opinion. And Downey, a very underrated drummer on those three albums, gives his best.

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When pop becomes art.

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A rock band that had nothing to envy from others, especially since it was actually a hard rock supergroup. Too bad it ended this way. I give it a 4.5. For me, it shouldn't be placed at the 100th spot with a ranking like this, but at least in the middle...

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Those few still believing that there was no high-quality music in the '80s should listen to Spirit of Eden or Color of Spring.

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These were indeed seminal, they opened highways.

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"Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery; none but ourselves can free our minds" (Rcit. Redemption Song)