Your Worst Musicians Of All Time

thumpingrug

I see no ones argued about Yoko.

richardhomer

Les Dawson....

ICBM

thumpingrug said:

I see no ones argued about Yoko.

I would. She isn't a musician, so she can't be the worst one.

She's an artist, and I think it's important for artists to occasionally push the boundaries of what can be considered art. I genuinely like some of her stuff too. Some of her set at Glastonbury was interesting and actually quite enjoyable. 

And yes, I am serious .

She is also 81 years old! To even be performing on a festival stage at that age is fairly remarkable in itself.

richardhomer

^ Agreed. There seems to be a residual dislike for her, probably dating back to the belief that she broke up The Beatles.

I saw her interviewed by Jonathan Ross several years ago and was struck by how likeable she was. One of the world's truly interesting people....

sweepy

Usual suspects I suppose,  Kirk Hammett, Slash and a toss up between Clapton or Page,  but then I have odd tastes and rate TomVerlaine v highly along with Reeves Gabrels etc, so I am probably beyond redemption for 75% of the regs

richardhomer

^ really?

Surely to be 'the worst', there has to be a significant level of incompetence.

No one you've mentioned legitimately falls into to that category.

sweepy

Worst is a very subjective thing and I find those 3/4 the most irritating to listen to, especially as guitar players. Worst in relation to Page/Clapton could relate at their inability to evolve and rely on playing the same old cliche'd stuff over and over again . Many of the players I admire continually re-invent or try new things to grow as musicians and writers , so that is one of my valid ( for me ) reasons for referring to them as the "worst" musicians .

richardhomer

Or you could take the view that they innovated so significantly in their youth that there was no realistic prospect that they would continue to do so in later life. I'm not sure how that makes them the 'worst' musician....

You could suggest that Dylan was/is a poor song-writer because his musicianship limits his harmonic horizons. If you did, I'd disagree with that assertion as well...

sweepy

Songwriting and musicianship are very different beasts indeed .

Bucket

Bon Jovi.

Rock music with everything that makes rock music great taken out. Lame, boring, soulless, cliched, middle-of-the-road horseshit, and Jon Bon Jovi's voice is truly hateful. I'd rather be thrown down a well than ever have to listen to them again.

Nicki Minaj.

She seems to have a music career despite never, to my knowledge, having created anything that sounds remotely like music.

Whitney Houston/Mariah Carey/Beyonce etc. etc.

This shit is the sonic equivalent of waterboarding. Just thinking about their music literally makes my skin fall off.

mudslide73

Muse. I just can't see it.

axisus

Bucket said:

Bon Jovi.

Rock music with everything that makes rock music great taken out. Lame, boring, soulless, cliched, middle-of-the-road horseshit, and Jon Bon Jovi's voice is truly hateful. I'd rather be thrown down a well than ever have to listen to them again.

Worst musicians? you are having a laff. You just mean that you don't like them. Sambora does great solos for that kind of material. 

Worst musician: You guys need to look up Lil Wayne playing guitar

Gassage

axisus said:

Bucket said:

Bon Jovi.

Rock music with everything that makes rock music great taken out. Lame, boring, soulless, cliched, middle-of-the-road horseshit, and Jon Bon Jovi's voice is truly hateful. I'd rather be thrown down a well than ever have to listen to them again.

Worst musicians? you are having a laff. You just mean that you don't like them. Sambora does great solos for that kind of material. 

Worst musician: You guys need to look up Lil Wayne playing guitar

Are you insane?

Yes they're the Kylie of Metal but Torres and Sambora are virtuosos for sure. Utterly brilliant musicians.

Phil_aka_Pip

Marc Bolan's guitar playing: He was competent enough at what he did, but he could do very little. That would put him way down in the pecking order of "good" guitarists, but I'm not sure whether it qualifies him for a "worst" nomination.

Gassage

Re Neil Young- to prove a point here he is smoking Clapton off the stage for musicality and passion.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1ezp6u_bob-dylan-my-back-pages-hd_music

Phil_aka_Pip

axisus said:

Worst musician: You guys need to look up Lil Wayne playing guitar

I did. I see (hear) what you mean.

Phil_aka_Pip

Gassage said:

Re Neil Young- to prove a point here he is smoking Clapton off the stage for musicality and passion.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1ezp6u_bob-dylan-my-back-pages-hd_music

I completely disagree. Clappo was way more fluent, way more melodic. Whereas you can actually hear Young's lack of technique

Gassage

Phil_aka_Pip said:

Gassage said:

Re Neil Young- to prove a point here he is smoking Clapton off the stage for musicality and passion.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1ezp6u_bob-dylan-my-back-pages-hd_music

I completely disagree. Clappo was way more fluent, way more melodic. Whereas you can actually hear Young's lack of technique

Really? I thought Clapton was absolutely generic whereas Young totally lifted the solo....

Just goes to show ....one man's meat etc...

Phil_aka_Pip

Gassage said:

Phil_aka_Pip said:

Gassage said:

Re Neil Young- to prove a point here he is smoking Clapton off the stage for musicality and passion.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1ezp6u_bob-dylan-my-back-pages-hd_music

I completely disagree. Clappo was way more fluent, way more melodic. Whereas you can actually hear Young's lack of technique

Really? I thought Clapton was absolutely generic whereas Young totally lifted the solo....

Just goes to show ....one man's meat etc...

fair enough, we can agree to differ. I'd also say that Clapton sounded like a man comfortable in his own skin, playing what the song needed. It's an easy-going country-rock number, and from what I can tell from the words, they are those of a man who has mellowed with age. It didn't need a solo from someone who thinks he's got something to prove, full of teenage punk-angst. But hey, I got something from one part of it, you got something from another part. Let's both be happy  

Gassage

Phil_aka_Pip said:

Gassage said:

Phil_aka_Pip said:

Gassage said:

Re Neil Young- to prove a point here he is smoking Clapton off the stage for musicality and passion.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1ezp6u_bob-dylan-my-back-pages-hd_music

I completely disagree. Clappo was way more fluent, way more melodic. Whereas you can actually hear Young's lack of technique

Really? I thought Clapton was absolutely generic whereas Young totally lifted the solo....

Just goes to show ....one man's meat etc...

fair enough, we can agree to differ. I'd also say that Clapton sounded like a man comfortable in his own skin, playing what the song needed. It's an easy-going country-rock number, and from what I can tell from the words, they are those of a man who has mellowed with age. It didn't need a solo from someone who thinks he's got something to prove, full of teenage punk-angst. But hey, I got something from one part of it, you got something from another part. Let's both be happy  

Indeedy....it would be a very boring forum if we all agreed!