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I usually am more interested in a person's instrumental chops than their vocal prowess; so I would have to say Berry.Who do you prefer out of the two singers?
But I can't really say, " Frank Sinatra is better than Kurt Cobain", since they have almost nothing in common the comparison would almost be a joke.
They both sang, so it's perfectly valid to say that Sinatra is better than Cobain.
Why do you like Sinatra more than Cobain as a singer?
Perhaps. He was an innovator and that was his forte.
People say all kinds of things. Racism is a very real issue. When the folk at Sun Records recruited Elvis, they were looking for a white guy that could sing the music of black people.
No - but truth be told most pop singers do not have all that great singing abilities. But often they have iconic voices. Jimi Hendrix had a poor singing voice but it is immediately recognizable. And don't get me started on Jim Dandy from Black Oak Arkansas. Rolling Stone said he was the only guy they knew of that could sing in every key at the same time.
I suppose that would have been a possibility. But they did NOT want black artists at that studio.Are you saying if Sun Records recruited Chuck Berry, he would've been the King of Rock and Roll?
I suppose that would have been a possibility. But they did NOT want black artists at that studio.
Interviews with different people that worked there.
It is a huge gray area, for sure, but I think there is a difference between "better" and "preference". However, people generally do use "better" to mean they prefer it more. Perhaps because music was such a huge part of my life when I was younger, and that meant I dealt a lot with music and artists that were not my preference, I developed a bit of perspective that people who are pure music fans would not have.
To be specific, I never had a musical preference for Michael Jackson. But he was clearly great at what he did, broke new ground in videos and musically, crossed ethnic lines and deserves to be known as a great artist. Doesn't mean I prefer his style of music.
Today, Taylor Swift polarizes people musically, but she is without doubt a creative genius and one of the best concert artists out there today. She is great at what she does, and someone can be acknowledged while also saying they don't prefer her type of music.
On the opposite side, I really like Skillet. My son and I have seen many of their concerts. But if I had to write a list of the "best" artists out there, they would not be top of the list. Still, when speaking generally (to take goingbannanas point) I would say "Skillet is totally better than Michael Jackson" which I think would be understood as my preference and not a statement on their artistic ability and influence.
How would you define a pure music fan?
In the context of that post, all it meant was someone who simply enjoys music but does not have technical or business training/interests in music as an industry.
Televised interviews
What does that mean?
It is a huge gray area, for sure, but I think there is a difference between "better" and "preference". However, people generally do use "better" to mean they prefer it more. Perhaps because music was such a huge part of my life when I was younger, and that meant I dealt a lot with music and artists that were not my preference, I developed a bit of perspective that people who are pure music fans would not have.
To be specific, I never had a musical preference for Michael Jackson. But he was clearly great at what he did, broke new ground in videos and musically, crossed ethnic lines and deserves to be known as a great artist. Doesn't mean I prefer his style of music.
Today, Taylor Swift polarizes people musically, but she is without doubt a creative genius and one of the best concert artists out there today. She is great at what she does, and someone can be acknowledged while also saying they don't prefer her type of music.
On the opposite side, I really like Skillet. My son and I have seen many of their concerts. But if I had to write a list of the "best" artists out there, they would not be top of the list. Still, when speaking generally (to take goingbannanas point) I would say "Skillet is totally better than Michael Jackson" which I think would be understood as my preference and not a statement on their artistic ability and influence.
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