Greatest Musical Artist of the last 100 Years - Semi Final Alpha

So we're down to the 8 Greatest Musical Acts of the last 100 Years and they are...

The Rolling Stones
Jimi Hendrix
Prince
Pink Floyd
David Bowie
The Beatles
Led Zeppelin
Fleetwood Mac

And the draw pulls out the following four for the first semi...

The Rolling Stones
Jimi Hendrix
Pink Floyd
Fleetwood Mac

The other group is the Group of Death, imho.
Here, I'll go for Fleetwood Mac (both PG and APG) as first choice - just more my type of music, and a big fan of Stevie Nicks.
Harder to decide on the second one - think I'll go for Hendrix.

Went for Fleetwood Mac and Pink Floyd as I used to drink in a pub called the Fleetwood and my balls go pink in a hot bath.

If there were a poll for the best named semi-final in an online music poll it would have to go to this one.  Bloody brilliant.

Based on the title of the poll - greatest musical artist ...., I immediately ruled out Fleetwood Mac, as I have done in every other round. If the poll is is performer/producer of greatest album in last 100 years - then Fleetwood Mac is definitely a runner.

As for the other 3 - imo, longevity must be a factor - so that rules out Hendrix. Influence on musical genres - also rules out Hendrix over the other 2.

Sorry, I forgot to add - are we not just wasting a lot of time to get to The Beatles? Unfortunately we have already lost Elvis Presley who, although I am no great fan, was the greatest musical artist of the last 100 years. How about Al Jolson, Mario Caruso, Luciano Pavarotti (I actually prefer Placido Domingo) or Maria Callas.

Eyetoldyouso wrote:Sorry, I forgot to add - are we not just wasting a lot of time to get to The Beatles? Unfortunately we have already lost Elvis Presley who, although I am no great fan, was the greatest musical artist of the last 100 years. How about Al Jolson, Mario Caruso, Luciano Pavarotti (I actually prefer Placido Domingo) or Maria Callas.

I hope not. Always felt they were over-rated.

Says alot when Presley, Jackson, and a few others have gone at the expense of Hendrix, who arguably only did a small amount to influence music.

Wonder if it's down to the Group draws.

Hendrix had a huge influence on rock music especially live performances, he had such a reputation that every other band of the time upped their game to try and compete with him.

That's one genre though, you could argue others influenced far greater numbers.

I wouldn't exactly say that Michael Jackson was overly influential, he combined various genres but wasn't exactly a revolutionary; rock music makes up over 35% of yearly record sales.

Hendrix influenced, and continues to influence, multiple genres - rock, jazz, soul, even modern classical music. Probably moreso than the other artists in this group.

Wasnt Elvis a bit of a diddler aswell?

Not quite at Savile level but did prefer them fairly illegal.

Elvis was a dirty pervert. He strung along a lot of 14 year olds ( including Priscilla of course). The new film glosses over this. But you can't understand popular music without trying to understand Elvis