Greatest Male Solo Artist - QF - Prince vs Jimi Hendrix

[Numero Veinticinco]

17 minutes ago, Colonel Kurtz said:

Prince by a mile. Hendrix obviously a very talented musician but I am struggling to recall more than 3 songs that he wrote and I suspect I’m not the only one. 

Nah, that was Sam Smith. 

[Mook]

6 minutes ago, Colonel Kurtz said:

Yeah yeah very funny but I’m sticking to my point, Hendrix had a very limited output of self penned songs and only a handful have survived the test of time. Prince was far more prolific so should go through on the strength of total quality of his output. He won’t though becuase a small number of music snobs revere Hendrix on the back of 3 songs that all sound the same

What a load of fucking bollocks.

[TheHowieLama]

17 minutes ago, Colonel Kurtz said:

Yeah yeah very funny but I’m sticking to my point, Hendrix had a very limited output of self penned songs and only a handful have survived the test of time. Prince was far more prolific so should go through on the strength of total quality of his output. He won’t though becuase a small number of music snobs revere Hendrix on the back of 3 songs that all sound the same

What the serious fuck are you on about. The fella wrote 90% of his stuff - Purple Haze, Stone Free, Wind Cries Mary, Castles Made of Sand.

 

Weird that you would think it is a bad thing that he also recorded the most famous versions of a couple of covers.

 

And please get the video returned.

[KMD7]

I like Prince, appreciate his incredible talent but has to be Hendrix. 

[Mook]

3 minutes ago, Colonel Kurtz said:

Hendrix had a pretty limited output and I am sticking to my assertion that only about 3 have survived in popular culture. I don't think you can win greatest male solo artist on such a thin legacy.

You are seriously embarrassing yourself here with a severe lack of knowledge about the subject you're posting on.

[SasaS]

44 minutes ago, Colonel Kurtz said:

Yeah yeah very funny but I’m sticking to my point, Hendrix had a very limited output of self penned songs and only a handful have survived the test of time. Prince was far more prolific so should go through on the strength of total quality of his output. He won’t though becuase a small number of music snobs revere Hendrix on the back of 3 songs that all sound the same

I only wanted to see you
in the purple haze

Purple haaaze

Purple haaaze

[johnsusername]

If Jimi Hendrix had any songs I enjoyed I'd vote for him. Since he hasn't, I won't.

 

[Mook]

1 minute ago, Colonel Kurtz said:

what - that most people couldn't name more than 3 jimi hendrix songs without reference to Google ? Do you dispute that ? Ask anybody under 30 and they couldn't name 1.  

I don't dispute that but most people are fucking clueless so who cares what they think.

 

I was disputing your points about his 'limited output' (the guy released four albums in as many years & made enough music for at least another two) & his 'thin legacy'. This is a bloke who completely changed the guitar forever within weeks of turning up in London, his legacy is one of the greatest in all music.

[Bjornebye]

Take it to Electric Gaydyland 

[aws]

Hendrix by a mile. 

[SasaS]

1 hour ago, Strontium Dog™ said:

GF gonna GF.

 

[No2]

Hendrix dying at 27 is fucking shit but its also means he can't compete with Prince for the sheer volume of brilliant work. 

[Mook]

10 minutes ago, SasaS said:

 

Deep Purple weren't even in the group tournament.

[SasaS]

2 minutes ago, Mook said:

Deep Purple weren't even in the group tournament.

There have to be at least some standards.

[Ezekiel 25:17]

I don't dispute Prince's talent but it's had little to no impact on the music I like or listen to, hendrix easy.

[Mook]

4 minutes ago, SasaS said:

There have to be at least some standards.

You make me sick.

[cloggypop]

3 minutes ago, Mook said:

You make me sick.

On your flares? 

[SasaS]

2 minutes ago, Mook said:

You make me sick.

Isn't this Pink, not Purple?

[Bjornebye]

Someone tell Mook that Deep Purple are all white 

[Jairzinho]

1 minute ago, Bjornebye said:

Someone tell Mook that Deep Purple are all white 

All the more surprising you didn't include them.

[TheHowieLama]

 

One of the greatest rock songs ever 

White and hairy - 

[Numero Veinticinco]

1 hour ago, Colonel Kurtz said:

what - that most people couldn't name more than 3 jimi hendrix songs without reference to Google ? Do you dispute that ? Ask anybody under 30 and they couldn't name 1.  

Think that’s different than Prince? I asked my lad, 18. His response to ‘how many Prince songs can you name’ was ‘who’s Prince’. His response to ‘what about Hendrix’ was ‘All along the Watchtower’. 
 

In short, he’s an idiot and I’ve failed as a parent. 

[Mook]

31 minutes ago, Colonel Kurtz said:

I think his musical style was very limited, he could only play the guitar albeit brilliantly and he only wrote a handful of decent songs. Prince wrote classics in several different musical genres, could play a vast range of instruments and was astonishingly prolific. It’s a no brainer for me. 

Hendrix was playing blues, rock, jazz, soul & funk. How many styles do you need?

 

He wrote four albums worth of great material (one double album) & another two albums worth that were released after his death, this is during a four year spell. That is prolific by anyone's standards.

 

 

[easytoslip]

6 minutes ago, Mook said:

Hendrix was playing blues, rock, jazz, soul & funk. How many styles do you need?

 

He wrote four albums worth of great material (one double album) & another two albums worth that were released after his death, this is during a four year spell. That is prolific by anyone's standards.

 

 

Also played in Little Richards band. 

[Numero Veinticinco]

9 minutes ago, Colonel Kurtz said:

So the only Hendrix song he could name was a cover version. I think that’s evidence for prosecution not the defence. 

Not really, considering he didn’t even know who Prince is! To be honest, I’d struggle to name three Prince songs without googling. Purple Aki, Raspberry Beret, erm... Kiss, erm. When dove cry. That’s about it. His best song was sung by someone else. And that really is a pearler. 
 

Also, I had a look at a load of lists for beat guitarists, Prince wasn’t in the top ten of any of them, Jimi was number one on all of them. The Rolling Stone list is chosen by a fuck load of famous, excellent guitarists.