Music Icons in the 20th century??
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Michael Jackson of course!! I also like Ricky Martin and the Spice Girls!\n\n♥♥We Love You Michael!!!!♥♥
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If you are into that kind of music they are great although i reckon they were better when Ronan Keating was with them, as for the so last century quote ignore it some people have really short attention spans. Personally i like their version of Sorry by Tracy Chapman and words was a good track as well.lol vidmac
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MTV ruined music in my opinion.  Music has been in a downward spiral since around 1985.  I'm 25 years old and I listen to mostly to the music my parents and grandparents grew up with.  There are a few good artists right now like Jack Johnson and Norah Jones.
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NO.  i don't think today's current mainstream music will EVER be the classics of tomorrow.  The Beatles, Hendrix, Joplin, The Doors:  They wrote songs for themselves and if other people liked it..Great but it was always to please themselves first.  They wrote from the heart about thier experiences and we all related to them.  You could hear Janis Joplin's pain in "Piece of my heart" and I dare anyone to listen to the Beatles "Day in The Life" and not be moved at all.  Today's mainstream music..is just that..mainstream.  These are the artists that make music for money not personal satisfaction.  9 times out of 10 they can't even make thier own music; they sample from the real classics, Queen, Led Zepplin and try to pass it as original.  I don't that think that in 10 years I'll be in Wal-Mart hearing Beyonce's "Bootylicious" on the overhead radio.  I think that the Classics of yesteryear will NEVER be repeated.  I'm 29 today but 30 tomorrow and I'm am a white chick :0)
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Look up Rickenbacker guitars. 1930s I think, first real electric guitars.
305917
I'm just like you, but I'm 17. Rap??? They call that "music"??? And talent??? It's talking in rhymes! I think music back in the 60's and 70's was the best ... it actually ment something! Like The Beatles. Brilliantly composed and sometimes floaty. I love that. Ever herd "Revolution #9"? Now that's weird, but I still like it. Led Zeppelin is my fav. Brilliant, talented music with a meaning. Sounds cool too. But yeah, I agree with you 100 and 10% on that. Imagine what modern music will sound like 10 years from now! That's a scary thought!
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bring em back from the dead--BEATLES!!!\nthen there's genesis, rage against the machine, GnR & matchbox20...;D
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Since you said celebrity and not band I would have to say Elvis but for a band I'd say The Beatles were bigger.
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How can you possibly put Queen aginst such crap artists as those?!\nAC/DC maybe, due to them being classic rock\n\nBut the other three will have been forgotten by the end of the decade, I'm sorry, but that's just how it is
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Look into Minor Threat, Fugazi, Samiam, Jawbreaker who were pioneers in the movement, especially the first two. The old stuff is more hard and less the sappy, teen angst music on MTV. Thanks Jimmy Eat and Saves the Day for tarnishing the sound =)
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I would say modern period...he wrote in the 20th century.
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This talks about a bunch of them....\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romantic_music
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try to search on your fave celebrity, band, arist or anything you like. u can find them very interesting..good luck
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The Beatles...hands down! If they hadn't done half of the stuff they did in the studio, music would not be where it is today!!
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10...Nirvana paved the new way of music\n20...big hair and head banging were hot\n30....hippies were burning out and disco was born\nJust my opinion..=)
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Arnold Shaw has a fantastic, black-music history  book "Honkers and Shouters"....One godfather of R & B is Louis Jordan, who was huge in the l940's and was an early rapper....James Brown started in the 50's and you should check out his stuff.  He invented funk which is syncopated R&B...Sly Stone...check out the Meters, godfathers of hip-hop...the hip-hop beat is an old New orleans rhythm which used to be nicknamed "the cakewalk"....Tower Of Power "Ebony Jam"....Billy Cobham"Red Baron" "Moon Germs".....anyway, I'd say that R&B started in the 40's and was a n extension of blues, perhaps syncopated blues with gospel thrown in but if you can find Shaw's book, it's great
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The Beatles\n\nThe face of music wouldn't look anywhere near are great as it is because of these Liverpool boys.  Interesting fact: from the time of their first album to their last was only 7 years.  No other band in history can match theirs.