[purple]

I know that this has been covered in various previous topics and that I could infer this from your charts, but I just want some users to put it down explicitly in one place. Narrow each submission down to a maximum of two people (/groups). If you feel that I've emitted a key type of musical... thing, feel free to add it. These are your favorites; no objectivity is allowed in this thread.

Greatest musician (group or solo):
Greatest album:
Greatest song:
Greatest songwriters:
Greatest vocalists:
Greatest guitarists:
Greatest bassists:
Greatest drummers:
Greatest keyboardist:
Greatest strings (other):
Greatest brass:
Greatest woodwinds:

[Guest]

Greatest musician (group or solo): Charles Mingus, Brian Eno
Greatest album: Clouds Taste Metallic - The Flaming Lips
Greatest song: Int'l Player's Anthem - UGK ft. Outkast
Greatest songwriters: Bob Dylan
Greatest vocalists: Curtis Mayfield, Gregory Isaacs
Greatest guitarists: Ronald Jones
Greatest bassists: Charles Mingus, Robbie Shakespeare
Greatest drummers: Sly Dunbar
Greatest keyboardist: Herbie Hancock, Thelonious Monk
Greatest strings (other): Joanna Newsom
Greatest brass: Miles Davis
Greatest woodwinds: Art Webb
Greatest rapper: Ghostface Killah
Greatest electronic producer: Burial
Greatest hip-hop producer: RZA, DJ Premier
Greatest musical artist (group or solo): Bob Dylan, Wu-Tang Clan

I found some of the options a bit vague (I took "Greatest musician" to mean something different to greatest artist obviously, although Mingus' and Eno's composing are also huge reasons, respectively, behind that choice). I dunno, the stuff I added at the bottom is probably of little interest and/or unnecessary. I also feel I may edit these significantly over the next few days (I already have a few times). Where there is one outstanding candidate I have just named that artist/album/song, but where I couldn't seperate I named two. Robbie Shakespeare and Sly Dunbar sort of come as a pair, so it was unfair to name just one of them. And when I say Wu-Tang Clan I am also including subsequent solo-/side-projects (and I don't care if it's cheating).

[Happymeal]

Greatest musician (group or solo): Modest Mouse
Greatest album: Moon and Antarctica
Greatest song: Dark center of the universe
Greatest songwriters: Isaac Brock
Greatest vocalists: Stevie Wonder
Greatest guitarists: Thurston Moore/Lee Renaldo
Greatest bassists: Les Claypool
Greatest drummers: Jeremiah Green
Greatest keyboardist: Alan Price
Greatest strings (other): Lindsey Stirling
Greatest brass: Miles Davis
Greatest woodwinds: Josh "Scruffy" Wallace
Greatest Cowbell: Eric Bloom/David Lucas

[Kiki]

Greatest musician (group or solo): Manic Street Preachers
Greatest album: Generation Terrorists
Greatest song: You Love Us
Greatest songwriters: Nicky Wire/ Richey James Edwards
Greatest vocalists: James Dead Bradfield
Greatest guitarists: James Dead Bradfield
Greatest bassists: Nicky Wire
Greatest drummers: Sean Moore
Greatest keyboardist: Richey James Edwards
Greatest strings (other): The ones on Motorcycle Emptiness
Greatest brass: Sean Moore

[JMan]

fav musician: Led Zeppelin
fav album: Bat Out of Hell
fav song: Pour Some Sugar On Me
fav songwriters: Jim Stienman
fav vocalists: Meat Loaf, Robert Plant
fav guitarists: Jimmy Page, Lindsay Buckingham
fav bassists: John Paul Jones
fav drummers: John Bohnam, Dave Grohl
fav keyboardist: Elton John
fav strings (other):
fav brass: maybe Edgar Winter, Idon't know.
fav woodwinds: no idea.

[pearljammer13]

Greatest musician (group or solo): Led Zeppelin, Pearl Jam
Greatest album: Chutes Too Narrow- The Shins
Greatest song: Paranoid Android- Radiohead
Greatest songwriters: Jack White, Stephen Malkmus (this one is extremely hard(that's what she said))
Greatest vocalists: Chris Cornell, Julian Casablancas
Greatest guitarists: Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix
Greatest bassists: Flea, John Paul Jones
Greatest drummers: Jimmy Chamberlain, Carter Beauford
Greatest keyboardist: Ray Manzarik
Greatest strings (other): Sara Watkins
Greatest brass: Miles Davis
Greatest woodwinds: Not sure
Greatest Lyricist: Eddie Vedder, Ben Gibbard
Greatest Mandolinist: Chris Thile
Greatest BEA user: Naples

[L Lawliet]

These are kind of hard, I don't know the names of many musicians, so I am thinking of songs that fit the criteria and then finding out who played them.

Greatest musician (group or solo): Frank Zappa
Greatest Act (group or solo): Talking Heads and The Fiery Furnaces
Greatest album: Substance (New Order)
Greatest song: Temptation or Peking O
Greatest songwriters: Matthew and Eleanor Friedberger
Greatest vocalists: Eleanor Friedberger
Greatest guitarists: Frank Zappa and Jimi Hendrix
Greatest bassists: Whoever played it in Joy Division
Greatest drummers: I have no idea... Sonic Youth drummer maybe
Greatest keyboardist: Whoever played them in New Order
Greatest strings (other): Joanna Newsom
Greatest brass: Dexter Gordon
Greatest woodwinds: Eric Dolphy
Greatest Lyricists: Syd Barret and David Byrne
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[purple]

Greatest musician (group or solo): late-period Talk Talk or early-period Tortoise
Greatest album: Ys (Joanna Newsom) or Laughing Stock (Talk Talk)
Greatest song: Sweet Thing (Van Morrison)
Greatest songwriters: Joanna Newsom
Greatest vocalists: Mark Kozelek
Greatest guitarists: Mark Hollis or David Pajo
Greatest bassists: Mike Watt or Jah Wobble
Greatest drummers: Jaki Leibzeit
Greatest keyboardist: Brian Eno
Greatest strings (other): Rostropovich (h.m. Warren Ellis)
Greatest brass: Miles Davis
Greatest woodwinds: I have no idea

[Applerill]

[quote="lethalnezzle"]Greatest musician (group or solo): Frank Zappa
Greatest album: Little Earthquakes-Tori Amos
Greatest song: Say it Ain't So-Weezer
Greatest songwriters: Tony Iommi
Greatest vocalists: Tori Amos
Greatest guitarists: Jus Oborn
Greatest bassists: Charles Mingus
Greatest drummers: John Bonham
Greatest keyboardist: Tori Amos
Greatest strings (other): Jon Brion
Greatest brass: John Coltrane
Greatest rapper: Andre 3000
Greatest hip-hop producer: Kanye West
Greatest Rock Producer: Butch Vig

[ColumnatedRuins]

Greatest musician (group or solo): Miles Davis
Greatest album: Bitches Brew by Miles Davis/Endtroducing... by DJ Shadow
Greatest song: this will literally change in a few days, but right now its Comfy in Nautica by Panda Bear or Cosmia by Joanna Newsom
Greatest songwriters: Bob Dylan, Joanna Newsom
Greatest vocalists: Van Morrison, Marvin Gaye
Greatest guitarists: D. Boon, Tom Verlaine/Richard Lloyd
Greatest bassists: Charles Mingus, Mike Watt
Greatest drummers: Max Roach, Jeremiah Green
Greatest keyboardist: dunno actually, maybe Mccoy Tyner
Greatest strings (other): Joanna Newsom (harp counts as strings?)
Greatest brass: Miles Davis (trumpet)
Greatest woodwinds: John Coltrane (tenor saxophone), Ornette Coleman (alto saxophone)
Greatest MC: Andre 3000
Greatest Lyricists: Van Morrison, Isaac Brock

all of this will probably be different in a week. also didn't think about this a lot, so a few folks chosen for each. still had trouble narrowing it down, though...

edit: narrowing down to two is really hard.