Musical Genius

[monkey tennis]

Who would you consider to be a Musical Genius ???

I would say

Stevie Wonder...definitely

Prince...maybe

Jimi Hendrix...maybe

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart...definitely

[toys2cool]

Elvis

[The Phantom]

Bruce Springsteen

[spiderrogue]

lots of good names here..but think about KISS...still around..and think about all the stuff that they started and still do...they will always be around...
actually, i dont know about musical genuises....

[monkey tennis]

Maybe Make-Up Geniuses

[toys2cool]

lots of good names here..but think about KISS...still around..and think about all the stuff that they started and still do...they will always be around...
actually, i dont know about musical genuises....

I wanted to say kiss and Queen,but thought many would disagree

[spiderrogue]

think about this...
how many songs can you think of by todays "Stars"? and how many people do you think that can name a song by kiss, prince, queen or whoever is on this list? groups that were out before the 90's...people will always remember for one reason or another....

[JPkempo]

Neil Dimond he wrote many songs that where #1 and he never sang them.
M Jackson (then he went nuts)
Freddie Mercury - Bohemian Rhapsody (need I say more)
Lennon, McCartny Great on there own but Geniuses together

[toys2cool]

Then we have to include Michael Jackson in here,thriller was Genius

[monkey tennis]

Then we have to include Michael Jackson in here,thriller was Genius

True, and Jackson might be the true definition of Genius...
A very troubled but brilliant individual.

[highquality]

If not genius, these guys are at least Prodigy:

Jimi Hendrix

David Bowie

Syd Barrett

Frank Zappa

David Gahan of Depeche Mode

Kurt Kobain

Robert Johnson - Old Blues Artist that Led Zeppelin owe much to.

John Lennon

[Hulk]

The Neils

Peart
Diamond

[The Phantom]

I would have mentioned the Beatles, but I thought that went without saying.

[Surfsup]

Classically, I'd go for Mozart and Tchiakovsky. From popular music, it's Brian Wilson, Lennon/McCartney, Difford/Tilbrook (Squeeze), Neil Finn (Crowded House) and Prince for me.

[csstuba]

I would include the following pop musicians to the genius list: Prince, Stevie Wonder, maybe Roger Waters......the rest of you folks are a little off base with Kiss, Queen, etc.........those were solid BANDS, with good FRONTMEN.........they are in no way musical geniuses with regards to theoretical music structure. Just showman......Barry
Manilow went to Julliard and is likely a MUCH better musician than most people that have been brought up. Michael Jackson was a genius in terms of being a great showman and selling a product.......but those tunes were Quincy Jones arrangements......Quincy was the musical genius behind thriller.