Who is/was the greaster performer musically?

For me Jimi Hendrix.
Who is/was the greaster performer musically?
Michael Jackson
Who is/was the greaster performer musically?
this is counting all music from the bc times to 2008..... seriously people.... i%26#039;m not a big fan myself, but Amy Lee, the lead singer of Evanesence has the most breath taking voice I%26#039;ve ever heard. the range, the pitch accuracy, it%26#039;s all perfect. i%26#039;m a singer myself, and you guys have no idea how hard it is to sing like her... almost impossible.
Reply:That%26#039;s an impossible question to answer for various reasons. Firstly, it%26#039;s a matter of opinion. Secondly, how can you compare performers who are radically different? For example, I would be stumped trying to decided if Kirk Hammett from Metallica was better than Bob Dylan. They did completely different things. It%26#039;s like trying to decided if a washing machine is better than a bookcase. They carry out a completely different role.





Even if you were to ask me to name my own personal favourite I wouldn%26#039;t be able to, because performance is not a rigid thing with set parameters. It%26#039;s a fluid, abstract thing which changes depending any number of psychological, environmental or chronological variables. Not only that, even the meaning of the word in this context is open to interpretation, so what one person considers performance is not necessarily going to be similar to someone else%26#039;s understanding of the word.
Reply:No question!





Aretha Franklin
Reply:Freddie Mercury.


Brilliant voice, audience loved him and he got them to join in. Was god at Live Aid in London and made it into the best musical event in the history of the planet. Tried everything from rock, pop, opera and musical. His singing will be played forever.


I enjoyed Elton John when I saw him live but Freddie is my fav.





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDckgX3oU...








http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfYcKNqQo...





He sounds like an angel in this one:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A-aITCcr...





Couple more favs lol





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph7rRSNpv...





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmkDKYZJg...








Or you could just say everybody on here:





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stNGHiscE...





OMG how could so many wonderful people be on one place at the same time? Apart from Bob lol





I like Annie Lennox too:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeI9c9Uvl...





It kind of makes you feel embarrassed at the rubbish idiots around now who are just in the music industry to be celebs so they can sell boring interviews to magazines every week.
Reply:Jimi Hendrix


Freddie Mercury


David Bowie
Reply:Paganini


Heifetz


DuPre


Mutter


Salerno-Sonnenberg


Callas


Tucker


Casals


Segovia


Krupa


Moon


Horowitz


Gould


Ashkenazy


Ameling


Fischer-Dieskau


Sinatra


Montgomery


Hendrix


Clapton


Page


Kirk


Parker


Coltrane


Atkins


Blakey


Rollins


Coleman


Braxton


Davis


Monk


et. al., ad. infinitum, ad. naseum