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I don't get the music snobbery. All of the artists mentioned in the OP heavily borrowed from musicians that had gone before them. Even the Beatles. Yeah, they brought together certain genres, but that didn't make them the first artists to pick up a guitar. They borrowed heavily from American Rock and roll, which borrowed heavily from blues and so on and so on. Oasis weren't meagre blots on the musical landscape, they along with the other britpop bands brought "indie" music into the mainstream. We're still seeing the effects of that in todays chart, they were very important in the 90's.
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Personal preference/taste and I'd put:
Michael Jackson Oasis The Beatles Elvis In terms of impact and who IMO actually had the most influence, as well as a less biased view (without taking personal taste into account): Michael Jackson Elvis The Beatles Oasis |
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Elvis Michael Jackson [skip a few pages] Oasis |
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No-one can beat the velvet tones of Elvis!
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Paradise Lost in post number 6 and D@ve in post 53 have it spot on in my opinion. The Beatles and Elvis are both very good and are close together in my rankings, Michael Jackson some way behind and Oasis (heavily influenced by the Beatles) are a few pages back.
Comparing Elvis and the Beatles is very difficult. Elvis wrote barely anything at all but was a darned good singer. He out out loads and loads of music ranging for the truly spectacular to the truly awful (as in some of his film soundtracks). The Beatles put out a smaller amount of music, most of it consistently good. Both the Beatles and Elvis were very innovative in their day, Michael Jackson and Oasis less so. |
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Out of the three I'd have to say Michael Jackson, I was young but I can remember the excitement he generated was like nothing we have seen since, people like Madonna, Britney and latterly GaGa come along and they are the next big thing but they don't come close to Jackson in terms of the impact they have. Michael really brought the music video to a different level, he was the first black artist to be on MTV, and I respect the stance he took with them, when they wanted him he refused them unless they opened their doors to other black artists, and watching dance routines now you still see his influence, he also started the charity records for fund raising, and the fist bit of rap I heard was in Black and White, so I think he deserves the title.
Elvis brought modern music to the fore, and was a pioneer of his time in that respect, he had the charisma that attracted people to the type rock and role music that hadn't broken the big band monopoly. And his music and songs live on long after he died the same as Michael's music. I doupt that many of the music that is at the top at the momet will still be played in 40 years time like Elvis and Michael's music was. Sadly they both had so much more to give and died before their time. I liked Oasis music, couldn't stand the foul mouthed Gallaghers but I don't see them as having brought anything new to the table. |
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I wouldn't put Oasis in the same league as Elvis, Michael Jackson or the Beatles
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Oasis - not even my top 50
Beatles - good but overrated Elvis - the King Jacko - the King of Pop - beats Elvis because he wrote his own material Way head of them all.... Freddy Mercury
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MJ Oasis Beatles Elvis This is only my personal preference, not who I think are more influential or bettter musicians etc |
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MJ Oasis Elvis Beatles |
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Oasis were a local karaoake band. The Staus Quo of their generation. Massively overrated and had no where near the global impact of the other three.
In terms of history Elvis - because he exported American youth culture and rock'n'roll around the world . He also became the first individual in the music industry to become 'global brand.' Similalry, Michael Jackson was the first black/soul to achive the same iconic status . Then the Beatles who were the originators of the singer/songwriter/four piece band. They were also the first band to focus on albums as a distiinct form , as opposed to the single. Personally, musically, can't stand any one of them. But in cultural terms its fairly obvious how the land lies and that Elvis/Jackson/The Beatles created the template. Its also fairly obvious that Oasis do not bear comparison as they were imitators not originators. |
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As much as I like Oasis (their first two albums anyway) they don't belong in such company.
Michael Jackson. |
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Elvis The Beatles Oasis |
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The Beatles are the best - they are the Beethoven of modern pop music.
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Why are Oasis even considered? Is this a joke?
Most people outside the UK remember them, if at all in the US, as that band form the 90s. |
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The argument is very daft, you act like the beatles had NO inspirations at all... like they created all the music in the world as a pedestal to ALL other groups.
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I don't get the music snobbery. All of the artists mentioned in the OP heavily borrowed from musicians that had gone before them. Even the Beatles. Yeah, they brought together certain genres, but that didn't make them the first artists to pick up a guitar. They borrowed heavily from American Rock and roll, which borrowed heavily from blues and so on and so on. Oasis weren't meagre blots on the musical landscape, they along with the other britpop bands brought "indie" music into the mainstream. We're still seeing the effects of that in todays chart, they were very important in the 90's.
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Oasis - not even my top 50
Beatles - good but overrated Elvis - the King Jacko - the King of Pop - beats Elvis because he wrote his own material Way head of them all.... Freddy Mercury ![]()
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1- The Beatles
2- Elvis Presley 3- Michael Jackson 1,000,000,000 - Oasis |
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I wouldn't put Oasis in the same league as Elvis, Michael Jackson or the Beatles
Of course, peoples individual personal choices are a different matter. |
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