mjprince1976
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Something hard to mull over here, when both were alive, we could pick and choose, but when Michael died, it was down to Prince, David Bowie, Madonna and a few others.
Choose anyone you like, but my opinion is none of the current crop come near to these two. Definitely not rappers or hip hop and R and b artists come close. So I limit my choice to older artists. I would say based on legacy alone, I would say Mariah Carey or Madonna for the women and The Rolling Stones for the men, solo artists probably someone like Little Richard.
Why Little Richard you ask? Well he is 83 and still performing, he made albums up to his late 60s, he is still out and about and in case you all have forgotten, he invented Rock and Roll and was the first to go "Whooooooooo!!!" Also I know Michael and Prince both borrowed his style and look (They all stole from me! I did it first). Plus not only is Richard talented with his voice and piano skills, but he has a larger than life personality, known to be both a good Christian and flamboyantly bisexual.
His musical career started in 1951 with a recording of a song called "Taxicab Blues" and in October 1955, Tutti Frutti was released becoming a huge hit and unleashing his brand of rock and roll on the world. Richard had 15 more hits up to 1958 with classics like Long tall sally, Good golly miss Molly, Lucille, The girl can't help it, Ready Teddy, Keep a Knockin and many more. He bought in the bombastic Rock and roll sound and his music appealed to whites as well as blacks, despite the white establishment letting Pat Boone cover his songs and make them bigger hits. Richard sold out arenas and toured the world with his band the Upsetters, before having a religious revelation on stage and rejecting Rock n roll to become a preacher. In 1962 he moved back into music with a tour of the UK and returned to Rock in the mid 1960s, being less successful, but having a young Jimi Hendrix play guitar in his group in the mid 1960s. His life spiralled down hill as he became addicted to cocaine and other drugs in the 1970s. In the late 1970s he had another revelation, cleaned up and found God again. By 1985 he was back on the Music circuit and made childrens albums and was an established elder celebrity. Still loving the Lord, Richard embraced his sexuality and became famous for his Jheri curl wig, pancake 31 make up and his way of saying "Shut up!". To me he is still the legend, the architect, creator and innovator of rock and roll, hallejulah!
So my choice is Little Richard what is yours, my only criteria is the person must still be living at the time of your post and prferably just artists who perform in the English language mostly please (As I know Celine Dion does a lot of French music).
Choose anyone you like, but my opinion is none of the current crop come near to these two. Definitely not rappers or hip hop and R and b artists come close. So I limit my choice to older artists. I would say based on legacy alone, I would say Mariah Carey or Madonna for the women and The Rolling Stones for the men, solo artists probably someone like Little Richard.
Why Little Richard you ask? Well he is 83 and still performing, he made albums up to his late 60s, he is still out and about and in case you all have forgotten, he invented Rock and Roll and was the first to go "Whooooooooo!!!" Also I know Michael and Prince both borrowed his style and look (They all stole from me! I did it first). Plus not only is Richard talented with his voice and piano skills, but he has a larger than life personality, known to be both a good Christian and flamboyantly bisexual.
His musical career started in 1951 with a recording of a song called "Taxicab Blues" and in October 1955, Tutti Frutti was released becoming a huge hit and unleashing his brand of rock and roll on the world. Richard had 15 more hits up to 1958 with classics like Long tall sally, Good golly miss Molly, Lucille, The girl can't help it, Ready Teddy, Keep a Knockin and many more. He bought in the bombastic Rock and roll sound and his music appealed to whites as well as blacks, despite the white establishment letting Pat Boone cover his songs and make them bigger hits. Richard sold out arenas and toured the world with his band the Upsetters, before having a religious revelation on stage and rejecting Rock n roll to become a preacher. In 1962 he moved back into music with a tour of the UK and returned to Rock in the mid 1960s, being less successful, but having a young Jimi Hendrix play guitar in his group in the mid 1960s. His life spiralled down hill as he became addicted to cocaine and other drugs in the 1970s. In the late 1970s he had another revelation, cleaned up and found God again. By 1985 he was back on the Music circuit and made childrens albums and was an established elder celebrity. Still loving the Lord, Richard embraced his sexuality and became famous for his Jheri curl wig, pancake 31 make up and his way of saying "Shut up!". To me he is still the legend, the architect, creator and innovator of rock and roll, hallejulah!
So my choice is Little Richard what is yours, my only criteria is the person must still be living at the time of your post and prferably just artists who perform in the English language mostly please (As I know Celine Dion does a lot of French music).
