Beyoncé (Page 2 of 4)

no.  don't you have to create art to be an artist?  best pop princess sex icon?  i don't really care about that category, but for that she definitely deserves some consideration.  artist, not even close.  disrespectful to mention her along side the great ones as far as i'm concerned

Brack wrote:

Stu, what's all this ?
~ Brack ~

The links work for me, you just have to give the songs time to download...or you can go directly to www.duffybishop.com and from the music link listen to them there (but the same thing applies, you must wait for the songs to download)

Deezer wrote:

I think the composition angle is b.s., no offense intended. Nobody here questions Etta James's legacy or artistry, and yet, most of her hits were written by someone else. It's what you're feeling when you're belting it out, not whether or not you wrote. So let's just throw that out the window.

Sorry, there is a BIG diff artist versus vocalist from the bank account right on down....

suhl wrote:

no.  don't you have to create art to be an artist?  best pop princess sex icon?  i don't really care about that category, but for that she definitely deserves some consideration.  artist, not even close.  disrespectful to mention her along side the great ones as far as i'm concerned

Some would consider, a toilet hanging on a wall.... to be art! Oh yes!.... I have seen it, in an art gallery! Is it art because the artist says it is ?

~ Brack ~

I think the composition angle is b.s., no offense intended. Nobody here questions Etta James's legacy or artistry, and yet, most of her hits were written by someone else. It's what you're feeling when you're belting it out, not whether or not you wrote. So let's just throw that out the window.

Yes, but at the same time, it doesn't take away either. Many artists have been brilliant doing other people's songs. Many have made a career out of it. One look at the blues shows that. Joe Cocker is an example in the rock world. Joe is the best example of that. Do we take away from his genius because under half of the songs on the new record are not his. What about You & Me? We just got done having this discussion on the general forum. If you can do it, great, that makes you a bad mofo. But if you don't, it doesn't take away from what you do.

Also, the idea that "If artists compose, sing/dance/act, and even produce.... has to add to the artists professional career" is just blatantly in the "we have to keep score and make it competitive." And brother, music ain't competitive. If you dig it, great. If you don't, the beauty is you're allowed to have your opinion. But in my humble opinion, it's absurd to say "this artist is BETTER than this artist," or "this is art, that is not." It should be, "I like this artist, I don't like that artist," or "I like this art better than this art." I really try to stay away from who's better. It's just impossible. Even if there are 99.9 % that agree, there's still that .01%.

You just go ahead and chill. Because I'm already chilled since we've got snowflakes the size of half dollars.

Is she better than Madonna?

Beyonce has only reinvented herself once so far. She has to stay relavent to answer this question. The whole "best ever" thing can never be answered factually, only opinionated.