ELVIS! ...?

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ELVIS! ...?

Posted by Audiophilander (A) on July 31, 2007 at 11:14:24

In Reply to: Oh for pete's sake...the 20th Century ?? Get real posted by DWPC on July 31, 2007 at 09:36:57:

ELVIS! Aw, c'mon, he was a rhinestone studded Vegas sell-out.

There are so many 20th century artists who could lay claim that title:

music icons:

Chuck Berry
Little Richard
Jim Morrison
Lennon/McCartney

...but my choice would be JIMI as greatest 20th century musical artist

If we're talking about actual art, then it might be...

Pablo Picasso
Salvidor Dali
Maxfield Parrish

...or that dude who paints those gambling dogs. ;0)

If we're talking about literature, then...

Isaac Asimov
Kurt Vonnegut
William S. Burroughs

...and the best author hands down would probably be Mark Twain (late 19th early 20th), with Rachel Caine running a close second (hey, she's my wife; I leave her out at risk of grievous bodily harm! ;^D)

Note: My choices would lean towards American literary artists and to a lesser extent musical artists based upon exposure and appreciation, but traditional art and film is a triffle (truffle? -smile) more international. FTR, I dislike lists almost as much as I dislike the subjective chutzpah of Salon proclaiming the greatest artist of the 20th century was Ingmar Bergman; that's why I contributed one! (grin)

AuPh

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Follow Ups Full Thread

Topic - For the Bergman bashers... - EBerlin 05:54:46 07/31/07 (13)

The operative phrase is "...may have been...". - Audiophilander 10:29:00 07/31/07 (1)

RE: (pete Jackson better than...Who? - patrickU 11:45:45 07/31/07 (0)

Oh for pete's sake...the 20th Century ?? Get real - DWPC 09:36:57 07/31/07 (3)

Not for a second, the real man of the century is... - dave c 00:59:55 08/02/07 (0)

ELVIS! ...? - Audiophilander 11:14:24 07/31/07 (1)

Gotcha! * - DWPC 11:26:19 07/31/07 (0)

What?? - C.B. 08:31:15 07/31/07 (5)

Frank Lloyd Wright... nt - clarkjohnsen 08:48:23 07/31/07 (4)

He made movies too?? * - DWPC 11:14:39 07/31/07 (3)

At least as many as "Picasso, Matisse, Joyce, Hemingway, Faulkner, D.H. Lawrence..." nt - clarkjohnsen 08:39:51 08/01/07 (0)

One degree of separation & only in the abstract: Gary Cooper's take on Howard Roark from Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead. - Audiophilander 11:33:06 07/31/07 (1)

attempting to blow up a tower block... - dave c 13:42:37 08/02/07 (0)

RE: Do you know one? - patrickU 08:26:40 07/31/07 (0)

Follow Ups

ELVIS! ...? - Audiophilander 11:14:24 07/31/07 (1)

Gotcha! * - DWPC 11:26:19 07/31/07 (0)

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