This time I am honouring my Top 9 living musical geniuses. The 'vertical' ones. That means not dead... By 'genius' I mean genius. And not at just one thing. The following folk have the lot... #thatisall
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, he gave us that. Yeah. That's true.
...And those wonderful tunes.
Alright, I'll grant you that the melodic basslines and the wonderful tunes are two things that McCartney has done.
...And Wings.
Well yes, obviously Wings. Wings goes without saying.
But apart from those melodic basslines, the wonderful tunes
and Wings...
...Cute doe-eyes?
...Happiness to millions, ...entertainment, ...great drumming too...
Yes alright. Fair enough.
...And that wonderful Scouse sense of humour...
Oh yes. True.
Yeah, that's something we'd really have missed if McCartney was never around.
...Brought loads of money into Great Britain.
All right ... all right ... but apart from those melodic basslines and wonderful tunes and Wings and cute doe-eyes and happiness to millions and entertainment and great drumming and that wonderful Scouse sense of humour and bringing loads of money into Great Britain ... what has Paul McCartney done for us?
...Brought peace?
What!? Oh ... Peace, yes ... shut up!
He is also the only artist to have UK number ones as a solo artist, and as part of a duo, trio, quartet, quintet and as a conglomerate.
So stick that in your (peace) pipe and smoke it...
Benny and Björn are like hot chips and mayo, or (vegie) bacon and eggs. They are pretty darn good on their own, but utterly magical when they come together.
Add two glorious chanteuses into the mix and what you have is pure pop perfection.
Once upon a time, I was chatting with an old friend
(who shall remain nameless. Hi Richard...) and mentioned that I thought Stevie Wonder was the most beloved musician ever. I'd never known anyone to say they disliked him.
Sure, many people got sick of 'I Just Called To Say I Love You' but that was mainly because it was never not being played somewhere.
Until that aforementioned chat, I hadn't encountered anyone who couldn't stand him.
And contrary to popular belief, Kate is not here to feature as a token female. She is here because she meets my stringent criteria; Kate writes, plays several instruments and produces music.
She has been a massive influence on a multitude of artists and reinvents herself time and time again.
Admittedly, this video is here because the lovely Hugh Laurie has a cameo in it...
