I'm really sick of "best musician" polls....

... because whenever you see such a poll you can be certain there never is a German musician listed in it. Are there really no excellent German musicians? Of course not! I could name several in every category, for example drums: Mani Neumeier, Freddy Setz, Curt Cress, Jan Fride. Or guitar: Roland Schaeffer, Roman Bunka, Dieter Bornschlegel. Or bass: Helmut Hattler, Peter Kühmstedt, Matz Steinke. Or keyboards: Jürgen Dollase, Ingo Bischof, Michael Wehmeyer. Or... I'll stop here. The same is true for France, although to a slightly lesser degree; at least some French musicians are named occasionally (most notably Christian Vander).
So please, guys and girls, if you make a poll for "best musician" and only know musicians from the USA or the UK then make your poll "Best .... (fill in any instrumental category) of UK and USA". Or go and make yourselves more knowledgable.

Edited by BaldFriede - July 14 2008 at 08:56

Well I also listen to a lot of Japanese, French and Belgian music, so drummers such as Tatsuya Yoshida, Christian Vander and Daniel Denis make my lists.

I think in many cases, people forget foreign musicians' names more and are too lazy to look them up.

Friede, no Guy Evans, from Wales, in your signature then?

Edited by darksideof - July 14 2008 at 09:42

NaturalScience wrote: How about just not clicking on them?  I mean, you guys have been here a long time...when you see a poll named "best drummer" or whatever, don't you know what to expect by now?

You beat me to it.

Even better, how about YOU make a poll with musicians that are often more overlooked on it? Surely then there will be a poll that satisfies your needs.

I'm sick of "people complaining about various things" threads. Just do something about it.

kibble_alex wrote: Personally i prefer the "your favourite musician" polls. It's extremely hard to judge the "best" as such, as different musicians are better at different things, e.g. you cannot compare Doyle Dykes to say Eric Clapton: both are astonishing guitarists, but i bet Doyle Dykes can do some things that Clapton can't do and vice versa. There isn't and never will be a "best" musician. However, you can have your favourite musician as you may well prefer one style to another.

Precisely.

Expanding on that, I have favourite albums but they are not necessarily 5/5 rated from me.  I just like them.

For instance, H to He Who Am the Only One is a 4/5 rated album (it's close to 4.5) yet even though an album like Godbluff is 5/5 (to me), I prefer H to He (meaning, I will likely play it more often).


Edited by James - July 14 2008 at 10:19

They're not included because many of the people who make the polls simply haven't heard of them, and a poll with them would tend to be rather uninteresting because a majority of the community here probably hasn't heard of them.

There's no distribution requirement for a Best Musician poll.

kibble_alex wrote: Personally i prefer the "your favourite musician" polls. It's extremely hard to judge the "best" as such, as different musicians are better at different things, e.g. you cannot compare Doyle Dykes to say Eric Clapton: both are astonishing guitarists, but i bet Doyle Dykes can do some things that Clapton can't do and vice versa. There isn't and never will be a "best" musician. However, you can have your favourite musician as you may well prefer one style to another.

Untrue.  There is John Zorn.

Pnoom! wrote: kibble_alex wrote: Personally i prefer the "your favourite musician" polls. It's extremely hard to judge the "best" as such, as different musicians are better at different things, e.g. you cannot compare Doyle Dykes to say Eric Clapton: both are astonishing guitarists, but i bet Doyle Dykes can do some things that Clapton can't do and vice versa. There isn't and never will be a "best" musician. However, you can have your favourite musician as you may well prefer one style to another. Untrue.  There is John Zorn.

You mean Frank Zappa?

Who gives a sh*t about thos polls anyway they are yust pointless wast of time. And dont prove anything yust whos popular... like Jon Lord wining the Hammon Lord poll, lawl give me a break sure he is the biggest name but best player? comon....

MovingPictures07 wrote: NaturalScience wrote: How about just not clicking on them?  I mean, you guys have been here a long time...when you see a poll named "best drummer" or whatever, don't you know what to expect by now? You beat me to it. Even better, how about YOU make a poll with musicians that are often more overlooked on it? Surely then there will be a poll that satisfies your needs. I'm sick of "people complaining about various things" threads. Just do something about it.