You could make entire records of just the basslines or just the drum breaks....Ah, people do this already, don't they?

i'd sell my soul for a big ass cd box set of just drum and bass tracks from james brown songs.

first one i wanna hear: that version of "give it up..." with bootsy.

Look into the second RI of In The Jungle Groove. It's got all the bare shit you want. Shit. It's got a 4:50 bare bones funky drummer. Jungle Groove is probably the most sampled lp ever.

Also, on the first RI, there's a few different mixes with the backing vox removed to clean up a bunch of the song elements...

I voted Cash, no waffle.

I appreciate Stevie's special genius (blind or not), but no other artist speaks to me like Cash...

If this had been Johnny Cash vs. Joe Strummer, we may have a whole freezer full of waffles.

2nd Rick wrote:If this had been Johnny Cash vs. Joe Strummer, we may have a whole freezer full of waffles.

Nah, you'd have a little puddle of Strummer with a Cash-shaped footprint in the middle of it.

tmidgett wrote:

steve wrote:

Prince? A little puppy. If he has 10 interesting minutes of music in his catalog, I'm being generous, and his production aesthetic was poisonous.

He's a phenomenal guitarist and bass player.

Prince credited Robin Guthrie as one his main musical influences(as a guitarist and an innovative composer).He mentioned It many times.
I don't think that Prince comes even close.

His work looks good on paper, but It doesn't work out. When you actually listen to Prince you can't help but find it tedious.

2nd Rick wrote:I voted Cash, no waffle.

I appreciate Stevie's special genius (blind or not), but no other artist speaks to me like Cash...

If this had been Johnny Cash vs. Joe Strummer, we may have a whole freezer full of waffles.

Cash picks guys like Joe Strummer from his stool.

stevie wonder. easy! 100 "i just called to say 'i love you's" later: still stevie wonder. still easy!

i'm beginning to wonder as to how much johnny cash the people who voted cash have ever listened.

steve wrote:

2nd Rick wrote:If this had been Johnny Cash vs. Joe Strummer, we may have a whole freezer full of waffles.

Nah, you'd have a little puddle of Strummer with a Cash-shaped footprint in the middle of it.

heehee

I was leaning Stevie Wonder before I read the comments before me, but you guys really cement the case for Stevie Wonder.

Seriously, if I were an alien who had never heard any earth music, after reading this thread, I would probably vote for Stevie Wonder. You Cash-ites just haven't made the case.

And I suspect that's because the case isn't there to be made. Nothing against Johnny Cash, whom I like, but he's no Stevie Wonder.

(He's also no Ray Charles (and no Prince), but that's another thread...)