June 14, 20241 yr * This would then include Davina McCall and Patsy Kensit as they sang on this too Although, Patsy Kensit was the lead singer of a band in the 80s who even had a top 10 hit - so not sure if I'd count her!
June 14, 20241 yr Do they have to be "people"? Because you could probably count The Teletubbies, Bob the Builder, Lady Gaga, Chef, Crazy Frog, Mr. Blobby, etc. :rofl:
June 14, 20241 yr Nicole Kidman too, but I don’t know if she’d count since she’s dabbled in music a few times
June 14, 20241 yr Do they have to be "people"? Because you could probably count The Teletubbies, Bob the Builder, Lady Gaga, Chef, Crazy Frog, Mr. Blobby, etc. I'm throwing a vote to RSPB based upon this logic; NtHsK-fyye4
June 14, 20241 yr Although, Patsy Kensit was the lead singer of a band in the 80s who even had a top 10 hit - so not sure if I'd count her! Didn't know that! Probably should've checked before I posted :P
June 14, 20241 yr This really does depend on how one defines the term 'musician'. If it's a more casual, relaxed definition, then even those who aren't professional players, singers or producers could qualify, whether or not they've had just a one-off or more frequent dabblings with commercial success. But for the stricter, more precise end of the definition, it pretty-much rules out any individual who has not been either formally trained in instrumental or vocal capabilities, or otherwise become self-taught to a good standard. There is a school of musical thought and musicianship more widely which doesn't really recognise most of the 'pop' of the last 70 years as having any great musical qualities at all, because they always set it against classical composition and performance, which is of a very different and more complex format and so probably shouldn't bear comparison with what now passes for a four-minute popular song derived from the 'rock' foundations of the 1950s that speaks routinely about basic human emotions like love. But it's that simplicity, ease and brevity that renders that huge canon of similarly-derived work so appealing to the everyday listener, whereas classical stirs emotion and wonder but takes rather more brainspace and determination to fully appreciate it. It's not really fair to always compare these two very diverse forms of music. Saying that, the latter definition above would rule out a lot of acts who are by their own admission 'producers' who really just feel their way in music, have some ideas, and know how to operate machinery and utilise technology that wrongly or rightly allows them to express these, albeit often of an unoriginal or unsophisticated form. Or otherwise they're one-off chancers in the vocal booth - these days so readily assisted by auto-tune software. Innumerable chart successes have been born of this kind of 'DIY' ethic that people would associate initially with punk in that one needn't be a virtuoso player or singer, but in the decades since has been whittled down to include people who frankly still can't really play or sing live, but whose pre-recorded productions are enough to become viable hits. One has to query the true musicianship of some in that style. If however we just stick to the former, very broad definition, where anyone who's been involved with musical performance irrespective of training, experience, or even natural ability/talent, but who somehow ended up producing or contributing towards a meaningful hit or hits, then we may be far more generous and less exclusive about which acts qualify for the hall of fame. Alas, the charts have never been a useful or consistent barometer that measures the relative quality of composition or live performance, which has led to numerous songs (and acts) of little musical worth scoring high, and perhaps less comfortably, those of considerable quality instrumentally, lyrically and in overall production terms, failing to ever access the weekly rankings. Equally though there has been plenty of excellent stuff that has scaled the heights and a lot of crap that hasn't. I think that will always be the case.
June 14, 20241 yr Didn't Rowan Atkinson have a hit as Mr. Bean? Then I remember NBA Legend Shaq O'Neal was eligible for Best Male Musician because he had a Top 40 hit.
June 20, 20241 yr The actress who played Charlene in Neighbours has had a few hits I think. LOL, I cackled :lol:
June 20, 20241 yr Do they have to be "people"? Because you could probably count The Teletubbies, Bob the Builder, Lady Gaga, Chef, Crazy Frog, Mr. Blobby, etc. LOOOOL :lol:
June 20, 20241 yr The actress who played Charlene in Neighbours has had a few hits I think. and the actress who played Emma in Home And Away
June 20, 20241 yr Zippy, George, Bungle and Geoffrey made the top 20 in 2002, the era when every novelty single had to be a Clubalnd-lite kind of Eurodance production. sNcUqtA6AvM "Rod, Jane, Freddy...ready" Edited June 20, 20241 yr by gooddelta
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