Almost ultimate female musician music contest

[Rabrrrrrr]

Laurie Anderson

or

Meredith Monk?

[Rabrrrrrr]

1. That's a tough call, Rab, but you left out Hildegard von Bingen

and I vote for her

[Rabrrrrrr]

2. Yeah, well, what about Mardi Hill?

You fascist &*@*(&#$.

[Rabrrrrrr]

3. Screw you, schweinhundt

Hildegard, all the way.

[Rabrrrrrr]

4. Losers. You're all wrong. It's Wendy Carlos

and I include the music from the William Carlos phase as part of her oeuvre, too.

Asses.

[dweller]

20. Joni

okay, different genre...but genius all the same.

dp

[Rabrrrrrr]

5. What, I have to have a flame war with myself?

Pathetic.

[Zorra]

6. Jennifer Batten is a great guitar player.

She does a wicked version of John Coltrane's "Giant Steps".

[Enraged_Ape]

7. I take it that you are saving Karen Carpenter for last...

but I will take Laurie in this round.

[Rabrrrrrr]

8. HAH!!

Much as I appreciate Karen's voice, she is NOWHERE in the league with Laurie and Meredith in terms of composition and musiciality and breadth of ability, etc.

[Enraged_Ape]

23. Actually, Karen Carpenter was just as accomplished a drummer...

as she was a singer. She had licks that Gene Krupa would even admire. But Richard Carpenter wasn't as accomplished a singer, so Karen got stuck with the heavy lifting when it came to vocals. And the rest, as they say, is rock-n-roll history, and thank the Goddess for that.

[HuckleB]

9. Kaki King, hands down!

:thumbsup:

[mitchum]

10. Carla Bley

[Rabrrrrrr]

11. I don't even know who these people are

and I'm talking about women who compose music for, like, serious theater. Not that rock or jazz musician women don't rock and aren't wonderful (go Billie Holiday and Sheryl Crow!)...

Carla Bley? Who's that? Come on. Pick people we know.

:-)

[mitchum]

13. Well, you're in for a real treat...

check out her work. "Escalator Over The Hill" or "A Genuine Tong Funeral" (the latter written for Gary Burton" Longtime composer and ensemble leader. I think you'll like...:)

[-..__...]

12. Wendy O Williams

In better days.

[Rabrrrrrr]

14. I'll always remember cutting a guitar in half with a chainsaw on "Frdays"

And blowing up the mercedes in, I think, Milwaukee, at a concert.

[-..__...]

18. Yep.

And this is what happened afterwards to her in Milwaukee.

[Rabrrrrrr]

19. Gotta appreciate someone willing to get so physical with her art

God bless her!

[Mrs. Venation]

15. Anne Sophie Mutter

Also Nadia Solerno-Sonnenberg. Both are violinists of breathtaking talent.

[Rabrrrrrr]

17. Yes, exceptional talent.

But not composers.

(and they are of breathtaking beauty, as well, though perhaps Midori beats them on that one... :-) )

[Mrs. Venation]

25. True, But

The thread is about women musicians, not, specifically, composers.

[Catshrink]

16. How 'bout the birthday girl?

A-R-E-T-H-A!!!!

[Liberal Christian]

21. No contest

Wing!!!

[tigereye]

22. have to say Meredith

I really like Laurie Anderson, but I think Meredith has a broader more complex body of work. Interesting question.

[Rabrrrrrr]

24. Wing! I can't believe I forgot her! I'm such an evangelist for her.

http://www.wingmusic.co.nz/listen.html

Her version of Close To You:
http://www.wingmusic.co.nz/mp3s/CD4-01closetoyou.mp3