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50 Top Pop Brainiacs
Lennon, Marley, Berry rock on
By Dustin Lushing
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Posted May 25, 08 11:43 AM CDT
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"Towering natural abilities" and "exceptional creative powers" infuse the most memorable music of generations, forged by Blender's top 50 pop-music geniuses. The top 10:
- Bob Dylan: Each of his brave self-reinventions is "an authentic American original."
- John Lennon: "His drive pushed the Beatles from a covers band to the world’s best-loved and most influential pop act."
- Chuck Berry: His guitar riffs are still the "bedrock" of rock and roll five decades on.
- Bob Marley: "No one did more to define and popularize a musical genre."
- Mick Jagger and Keith Richards: Duo created "decade of classics."
- Stevie Wonder: A "child genius" who continued to grow.
- Thom Yorke: The brain behind Radiohead "moving in his own dizzying orbit."
- Miles Davis: Jazz icon's trumpet "a hauntingly human voice in the hubbub of innovation."
- Kurt Cobain: "His all-too-brief body of work changed the course of popular music."
- Madonna: "Sheer ambition and bloody-mindedness remain her calling cards."
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