Quote:Billy Joel has compsed the soundtrack of America
so in the over 225 years we have been a nation you think billy joel is its finest composer? un-fucking believable!
Eventhough nobody in our history could compare to the classical composers of Europe, the clear winner has to be George Gershwin
gershwin-yes, billy joel-
somebody else put bret easton ellis as writer! this is absurd. when you have the likes of twain,updike,london,hemingway,fitzgerald how can anyone pick a dime store novelist like ellis? ponderous!
Quote:Notice they didn't put greatest inventor/pioneer cause they know no one comes close to Edison.
tesla was better. he didnt steall all of his ideas from his employees
ellis was meant as a joke, i should have put hemingway or tennesee williams
i'm not into classical music, so billy joel is my choice of composer. sorry mr. highbrow
Composer: Billy Joel
Conducter:
Music Festival: Superbowl Half-time Show
Writer: Tom Clancy
Philosopher: George Carlin
Artist:
Fashion Model: Tyra Banks
Fashion Designer: Hilfiguer (sp)
Fashion Mistake: Feathered Hair
Film Director: Spielberg
Film Beauty: Marilyn Monroe
Film Wildman: Chris Farley
Classic Car: Mustang
Football Ambassador: Joe Montana
Football Export: Doug Flutie
Tennis Star: Sampras
Pop Group: The Supremes
Canine Icon: Mutt
Folk Culture: Country Music
Food: McDonalds
Drinking Event: St Patricks Day
Holiday Essential: Lights
TOM FUCKING CLANCY
Jesus Christ
Quote:ellis was meant as a joke
cool. whew! :thumbs-up:
Quote:i'm not into classical music, so billy joel is my choice of composer. sorry mr. highbrow
its not being highbrow to recognize that billy joel is negligble as a composer compared to the hundreds of great composers born in this country. and who said it had to be classical music.
Billy Joel isn't fit to polish Gershwin's shoes
I didn't think of Mark Twain. I will change my answer.
Writer: <s>Tom Clancy</s> Mark Twain
to read these lists you would think we formed as a union 15 years ago.
name a non-classical composer fit to make this list.
None of them are fit to make the list
Quote:name a non-classical composer fit to make this list.
irving berlin, gershwin,adolph green,duke ellington..........
the only one that appeals to me on that list is ellington.
maybe some of the great jazz composers, coltrane, miles davis.
This isn't a list about what appeals to you, this is a list of greatest people/places/things from your country.
how could i call something great if it didn't appeal to me?
"hey i just saw the greatest movie ever made, but it really didn't appeal to me"
You can appreciate something even if you don't like it.
I may not like a certain painter's works, but I can still appreciate it as being great art. I personally don't find Vivaldi's music appealing, but I can still appreciate him as a great composer.