Top 5 Rock Icons...Whose career began post 1980

[gftChris]

So would you say, mud, that video killed the radio star?

[Chicopee John]

Country? Pop? I don't know but from the standpoint of a musical icon post 1980, you have to include Taylor Swift.

[gftChris]

Jack White worth mentioning in any of this?

[The Gipper]

@chicopee-john said:

Country? Pop? I don't know but from the standpoint of a musical icon post 1980, you have to include Taylor Swift.

I did mention her....as one of maybe a dozen candidates for my last spot.

[The Gipper]

@gftchris said:

Jack White worth mentioning in any of this?

No, but Jack Black may be.

(School of Rock....so Iconic it became a Broadway Show!)

[gftChris]

Jack Black, yes.

[The Gipper]

@gftchris said:

Jack Black, yes.

Ah, uh, that was a joke, a play on names.

[The Cysko Kid]

@gftchris said:

Jack White worth mentioning in any of this?

I think so. I certainly have a high opinion of him. I put him atop my list of best modern guitar players

[miktoxic]

rock is rock (encompassing everything from classic to metal). disco was disco. hip hop is hip hop. rap is rap. country is country. pop is pop. house is house etc. etc.

to say madonna is rock is like saying satan is jesus christ or kc and the sunshine band is metallica.

[Chicopee John]

@miktoxic said:

to say madonna is rock is like saying satan is jesus christ or kc and the sunshine band is metallica.

Actually, I liked KC and the Sunshine Band a lot more than Metallica.

To me, Metallica is ship

[Westside Steve]

@miktoxic said:

rock is rock (encompassing everything from classic to metal). disco was disco. hip hop is hip hop. rap is rap. country is country. pop is pop. house is house etc. etc.

to say madonna is rock is like saying satan is jesus christ or kc and the sunshine band is metallica.

Cherry, Apple, lemon meringue, key lime, sweet potato and Boston cream are all pie.

And like it or not she's probably the number one icon in entertainment today.

WSS

[miktoxic]

@westside-steve said:

Cherry, Apple, lemon meringue, key lime, sweet potato and Boston cream are all pie.

And like it or not she's probably the number one icon in entertainment today.

WSS

Sorry you guys want to be stubborn but there are different genres of music just like there are different genres of movies. If anyone should know that it's you steve.

madonna hasn't been the biggest of anything in a decade or two, unless of course you're talking vagina size, then i'm sure she ranks up there with the likes of vanessa del rio.

[Westside Steve]

@miktoxic said:

Sorry you guys want to be stubborn but there are different genres of music just like there are different genres of movies. If anyone should know that it's you steve.

madonna hasn't been the biggest of anything in a decade or two, unless of course you're talking vagina size, then i'm sure she ranks up there with the likes of vanessa del rio.

If I'm not mistaken she just set a new world record for her last tour. Stubborn? Look I don't care if you like her or not I don't care if you think it's rock music or not. She's the real deal.

WSS

[miktoxic]

@westside-steve said:

I don't care I don't care

WSS

i'm getting to realize that about you.

of course madonna is the real deal but she's not headlining a rock tour.

[Westside Steve]

@miktoxic said:

i'm getting to realize that about you.

of course madonna is the real deal but she's not headlining a rock tour.

Think what you like dude.

Maybe you could scratch out a list of criteria, but I'm sure you can't so...

Pop and rock crossover all the fucking time and always have.

WSS

[DieHardBrownsFan]

I used to fantasize about Madonna back in the 80's. However, I haven't aged and she has aged quite badly. I'd still take a BJ from her though.

[Chicopee John]

@diehardbrownsfan said:

I used to fantasize about Madonna back in the 80's. However, I haven't aged and she has aged quite badly. I'd still take a BJ from her though.

You'd probably take one from Elton John, too, Die.

[DieHardBrownsFan]

@chicopee-john said:

You'd probably take one from Elton John, too, Die.

That's your fantasy, not mine bro....

[Westside Steve]

@diehardbrownsfan said:

That's your fantasy, not mine bro....

Look at it this way, you could close your eyes and pretend it was David Bowie.

WSS

[The Gipper]

@miktoxic said:

Sorry you guys want to be stubborn but there are different genres of music just like there are different genres of movies. If anyone should know that it's you steve.

madonna hasn't been the biggest of anything in a decade or two, unless of course you're talking vagina size, then i'm sure she ranks up there with the likes of vanessa del rio.

You can be stubborn and say that the only women you will date are Scandanavian Blondes.....but that does not mean the the only beautiful women out there are Scandinavian Blondes. I/we have a much broader scope on things.

And Madonna IS one of the biggest Icons we have out there.

And that was the question: who are the biggest icons. Not who has current top his records.

You don't think Jagger and McCartney aren't still icons despite not being particularly chart relevent lately?