先從俗的地方看，無論是滾石還是Q或NME，任何偉大歌手的排名Bowie都在Elton之上。而所有排出的偉大專輯，Bowie至少會有三張。
Elton很多時候都在唱流行或不停翻唱，而your song和光candle in the wind（無論夢露版還是戴安娜版）就足夠紅遍大江南北了，對了，還有迪斯尼的《獅子王》主題曲can u feel the love tonight（大概是吧，忘了怎麽拼了），Bowie沒有唱過這種歌。
反之，Bowie很多歌的曲調詭異，歌詞也可用晦澀來形容。
他太容易隨便降低身份（或許根本沒有）附和大眾....
且如果按知名度算的話，譬如Prince和Madonna，後者毫無疑問更有名，但從偉大的角度，作為音樂人，Prince更偉大，作為明星，Madonna更偉大。
但，無論作為音樂人還是明星，Bowie都比Elton偉大得多，其實我很不明白妳會提把他們兩個放在壹起比，顯然不是同壹級別的.....在明星的意義上更是，什麽中性、雙性戀、同性戀、男人長發高跟鞋、華麗搖滾等等，都是Bowie在70年代就玩遍的。
模仿Bowie，受Bowie影響的音樂人或明星有多少？見過誰受Elton什麽影響了麽？拿最近爛大街的Lady Gaga來說吧，她做的很多東西都是Bowie玩剩下的，自己也明確表示是Bowie的Fans，Elton能做什麽？和已大紅大紫的Lady Gaga壹起在格萊美上表演？
不多說了，這是滾石榜單：
史上最偉大的百名歌手:
1 | Aretha Franklin
2 | Ray Charles
3 | Elvis Presley
4 | Sam Cooke
5 | John Lennon
6 | Marvin Gaye
7 | Bob Dylan
8 | Otis Redding
9 | Stevie Wonder
10 | James Brown
11 | Paul McCartney
12 | Little Richard
13 | Roy Orbison
14 | Al Green
15 | Robert Plant
16 | Mick Jagger by Lenny Kravitz
17 | Tina Turner
18 | Freddie Mercury
19 | Bob Marley
20 | Smokey Robinson
21 | Johnny Cash
22 | Etta James
23 | David Bowie
24 | Van Morrison
25 | Michael Jackson by Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy
26 | Jackie Wilson
27 | Hank Williams
28 | Janis Joplin
29 | Nina Simone
30 | Prince
31 | Howlin' Wolf
32 | Bono by Billie Joe Armstrong
33 | Steve Winwood
34 | Whitney Houston
35 | Dusty Springfield
36 | Bruce Springsteen
37 | Neil Young
38 | Elton John
39 | Jeff Buckley by Chris Cornell
40 | Curtis Mayfield
41 | Chuck Berry
42 | Joni Mitchell
43 | George Jones by James Taylor
44 | Bobby "Blue" Bland
45 | Kurt Cobain
46 | Patsy Cline
47 | Jim Morrison
48 | Buddy Holly
49 | Donny Hathaway
50 | Bonnie Raitt
51 | Gladys Knight
52 | Brian Wilson
53 | Muddy Waters by Ben Harper
54 | Luther Vandross
55 | Paul Rodgers
56 | Mavis Staples
57 | Eric Burdon
58 | Christina Aguilera
59 | Rod Stewart
60 | Bjouml;rk
61 | Roger Daltrey
62 | Lou Reed
63 | Dion
64 | Axl Rose
65 | David Ruffin
66 | Thom Yorke
67 | Jerry Lee Lewis
68 | Wilson Pickett
69 | Ronnie Spector
70 | Gregg Allman
71 | Toots HIbbert
72 | John Fogerty
73 | Dolly Parton
74 | James Taylor
75 | Iggy Pop
76 | Steve Perry
77 | Merle Haggard
78 | Sly Stone
79 | Mariah Carey
80 | Frankie Valli
81 | John Lee Hooker by Bonnie Raitt
82 | Tom Waits
83 | Patti Smith
84 | Darlene Love
85 | Sam Moore
86 | Art Garfunkel
87 | Don Henley
88 | Willie Nelson
89 | Solomon Burke
90 | The Everly Brothers
91 | Levon Helm by Jim James
92 | Morrissey
93 | Annie Lennox
94 | Karen Carpenter
95 | Patti LaBelle
96 | B.B. King
97 | Joe Cocker
98 | Stevie Nicks
99 | Steven Tyler
100 | Mary J. Blige
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史上最偉大的百百張專輯:
1.RADIOHEAD - OK Computer
2.U2 - The Joshua Tree
3.NIRVANA - Nevermind
4.MICHAEL JACKSON - Thriller
5.PINK FLOYD - Dark Side of the Moon
6.OASIS - Definitely Maybe
7.THE BEATLES - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
8.MADONNA - Like a Prayer
9.GUNS N' ROSES - Appetite For Destruction
10.THE BEATLES - Revolver
11.R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
12.THE BEATLES - The White Album
13.QUEEN - A Night at the Opera
14.COLDPLAY - Parachutes
15.OASIS - (What's the Story) Morning Glory
16.ALANIS MORISSETTE - Jagged Little Pill
17.LED ZEPPELIN - Led Zeppelin IV
18.THE VERVE - Urban Hymns
19.JIMI HENDRIX - Are you Experienced
20.THE SMITHS - The Queen Is Dead
21.JOHN LENNON - Imagine
22.RADIOHEAD - The Bends
23.BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS - Exodus
24.THE STONE ROSES - The Stone Roses
25.SIMON AND GARFUNKEL - Bridge Over Troubled Water
26.BJORK - Debut
27.THE DOORS - The Doors
28.ABBA - Arrival
29.MICHAEL JACKSON - Off the Wall
30.DURAN DURAN - Rio
31.SEX PISTOLS - Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols
32.DAVID BOWIE - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
33.THE BEACH BOYS - Pet Sounds
34.JOY DIVISION - Closer
35.THE ROLLING STONES - Let It Bleed
36.BLUR - Parklife
37.BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - Born to Run
38.BILLIE HOLIDAY - Lady Sings the Blues
39.THE WHITE STRIPES - Elephant
40.BLACK SABBATH - Paranoid
41.THE SPECIALS - Specials
42.THE ROLLING STONES - Exile on Main Street
43.FRANK SINATRA - Songs for Swingin' Lovers!
44.THE CLASH - London Calling
45.THE PRODIGY - The Fat of the Land
46.THE VELVET UNDERGROUND - The Velvet Underground and Nico
47.DIRE STRAITS - Brothers in Arms
48.PIXIES - Doolittle
49.ARETHA FRANKLIN - I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
50.THE LIBERTINES - The Libertines
51.HAPPY MONDAYS - Pills 'N' Thrills and Bellyaches
52.PATTI SMITH - Horses
53.THE WHO - Tommy
54.LOU REED - Transformer
55.BOB DYLAN - Blood on the Tracks
56.PRINCE - Sign 'o' the Times
57.DIDO - No Angel
58.AIR - Moon Safari
59.ELTON JOHN - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
60.THE JAM - All Mod Cons
61.JEFF BUCKLEY - Grace
62.FLEETWOOD MAC - Rumours
63.MOBY - Play
64.RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
65.THE POLICE - Synchronicity
66.JONI MITCHELL - Blue
67.CURTIS MAYFIELD - Superfly
68.ELVIS PRESLEY - The Sun Sessions
69.OUTKAST - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
70.PULP - Different Class
71.KRAFTWERK - Trans-Europe Express
72.MASSIVE ATTACK - Blue Lines
73.BECK - Odelay
74.STEVIE WONDER - Songs in the Key of Life
75.KATE BUSH - Hounds of Love
76.TALKING HEADS - Fear of Music
77.EMINEM - The Marshall Mathers LP
78.MARVIN GAYE - What's Going On
79.GEORGE MICHAEL - Faith
80.SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER - The Original Movie Soundtrack
81.PRIMAL SCREAM - Screamadelica
82.JOHN COLTRANE - A Love Supreme
83.LOVE - Forever Changes
84.PAUL SIMON - Graceland
85.NICK DRAKE - Five Leaves Left
86.MEAT LOAF - Bat Out of Hell
87.DUSTY SPRINGFIELD - Dusty in Memphis
88.DE LA SOUL - 3 Feet High and Rising
89.THE STROKES - Is this It
90.MADNESS - One Step Beyond...
91.ROBBIE WILLIAMS - I've Been Expecting You
92.NEIL YOUNG - After the Gold Rush
93.PUBLIC ENEMY - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
94.BLONDIE - Parallel Lines
95.THE EAGLES - Hotel California
96.JAMES BROWN - Sex Machine
97.THE STREETS - A Grand Don't Come for Free
98.DEXY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS - Searching for the Young Soul Rebels
99.ROD STEWART - Every Picture Tells a Story
100.The HUMAN LEAGUE - Dare!
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