The TIME 100 : Just the Music
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"As promised":http://mog.com/nicki/blog_post/70663, here's part two...and the pickings are slim.Grumble.2. "Youssou N'Dour":http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/time100/article/0,28804,1595326_1595332_1615978,00.html profiled by Peter Gabriel3. "Anna Netrebko":http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/time100/article/0,28804,1595326_1595332_1615983,00.html4. "Justin Timberlake":http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/time100/article/0,28804,1595326_1595332_1615988,00.html a la Timberland8. "Rick Rubin":http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/time100/article/0,28804,1595326_1595332_1616413,00.html profiled by Natalie Maines
When I asked other people what he was like, the word guru consistently came up. I had horrifying visions of banjo meditation and a Dixie Chicks album inspired by a sense of inner peace.Rick, 44, is a man of few words who exudes confidence without arrogance. He has a natural intuition when it comes to music. What would seem like an opinion coming from someone else is simply fact when Rick says it. Rick doesn't tell you how you should play it; he tells you when you have nailed it. He has the ability and the patience to let music be discovered, not manufactured. Come to think of it, maybe he is a guru.13. "Simon Fuller":http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/time100/article/0,28804,1595326_1595332_1616684,00.html (not Cowell!) profiled by David Beckham15. "John Mayer":http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/time100/article/0,28804,1595326_1595332_1616690,00.html. Quite disappointing.You know, I'm really peeved that David Byrne didn't make the list. I thought that would have been right up Time's alley.Time to lower the expectations once again.
When I asked other people what he was like, the word guru consistently came up. I had horrifying visions of banjo meditation and a Dixie Chicks album inspired by a sense of inner peace.Rick, 44, is a man of few words who exudes confidence without arrogance. He has a natural intuition when it comes to music. What would seem like an opinion coming from someone else is simply fact when Rick says it. Rick doesn't tell you how you should play it; he tells you when you have nailed it. He has the ability and the patience to let music be discovered, not manufactured. Come to think of it, maybe he is a guru.13. "Simon Fuller":http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/time100/article/0,28804,1595326_1595332_1616684,00.html (not Cowell!) profiled by David Beckham15. "John Mayer":http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/time100/article/0,28804,1595326_1595332_1616690,00.html. Quite disappointing.You know, I'm really peeved that David Byrne didn't make the list. I thought that would have been right up Time's alley.Time to lower the expectations once again.
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