On Twitter yesterday, while writing the Pet Shop Boys entry, I asked “Who is the most intelligent person in pop?” – I got a lot of replies, so here is a list of all the crowdsourced nominations, from Lady Gaga to Clint Poppie.
The list is in the form of a poll – pick your five top pop brains by Friday teatime and we will know once and for all who has music’s mightiest mind!
THE MOST INTELLIGENT PERSON IN POP (You can pick FIVE)
- Brian ENO 14%
- Neil TENNANT 12%
- Jarvis COCKER 10%
- Bill DRUMMOND 9%
- Brian MAY 7%
- Paul MORLEY 5%
- Lady GAGA 5%
- Jay Z 5%
- SHAKIRA 4%
- Green GARTSIDE 4%
- Alex JAMES 3%
- Simon COWELL 3%
- The GZA 3%
- Roisin MURPHY 2%
- Kanye WEST 2%
- Beyonce KNOWLES 2%
- Nicky WIRE 2%
- Lily ALLEN 2%
- Clint MANSELL 1%
- Girl TALK 1%
- Lil WAYNE 1%
- NY 1%
- John MAYER 0%
- E-40 0%
- Cliff RICHARD 0%
Total Voters: 137
Poll closes: 6 Nov 2009 @ 16:00
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Wot no Kele Orekeke? Also where is Lady Stush? I am surprised the Lex didn’t nom her.
I’m going to put my case forward for Shakira. She’s fluent in four languages, can play guitar, drums and harmonica and always comes across as very intelligent in interviews.
Also, love this from her Wikipedia:
“Shakira is intensely interested in world history. She frequently studies the history and languages of the countries she visits. After her Oral Fixation tour ended in summer 2007, Shakira audited a class in Los Angeles at UCLA, on the History of Western Civilization. She used her middle and last names, Isabel Mebarak, and told the professor she was visiting from Colombia so as to avoid being recognized as a celebrity”.
After experiencing a Road to Damascus moment over Lady Gaga in the past 48 hours, I wish I could vote again, even though I picked the hivemind’s top five. Chemistry @32 makes a good case for Shakira, too.
@Rory. I saw the Bad Romance vid. for the first time today, and may finally have been won over by Gaga too. The level of inventiveness and commitment to performance there (around a song that’s on one level just OK, but *does* zig where it should zag a few times, so manages to sound fresh) is remarkable, and just isn’t dismissible (as I’ve previously tended to) as Madonna- and Roisin Murphy-imitation/theft.
Tom, please to have a poll on Pop’s Biggest BRIAN
“pingback” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Drummond#cite_note-78