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Apostate_Nate t1_j65mdx3 wrote

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Lmao okay, so now another person wants to conflate 'solo act' with 'solely responsible'. That's fine, because just like with the other person, it doesn't change the definition for the rest of us, which is that a solo act is one that performs as the main interest, the reason the rest of the performers are even there.

Please, tell me about the Elton John concert you saw or heard about where Elton wasn't there lol.

Edit - or about any time an Elton John concert was postponed because Bernie Taupin had a head cold and couldn't sing.

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[deleted] OP t1_j65o1ib wrote

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Apostate_Nate t1_j65p11e wrote

And songwriting is not the same as performance. Never has been. Never will be.

Just off the names given you've said yourself that "+ The Machine" and also 'the Night Sweats" make 'Florence' and 'Nathaniel Rateliff' both members of bands instead of solo acts.

The White Stripes was a band (albeit with only two members) while Jack White as a solo artist is a different concept. He also made music with The Dead Weather and The Raconteurs, both bands in which he was a member.

Micheal Jackson was a member of the Jackson Five before becoming a solo artist. Nobody ever thought he wrote and performed all the music, but there really aren't many people (outside of those in this post fighting against gravity) who would say he wasn't a solo act.

If Nick Cave releases a song with The Bad Seeds it's a group effort, if it's released under his name alone it's as a solo artist.

There's thousands of examples.

Edit- and I really don't know much about Bon Iver, but I probably ought to.

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[deleted] OP t1_j65pc6h wrote

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Apostate_Nate t1_j65pxls wrote

Lol actually he's one I would have a difficult time placing because "The E Street Band" has seemed to have varying levels of importance throughout his career, instead of an either/or proposition. So yeah, sometimes I'd say he's a solo act and others very much the lead singer of a band.

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