Once in a lifetime talents.

[castletonsnob]

What athletes, musicians or entertainers do you consider once in a lifetime talents, that we'll never see again?



Michael Jackson for me.

[MolotovMocktail]

Freddie Mercury. Nobody could hit the vocal ranges he had.
Jim Morrison. While he didn’t have Freddie’s range, he had a powerful baritone and was one of the most gifted lyricists of all time, possibly only rivaled by Bob Dylan.

[XIII]

Prince. This dude could do it all and was like 5’2” but always seemed like he was 7’. An absolute force.

Jimi Hendrix. Had to be a complete mindf*** to see this dude live.

Jim Brown. Dude had 12,312 yds despite retiring at his peak, back when the NFL had 12-14 game seasons, and everyone knew that he was getting the ball.

[animaniac]

Mozart. How many children can compose at an Adult level?

[The Unconquered Sun]

Richard Pryor

[castletonsnob]

In boxing: Roy Jones Jr. The things he could do in his prime were unbelievable.

[hashtagdaley/JudasDay]

“Rhonda Rousey isn’t a once in a lifetime talent, she’s a once in a humankind talent 🥲”
-Joe Rogan

[smokinvokoun86]

In sports I feel there is a real short list of athletes who were not only highly accomplished but are world wide figures that transcends their sport.

Babe Ruth, Michael Jordan, Muhammad Ali. Probably could add a few others. But these guys are the first I think off. There maybe some better than them or eventually, you’re not gonna find too many athletes that truly transcends. Like there are probably more talented baseball players than Babe Ruth, but none of them has ever surpassed Babe Ruth impact in sports. Heck, he might still be the biggest name in baseball history. Lebron may one day surpass MJ’s accomplishments, but he will never have the same impact as Michael Jordan. Michael Jordan was more than just a famous basketball player. There is an argument to be made when he played, he was the worlds most famous person. And Muhammad Ali probably trumps them both in terms of being the biggest star in their sport, but also one of, if not the most famous person in the world.

[GodzillaIsMyMonster]

Hulk Hogan.

Muhammed Ali.

Michael Jackson.

Eminem.

[Burst]

David Byrne, obviously.

[Push R Truth]

Long ago in the before time I used to say John Belushi, and then Chris Farley happened.

[ASYLUMHAUSEN]

Prince - the GOAT

Paul McCartney - I mean, I knew dude was good but watching Get Back when it dropped last year I was floored at the fact that dude literally sat there and wrote f***ing all time classics out of boredom because John was late for rehearsal. Again.

Jason Isbell - I wish I was good at one thing as Jason is at writing songs/singing songs/playing guitar.

Michael Jordan - there will NEVER be another like him.

Wayne Gretzky - see ‘Michael Jordan’

Tony Hawk - see ‘Michael Jordan’

Richard Pryor - the absolute GOAT. The funniest human to ever walk the planet.

Hunter S. Thompson - many have tried to mimic his writing style, or his lifestyle, or both at the same time. ALL have failed miserably.

[castletonsnob]

Jim Henson.

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Apparently many of history’s artists (in the painting, sculpting, etc sense) because when was the last time there was someone on Da Vinci or Dali level of notoriety? …Andy Warhol? Why aren’t there artists with level of fame anymore? It’s not because of the current divided media landscape, as it’s been that way long before that was even a thing. So basically since at least the 90s/80s.

[Vampiro138]

Bob Dylan - just his catalogue of like his first 7 years is mind blowing songwriting wise

Jerry Garcia - As a guitarist and a songwriter we may never see that type of talent again, more than just "a jam band"

Robert Hunter - Jerry Garcia's right hand guy, he could write lyrics so so incredible and when teamed with Jerry they created absolute magic.

Groucho Marx - the super quick wit, the ability to go on the fly, and a guy you can clearly see working in his mind what to say that wont get him thrown off tv when he hears something, like he is shuffling through jokes to follow up.

[The Dark Order Inferno]

Prince, the guy could do pretty much anything he set his mind to musically from a young age and he had charisma to spare.

Mike Oldfield is similarly gifted, doing nearly everything on Tubular Bells.

[Totorob101]

Mae West - A brilliant actress that oozed charm and charisma,she was incredible and i dont think there has been anyone quite like her in hollywood history.

Bruce Lee - The man is my idol, the man was a force of nature.

The Rock - His achievements and what he has done in everything cant be underestimated.

ELvis - i mean people still impersonate him to this day.

[cj3]

Bette Midler

You can mark many in her role that can do all genres of film but when I watched The Rose, and listened to her sing, it was pure talent

[An Dog On An Skateboard]

Sir Donald Bradman.

Because of cricket's niche popularity there and outside of the British Commonwealth in general he's often omitted from America-centric lists of the greatest sportsmen, but statistically no one has ever dominated their sport as did Bradman. To put into context just how dominant he was for people not au fait with cricket, Bradman retired with a career batting average in test matches of 99.94; the next highest career average is 61.87, which is itself remarkable, only six players in the 145 year history of test match cricket have a batting average of 60 or over. It's the one individual achievement in cricket that has never been matched and in all likelihood never will be. He's a national hero in Australia, and there is little debate amongst cricket enthusiasts - perhaps from some Indian supporters who would argue Sachin Tendulkar - over who the greatest of them all was, it was Bradman.

[Bo Rida]

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