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Joe Fields Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-25-07 10:46 AM
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In your opinion, who do you think was the most influential in rock and roll? There are a number of ways to interpret this question.
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wildhorses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-25-07 10:53 AM
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1. buddy holly
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SteppingRazor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-25-07 11:01 AM
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2. Elvis, no question.
I'm not even that big a fan, but Elvis' influence on the evolution of popular music is incalculable. The only other one on the list I would say that about is The Beatles, and John Lennon himself once said "Before Elvis, there was nothing."
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Joe Fields Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-25-07 11:06 AM
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4. I have a t-shirt with that quote by lennon.
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Guava Jelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-25-07 11:03 AM
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3. I picked Little Richard
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-25-07 11:09 AM
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5. And now Elvis is ahead...
Come from hither and yon all you Mozart haters and do unto Elvis what you did to Wolfie.

:P
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-25-07 11:16 AM
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6. I'm leaning toward Chuck Berry.
I've heard a few music scholars argue that if it wasn't for the racist society, he might be considered "The King" now. At the very last he was the one who made the guitar just as important as the vocals in rock music, which is pretty significant I think.
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wildhorses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-25-07 01:56 PM
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7. did you vote yet?
go ahead and lets tie this thing:P
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-25-07 04:09 PM
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9. Sure have.
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wildhorses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-25-07 05:35 PM
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14. we got our ass kicked ---
i was thinking buddy holly and the beatles got their name from buddy holly's the crickets but what chck berry did with the guitar...but, then what elvis did with his hips but how those people voted for the beatles..i don't understand it went way back before the beatles:shrug:
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-25-07 08:54 PM
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21. I voted for the Beatles
because rock music today still has their "sound"... like half the shit you hear on the radio sounds ripped off of their shit, which isn't really the case for anyone else on the list.

But it was a tough call.
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MAGICBULLET Donating Member (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-25-07 04:36 PM
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12. amen
he seemed like the true essence of rock n' roll. storytelling songwriting skills and guitar playing skills. he is the king, regardless...
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Little Wing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-25-07 01:58 PM
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8. Jimi
of course, I'm biased
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Dervill Crow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-25-07 04:32 PM
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10. Ratz, wish I could change my vote.
I voted for The Beatles, but when I think of early Beatles I think of Roll Over Beethoven.

Such a paradox. :shrug:
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-25-07 04:35 PM
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11. The Beatles but not the Beach Boys?
Tsk tsk.

Pet Sounds makes mincemeat out of Sgt. Pepper's.
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Joe Fields Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-25-07 07:57 PM
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15. Youy really think so? To me, listening to Pet Sounds is like trying to make

sense out of reading Finnigan's Wake. I know that the Beatles admired Brian Wilson's project, but I didn't care for it that much. As for influence, the Beach Boys, although quite influential, pretty much lost their grip on the American psyche, once the Beatles crossed the pond.
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bertha katzenengel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-25-07 04:50 PM
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13. Coltrane
The Doors' keyboard player (sorry, don't know his name) heard him play and realized that he could play his organ that way.
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Joe Fields Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-25-07 07:58 PM
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16. That would be Ray Manzarek
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necso Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-25-07 08:27 PM
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17. I think that
you have to go further back than that to get to the really seminal influences. Let me throw out a couple of names: Big Joe Turner and Robert Johnson (sold his soul to the devil in return for mastery of his craft). (But I make no claims.)
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Joe Fields Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-25-07 08:49 PM
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19. You could also add Big Mamma Thornton and Ike Turner.


It is Ike Turner who is credited with coming out with the first rock and roll song, back in 1952, I believe. (Rocket 88)
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-25-07 08:27 PM
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18. Bo Diddley. Hands down.
Redstone
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-25-07 08:52 PM
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20. The Beatles, but they stood on the shoulders of giants
n/t
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