No Elvis, Beatles, or the Rolling Stones

[xenon]

to quote two such utterly different songs in the same context means you know nothing


Tis true. i don't know very much about Elvis Presley accept the obvious facts that are trotted out when ever there's a documentry about him or something. But i aint itnerested enough to learn more really. Just not my cup of tea.

are you implying that people DO like Elvis in that way?

No. Well some like certain songs in that way.

 

[Haller]

Elvis was a cock.

A fucking beautiful cock, though.

 

[Bonfirelight]

(Wouldn't have existed without Elvis though....)

i don't think you should see it like that though, as in, they never existed. More like whose songs could you quite happily never hear again.

 

[Groucho]

i don't think you should see it like that though, as in, they never existed. More like whose songs could you quite happily never hear again.

Same answer. I wouldn't say happily but if I had to choose - The Beatles. I wouldn't cry.

 

[RubberBuccaneer]

CAn you be married by Paul McCArthy or Mick Jagger though?

Re Elvis' impact on people lives, how many velvet images of Jagger or Lennon do you see in peoples home?

How many impersonators from all spectrums and countries do you see.

I remember once a Mexican impersonator ( not El Vez ), showing his favourite picture of Elvis, saying he liked this one best as he looked most Mexican in it.

 

[killer b]

i'm wearing blue suede shoes today.

the beatles, obviously...

 

[gentlegreen]

Elvis Parsley "Please can I join the CIA (or whatever) to fight the commie druggies ?"

.... apart that is, for the sample of "In the Ghetto" that features on the KLF's classic "Chillout"

Had it been multiple choice I'd have put the Stones in second place for their inflated egos. (though I quite liked some of their 70s stuff).

*makes a mad dash for the door before getting attacked by hoardes of Rednecks and Hells Angels*

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[RubberBuccaneer]

Come on , Beat that !

 

[hammerntongues]

Elvis made an irrevocable impact on your musical taste. Half the music you like wouldn't have been made without him.

In a musical lineage tough to outright disagree but if you follow that course you may as well argue that without Gospel there would have been no Elvis or without BB King there would have been no Elvis.
I don`t think that the music I/we listen to today would have been any different whatsoever if there had been no Elvis , equally so Beatles and Stones of course.
If there hadn`t have been an Elvis then Jerry Lee or Little Richard would have maybe have been higher profiled and revered , I think they had as much influence on changing the musical style , Jerry Lee was more of a rebel and was shunned by the mainstream and Little Richard was born black.
Both were musicians and wrote their own material .
Elvis looked hot and had a remarkable voice and it was enough, as an Icon yes as a musical hero no.

sorry bit disjointed but trying to work at the same time.

 

[perplexis]

The Beatles have overtaken Elvis.
Hmmm. Not sure I can handle The Stones having so few votes. Surely some more people have nasty things to say about them? Are they just the blandest of the three? Surely they made some shite and were arguably* less influential than either Elvis or The Beatles...?

*n.b. not arguable by me, but maybe someone else could have a crack?

 

[RubberBuccaneer]

The Beatles have overtaken Elvis.
Hmmm. Not sure I can handle The Stones having so few votes. Surely some more people have nasty things to say about them? Are they just the blandest of the three? Surely they made some shite and were arguably* less influential than either Elvis or The Beatles...?

*n.b. not arguable by me, but maybe someone else could have a crack?

They win by default,as people reallyhate Elvis or Beatles.

 

[May Kasahara]

Well, I fucking love the Beatles, and quite like Elvis (need to give him a proper listen, like). The Stones, on the other hand, can fuck right off and take their yawn-inducing former-supposed-bad-boys-but-actually-just-uninventive-twats routine with them.

 

[tarannau]

The Eminem of his day... more famous than equal/greater talents just 'cos of his skin colour.. which is no dis to the man himself; he was just doing what he loved, but *is* a dis to the system which has chosen to keep him as the king of rock'n'roll above other people who had the misfortune to be born the 'wrong' colour.

Well said. I don't particularly dislike the bloke, but I do hate the industry and idol-worship that's built up around the big doughball.

If I never heard another Elvis tune again I wouldn't be too sad. I've heard enough overhyped nonsense about him - and had enough of his same tunes inflicted onto me from mobile discos everywhere - to last a lifetime.

Still hate the Beatles more mind. And Paul McCartney's a bigger twat than all of them put together.

 

[Orang Utan]

I could live without all of them - I've never owned a record by any of them. I don't need to own any music by any of those type of artists cos they're constantly 'in the ether' IYKWIM