What is so friggin' special about Elvis Presly??

[Tominator]

He bridged a gap between societies and allowed open minded creation to spawn modern Rock & Roll.

In other words he set the ground work....he started it....

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: Tominator

He bridged a gap between societies and allowed open minded creation to spawn modern Rock & Roll.

In other words he set the ground work....he started it....

Like I said, the P. Diddy of the 50's, 60's, and 70's. Rippin' off other peoples' music and making it into your own

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: Xerox Man

Originally posted by: ffmcobalt

Originally posted by: Xerox Man

That said, his music sucks ass

He brought into the mainstream what a lot of minority jazz & blues musicians were already playing. He laid the groundwork for a lot of the music we listen to today.

But yeah, go ahead and say he sucks ass.

Ya got me all wrong, officer... ya got me all wrong!

He was an incredible musician. He had the cahones to bring the music from black communities to white communities where it was shunned and present it in such a way that it was accepted by a few, then by a few more, then more and more, etc. He broke all the rules. He paved the way for open minds and open hearts in the music world.

Yes, he was a great man.

But listening to his music either puts me to sleep or bores me to death.

nik

You offend me, Nik. (I'm never going to let you live that down.)

That's fine. I'll just keep ignoring it.

In other words he set the ground work....he started it....

I'm right and you're wrong, dammit.

nik

 

[LordMaul]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: Tominator

He bridged a gap between societies and allowed open minded creation to spawn modern Rock & Roll.

In other words he set the ground work....he started it....

Like I said, the P. Diddy of the 50's, 60's, and 70's. Rippin' off other peoples' music and making it into your own

Uh, yeah, sure. Show me a couple people from whom Elvis took their stuff.

Elvis != anything remotely like "P Diddy".

 

[Tominator]

Like I said, the P. Diddy of the 50's, 60's, and 70's. Rippin' off other peoples' music and making it into your own

He ripped others off like the Beatles ripped off Liberace...

His music and his act were unique. Like most things in the US, he saw something, modified it, and made it better. Then he sold it!

Unlike the chikensheet rockers since, he even served his country when called by the draft.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: LordMaul

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: Tominator

He bridged a gap between societies and allowed open minded creation to spawn modern Rock & Roll.

In other words he set the ground work....he started it....

Like I said, the P. Diddy of the 50's, 60's, and 70's. Rippin' off other peoples' music and making it into your own

Uh, yeah, sure. Show me a couple people from whom Elvis took their stuff.

Elvis != anything remotely like "P Diddy".

I'll dig out my History of Rock & Roll book that I got in college and have a list for you as soon as I have time.

nik

 

[LordMaul]

Originally posted by: ffmcobalt

Originally posted by: LordMaul

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: Tominator

He bridged a gap between societies and allowed open minded creation to spawn modern Rock & Roll.

In other words he set the ground work....he started it....

Like I said, the P. Diddy of the 50's, 60's, and 70's. Rippin' off other peoples' music and making it into your own

Uh, yeah, sure. Show me a couple people from whom Elvis took their stuff.

Elvis != anything remotely like "P Diddy".

I'll dig out my History of Rock & Roll book that I got in college and have a list for you as soon as I have time.

nik

If he did, at least he put some work into it. Not like say, punk bands of this day. They grab a mic, a guitar, and a set of drums and beat them to death while signing a multimillion dollar contact.

 

[CocaCola5]

He was a idol of the massive baby boom gen. which were FEW stars compared to today, that along with the fact that he looked good on television(the new medium at the time) had alot in making him the world star he was, in addition to his talent.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: LordMaul

Originally posted by: ffmcobalt

Originally posted by: LordMaul

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: Tominator

He bridged a gap between societies and allowed open minded creation to spawn modern Rock & Roll.

In other words he set the ground work....he started it....

Like I said, the P. Diddy of the 50's, 60's, and 70's. Rippin' off other peoples' music and making it into your own

Uh, yeah, sure. Show me a couple people from whom Elvis took their stuff.

Elvis != anything remotely like "P Diddy".

I'll dig out my History of Rock & Roll book that I got in college and have a list for you as soon as I have time.

nik

If he did, at least he put some work into it. Not like say, punk bands of this day. They grab a mic, a guitar, and a set of drums and beat them to death while signing a multimillion dollar contact.

You were saying that he never did covers or copied anyone else's work. Two of us are saying that he did and I'm going to give you a big list and rub it in just out of spite

nik

 

[NFS4]

I happen to know for a fact that he blatantly ripped "You ain't nothing but a hound dog."

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: NFS4
I happen to know for a fact that he blatantly ripped "You ain't nothing but a hound dog."

That was one on my list And the original is MUCH, MUCH BETTER.

nik

 

[Tominator]

You were saying that he never did covers or copied anyone else's work.

No musician that ever lived can make that claim. None!

 

[bmacd]

did i mistake this for #nefcity? Crimony, get a chat room!

-=bmacd=-

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: Tominator

You were saying that he never did covers or copied anyone else's work.

No musician that ever lived can make that claim. None!

LOL - it's common practice and perfectly acceptable for artists to do covers of other artists' music. But, with your logic, Bach and Beathoven are copy cats? I think not.

nik

 

[Vadatajs]

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
He swung his pelvis and mobs of teenage girls wanted to get a piece of that. Enough said.

Look at the music of today thats popular with the teenage crowd - how much of that music is actually good? Maybe < 5% of it but people still go nuts over it because it sounds good/different.

Yeah, but we don't miss New Kids on the Block now that they're out of the scene.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: Vadatajs

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
He swung his pelvis and mobs of teenage girls wanted to get a piece of that. Enough said.

Look at the music of today thats popular with the teenage crowd - how much of that music is actually good? Maybe < 5% of it but people still go nuts over it because it sounds good/different.

Yeah, but we don't miss New Kids on the Block now that they're out of the scene.

Up until a few years ago, they were HOT in South Korea.

nik

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: ffmcobalt

Originally posted by: Vadatajs

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
He swung his pelvis and mobs of teenage girls wanted to get a piece of that. Enough said.

Look at the music of today thats popular with the teenage crowd - how much of that music is actually good? Maybe < 5% of it but people still go nuts over it because it sounds good/different.

Yeah, but we don't miss New Kids on the Block now that they're out of the scene.

Up until a few years ago, they were HOT in South Korea.

nik

Whatever happened to the backstreet boys? Did they just crawl under a rock or something or did N'Sync kick the living sh!t out of them?

 

[blade]

Bad actor? :Q

Watch him in movies like Flaming Star, King Creole, Kid Galahad and Jailhouse Rock. The main problem was his one movie, Blue Hawaii. It did so well that his manager had him do his other movies like that to the point they were the same things happening over and over, and he got bored. I admit I still liked most because of the always plentiful chicks, and he did have some fun songs.

Watch him play a Jethro-type character in Follow That Dream.


He was "da King" and "made the way for the rock n roll stars". So you bow before ZOD nfs4.


Besides, anyone who liked peanut butter and banana sandwiches can't be all bad. And he is still alive. I know because I saw him at burger king last week.

 

[NFS4]

So you bow before ZOD nfs4.

AHAHAHAH, that's the funniest thing I've read all day

"Come to me, Superman! I defy you! Come and kneel before Zod! Zod!"

HAHAHEHE

 

[XMan]

Originally posted by: NFS4

So you bow before ZOD nfs4.

AHAHAHAH, that's the funniest thing I've read all day

"Come to me, Superman! I defy you! Come and kneel before Zod! Zod!"

HAHAHEHE

Snootchie bootchies.

 

[blade]

Darn, I didn't think you'd get that.

 

[lizium]

He was a showman, an entertainer. He wasnt the best musician... he wasnt really the father of R&R, he couldnt hold a candle to people like Chuck Berry. He wasnt even a decent guitarist... he used his guitar for looks, Scotty Moore backed him up. I dunno, i guess he wasnt THAT special. He could sing after all....

 

[speed01]

Elvis who????

 

[StageLeft]

Elvis represents all that is tacky. He is now over-hyped.

Hmm know how many people I know with an Elvis CD/tape? NOT A SINGLE FRIGGING ONE. I have NEVER met a person who actually listens to elvis. It's a vocal minority who call him the King. The rest of us are just glad he stopped making music a long time ago.

 

[soccerbud34]

i think we can not understand the greatness of elvis unless we were in teenagers or in the 20's during the the time in which elvis ruled R&R.