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Old 11-27-2008, 02:47 AM   #187 (permalink)
Rainard Jalen
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Originally Posted by jazzrocks View Post
You must be joking changing a band musicial direction is most likely the biggest influence anyone can have on a musician. The Byrds based their jangle sound on the Beatles. The Byrds just did it better. Just being honest there I don't like everything the Beatles did. There influence on music though has been huge.
Dude. You do NOT read what I'm saying. If you're going to do that, then it's a total waste of time talking to you. OBVIOUSLY changing a band's musical direction is the biggest influence you can have. What I was saying is that The Byrds, in their recording days, were ALWAYS an electric band. They were never anything else. What they were before they started recording is completely irrelevant. As recording artists, they never changed from folk to electric. They were always electric. At most, it is possible to say that The Beatles were the reason that the individuals who constituted The Byrds decided to be a rock band as opposed to another sort of band. But, unlike Dylan, they did not start out recording folk music, and then start recording electric music some time later. They always recorded electric. End of story.
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