Biggest Debate in Rock N Roll History ?

Neapolitan · 07-17-2012, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

TBH I was just throwing names out there as an example of bands OTHER than The Beatles influencing music, as big The Beatles fan just seem to think that they are the only band out there influencing all other bands that came after them.

[edit]There are a lot of people who just pick out a single band to influence all other bands. If you weren't doing that with UV then I'm sorry.

Their are plenty of VU fans that think they created alternative music. I foind them all over youtube - I wasn't looking for this either.

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Originally Posted by Voigt465

I'll go you one better. ALL alternative music began and ended with The Velvet Underground. And everyone who followed later was paying homage.

Same old same old - if you ask me.

Well ok why do Bealtemaniacs feel that way, it comes from the media and the band itself. The Beatles claim they are the first band to have a single name, and not in the form of a "[person's name] and the [band's name]" like "Buddy Holly and The Crickets" or "Gene Vincent and The Blue Caps." Their claim they the first band to have all electric bass, lead and rhythm guitars and drums and sand with a single band name.

I see it evolving up to that point of electric guitar,bass & drums. Les Paul and Mary Ford: one man one guitar (plus a female vocalist) The Blue Moon Boys consist of Elvis Presley on acoustic guitar Scotty Moore on electric guitar and Bill Black on standup (dog house) bass. Elvis quickly became the main star, Scotty and Bill were really session musicians and they got paid once for their work and never recieved any royalities. Eventually D.J. Fontana joined then Elvis was back by the vocal group The Jordanaires. Buddy Holly and the Crickets two electric guitars stand up bass and drums. The Ventures were the next step: two electric gutiar (one for lead and and another for rhythym), electric bass and drums. Some consider them the proto-Rock Band. The Ventures structure bass, 2 guitars and drums and add sing then you have a Rock Band. The Bealtes felt like they were the first and all bands that followed them were trying to be like them but never could - paraphrasing from an interview.

A lot of bands follow that lines up The Beatels had of lead, rhythym, bass and drums, but not all bands are like that. And there are so much music around I can't see one band or artist taking all the credit.

The Stones followed the Beatles time-wise but both of their influence came from different directions. I know The Bealtes help the Stones out by writing a hit song for them, but their (RS) influences were Blues and R&B.