Who deserves the title "The King of Rock and Roll"?

gunnels · 07-14-2009, 11:17 PM

Bono.

Dr.Seussicide · 07-14-2009, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by khfreek

Lots of people do, and Micheal certainly doesn't deserve the title King of Pop. Plenty of better people out there.

Michael doesn't deserve king of pop? u typed this with a straight face?

Piss Me Off · 07-15-2009, 05:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Rickenbacker

Heartbreak Hotel is one damn fine track, eh?

I was a wee bit addicted to Elvis a few weeks ago and that might have been my most played track.

I think he certainly was overated but the early stuff deserves all the praise it gets.

Sodacake · 07-19-2009, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by khfreek

Lots of people do, and Micheal certainly doesn't deserve the title King of Pop. Plenty of better people out there.

Name one person more deserving of that title than Michael Jackson. You can't, can you?

boo boo · 07-19-2009, 01:05 PM

If you say Prince I'm going to cut your eyelids off with a pair of scissors.

Piss Me Off · 07-19-2009, 02:43 PM

Well to be fair, if it's anyone it's probably going to be Prince.

Sodacake · 07-19-2009, 02:56 PM

If MJ isn't worthy of the title, Prince certainly isn't.

boo boo · 07-19-2009, 02:59 PM

MJ pwns Prince so much it's ridiculous.

"But Prince writes all his songs and plays his own instruments."

Ok then, Nickelback are a better group than The Temptations, it's been decided folks.

Sodacake · 07-19-2009, 03:21 PM

Also, anyone who says Robert Johnson is the king of Rock n' Roll is a dumbass. Rock n' Roll has it's origins in the 1940's, after Johnson had died. And for any of you who want to argue that Rock n Roll can be traced back further than the '40's, by all means do so, but Johnson still wasn't a Rock n' Roll artist. He was a delta blues man. A more appropriate title for him would be The Godfather/Grandfather of Rock n' Roll.

khfreek · 07-19-2009, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by boo boo

MJ pwns Prince so much it's ridiculous.

"But Prince writes all his songs and plays his own instruments."

Ok then, Nickelback are a better group than The Temptations, it's been decided folks.

Even if you put that aside, Prince has pushed pop further as a genre than Michael did. Not to mention his music's better

View Poll Results: Who deserves the title "The King of Rock and Roll"?
Elvis Presley	103	41.53%
Chuck Berry	75	30.24%
Little Richard	14	5.65%
Neither	56	22.58%
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Piss Me Off Moodswings n' Roundabouts Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: At the corner of Dude and Catastrophe Posts: 4,512	Well to be fair, if it's anyone it's probably going to be Prince. __________________ Last FM Rate Yr Music Muxtape

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Sodacake Music Addict Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 344	If MJ isn't worthy of the title, Prince certainly isn't.

07-19-2009, 03:21 PM	#79 (permalink)
Sodacake Music Addict Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 344	Also, anyone who says Robert Johnson is the king of Rock n' Roll is a dumbass. Rock n' Roll has it's origins in the 1940's, after Johnson had died. And for any of you who want to argue that Rock n Roll can be traced back further than the '40's, by all means do so, but Johnson still wasn't a Rock n' Roll artist. He was a delta blues man. A more appropriate title for him would be The Godfather/Grandfather of Rock n' Roll.