Quote Originally Posted by Lyle View Post
...date a minor....ha, try MARRY his cousin....bad move. But Killer was hella talented

Quote Originally Posted by generalbulldog View Post
I compared Elvis to Eminem, Justin Timberlake and the Beastie Boys in that he made a certain type of black music very popular to the white kids in the suburbs just like them. Isn't this true? SO what part of that statement is false?
To compare Elvis to those people essentially denies his talent. May I ask you why Elvis is THE Rock'n'Roll icon? Sure as miles said he "interpreted" most of the R&B portion of his arsenal that was more heavily routed in the black communities of the time but there has to be a reason why Elvis is called The King and why Chuck Berry, Bo, and all the rest of the black Rock'n'Roll Founding Fathers were kind of left in the shaddow of Elvis.

Also since rock broke onto the scene in the 1950's just how many black muscians and acts have their been in the genre besides Chuck and Bo? Rock'n'Roll IS suburbia man.

Also if anyone "stole" from Chuck Berry it was The Beach Boys (great band as they were they still stole Berry's riffs)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=le51jB37Fro
But hell in music everyone steals, borrows, or is "inspired by" the people that came before them. The thing is Elvis is Elvis and that puts him at the top of the list because....(and I wonder if anyone thought of this when I mentioned it before) did anyone think about how many TVs there actually were when Elvis did 'Aloha From Hawaii' when he got 1.5 BILLION people to watch that live? I mean that is CRAZY.

Oh well I guess we're just going to have to disagree, I like Chuck and Bo, I really do but they didn't over shaddow the genre the way Elvis did and that's no disservice to what those guys did but Elvis is the icon for a reason, it's not for lack of talent and it's not for him "stealing" songs.

But his cousin was also 13 years old if I am correct at the moment of the act...