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I don't know, that's basically my problem with all that quote-ing from experts, it just cuts out a lot of superb people and many more people forge their opinion after that.
Just like Lennon saying: "Before Elvis there was nothing." Which also maybe right for the mainstream explosion of making R'N'R a Pop phenomenon, but also a very subjective view coming from their own learning and experience with getting into R'N'R thru a certain happening in their life. I love the King, but he was not the sum of all raw music back then.
Its totally right what you said, the Beatles might be the club to blow off the shorthair-wig of many square teenagers and make them rockfans finally. But what about all the guys that came before that and were restricted by bullshit-fucked-up-dork-motherfucker social codes like "RACE", not being able to make it into mainstream media, meaning the black rockers??? You know the names!
I'm not trying to shut down the awesome music of the pre-Garageband bands, not for nothing - but saying the Beatles made it all happen is just more than a bit arrogant . And yeah it's not fair at all.
BLUES guys with an immense personal background that went to transform their styles to R'N'R and beyond, a more well known example being Bo Diddley that had a huge influence in forming the R'N'R spririt. That's basically where origination of the music came from for the most part, I believe. Of course the whole time then being a massive throw around of styles and innovation. And it's always the stars that collect the crops for the media and history but that can't be put down in an Esquire article, no?
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