Anybody going to McCartney tonight?

[Simon]

7 minutes ago, US Egg said:

Best feet in pop music.

 

That doesn't make him a footnote (or even a feetnote).

And that was not pop music; that was the best rock 'n' roll band in the world for a measurable period.

[Buffalo716]

1 minute ago, Simon said:

 

That doesn't make him a footnote (or even a feetnote).

And that was not pop music; that was the best rock 'n' roll band in the world for a measurable period.

 James Brown and his band?

[US Egg]

19 minutes ago, Simon said:

That doesn't make him a footnote (or even a feetnote).

And that was not pop music; that was the best rock 'n' roll band in the world for a measurable period.

Footnote was a poor choice of a word. It was too diminishing. Lots of room for debate. My son is big on James Brown. Guessing that’s why he bought that damn 2 ton Hammond organ, as I know Brown was big on them.

 

…..has the Leslie spinning speaker too. He won’t tell me what he paid. It’s pretty cool, but immovable.

Edited 18 hours ago by US Egg

[BillsFanForever19]

13 hours ago, US Egg said:

When future historians are chronicling the greatness of the rock’n’roll music era, the conversation won’t get much further than The Beatles and Elvis. The Rolling Stones will be thrown in some for their bad boy reputation and longevity.

 

I should add that Michael Jackson merits to be in the discussion too.

 

The rest are pretty much footnotes.

 

I couldn't disagree with this more.

 

300 years from now they'll have all the audio, video, and literature documentation of 20th century music and beyond. *Much*, much more than we have of musicians from 300 years past. 

 

Perhaps only the vast majority of casual music listeners or people who don't really listen to music will know of only those acts. But I'd venture to say the contributions of many more musicians than just those will be known by far more people than you think.

 

And especially historians. 

Edited 18 hours ago by BillsFanForever19

[US Egg]

2 minutes ago, BillsFanForever19 said:

But I'd venture to say the contributions of many more musicians than just those will be known by far more people than you think.

Lots of great ones, just not on the level of The Beatles or impact of Elvis.

[Augie]

9 hours ago, BillsFanForever19 said:

 

I couldn't disagree with this more.

 

300 years from now they'll have all the audio, video, and literature documentation of 20th century music and beyond. *Much*, much more than we have of musicians from 300 years past. 

 

Perhaps only the vast majority of casual music listeners or people who don't really listen to music will know of only those acts. But I'd venture to say the contributions of many more musicians than just those will be known by far more people than you think.

 

And especially historians. 

 

I think the only way to properly resolve this is to wait 300 years, then ask Keith Richards what he thinks.