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<blockquote data-quote="nam97" data-source="post: 230061"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Gay-Guy @ Nov 21 2008, 07:51 PM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=361718" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p></p><p>That can be argued for any band in the 60's. Every Rock and Roll band from during that era in the States and Britain transformed Blues into rock. Without people like Chuck Berry, BB King, Albert King, Robert Johnson etc... even The Beatles wouldn't exist. A WHOLE lot of other bands (not just The Beatles) took a page out of the American Blues and transformed it. The Beatles just happened to be the first real group to do this. That I can respect, but by saying that they are the greatest just 'cos of the amount of hits they made is quite stupid. As Charles said, The ***anic scored massive at the box office, but none of you would say it is a better movie than The Godfather (I hope).</p><p></p><p>Basically, if anyone is to look at and be singled out as the "starter" of all this great music, it has to go to the Blues legends of the 1920's. The Beatles wouldn't have existed without it. This is why I never see them as superior to bands such as Cream, The Yardbirds, PF etc... They are all pioneers, The Beatles with their pop, Cream and The Yardbirds with their Blues Rock and PF with psychedelic/progressive rock. All of these bands from the 60's/70's made massive inroads into what music is today, which is well, somewhat of a disappointing result if you compare the two generations.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nam97, post: 230061"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Gay-Guy @ Nov 21 2008, 07:51 PM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=361718']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> That can be argued for any band in the 60's. Every Rock and Roll band from during that era in the States and Britain transformed Blues into rock. Without people like Chuck Berry, BB King, Albert King, Robert Johnson etc... even The Beatles wouldn't exist. A WHOLE lot of other bands (not just The Beatles) took a page out of the American Blues and transformed it. The Beatles just happened to be the first real group to do this. That I can respect, but by saying that they are the greatest just 'cos of the amount of hits they made is quite stupid. As Charles said, The ***anic scored massive at the box office, but none of you would say it is a better movie than The Godfather (I hope). Basically, if anyone is to look at and be singled out as the "starter" of all this great music, it has to go to the Blues legends of the 1920's. The Beatles wouldn't have existed without it. This is why I never see them as superior to bands such as Cream, The Yardbirds, PF etc... They are all pioneers, The Beatles with their pop, Cream and The Yardbirds with their Blues Rock and PF with psychedelic/progressive rock. All of these bands from the 60's/70's made massive inroads into what music is today, which is well, somewhat of a disappointing result if you compare the two generations. [/QUOTE]
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