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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	I never understood the fuss about Elvis Jul 31^st, 2017 at 10:59am But then I'm not female, nor am I . . .not that there's anything wrong . . ., so I'm not interested in males with wiggly hips. I never liked his music. So why all the fuss especially when he's been dead for 40 years or something? (Trigger Alert!)
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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: I never understood the fuss about Elvis Reply #1 - Jul 31^st, 2017 at 11:02am And now I don't understand how this thread title is appearing??? As you were!
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greggerypeccary Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 131456 Gender:	Re: I never understood the fuss about Elvis Reply #2 - Jul 31^st, 2017 at 11:08am I've never liked him either. Well, I liked his movies, but not his music (except for maybe one or two songs). To call him the 'King' is a little over the top. He wasn't even a songwriter. But hey, if he makes people happy, good luck to them. Give me Elvis Costello any day.
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Re: I never understood the fuss about Elvis
Reply #3 - Jul 31^st, 2017 at 11:08am

bogarde73 wrote on Jul 31^st, 2017 at 10:59am:

But then I'm not female, nor am I . . .not that there's anything wrong . . ., so I'm not interested in males with wiggly hips.

I never liked his music.

So why all the fuss especially when he's been dead for 40 years or something?

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Never been a fan of the Beatles either

Simplistic pap, a bunch of boy band wanna be's

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Reply #4 - Jul 31^st, 2017 at 11:19am

BigOl64 wrote on Jul 31^st, 2017 at 11:08am:

bogarde73 wrote on Jul 31^st, 2017 at 10:59am:

But then I'm not female, nor am I . . .not that there's anything wrong . . ., so I'm not interested in males with wiggly hips.

I never liked his music.

So why all the fuss especially when he's been dead for 40 years or something?

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Never been a fan of the Beatles either

Simplistic pap, a bunch of boy band wanna be's

Ah, well there I must disagree with you.

I think Lennon/McCartney were among the most innovative songwriters of the 20th century.

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Reply #5 - Jul 31^st, 2017 at 11:26am

BigOl64 wrote on Jul 31^st, 2017 at 11:08am:

bogarde73 wrote on Jul 31^st, 2017 at 10:59am:

But then I'm not female, nor am I . . .not that there's anything wrong . . ., so I'm not interested in males with wiggly hips.

I never liked his music.

So why all the fuss especially when he's been dead for 40 years or something?

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Never been a fan of the Beatles either

Simplistic pap, a bunch of boy band wanna be's

Some of their songs were pure pop, sure.

Brilliantly written, though.

And then you get stuff like Come Together, Don't Let Me Down, Happiness is a Warm Gun, the Abbey Road album etc.

Great stuff.

And, they weren't boy band wannabes.

They were all songwriters, and all played their own instruments.

Ringo's drumming is quite unique, and McCartney is one of the most skilled multi-instrumentalists around.

Boy bands hire songwriters and studio musicians to do all the real work.

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mothra Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 34507 Gender:	Re: I never understood the fuss about Elvis Reply #6 - Jul 31^st, 2017 at 11:29am Elvis doesn't impress me, although he had a few good songs, mostly done better by other people later on. But the Beatles a boy band? You're kidding, right? Watch this ... tell me it's not genies:
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greggerypeccary Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 131456 Gender:	Re: I never understood the fuss about Elvis Reply #7 - Jul 31^st, 2017 at 11:35am For BigHole:
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Re: I never understood the fuss about Elvis
Reply #8 - Jul 31^st, 2017 at 11:37am

greggerypeccary wrote on Jul 31^st, 2017 at 11:26am:

BigOl64 wrote on Jul 31^st, 2017 at 11:08am:

bogarde73 wrote on Jul 31^st, 2017 at 10:59am:

But then I'm not female, nor am I . . .not that there's anything wrong . . ., so I'm not interested in males with wiggly hips.

I never liked his music.

So why all the fuss especially when he's been dead for 40 years or something?

(Trigger Alert!)

Never been a fan of the Beatles either

Simplistic pap, a bunch of boy band wanna be's

Some of their songs were pure pop, sure.

Brilliantly written, though.

And then you get stuff like Come Together, Don't Let Me Down, Happiness is a Warm Gun, the Abbey Road album etc.

Great stuff.

And, they weren't boy band wannabes.

They were all songwriters, and all played their own instruments.

Ringo's drumming is quite unique, and McCartney is one of the most skilled multi-instrumentalists around.

Boy bands hire songwriters and studio musicians to do all the real work.

Don't forget While My Guitar Gently Weeps or For the Benefit of Mr Kite,

but we could go on & on & on & on because that's how good they were over a short few years.

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mothra Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 34507 Gender:	Re: I never understood the fuss about Elvis Reply #9 - Jul 31^st, 2017 at 11:50am greggerypeccary wrote on Jul 31^st, 2017 at 11:35am: For BigHole: Where can i get their merchandise?
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Re: I never understood the fuss about Elvis
Reply #10 - Jul 31^st, 2017 at 11:52am

bogarde73 wrote on Jul 31^st, 2017 at 10:59am:

I never liked his music.

So why all the fuss especially when he's been dead for 40 years or something?

I agree. I think he was incredibly overrated. He didn't write his own songs he didn't play his own instruments.
I guess he has more in common with movie stars where people obsess over him simply because he is good looking and famous.

BigOl64 wrote on Jul 31^st, 2017 at 11:08am:

Never been a fan of the Beatles either

Simplistic pap, a bunch of boy band wanna be's

You must be referring to their early years.
From 1966 onwards they were truly innovative geniuses. Albums like Sgt Peppers changed music forever and, unlike Elvis, they wrote and performed their own music.

http://listverse.com/2012/10/11/10-beatles-innovations-that-changed-music/

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mothra Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 34507 Gender:	Re: I never understood the fuss about Elvis Reply #11 - Jul 31^st, 2017 at 11:58am Even early Beatles, a lot of it not to my taster, was still genius. And entirely groundbreaking. And some of their early songs i love to bits.
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Reply #12 - Jul 31^st, 2017 at 12:03pm

greggerypeccary wrote on Jul 31^st, 2017 at 11:26am:

BigOl64 wrote on Jul 31^st, 2017 at 11:08am:

bogarde73 wrote on Jul 31^st, 2017 at 10:59am:

But then I'm not female, nor am I . . .not that there's anything wrong . . ., so I'm not interested in males with wiggly hips.

I never liked his music.

So why all the fuss especially when he's been dead for 40 years or something?

(Trigger Alert!)

Never been a fan of the Beatles either

Simplistic pap, a bunch of boy band wanna be's

Some of their songs were pure pop, sure.

Brilliantly written, though.

And then you get stuff like Come Together, Don't Let Me Down, Happiness is a Warm Gun, the Abbey Road album etc.

Great stuff.

And, they weren't boy band wannabes.

They were all songwriters, and all played their own instruments.

Ringo's drumming is quite unique, and McCartney is one of the most skilled multi-instrumentalists around.

Boy bands hire songwriters and studio musicians to do all the real work.

Three and a half minutes of substandard musical drivel

I get it, back in the day they wasn't a lot of choice and mediocre musicians like the beatles got a lot of airplay. But popular does not mean good.

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Reply #13 - Jul 31^st, 2017 at 12:07pm

mothra wrote on Jul 31^st, 2017 at 11:58am:

Even early Beatles, a lot of it not to my taster, was still genius. And entirely groundbreaking.

And some of their early songs i love to bits.

Absolutely.

So much more than just a pop band.

Brilliant songwriters, and great musicians.

Anyway, here's some more for BigHole:

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mothra Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 34507 Gender:	Re: I never understood the fuss about Elvis Reply #14 - Jul 31^st, 2017 at 12:24pm BigOl ... do you play any instruments? Sing?
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