04-07-2011, 18:21
I'm going to disagree strongly here.
Elvis profitted from music pioneered by the likes of Chuck Berry, & Little Richard, who didn't achieve the same levels of success because their skin was the wrong colour. For a while he was certainly a brilliant performer, but for me didn't do much of worth after his spell in the US army.
Lots of dodgy decisions about his participation in trashy movies did nothing to help, and he wrote little or none of his own material.
He did have an amazing voice though...
For me it would have to be Bob Dylan. Although he's also had his rubbish phases, he revolutionised what a popular musician could achieve. It's all in the song-writing for me.
Elvis profitted from music pioneered by the likes of Chuck Berry, & Little Richard, who didn't achieve the same levels of success because their skin was the wrong colour. For a while he was certainly a brilliant performer, but for me didn't do much of worth after his spell in the US army.
Lots of dodgy decisions about his participation in trashy movies did nothing to help, and he wrote little or none of his own material.
He did have an amazing voice though...
For me it would have to be Bob Dylan. Although he's also had his rubbish phases, he revolutionised what a popular musician could achieve. It's all in the song-writing for me.
"Writing about music is like dancing about architecture"
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