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| From | mike vancha <mvancha@sasktel.net> |
| Subject | Re: ELO fans -- ponder this |
| Date | Tue, 13 Jul 2004 15:57:41 -0600 |
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on 7/12/04 2:02 PM, jim@groovedisques.com at jim@groovedisques.com wrote:
> Mike asked:
>>
>> Tam, is anyone in rock or pop really original? I can't
>> think of anyone after the 50s, not even the Beatles or
>> The Beach Boys, who is really original. The
>> Beatles and Beach Boys were always looking around for as > many influences as
>> they could get to mix them together
>> and create their sounds...
>
> According to your definition of "original," who then, in the 1950s, was
> original? I'm curious. It seems like we may have to go back to the first cave
> painting of a Neanderthal playing bottleneck guitar.
Hi Jim,
Maybe rock n roll was more orginal in the 50s but wasn't that all based on
the blues and folk?....I guess everything is just varying degrees of
original but it's very hard to think of something truly original in music in
the last 40 years.
Mike V.
>
> Jim
>
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