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| From | Sam Smith <sam@lullabypit.com> |
| Subject | Re: Dexy's & Fabs vs. Floyd |
| Date | Tue, 27 Feb 2007 18:50:45 -0700 |
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Part of what you've written is an interesting question that I
personally don't recall hearing posed before. The Dylan influence is
undeniable, but how much did Elvis influence The Beatles? I've never
heard much of a direct connection myself, though it's obvious that
both shared a love for the black R&B of the '50s (Elvis's
contemporaries), since both covered many such songs. And perhaps it's
difficult to say whether The Beatles were more influenced by Elvis, or
by the black artists that Elvis was covering (copying?), but I tend to
think it was more the latter.
I'm not sure to what degree they'd say "we were influenced by Elvis," but
at the very minimum there was this HUGE shadow there, and it would be
just about impossible to stand in front of a large crowd and sing rock at
that moment in history without some measure of influence. Even if they
weren't actively drawing on him, his popularity had kicked in a door for
them and every other rock act.
Fuzzy, sure, and maybe I'm inferring to much....
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