UncleTomFord15
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Paul McCartney lived till his 80s while Elvis died in early 40s so they had several more decades to promote themselves. I actually like a few Elvis songs while I only like 1 Beatles song.
Why Do You Think The Beatles Legacy Has Endured But Elvis’ Has Waned?
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Tribal Outkast
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Space Cowboy
Allahu Akbar
I don't think Stones or Beatles transitioned out.
Stones is most famous and best known for their blues rock and Beatles was doing blues songs in their later years. John Lennon especially kept his blues influence in his solo work.
You can see Mick Jaeggar attend an Aretha Franklin live concert and that was in the 70's.
I can’t imagine Eminem ever giving up on hip hop
And it will be all the more surprising when he wants to expand as an artist.
Fill Collins
I like the one that says shum pulp
The King of Rock title most definitely does not go to Elvis
The bulk of his music is either movie soundtracks or ballads/AOR stuff
He just gave up in 1970, right before that he had momentum
Plus all of his cover art was MS Paint levels of lazy too
Muddy Waters, Howling Wolf, Elmore James, etc., influence greater than the Beatles, Rolling Stones and Elvis.
Piff Perkins
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Elvis' music is more dated by modern standards than most Beatles music. You can hear Beatles-esque influence in more music over the last few decades than Elvis, and people naturally go back and listen to the inspiration. If you're some kid who liked Coldplay when they were relevant...you're probably gonna like the Beatles, and it's just a matter of time before you go back and listen.
They also had some wildly forward leaning music. Imagine listening to this in 1966 and having no concept of what a "sample" is, or the studio effects. You can trace about 15 years of music production, psychedelic rock, and studio gimmicks to this.
They also had some wildly forward leaning music. Imagine listening to this in 1966 and having no concept of what a "sample" is, or the studio effects. You can trace about 15 years of music production, psychedelic rock, and studio gimmicks to this.
Cat piss martini
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The Beatles openly worshipped
the black artist that they copied.
That cracka elvis wanted white
people to beLIEve he spawned the sound
out the crack of his junkie ass.
the black artist that they copied.
That cracka elvis wanted white
people to beLIEve he spawned the sound
out the crack of his junkie ass.
Could be because Beetles are seen as innovators and true artists, while Elvis is seen as performer that stole styles and became a parody in his later years
Peter Parker
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I can get not liking Elvis but anyone who hates the Beatles straight up hasn’t listened
Listen to music before The Beatles, then listen to music after The Beatles. That's why. Say what you want about them, but The Beatles practically created modern music. It's like how The Simpsons influenced modern humor. Watch The Simpsons in its golden years and you'll see just how far ahead of the curb it was compared to other TV comedies of its time.
