PEOPLESCHICKEN
Dysfunctional Member
I agree with a lot of what you are saying. However, I don't think its fair to diss Elvis because most of the Beatles were heavily influenced by him. You likely would not have the Beatles without Elvis.Ya gotta come with something that makes at least a modicum of sense before you'll get one from me. Your drivel got the response it earned. Elvis, better than the Beatles? Good lord! Hell, Elvis couldn't even write a song or play an instrument. The Beatles were a completely self-contained rock band, a cultural phenomenon of the times. Wrote, played and sang their own music. Te growth from Meet The Beatles to Abbey Road was simly phenomenal. Complete changes in style and manner and they made it work; whatever they touched turned to gold.
Plus, Elvis was in a much different continuum musically and socially than the Beatles. Elvis was still largely considered "jungle music" by mainstream media where as the Beatles were able to work in a more accepted musical genre