Banana sandwich, yay or nay?

[Illustrious Potentate]

If Elvis looked like that in '55, there would be no rock'n'roll

Yeah there would be. Carl Perkins>>>

 

[CorpRebel]

I honestly don’t think I’ve ever had MD. The cheap wine available at UCSB was Boone’s Farm. If I never drink Strawberry Hill again, it’s still too soon.

You coulda moved up a notch to Bartles & Jaymes...

 

[Kburjr]

Yeah there would be. Carl Perkins>>>

Carl was better but he wasn't as popular. Col. Parker made Elvis a money machine

 

[Illustrious Potentate]

Carl was better but he wasn't as popular. Col. Parker made Elvis a money machine

There’d still be rock and roll though. You hear black blues singers and Hank Williams mentioned as influences more than you hear Elvis

 

[Kburjr]

There’d still be rock and roll though. You hear black blues singers and Hank Williams mentioned as influences more than you hear Elvis

Don't argue with me, boy.

 

[Illustrious Potentate]

Don't argue with me, boy.

Boomers need put in their place sometimes

 

[Kburjr]

Boomers need put in their place sometimes

Our place is lording over you youngins with our knowledge of rock n roll history.

 

[Illustrious Potentate]

Our place is lording over you youngins with our knowledge of rock n roll history.

Millennials can see things from the past through unbiased lenses

 

[Kburjr]

Millennials can see things from the past through unbiased lenses

About as well as Ray Charles

 

[Illustrious Potentate]

About as well as Ray Charles

He had a greater impact on music than Elvis

 

[Kburjr]

He had a greater impact on music than Elvis

Sister Rosetta Tharp had a greater influence than both of them but it took Elvis to make it mainstream

And Chuck Berry to show all of them how to rock.

 

[Illustrious Potentate]

Sister Rosetta Tharp had a greater influence than both of them but it took Elvis to make it mainstream

If anything the early years of rock and roll would have been better had Elvis stuck to driving a truck

 

[Kburjr]

If anything the early years of rock and roll would have been better had Elvis stuck to driving a truck

Elvis made money. It takes that kind of success to give a genre sustainability. There are genius musicians and there are money makers.

 

[Illustrious Potentate]

Elvis made money. It takes that kind of success to give a genre sustainability. There are genius musicians and there are money makers.

Some are both

 

[Kburjr]

Some are both

Very, very few.

 

[Kburjr]

Very, very few.

For instance, Ike Turner was a musical genius but it took Tina to make money.

 

[Illustrious Potentate]

For instance, Ike Turner was a musical genius but it took Tina to make money.

The trick is writing a song that gets covered by a pop act. Pretty sure Dolly Parton made more money when Whitney Houston covered “I Will Always Live You” than she did for anything she released herself. I like songwriters

 

[Kburjr]

The trick is writing a song that gets covered by a pop act. Pretty sure Dolly Parton made more money when Whitney Houston covered “I Will Always Live You” than she did for anything she released herself. I like songwriters

Kris Kristofferson probably made more money for writing than recording, too. And probably Willie, until the Outlaw days in Austin

 

[Bayou Tiger]

He had a greater impact on music than Elvis

No he didn't. You are so wrong about so much it's not even funny lately. It's like you take pride in it for some stupid reason.

 

[Bayou Tiger]

The trick is writing a song that gets covered by a pop act. Pretty sure Dolly Parton made more money when Whitney Houston covered “I Will Always Live You” than she did for anything she released herself. I like songwriters

See what I mean? Are you drunk?