Posted on 05/25/2016 7:20:38 AM PDT by Borges
Classifying anyone as the “most successful” at anything tends to reflect more on the source than the subject. So keep that in mind when I make the following statement: John Philip Sousa is the most successful American musician of all time.
Marching music is a maddeningly durable genre, recognizable to pretty much everyone who has lived in the United States for any period. It works as a sonic shorthand for any filmmaker hoping to evoke the late 19th century and serves as the auditory backdrop for national holidays, the circus and college football. It’s not “popular” music, but it’s entrenched within the popular experience. It will be no less fashionable tomorrow than it is today.
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Dude, read the point I was responding to...the idea that ABBA is limited in the scope of their popularity is not true. They were a worldwide phenomenon.
Invent disco? They rode a trend. Disco was pioneered by European D.J.s and got its’ start in night clubs. People like Barry White were recording the music long before the Brothers Gibb.
Kate Bush
What a great photo!
I was always a great Who fan, but Entwistle was one of my absolute favorite bass players. He always just stood there, often in the shadows, while the others did their marvelous gyrations.
His death was a great loss.
ABBA gets made fun of here in the US for some reason. They were scary huge outside of the USA.
They’re pretty huge in the U.S. these days as well.
“I’ve noticed that the younger kids are starting to re-discover the 70’s rock groups as they tire of the hip hop ‘sameness’.
To disagree with the article I consider Paul Simon the greatest songwriter in American history and he will stand the test of time.
Unlike a lot of my fellow Baby Boomers I never really was much of a fan of the Beatles and I suspect The Who and the Stones will age better.
Queen’s music was fantastic and you can throw in Billy Joel, Fleetwood Mac and David Bowie as the names I think will live on for a long time.”
There was an almost magical period spanning mid 60s thru mid 70s.
It covered late Elvis, folk music, British invasion, blues-rock, Southern rock, psycadelic,Motown, Rhythm & blues, early disco, early punk. And all along movie and traditional ballads like Sinatra, Streisand, Como, Cole etc.
Greatest concert ever, The Who at the Isle of Wight 1970.
Chuck Berry ? Certainly talented enough.
You only know of him because of his cousin Marvin.
Yeah, but see, I don’t care a thing about disco.
(s)the Beatles were four castratos from Italy who made their albums in china and later came out as homosexuals and had surgical operations and continued to perform under the name spice girls as a country western group.(/s)
Invent disco? They rode a trend. Disco was pioneered by European D.J.s and got its’ start in night clubs. People like Barry White were recording the music long before the Brothers Gibb.
The Bee Gees didn't invent disco but they probably legitimized it. They were the first mainstream band to go all-in on disco.
Where is the exact start of any form of music? No one can say for sure since every artist builds on what came before. Everyone borrows a little from here and a little from there to create a different sound. Barry White and others may have done songs that sound like disco but the disco movement itself generally started with the commercial success of the Bee Gees and KC and the Sunshine Band.
You are correct about the disco movement starting in Europe. Maurice Gibb said that the Bee Gees were vacationing in Germany and were intrigued by the dance music they heard in the dance halls. It became the idea behind the Main Course album and hits like Jive Talkin', Nights on Broadway,and Fannie.
Paice is definitely one of the best.
Yes, but those pipes! He and Steve Perry.
And, whatever it was, Freddie commanded those stadiums. Amazing performances.
I go back and forth as to who was better, Ox or Chris Squire.
Bob Marley certainly will be an icon for years to come.
I listen to both many times during the week. They were different but by a very small margin, I wind up choosing Chris Squire. Just technically amazing.
“First runner-up: Ten Years After “I’m Goin’ Home””
RIP Alvin Lee. One of my guitar heros along with Roy Buchannan, Albert King, Johnny Winter, Frank Zappa, Mark Farner, Magic Slim, Angus Young and a few others.
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