Members Brainfertilizer Posted April 23, 2011 Members Share Posted April 23, 2011 This was said in another thread: How could anyone not like Jimi--He change music to what we listen to today. So, I was thinking: who else are we required to like, regardless of style or taste or performance level, just because they broke new ground? Fill in the blank: How could anyone not like _____?--S/he changed music to what we listen to today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grantus Posted April 23, 2011 Members Share Posted April 23, 2011 You're not required to like anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BeanoBoy Posted April 23, 2011 Members Share Posted April 23, 2011 You're not required to like anyone. The Truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kayd_mon Posted April 23, 2011 Members Share Posted April 23, 2011 You're not required to like anyone. Agreed. But there is a long list of people who have changed popular music. Louis JordanPat BooneChuck BerryElvisThe BeatlesThe WhoHendrixLed ZeppelinVan HalenGrandmaster FlashMichael JacksonNirvana ...and many more. You don't have to like anyone listed above, but they did change music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rll Posted April 23, 2011 Members Share Posted April 23, 2011 True you don't HAVE to like anyone. But if you can't respect innovation and history it says alot about you. And be prepared to be judged when you speak out against respected artists. Lots of performers I can't handle listening to that I like because of what they did. Maybe it is more of a respect thing than a like thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cratz2 Posted April 23, 2011 Members Share Posted April 23, 2011 That's a great list, but you forgot the big three: Les Paul Chet Atkins Madonna Well... at least the first two. Agreed. But there is a long list of people who have changed popular music. Louis Jordan Pat Boone Chuck Berry Elvis The Beatles The Who Hendrix Led Zeppelin Van Halen Grandmaster Flash Michael Jackson Nirvana ...and many more. You don't have to like anyone listed above, but they did change music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members benzem Posted April 23, 2011 Members Share Posted April 23, 2011 Chuck Jimi Chet Les Lennon McCartney EVH SRV Cobain Grohl Clapton Frusciante Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members humbuckerstrat Posted April 23, 2011 Members Share Posted April 23, 2011 Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show [video=youtube;-Ux3-a9RE1Q] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LesPaulFetish Posted April 23, 2011 Members Share Posted April 23, 2011 Justin Bieber... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vikingrat Posted April 23, 2011 Members Share Posted April 23, 2011 Ok, Here is my take on it-I don't like Jimi Hendrix. Those easily bored with overlong musings/explanations should bail now. I don't like Jimi Hendrix because I don't like his songs. Whether it is tone, note choice, progression, singing style, lyrics, overall mood, etc, none of it grabs me at all. I've deliberately listened to his songs to try to understand the hero worship, and just didn't enjoy it. However, here is my musical experience:I love hard rock. I love distorted guitar. The first hard rock music I remember loving was "Jesus Christ, Superstar". That was the first I was exposed to. The 2nd was "Smoke on the Water" on my brother's 45. But the rest of the music around me included the Jackson 5, Bobby Goldsboro, KC and the Sunshine Band, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, etc. This all due to being the youngest of 6 kids, I guess. For some reason, there was no Hendrix, no Beatles, no Stones in the house. The next influence was Kiss Destroyer (but none of the other albums) around '76, when I was 8. Then around 1980, my big brother and big sister #3 got big into pomp (?) rock. Toto, Journey, Foreigner, Styx, Queen, REO Speedwagon, Jethro Tull. That music grabbed me. I loved the deeper music of the classical influence, but also loved the addition of the hard rock guitar sound. I didn't like Heavy Metal yet (it took the mid-80s synth-pop airwave dominance to drive me into heavy metal for my distorted guitar fix), but the harder songs by Styx and Queen entranced me. Call it over-produced, if you will. But that was music to me. In comparison, what I heard of Zep was either too electric blues or fruity acoustic crap. I know, I know, but that's what I felt at the time. So the result is I still don't like what I'm supposed to like: I don't like the Beatles, the Stones, Hendrix, Clapton, and I like Led Zeppelin imitators better than I like Led Zeppelin themselves. I still can't figure out why on that one. But even though I don't like Hendrix at all, I *do* appreciate the way he approaches guitar: he fills up more space than most people, doing rhythm, harmony, and melody at will. And he just grabs that thing and wrings "music" out of it like water out of a sponge. The only other players that give me that feeling, that I feel like can make a major scale etude sound like music would be EVH and Rik Emmitt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members adlo76 Posted April 23, 2011 Members Share Posted April 23, 2011 pat boone? i just threw up in my mouth a lil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bjcarl Posted April 23, 2011 Members Share Posted April 23, 2011 tiny tim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bjcarl Posted April 23, 2011 Members Share Posted April 23, 2011 but actually, the answer is: jim croce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members adlo76 Posted April 23, 2011 Members Share Posted April 23, 2011 if pat boone's name get thrown around, then yea, tiny tim has to be in the running. and at least of one of the millis or vanillis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zappa74 Posted April 23, 2011 Members Share Posted April 23, 2011 Ok, Here is my take on it-I don't like Jimi Hendrix.Those easily bored with overlong musings/explanations should bail now.I don't like Jimi Hendrix because I don't like his songs. Whether it is tone, note choice, progression, singing style, lyrics, overall mood, etc, none of it grabs me at all. I've deliberately listened to his songs to try to understand the hero worship, and just didn't enjoy it.However, here is my musical experience:I love hard rock. I love distorted guitar.The first hard rock music I remember loving was "Jesus Christ, Superstar". That was the first I was exposed to. The 2nd was "Smoke on the Water" on my brother's 45. But the rest of the music around me included the Jackson 5, Bobby Goldsboro, KC and the Sunshine Band, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, etc. This all due to being the youngest of 6 kids, I guess.For some reason, there was no Hendrix, no Beatles, no Stones in the house.The next influence was Kiss Destroyer (but none of the other albums) around '76, when I was 8.Then around 1980, my big brother and big sister #3 got big into pomp (?) rock. Toto, Journey, Foreigner, Styx, Queen, REO Speedwagon, Jethro Tull.That music grabbed me. I loved the deeper music of the classical influence, but also loved the addition of the hard rock guitar sound. I didn't like Heavy Metal yet (it took the mid-80s synth-pop airwave dominance to drive me into heavy metal for my distorted guitar fix), but the harder songs by Styx and Queen entranced me.Call it over-produced, if you will. But that was music to me.In comparison, what I heard of Zep was either too electric blues or fruity acoustic crap. I know, I know, but that's what I felt at the time.So the result is I still don't like what I'm supposed to like: I don't like the Beatles, the Stones, Hendrix, Clapton, and I like Led Zeppelin imitators better than I like Led Zeppelin themselves. I still can't figure out why on that one.But even though I don't like Hendrix at all, I *do* appreciate the way he approaches guitar: he fills up more space than most people, doing rhythm, harmony, and melody at will. And he just grabs that thing and wrings "music" out of it like water out of a sponge. The only other players that give me that feeling, that I feel like can make a major scale etude sound like music would be EVH and Rik Emmitt. This is like answering a true/false question with an essay and still circling the wrong answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrbrown49 Posted April 23, 2011 Members Share Posted April 23, 2011 In comparison, what I heard of Zep was either too electric blues or fruity acoustic crap. I know, I know, but that's what I felt at the time. Acoustic guitars? Pussies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Angelojf Posted April 23, 2011 Members Share Posted April 23, 2011 Louis Armstrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members erold Posted April 23, 2011 Members Share Posted April 23, 2011 I echo the voices of those saying that you don't have to like them, but should respect them for their contribution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members timrocker Posted April 23, 2011 Members Share Posted April 23, 2011 You're not required to like anyone. This. If I don't like a song or an artist, it's outta here without a consolation cookie. I don't give a rip what they accomplished or where it fits in the grand scheme of whoop de hoo ha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kayd_mon Posted April 23, 2011 Members Share Posted April 23, 2011 pat boone? i just threw up in my mouth a lil Yeah, I don't consider Pat Boone to be an example of good music; but if it weren't for him, much of America wouldn't have been exposed to "rock n' roll" when it was. His safe, white-boy image allowed (badly covered) R&B records to be played in cities that didn't have R&B radio stations. So he does deserve a footnote in rock history, despite whether or not he was talented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members csm Posted April 23, 2011 Members Share Posted April 23, 2011 DYLAN. Whether or not you happen to like his singing, his guitar or harmonica playing, his haircuts, his politics or his taste in shirts, he forever altered popular songwriting and forever redefined what a rock or pop lyric could be. How does it FEEEEEEL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slodge Posted April 23, 2011 Members Share Posted April 23, 2011 I'd add Buddy Holly to the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slodge Posted April 23, 2011 Members Share Posted April 23, 2011 ...and the Stones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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