ON THE DAAARKSIDE, OOOOOOH YEAH

Of course. I just found it interesting that The Beatles listed Elvis as an influence in regards to Reapers arguement. I'm not disagreeing.

"Tough All Over" is my favorite JCBBB song.

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You wanna' play the reducitivist game? Then you have to take it back to the forefathers of blues.

New Edition.

Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky, and Mike; if I like the girl, who cares who you like.

When judging influence, I go by depth AND breadth. Elvis has ardent support in a SEGMENT of music and near universal support for that segment of music. THe Beatles has ardent support from an IMMENSE base, from punk to orchestra, from yuppies to today's 10yos. It's undiminished in both depth and breadth over 50+ years.

Outside of a handful of Elvis impersonators, you don't see a lot of people aping his fashion sense, or philosophy, or interior decorating sense, or diet. You don't see Circque du Soleil centering an act around his hits. You don't his catalog breaking Itunes wide open. I could give hundreds of other examples, but I hope my point is clear by now.

In before 2pac reference.

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Cool it now...

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I was just making a very small point. I voted Beatles.

Jimi Hendrix. If he's not in this conversation than you, good sir, are a moran.

Also Cream aka Clapton.

I'm not sure if they were more influential but they absolutely belong in the conversation.

I wasn't argueing with you, just furthering the debate. I voted Beatles.

I would say Elvis first, then with Beatles maybe later.

I posted, not in rebuttal, but more in terms of clarification/amplification.