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In reply to the discussion: 'How the Beatles Destroyed Rock-n-roll' Has anyone read this book? [View all]MiltonBrown
(322 posts)8. They were rock-n-rollers from the start, even sporting leather jackets and pomps!
But at some point rock-n-roll became rock music. The Beatles made that change. Nobody said they weren't great.
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'How the Beatles Destroyed Rock-n-roll' Has anyone read this book? [View all]
MiltonBrown
Oct 2017
OP
'Beatles, Stones, Dylan, Who, none of us could do as good as 'Whole Lotta Shakin Goin On' so we
MiltonBrown
Oct 2017
#2
There was a pretty long break between Joey Dee and acts like KC and the Sunshine Band or disco era
MiltonBrown
Oct 2017
#16
They were rock-n-rollers from the start, even sporting leather jackets and pomps!
MiltonBrown
Oct 2017
#8
Let it Be is a pretty good album but I can't dance to it like I can the 50s and early 60s stuff.
MiltonBrown
Oct 2017
#17
Yes I dig the swing music! Had an epiphany many years ago and have been exploring and enjoying
MiltonBrown
Oct 2017
#38
The early Beatles songs were often covers of American rock-n-roll or at least in the same style.
MiltonBrown
Oct 2017
#7
Black folks were listening to Atlantic, Motown, Stax and other R&B labels before the Beatles...
brush
Oct 2017
#9
One of the Coasters (not sure which one) said that 'We play rhythm and blues music but if it's a hit
MiltonBrown
Oct 2017
#13
I grew up in the 50's and 60's. I agree with what you posted but it wasn't like forced segregation
wasupaloopa
Oct 2017
#18
The book is 17 chapters and only chapter 17 is actually about the Beatles. It starts out with early
MiltonBrown
Oct 2017
#22
But the Beatles impacted everything in their wake whereas surf rock (Ventures, Chantays not BBs) had
MiltonBrown
Oct 2017
#39
Knowing the direction Buddy Holly was heading there is no doubt that he would've made rock
MiltonBrown
Oct 2017
#41
What bunkum! No, I haven't and shan't. Does the author claim that a band that covered "Twist and
WinkyDink
Oct 2017
#36
The author would argue that the band that recorded 'Twist and Shout' changed radically by the time
MiltonBrown
Oct 2017
#40