ezbass Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 1 hour ago, tegs07 said: Pretty difficult to judge music from another era entirely. When the world was listening to Vera Lynn and Doris Day he must have been astonishing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulWarning Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 (edited) to borrow a quote from one of our American friends, re Elvis (Presley), you had to be there, most of us, even on Basschat, are too young, shame about all those awful films though. Edited May 25, 2022 by PaulWarning 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 6 minutes ago, PaulWarning said: shame about all those awful films though. I’m the opposite, I don’t like the music but I like the films, I also like the cliff richard films, I think something is wrong with me 😁 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveXFR Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 10 hours ago, ezbass said: Sorry, not that Elvis. He was alright. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgsjx Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 As a kid in the 70s, I though Elvis was 💩 He’s a 1 man boy band. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 (edited) To be clear, I like both Elvis P & C. It's not all gold and some of the former's is risible tripe (not unlike a certain band who he inspired), but Presley's voice is amazing, not unlike Roy Orbison's. However, Mr McManus' voice is another thing altogether (he had great taste in backing musicians though). EDIT: I feel an early EC* listening session coming on. * Not not that one, this one... Edited May 25, 2022 by ezbass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 2 hours ago, Fishfacefour said: I just don't click with Bowie. I can see how he was innovative with his use of characters etc. but I always feel the music is meh. Also the only proper screaming roe me and my other half ever had was about the stone roses. I just didnt get them, I've warmed to then a little over the years but still, meh. Viz Bowie I really can't see what the fuss was all about re the albums from Hunky Dory to Diamond Dogs. Station to Station still sounds great though and by a zillion miles it's his best album. Looking at the album sales data on Wiki I'm surprised to see how many of his albums only went gold, particularly in the US, while none went multi-platinum in the UK . His sales tally isn't bad but by supposed superstar status they're modest compared to e.g. Garth Brooks, Elton John, Michael Jackson, Madonna.. As for the Stone Roses supposedly classic/iconic debut album, it's ok but nothing special. It's just like someone took a bunch of 60s tracks by the likes of The Byrds and attached a groove Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dclaassen Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 I find it hilarious that folks who like Cliff Richard might throw shade at Elvis....but then, I don't understand British pop culture at all....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 13 minutes ago, dclaassen said: I find it hilarious that folks who like Cliff Richard might throw shade at Elvis....but then, I don't understand British pop culture at all....... Cliff's films are better... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 4 minutes ago, MacDaddy said: Cliff's films are better... Summer holiday, so good 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staggering on Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, tegs07 said: Pretty difficult to judge music from another era entirely. When the world was listening to Vera Lynn and Doris Day he must have been astonishing. I was born in '46 so I grew up when all this was going on and I remember all these songs being on the radio when I was about 8 or 10 and Elvis really was something big. The Beatles first appearance on Ed Sullivan was quite the show but when Elvis made his first appearance a few years earlier it was truly the start of a revolution. Lots of controversy and camera shots from the hips up only so as not to show those sexy gyrations. I remember seeing that show on our black and white TV. Of course I was in Canada and looking back it was really a remarkable era in North America for music as the new "rock" took over the radio waves and I'm glad I was there, not glad to be so old, but glad I was around for the experience. As said above, "you had to be there".😊 BTW, over here no one had even heard of Cliff Richards in those days although he did have a few hits later on, very soft rock and a lot of people here would not know who he is or know his music. Edited May 25, 2022 by Staggering on 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulWarning Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 1 hour ago, ezbass said: , but Presley's voice is amazing, not unlike Roy Orbison's. Orbison's voice gets on my nerves, great range, just don't like the tone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 14 minutes ago, PaulWarning said: Orbison's voice gets on my nerves, great range, just don't like the tone + 1 here. I really don't like his tone, nor Elvises' (both) for that matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zbd1960 Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 Elvis was always on the radio in the 60s when I was a kid and my mum loved him... (she was a teen when he erupted on the scene). I never liked him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 1 hour ago, MacDaddy said: Cliff's films are better... To be fair, Elvis did two good films - King Creole and Jailhouse Rock. The rest were pap... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casapete Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 1 hour ago, Barking Spiders said: + 1 here. I really don't like his tone, nor Elvises' (both) for that matter. Whilst I understand people not liking these voices, for me both Presley’s and Orbison’s are those which were intrinsic in my early appreciation of popular music. Sure, both recorded some stuff which wasn’t that memorable, but also recorded definitive songs of the 20th century. Elvis Costello’s voice is probably even more ‘Marmite’, and many didn’t like his almost sneering style. Strangely I was immediately drawn to it on that first album with it’s standout track ‘Alison’. Top fella too. 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doddy Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 Unpopular opinions? OK...... Miles Davis' electric period is better than his acoustic stuff. It's all great but beaches Brew and Tutu are better than Kind of Blue. John Entwistle is the most overrated bass player ever. Bassist of the Millennium? Not by a long shot. There....I said it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveXFR Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 Here's a less negative unpopular opinion: Fat Mike from NOFX is a decent bassist. I don't get why he has a reputation for being a bit rubbish. And another thing. Matt Freeman from Rancid is one of the best bassists of all time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Stu Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 I was "down the pub" with my other half to meet up with one Jim Lea, ex of Slade; just before the lockdowns started. At one point she took great pleasure in telling him that I thought The Beatles are over-rated. The withering look I got off him is imprinted in my memory forever. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miles'tone Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 9 hours ago, Reggaebass said: I’m the opposite, I don’t like the music but I like the films, I also like the cliff richard films, I think something is wrong with me 😁 I'll see your Elvis and Cliff films and raise you that I think it's a shame Shakin' Stevens didn't take the plunge. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 19 minutes ago, miles'tone said: I'll see your Elvis and Cliff films and raise you that I think it's a shame Shakin' Stevens didn't take the plunge. I’d definitely go and see a shakin stevens film (I’m not doing my street cred any good here am I) 😁 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 7 hours ago, casapete said: Elvis Costello’s voice is probably even more ‘Marmite’, and many didn’t like his almost sneering style. Strangely I was immediately drawn to it on that first album with it’s standout track ‘Alison’. Top fella too. 🙂 And he wrote Shipbuilding, Robert Wyatt's version of which is possibly the best piece of recorded popular music ever. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 59 minutes ago, Rich said: And he wrote Shipbuilding, Robert Wyatt's version of which is possibly the best piece of recorded popular music ever. Ironic that he also appears on Soft Machines THIRD, a wonderful album but possibly one of the most inaccessible ever not withstanding Metal Machine Music and Zero Tolerance for Silence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinnDave Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 It's years since I listened to that - don't remember it as being especially hard to listen to, but my memory loves playing tricks on me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chienmortbb Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 On 18/05/2022 at 07:06, tegs07 said: Edit: I now like Nirvana, I wonder if “more than words” did for Extreme what “sex on fire” did for Kings of Leon? Probably but they did some great songs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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