The good beat you speak of again takes no talent as its for the most part computer generated. as far as popping off lyrics any half way decent poet can come up with the shit these clowns spit out. The part I find humorous is that these rappers think they invented the game. When in reality rap has been around before most of these sewer mouth clowns have been alive. jimmy Dean "Big bad John" around 1961. Lorne Greene "Ringo". Hell even Johnny Cash's "A boy name sue". was a form of rap. All from the 60s. And even Blondie came out with a song called "Rapture" in 1981 that was a nice mix of singing & rap. The biggest difference between then & now is that #1 the poetry was a damn lot better & #2 unlike todays rap-crap, you could actually understand EVERY word. Let me put it to you this way Al. Ever make love to a Barry White song? A Luther Vandross or James Ingram song? Sure you did. Everybody did. Now take today's no talent garbage. How the hell do you make love to a song about bitches & Ho's? I rest my case. WORD!. Beleed dat, ight?
That so sounded like my dad. And for the record I just turned 40. Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk
not all current music is about hoe's and killing cops.. like for instance I am listening to Pandora right now at my office...and what comes on Hootie & The Blowfish...no im not making love to Hootie but you would make love to Rolling Stones or the Beatles either
Okay the only PANDORA I know is the box. If I'm not mistaken Hottie & the blowfish is what 20 years ago? Not exactly current. And as far as making love to the Beatles or Stones. Maybe not the Stones but the Beatles, apparently you never heard, "And I love her" or "In my life" or the many other beautiful songs written by Lennon & McCartney. Talk to your dad. Like I said he sounds like a smart man.
I was very young when Presley hit the charts and remember how people reacted to his music. The older folks who listened to the great pop singers of the time just totally freaked out. They were somehat ready for the Beatles who cam along in America when Rock & Roll was 10 years old. Anyone who cares to admit it will remember with the exception of Jerry Lee Lewis all "stars' who appeared on American Bandstand were lip synching. I liked all the early trend setting rockers like Holley, Berry. Jerry Lee and more I could easily name. By the time the Beatles came on Holly was dead, Lewis disgraced in England (later they would kiss his a@@ in '72), Berry was in Jail and we had Dick Clarks Philadelphia buddies like Avalon and Fabian up there. Yep they had bad acts back then. I like to sing and play myself and achieved a lifetime goal when some of my friends and I went into a studio and recorded songs we had written ourselves. Maybe we didn't sell or push hard enough but as a friend of mine said if it were easy we could all do it.
...oh I understand, and I don't expect you to "get them", anymore than I got my parents music...every generation is that way...like I said, you had to be there at the time to experience the Beatles and that whole utterly insane decade of the 60's.
'Hootie' is a big star in the world of country now as a solo act... and hootie and the blowfish NEVER sucked...
. . . ...just for you, rick; . . . [video=youtube;Zicw_dVwhfM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zicw_dVwhfM[/video]
Something tells me that Hammer is now listening to these songs & thinking to himself, DAMN! these guys are good.
...OK rick, see if you can figure this out....who is this beauty below and why is she forever linked to rock and roll history? (you can click on the pic to enlarge)
...better than close, rick...spot on. ...but what really makes her famous is that greatest song ever written about unrequited love was named after her...but because she was married to George at the time the "other man" could not use her name in the song for obvious reasons. ...the "other man" ...was George Harrison's best friend at the time, Eric Clapton....and the song? (long version) [video=youtube;0WUdlaLWSVM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WUdlaLWSVM[/video] ...also featured on the song is a very young Duane Allman (before the Allman Bros) who backs up Eric by playing slide guitar and taught Slowhand the art of playing slide...Layla was released in 1970 while she was still married to George Harrison. Clapton grew increasingly depressed over not be able to be with this woman he had fallen for, that he turned inward and turned to heroin and nearly killed himself as an addict. He became a recluse but broke out of his funk and addiction with a vengeance in 1974 with what IMO, was his best work ever. He titled his album after the address of his "drying out" house in Florida. (461 Ocean Boulevard) ...Clapton's dream finally came true in 1979 when he married Pattie after she and George split up. Another Clapton classic "Wonderful Tonight" is also a tribute to Pattie. . . [video=youtube;qwprrAEL9-E]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwprrAEL9-E[/video]
...among other things, as a very young man, I was a DJ ("The Breeze" was my handle)(and my sign on song was "Call Me the Breeze" by Skynyrd)(one of the best all around songs ever)...but a young songbird named Juice Newton ended my short-lived career on the radio...it's a very funny story, though it wasn't at that time...remind me to tell you guys about it some time. ...good lyrics, killer piano, good horns, good percussion, and gangster guitars; [video=youtube;a_VHrGsYvbQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_VHrGsYvbQ[/video]
