I did talk to Dviss about what he posted. Not playing favorites in that argument. In rereading those posts Dviss was talking about the illegals getting healthcare, he didn't say anything insulting about vets collecting VA benefits. If your message is to just call people names then that isn't much of a message.
It is hardly free, but the comment is insulting. Sorry you can't see it. It is often done by liberals that think everyone should have it. Although they don't want to pay the price.
Fine Sly. You have your definition of insult and it differs greatly from mine. Some insults are just tweaks, some are way the fuck out of bounds, over the line. But you do as you see fit.
I give credit to Louis Jordan, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Elvis, Buddy Holly and the Crickets, Eddie Cochran and lots of folks for rock and roll...Chuck Berry to me defined rock and roll guitar but Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis were playing it on the keys....Bill Haley gets some credit too....they all traveled the same circuit together when rock and roll was born....Johnny Cash was part of those tours too. In Johnny Cash's book he talks about how wild those days were on the bus....makes all these Van Halen stories look tame.
Bill Haley while nowhere near the best, got it kicked off in a rush by having the platform that got the play all around the country. Rock Around the Clock was the theme song of the movie, Blackboard Jungle in 1955. Glen Ford and Sidney Poitier. Big hit! Everyone saw it. Rock was on. But then I saw Chuck Berry at the Cottonwoods, I think he was sort of amazed his music became so in, so fast.
Chuck said he was hugely influenced as a guitarist by T Bone Walker...T Bone was playing with his teeth and behind his head long before Buddy Guy or Jimmy Hendrix made it famous.
If you want to insult people then do it via Private Message. The majority of people here don't want to read post after post of two guys melting down and insulting each other.
Frankly I'd rather not get insulted by Private Message. Some idiot (oops) did that once. Apparently he thought he was really hurting my feelings with antigay slurs. Message forwarded to Mod. Idiot banned.
Sorry, Lets eliminate Mel from the inclusion of that company and place him in higher realms. I can replace him with Neil Sedaka or include Don Ho.
I played Johnny B. Goode twice last weekend. I was just about to trash you Stampy before your recant. You lucked out. There's nothing like the wrath of Homer. Mel Torme is top 5 greatest jazz singers ever, maybe the best technically, depending on your view. And, he was a helluva drummer and pianist. The guy was a musical motherfucker. Better even than Sly's bass playing (tuba) or Kingspeed's national anthem. That good.
Perhaps you are right. But I love the old time Rock n Roll. Chuck Berry started that, and I am thankful. Rather like Vivaldi too.
Interesting that you mention old time Rock and Roll with Vivaldi. He was given short shrift in his lifetime and his music was looked down upon as the "pop music" of his day. Yet his is some of the most recognizable classical music of today. Excellent stuff! WTF do music critics of any era know.........
