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I was this close to downmodding you for saying Elvis invented rock. Chuck Berry, dude.

• unalone 18y ago
  ...They're both 1955. Neither knew the other when they began. They're completely, utterly different in style. Elvis's Sun sessions invented the basis of what I'd consider rock. Berry is riff-based. He's all about the guitar. He did incredible stuff, but for me rock was about the advent of the larger-than-life music personality, and about the attitude. Elvis had attitude. Berry didn't, not in the same way. Elvis was the first rock heartthrob. My point was that it's not a race game. White people do music too. To add to my above list: punk was Sex Pistols and the Ramones.
  • aston 18y ago
    I'll concede those points. If you really want to see where music is going, you should just pay attention to what white people are buying.