Re: can't love the Kinks

["Ewan Milne" <emilne@lu...com>]

Eric Gregory wrote:
>
> >Woah there! You're talking key influential figures of rock & roll?
Dylan
> >of course, Reed okaay, Morrison (though I like The Doors) we'll have to
> >disagree. But NOT The Beatles????!!!! Are you sure?
>
> >(cue huge chorus of anti-Beatles voices)
>
> >Ewan
>
> i ain't saying they weren't influential...& the more we get into it, the
> bigger this issue's gonna get, but here goes:

Okay, I thought that's what you were saying.

> they often followed the important trends...they weren't writing
lyrically
> explosive songs (& lennon was the only one to eventually do that anyhow)
> until well after dylan (& quite possibly reed...lennon had heard the
> velvet's 1st before sgt. pepper) had showed em how.

No argument there with the Dylan thing - he was *the* one that sparked
things off. But the thing about the Beatles not being innovators - that
wasn't the point, the thing is they were right on the crest of the wave,
(I could say zeitgeist here except I hate that word) and had such a huge
popularising influence. That and they wrote bloody great songs, I don't
care what you say :-)

> i don't wanna argue...just wanted to get it out cos my gawd, do i hate
em &
> most of what they've directly spawned.

Let it out, it's Friday afternoon and you're among friends....oh and if
you're talking Oasis then we're on common ground there too...

Ewan


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