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Man, the New York Dolls were fucking rock and roll, without a doubt.

No fuckin' doubt, everyone around here seems to dislike them, even though Aerosmith pretty much "stole" their entire image and sound (well, except for the cross dressing).

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Black culture needs to get over Elvis Presley, because he was all he's been said to be, no matter how much they whine. Fuck Little Richard.

A lame southern gospel singer who couldn't act or write his own songs. He sure was.

You clearly understand nothing of the mythos. The fact that he couldn't act was one of the best things about him. Ask Eddie Murphy.

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Just as a note, it always really pisses me off when people today complain about how some pop artists suck because they "don't even fuckin' write their own songs" when many of the Elvis-esque acts of way back when didn't write their own material either. And these people typically love Elvis. "Dude he has SOUL."

 

By the way whoever was putting Elvis down should stop trying to swim against the tide and just accept his awesomeness.

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You'd look like a dork, I think, so that's ok. He's not for everyone.

 

It's not the music though, man. That's why it doesn't matter that he didn't write his own songs. He didn't have to. That's why he was awesome.

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His stuff in the 50s was actually pretty good, and like you I don't go in for a lot of that stuff. 60s was bad. 70s was campy.

Agreed.

 

I own his first record, and I put it in from time to time and it's relatively enjoyable, but really, it's the persona that makes Elvis so awesome. I might just like '70's-campy-fat-Elvis the best because that's when his persona/icon-stature was most interesting.

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What the f happened to them? I have their 2nd cd somewhere

They split up. Some of the members went on to form Sparta, while the lead singer (and maybe another member or two) created The Mars Volta.

 

The Mars Volta's new CD, Frances the Mute, is on sale for $6.99 this week at Best Buy. I got it and it's pretty good. I'd recommend picking it up.

 

As for Elvis, I was not a fan until I went to Graceland and saw everything there, heard a lot of his songs, etc. I now enjoy Elvis.

 

Some rock bands I like (although there are many more):

 

The Doors

Green Day

Metallica

Nirvana

Stone Temple Pilots

Led Zeppelin

Allman Brothers Band

Days of the New

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Guns N Roses

Black Sabbath

The Ramones

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This might be cliche, but in terms of it..Elvis had more it than any other musician ever.

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Man, the New York Dolls were fucking rock and roll, without a doubt.

No fuckin' doubt, everyone around here seems to dislike them, even though Aerosmith pretty much "stole" their entire image and sound (well, except for the cross dressing).

Really? I've never heard anyone on this board regard the Dolls with anything but giddy pleasure. And deservedly so.

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