the King of rock n' roll

[action]

sure we can all agree that Elvis is the biggest bad ass rock singer, EVAH!

i must confess, i'm not too fond of his 70s stuff. but his rock n roll period is kicking so much ass. and that 68 special is pure punk.

as a matter of fact, i'm blasting out 50s elvis right this moment, and feeling fine!

the absolute King of rock n roll

[Len Cnut]

His debut might be the greatest album of all time.  Both musically to listen to and in terms of how important it is.  He is arguably the creator of youth culture as we know it today, everything starts with Elvis really.  You could argue the beat generation and Jazz and shit but that was a very very select few, it was a bohemian thing.  To really get Elvis though i think you have to like country music.

Edited September 16, 2017 by Len Cnut

[DieselDaisy]

That is because his brand of rock n' roll was rockabilly which was a country influenced acoustic driven music that was also played by Carl Perkins. It later influenced Buddy Holly.

[Len Cnut]

1 hour ago, DieselDaisy said:

That is because his brand of rock n' roll was rockabilly which was a country influenced acoustic driven music that was also played by Carl Perkins. It later influenced Buddy Holly.

The truth of the matter is that what actually blew up in popularity and led to this whole rock n roll thing was actually rockabilly, not rock n roll...but that doesn't sit well with history cuz hillbillies ain't popular.  Buddy was a country boy from Lubbock Texas, if you don't hear the country sound to Buddy you ain't listening to it properly, for all those who are like 'oh if only Buddy had lived I wonder what direction he would've went in', i think a more purer country sound was a distinct possibility.

[J Dog]

Country and the blues are pretty much the building blocks of rock n roll I'd say. Rockabilly was born specifically from country even before Buddy Holly (Waylon Jennings was his bass player so it was always there). People love to talk about Elvis stealing from the black man and all that jazz, but he was just as much influenced by country. I always thought he did a great job pulling from both and taking it to another level.

I'd say Hank Sr laid down the first foundation for rockabilly. He says it himself here "I love to rock".

 

[J Dog]

Great example from early Elvis. Good stuff. This is almost a perfect song.

 

[oldnews]

no the real King of Rock n Roll is Sweet Gene Vincent

101% rock n roll unlike some fakes who act all hard ass these days (liam gallagher etc)

 

 

 

[Len Cnut]

 

[DieselDaisy]

I've never been exclusive to one as they all had their 'thing'. Little Richard's was the southern New Orleans big band variant of rock n' roll. Elvis's, the rockabilly tradition. Chuck came from a Chess Chicago blues background etc etc. Definitely prefer the '50s to the '60s.

[Len Cnut]

5 hours ago, DieselDaisy said:

I've never been exclusive to one as they all had their 'thing'. Little Richard's was the southern New Orleans big band variant of rock n' roll. Elvis's, the rockabilly tradition. Chuck came from a Chess Chicago blues background etc etc. Definitely prefer the '50s to the '60s.

The aforementioned Gene Vincent too...and Eddie Cochran...and Jerry Lee.

[J Dog]

 

[oldnews]

 

[RussTCB]

 

[Georgy Zhukov]

Elvis' secret weapon was Scotty Moore. Without Scotty he'd just be a country crooner.