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In response to "From B2: The Beatles, DMB, OAR, Garth Brooks, Coldplay, all rap for the past few years, virtually all EDM, etc. -- nm" by MDH

For me, Billy Joel, Elton John, Bob Dylan -- nm

Posted by Roger More (aka rogermore) Mar 6 '18, 08:55

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But those, at least, you can probably understand why? Unlike Garth Brooks. I still have no idea why he was a thing, let-alone as large as he was. -- nm - Spawn Mar 6, 08:59 28
- Not really, I don't like their voices. I like Elton John songs when they're covered by other people. - Roger More Mar 6, 09:08 2
  - I find them unbearably saccharine. -- nm - Reagen Mar 6, 09:10 1
    - Well that too. But they also taught me that Saturday night is all right for fighting. -- nm - Roger More Mar 6, 09:14
- he was the first big country/pop/rock guy that blew the old school off the radio. I was doing country radio when that happened and man it was like a - Remlik Mar 6, 09:03
- Dylan is another I have no idea why the hell he's famous -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 6, 09:01 14
  - he had a string of 3 or 4 superb albums in the 60s then went downhill fast -- nm - mud Mar 6, 09:09 2
    - let me guess...when he went electric? -- nm - Remlik Mar 6, 09:10 1
      - no, after Blonde On Blonde -- nm - mud Mar 6, 09:11
  - The answer my friend, is blowing in the wind. - Spawn Mar 6, 09:05
  - agreed -- nm - Epiphany, I voted! Mar 6, 09:02
  - he writes good songs, he just can't sing them -- nm - groiny Mar 6, 09:02 8
    - What? I really enjoyed that song of his, what was it called ... - Beryllium Mar 6, 09:10 2
      - I have only a few songs of his on my Spotify playlist - groiny Mar 6, 09:13 1
        
        I like Hurricane and Gotta Serve Somebody, in addition to some on your list. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 6, 09:24
    - Saw him a few years ago, and it was painful to watch. It was when he was going through a “let’s reinterpret every song in my catalog” phase - znufrii Mar 6, 09:09 1
      - it is telling that all these other artists had great success singing his songs. -- nm - groiny Mar 6, 09:10
    - I'm no big fan of him, but his Wilbury stuff is fun and his tour when he had Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers as his backing band was stellar. -- nm - Remlik Mar 6, 09:04 2
      - Yeah, his collaborations are all I can stand, but they are good. -- nm - Spawn Mar 6, 09:06
      - Time's are a Changin is an excellent song, but his voice is tough to listen to for more than 6 minutes at a time -- nm - groiny Mar 6, 09:06
- his music was fun. He was charismatic -- nm - groiny Mar 6, 09:00 8
  - The first, maybe? But that last line is pretty much the opposite of him. -- nm - Spawn Mar 6, 09:01 7
    - He was energetic, he was bold; he took big chances with his early music...and he put on unrivaled shows for his genre. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 6, 09:02 5
      - He will always be the villain from Darkman, to me. -- nm - Spawn Mar 6, 09:10
      - iirc, The Thunder Rolls basically made CMT a thing and propelled country into the mainstream. -- nm - Shaun Mar 6, 09:04 3
        
        He put out The Dance which is an all-time great song; and then the Thunder Rolls video gave him massive press since no country station would show it. - Will Hunting Mar 6, 09:07 1
        
        And that version didn't even include the last verse. -- nm - ty97 Mar 6, 09:12
        
        yeah, every country artist today should send him a check. -- nm - groiny Mar 6, 09:05
    - you are not really his target audience, despite where you live. -- nm - groiny Mar 6, 09:01
None of those were very good frontwomen -- nm - prayformojo Mar 6, 08:58 1
- Elton is half way there. -- nm - groiny Mar 6, 08:59

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