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Post by rbortega on Apr 9, 2017 14:15:28 GMT -5
Did anybody first become interested in any of the Beatles musical influences after hearing a studio recording or live performance of a cover. For example, I would credit the Beatles with making me curious about, and eventually becoming a big fan of, Rockabilly musician Carl Perkins.
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Post by John S. Damm on Apr 9, 2017 17:16:58 GMT -5
Yes and Chuck Berry comes to mind! I heard the Beatles covers of his songs before I really heard his. I was teenager of the 1970's.
Carl Perkins is another.
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Post by kc on Apr 9, 2017 18:29:45 GMT -5
My memory is a little hazy, but I think I first started buying David Bowie albums in the mid-1970s partly because I heard/learned about his collaboration with John Lennon on the song Fame. Not exactly a Beatles influence, I know, but solo Lennon seemed to be into him.
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Post by debjorgo on Apr 9, 2017 18:39:33 GMT -5
I was born the year Rock'N'Roll took off and became the dominant sound in music, 1956.
I was seven when the Beatles were on Ed Sullivan. I knew who Elvis was. Both of my brothers had their brill cream hair and turned up collars. The Everly Brothers' and Buddy Holly's songs were heard a lot in my house. I think the lack of radio play by black artists in the late '50s, early '60s, was blown up more than it was. I knew who Little Richard was and my love for Chuck Berry goes back to pre-Beatles time.
The only song I knew by Carl Perkins was Blue Suede Shoes. Nowadays they make it look like Elvis had the bigger hit with the song but I didn't know he recorded it until probably after he died. Carl's version was the hit I knew.
I wouldn't want to underestimate the influence the Beatles had in reinforcing my love for this music.
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Post by Steve Marinucci on Apr 9, 2017 19:16:22 GMT -5
Did anybody first become interested in any of the Beatles musical influences after hearing a studio recording or live performance of a cover. For example, I would credit the Beatles with making me curious about, and eventually becoming a big fan of, Rockabilly musician Carl Perkins. I think I explored more about all of them -- Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Little Richard, etc. -- after the Beatles made their music known. The one thing the Beatles did was make their music more acceptable to the general public. That's probably hard to understand, but back then a lot of tastes were segregated. The Beatles helped change that.
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Post by John S. Damm on Apr 9, 2017 23:11:03 GMT -5
Did anybody first become interested in any of the Beatles musical influences after hearing a studio recording or live performance of a cover. For example, I would credit the Beatles with making me curious about, and eventually becoming a big fan of, Rockabilly musician Carl Perkins. I think I explored more about all of them -- Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Little Richard, etc. -- after the Beatles made their music known. The one thing the Beatles did was make their music more acceptable to the general public. That's probably hard to understand, but back then a lot of tastes were segregated. The Beatles helped change that. Good point Steve about the segregation of music. The Beatles gave credit where credit was due as to these 1950's icons, especially the African American artists. It would have been easier and safer in 1964/65 America for The Beatles to talk about Elvis only but they went farther and praised the Black musicians, really all the British musicians did. The British Invasion was a God-send for African American musicians of the 1950's(and before) as they finally got more recognition and caused many teens to go back and buy the original records or go to their shows. I am still kind of miffed that Chuck Berry's recent passing wasn't treated more nobly than it was. When Elvis died on the toilet from too many pills the whole country stopped for a week! Chuck Berry died and only dedicated music fans and journalists noticed.
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Post by vectisfabber on Apr 10, 2017 3:18:03 GMT -5
No, not at all. Not even once.
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Post by coachbk on Apr 10, 2017 11:26:45 GMT -5
I finally got around to checking out the Larry Williams originals on YouTube a couple years ago "Bad Boy" was way inferior to the Beatles cover (John's vocal KILLS) and I also like the Beatles "Dizzy Miss Lizzie" more. I did find Williams "Slow Down" to be very good and probably better than the Beatles cover.
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Post by stavros on Apr 10, 2017 13:55:01 GMT -5
Me? No? Everything before the Beatles sounded quaint and old fashioned to me. In fact I didn't really like many of the Beatles earlier tracks when I was growing up.
As I've got older I do now appreciate the talent of the likes of the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Elvis and those already mentioned. But I can't say I ever went out of my way to listen to their music. I probably never will.
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Post by sayne on Apr 10, 2017 23:24:04 GMT -5
Not really musical, but I think I started to get political as a result of Revolution (single version), especially after looking up "Chairman Mao."
Through their music and interviews, I did develop an interest in Indian culture, which is pretty strong now. I'm really into food, fashion, customs, music, film (one of my guilty pleasures are Bollywood movies - I've downloaded or rented over 160 movies in the last 3 years and I go see them at big screen theaters).
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Post by debjorgo on Apr 16, 2017 21:41:37 GMT -5
A coincidence, Dizzy Miss Lizzy by Larry Williams came up today on one of my Listen Again playlists. I'd forgotten or never noticed how much the Beatles' version sounds like Larry's, especially the guitar. Searchin', by the Coasters, came up too. Both were on an album called Pre-fabs. So I guess my answer is yes.
I need to get me some Coasters' music.
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Post by debjorgo on Apr 16, 2017 22:08:46 GMT -5
A coincidence, Dizzy Miss Lizzy by Larry Williams came up today on one of my Listen Again playlists. I'd forgotten or never noticed how much the Beatles' version sounds like Larry's, especially the guitar. Searchin', by the Coasters, came up too. Both were on an album called Pre-fabs. So I guess my answer is yes. I need to get me some Coasters' music. Let me retract that. I just listened to Dizzy on headphones. It's just the guitar and the Beatle scream...eh, rock'n'roll scream. This is the only song I have by Larry. Is he worth pursuing? Also, I just discovered that there are at least two versions of Searchin'. One that sounds just like the Beatles' version and one that sounds a little more stripped down. This is the one on Pre-fabs. (Oh, My goodness, child!) The other version is on Golden Rock 'n' Roll.
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