The Ghost of RubangB on 04 September 2008
| stof said: I choose John Lennon. Now that man was brilliant. Imagine, Instant Karma, watching the wheels, cold turkey, happy xmas, woman, stand by me, beautiful boy, whatever gets you through the night, look at me. The list of fantastic songs goes on and on. Screw the Beatles. John Lennon was the real talent. |
Obviously you haven't heard of Percy Thrillington.
Little Richard single-handedly invented rock and roll.
Elvis Presley was the first person to make money off of it, because he was white.
Labels wouldn't pay black folks for their songs.
And there were already amazing music videos in the 70's. David Bowie, The Residents, and a few others were making really arty videos before MTV even existed. "Ashes to Ashes" by Bowie and "Third Reich 'n' Roll by the Residents come to mind.
