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Mike Nelson

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32. The author...
Sun Oct 29, 2017, 11:20 AM
Oct 2017

...is wrong. The art-rock stuff lasted about a year... The Beatles began 1968 with "Lady Madonna" and were seen as signaling a rock 'n' roll revival during the late 1960s.

Nuts! DonaldsRump Oct 2017 #1
'Beatles, Stones, Dylan, Who, none of us could do as good as 'Whole Lotta Shakin Goin On' so we MiltonBrown Oct 2017 #2
Except that many, many white artists continued to make dance music unblock Oct 2017 #4
True but disco is not rock-n-roll either. MiltonBrown Oct 2017 #5
I wasn't talking about disco, I consider that a brief blip, but then again unblock Oct 2017 #10
There was a pretty long break between Joey Dee and acts like KC and the Sunshine Band or disco era MiltonBrown Oct 2017 #16
My point is that the Beatles were EVERYTHING.... DonaldsRump Oct 2017 #6
They were rock-n-rollers from the start, even sporting leather jackets and pomps! MiltonBrown Oct 2017 #8
Maybe for those who emulated the Beatles, they were limited to just rock DonaldsRump Oct 2017 #11
Let it Be is a pretty good album but I can't dance to it like I can the 50s and early 60s stuff. MiltonBrown Oct 2017 #17
I'd point out that "909" was written in '62 or '63... malthaussen Oct 2017 #19
You make some great points malthaussen. MiltonBrown Oct 2017 #23
I expect anyone who chooses "Milton Brown" as a handle... malthaussen Oct 2017 #24
Yes I dig the swing music! Had an epiphany many years ago and have been exploring and enjoying MiltonBrown Oct 2017 #38
Music, like everything else, LWolf Oct 2017 #33
I don't see how he can blame that segregation on the beatles unblock Oct 2017 #3
The early Beatles songs were often covers of American rock-n-roll or at least in the same style. MiltonBrown Oct 2017 #7
Black folks were listening to Atlantic, Motown, Stax and other R&B labels before the Beatles... brush Oct 2017 #9
One of the Coasters (not sure which one) said that 'We play rhythm and blues music but if it's a hit MiltonBrown Oct 2017 #13
Blacks left rock and roll before the sixties Cartoonist Oct 2017 #12
The Bobbys were an aBOBanation! MiltonBrown Oct 2017 #14
Atlantic, Motown and other R&B labels... brush Oct 2017 #15
Not sure the Beatles or any one person/group "saved" rock n' roll whathehell Oct 2017 #29
No flames from me. nt Still Blue in PDX Oct 2017 #34
I grew up in the 50's and 60's. I agree with what you posted but it wasn't like forced segregation wasupaloopa Oct 2017 #18
That's one of my favorite movies of course! MiltonBrown Oct 2017 #21
They can't win caraher Oct 2017 #20
The book is 17 chapters and only chapter 17 is actually about the Beatles. It starts out with early MiltonBrown Oct 2017 #22
It really is an unfortunate book title... malthaussen Oct 2017 #25
I blame Obama and Hillary for destroying Rock! Chasstev365 Oct 2017 #26
Before the Beatles, surf music started this trend DBoon Oct 2017 #27
But the Beatles impacted everything in their wake whereas surf rock (Ventures, Chantays not BBs) had MiltonBrown Oct 2017 #39
Read the book and enjoyed it. The title is just a hook. rzemanfl Oct 2017 #28
Sounds like a big pile of BS to me. Zen Democrat Oct 2017 #30
If you're gonna blame the Beatles, you've gotta blame The Crickets sofa king Oct 2017 #31
Knowing the direction Buddy Holly was heading there is no doubt that he would've made rock MiltonBrown Oct 2017 #41
The author... Mike Nelson Oct 2017 #32
I danced my ass off at the last Who Hits 50 concert maxrandb Oct 2017 #35
What bunkum! No, I haven't and shan't. Does the author claim that a band that covered "Twist and WinkyDink Oct 2017 #36
The author would argue that the band that recorded 'Twist and Shout' changed radically by the time MiltonBrown Oct 2017 #40
To argue that the Beatles' music changed is not the same as arguing that said change ended Rock and WinkyDink Oct 2017 #42
The Beatles SAVED Rock and Roll Wolf Frankula Oct 2017 #37
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