...you can say what you will, but there's NO telling where we'd be today, musically, if it weren't for this young Memphis boy. ...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u45VxrLlppk ... #1 Hits (Full Album)http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,925955#msg-925955Sun, 26 May 2013 08:22:16 +1000 Phorum 5.2.16 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926513#msg-926513 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926513#msg-926513
Andy]]> AndyC NoticeboardSat, 12 Jan 2013 05:29:51 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926156#msg-926156 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926156#msg-926156Niv]]> nivjourney NoticeboardThu, 10 Jan 2013 10:36:28 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926131#msg-926131 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926131#msg-926131
AGREED. Not to mention until Elvis, radio airplay for "race records" was pretty much non existant.]]> Cosmic_Drama NoticeboardThu, 10 Jan 2013 07:24:00 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926124#msg-926124 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926124#msg-926124 Coco NoticeboardThu, 10 Jan 2013 06:29:55 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926122#msg-926122 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926122#msg-926122
We sure had some laughs THAT weekend :)

Andy]]> AndyC NoticeboardThu, 10 Jan 2013 06:25:05 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926120#msg-926120 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926120#msg-926120 Troy NoticeboardThu, 10 Jan 2013 06:08:04 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926118#msg-926118 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926118#msg-926118 Walk In The Shadows NoticeboardThu, 10 Jan 2013 05:19:03 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926117#msg-926117 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926117#msg-926117 gary191265 NoticeboardThu, 10 Jan 2013 05:12:04 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926116#msg-926116 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926116#msg-926116 Troy NoticeboardThu, 10 Jan 2013 04:56:34 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926115#msg-926115 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926115#msg-926115 Walk In The Shadows NoticeboardThu, 10 Jan 2013 04:41:43 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926114#msg-926114 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926114#msg-926114 Troy NoticeboardThu, 10 Jan 2013 04:21:35 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926103#msg-926103 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926103#msg-926103 Walk In The Shadows NoticeboardThu, 10 Jan 2013 03:16:43 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926102#msg-926102 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926102#msg-926102 Troy NoticeboardThu, 10 Jan 2013 03:09:10 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926100#msg-926100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926100#msg-926100 rocknut NoticeboardThu, 10 Jan 2013 02:07:37 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926099#msg-926099 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926099#msg-926099Never see people dressed in afro's, velvet flares with wide lapels and ruffle neck shirts when you go to see people like Al Green, The Four Tops, The Temptations, George Benson...
I don't see loads of people with mullets, tight jeans and open neck shirts at Michael Bolton gigs...
The only person in Meat Loaf fancy dress at Meat Loaf's last gig... was Meat Loaf!
Sure country bands feature lots of denim and checked shirts... but that's a look that's been round forever anyway, think initially it was more born out of necessity than a fashion statement.
The sight's at Firefest are usually the scariest... from behind you'd be forgiven for thinking "oh look it's 1988 Bret Michaels!" then it turns round, you dodge the beer gut, see that the hair starts at the back of the head and the face is that on 60 year old...
Shuddering at the very thought of it...
I think it must be the same mindset... if the clothes are still in 1989... so is the brain.
Niv]]> nivjourney NoticeboardThu, 10 Jan 2013 01:53:43 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926098#msg-926098 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926098#msg-926098 rocknut NoticeboardThu, 10 Jan 2013 01:41:14 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926097#msg-926097 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926097#msg-926097-------------------------------------------------------
> I'm not many other music forums.
> Are fans of all musical genre's this moronic? Or
> is it exclusive to fans of "melodic rock"?
> I get it... without Journey, The Beatle's never
> happened, Nirvana didn't exist and Warrant were
> the biggest selling band of the 90's, the fab four
> the world were waiting to see reunite happened
> when Wetton, Downes, Howe & Palmer got Asia back
> together... Frank Sinatra and Elvis didn't make
> any impact... any other history we'd care to
> revise?
> Jeez... No wonder no one takes this genre
> seriously.
> Is this the same mindset that means when I attend
> a gig of an old band, i'm surrounded by fat,
> balding men in 1989 fancy dress... but they don't
> actually realize they are in 1989 fancy dress...?
> Niv

From what I've seen, it's mostly MR fans that get all hissy and handbags about other genres.]]> gary191265 NoticeboardThu, 10 Jan 2013 01:20:39 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926096#msg-926096 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926096#msg-926096 Daredevil NoticeboardThu, 10 Jan 2013 01:11:09 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926095#msg-926095 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926095#msg-926095-------------------------------------------------------
> Is this the same mindset that means when I attend
> a gig of an old band, i'm surrounded by fat,
> balding men in 1989 fancy dress... but they don't
> actually realize they are in 1989 fancy dress...?
> Niv


With their wives in tow, squeezed into the same leopard skin spandex that they wore in 1989. It's not a pleasant sight, and my eyes have never been the same since Firefest 1 :-o]]> Coco NoticeboardThu, 10 Jan 2013 00:54:57 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926093#msg-926093 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926093#msg-926093
"Pretty much the same place because he never wrote anything anyway."

That was my point, he didn't need to write anything to be an influence.
Put your umbrella up when the utter crap comes out the window :-p
Niv]]> nivjourney NoticeboardThu, 10 Jan 2013 00:43:46 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926091#msg-926091 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926091#msg-926091Are fans of all musical genre's this moronic? Or is it exclusive to fans of "melodic rock"?
I get it... without Journey, The Beatle's never happened, Nirvana didn't exist and Warrant were the biggest selling band of the 90's, the fab four the world were waiting to see reunite happened when Wetton, Downes, Howe & Palmer got Asia back together... Frank Sinatra and Elvis didn't make any impact... any other history we'd care to revise?
Jeez... No wonder no one takes this genre seriously.
Is this the same mindset that means when I attend a gig of an old band, i'm surrounded by fat, balding men in 1989 fancy dress... but they don't actually realize they are in 1989 fancy dress...?
Niv]]> nivjourney NoticeboardThu, 10 Jan 2013 00:41:22 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926085#msg-926085 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926085#msg-926085 Coco NoticeboardWed, 09 Jan 2013 23:51:58 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926084#msg-926084 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926084#msg-926084 Daredevil NoticeboardWed, 09 Jan 2013 23:40:20 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926076#msg-926076 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926076#msg-926076 Coco NoticeboardWed, 09 Jan 2013 22:30:51 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926073#msg-926073 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926073#msg-926073
Surely the MTV brainwashing has worked here...]]> Daredevil NoticeboardWed, 09 Jan 2013 20:55:16 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926069#msg-926069 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926069#msg-926069He changed the mainstream attitude toward music generally and he opened doors for the rock and roll music that followed.

He may not have been the first doing it, but he was the first that broke worldwide. It's always been that the true, real, musical pioneers aren't usually the catalyst. There were punk bands before The Sex Pistols....but The Pistols broke down the barriers and the flood followed.
Nirvana weren't the first band to play 'grunge'....but they were the band that blew the mainstream to pieces.

Elvis, like it or not, was a musical AND cultural phenomenon. It's also difficult to appreciate now just what an impact he had back then. The world was a vastly different place. Elvis, and his followers, gave youth a voice. The tide was turning, but it was Elvis that rode the wave.......and I'm not a fan.]]> rocknut NoticeboardWed, 09 Jan 2013 19:17:00 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926068#msg-926068 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926068#msg-926068 Troy NoticeboardWed, 09 Jan 2013 18:41:37 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926067#msg-926067 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926067#msg-926067 rocknut NoticeboardWed, 09 Jan 2013 18:40:11 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926060#msg-926060 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926060#msg-926060
I didn't know that of Bono though. Good to know. I know he loved Sex Pistols and The Clash (and pretty much anyone with political lyrics, lol).]]> Troy NoticeboardWed, 09 Jan 2013 14:56:24 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926058#msg-926058 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,925955,926058#msg-926058 the gooch NoticeboardWed, 09 Jan 2013 14:22:50 +1100