Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll
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So the local NPR station WYEP here in Pittsburgh is featuring "Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll" all day today, featuring music "from a list curated by musicians, music writers, and critics." So they are playing alot of bands I would expect like Talking Heads, Nirvana, Chuck Berry, Prince, Blondie, etc.
So then they just played Chalkdust Torture by Phish.... I mean really??? How is that a song that shaped rock and roll? It seems totally out of place in this collection. I'm not a Phish hater, but I dont see that as a song that had great influence on rock. Given the nameless source of of this list, I guess it should be expected, but it just seemed really weird.
Ok rant over...
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Except Chuck, those were
Except Chuck, those were bands that shaped rock, not rock and roll.
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Im a fan...and thats just
Im a fan...and thats just soooo wrong...
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Anything by Chuck Berry
Anything by Chuck Berry
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Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly,
Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bill Haley, a few others.
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R&R was already "shaped" by
R&R was already "shaped" for a long time before Talking Heads, Nirvana, Prince, Blondie, etc. were formed.
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I had to turn it off... after
I had to turn it off... after playing Elmore James and BB King they just played Crazy by Gnarls Barkley. What a joke...
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Hand Jive-Johnny Otis
Hand Jive-Johnny Otis
Hey Bo Diddley, Mona
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johnny burnette
johnny burnette
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Johnny Winter at the
Johnny Winter at the Bluelight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4ZVJxvhygA
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Flip, Flop, and Fly
Flip, Flop, and Fly
I don't care if I die.
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If a touch of nihilism is an
If a touch of nihilism is an essential element of rock and roll, then the above is a prime forerunner.