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Originally Posted by Adult Lounge - Brad
No, Elvis was just the first person to recognize how good "black" music was back then and had the balls to experience it and use it to his advantage. I am not bashing Elvis, but to say he has the most god given talent in the history of new music just does not make sense. What about Jimi Hendrix? He invented new chord voicings and had a totally new and different approach to the guitar. Or there is Clapton too. I could go on.
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Clapton & Hendrix aren't vocalists I would put in league with Elvis. Just as I wouldn't put Elvis in league with them for guitar talent. Let's at least compare apples to apples, yes?
I wholeheartedly disagree with you on what you said about Elvis, to a word, so to me as I'm sure it is to the 100's of millions of Elvis's fans around the world the anser is "YES", not "no" to what I said. And I'm okay with that. :D
I wasn't even talking about Elvis's
style of music, I was refering specifically to his voice and his vocal ability, which I have no idea why you would want to argue with me that it's not "God-given", when it so obviously is, or rather was. The man's voice was unique, his range incredible. He could sing any style of music from whitebread pop to old school country to folk or R&B and back again. Elvis could entertain an entire stadium with just a microphone, never mind the piano.