Comments on: The Last Great King http://jmbell.org/blog/2007/08/16/the-last-great-king/ There is nothing wrong with being "edgy". Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:39:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Ix http://jmbell.org/blog/2007/08/16/the-last-great-king/#comment-1618 Ix Fri, 17 Aug 2007 02:30:44 +0000 http://jmbell.org/blog/?p=590#comment-1618 Oh, and besides, he's not dead. Oh, and besides, he’s not dead.

]]> By: Ix http://jmbell.org/blog/2007/08/16/the-last-great-king/#comment-1617 Ix Fri, 17 Aug 2007 02:30:24 +0000 http://jmbell.org/blog/?p=590#comment-1617 Hmm, afraid I would have to disagree with you there. If you're talking about the general mainstream, I would say Chuck Berry and Little Richard and the like did more for the advancement of Rock to broad audiences. If you're specifically talking about white mainstream, that would have to be Bill Haley, who had the first rock & roll billboard #1 hit with "Rock Around The Clock" in 1954. I would say that Elvis wasn't a musician, but a performer. He performed the concepts formed by other people, and he did it well. He was like Madonna, I guess. Yes, just like Madonna. Hmm, afraid I would have to disagree with you there. If you’re talking about the general mainstream, I would say Chuck Berry and Little Richard and the like did more for the advancement of Rock to broad audiences. If you’re specifically talking about white mainstream, that would have to be Bill Haley, who had the first rock & roll billboard #1 hit with “Rock Around The Clock” in 1954.

I would say that Elvis wasn’t a musician, but a performer. He performed the concepts formed by other people, and he did it well. He was like Madonna, I guess. Yes, just like Madonna.

]]> By: JM Bell http://jmbell.org/blog/2007/08/16/the-last-great-king/#comment-1615 JM Bell Fri, 17 Aug 2007 00:59:41 +0000 http://jmbell.org/blog/?p=590#comment-1615 Reagan #2? He was bad, but I have him as #7 Reagan #2? He was bad, but I have him as #7

]]> By: Megan R. http://jmbell.org/blog/2007/08/16/the-last-great-king/#comment-1613 Megan R. Thu, 16 Aug 2007 23:30:57 +0000 http://jmbell.org/blog/?p=590#comment-1613 Nixon the 2nd?! I must disagree. Current Bush is 1st. Reagan is 2nd. So that would make Nixon the 3rd. Nixon the 2nd?! I must disagree.

Current Bush is 1st.
Reagan is 2nd.
So that would make Nixon the 3rd.

]]> By: JM Bell http://jmbell.org/blog/2007/08/16/the-last-great-king/#comment-1612 JM Bell Thu, 16 Aug 2007 23:06:54 +0000 http://jmbell.org/blog/?p=590#comment-1612 Ring any Bells? Wasn't that the Platters? Ring any Bells?

Wasn’t that the Platters?

]]> By: JC Carter http://jmbell.org/blog/2007/08/16/the-last-great-king/#comment-1611 JC Carter Thu, 16 Aug 2007 23:01:28 +0000 http://jmbell.org/blog/?p=590#comment-1611 It's the 30th anniversary of Elvis Presley's death... you may have heard of him, the guy who brought this obscure music form called "rock and roll" into the mainstream. Ring any bells? It’s the 30th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death… you may have heard of him, the guy who brought this obscure music form called “rock and roll” into the mainstream. Ring any bells?

]]> By: Ix http://jmbell.org/blog/2007/08/16/the-last-great-king/#comment-1608 Ix Thu, 16 Aug 2007 21:30:18 +0000 http://jmbell.org/blog/?p=590#comment-1608 er, I may be stupid, but I am completely missing some sort of context to this post. Did someone die? Is it an anniversary? What the hell are you talking about? er, I may be stupid, but I am completely missing some sort of context to this post. Did someone die? Is it an anniversary? What the hell are you talking about?

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