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yankeesince59

yankeesince59

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...they arrived, and then 2 days later, music was never the same;




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While I appreciate the impact they had, I was never a fan...
 
yankeesince59 said:
...they arrived, and then 2 days later, music was never the same;




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Many of my friends my age or older say that the british invasion killed music. I disagree. Though I loved & still love the oldies of groups like the Earls, Capris, Duprees, Platters, Crests, Dion & the belmonts, Skyliners, four seasons, Beach boys, Gary Puckett & many others. I also think the British invasion brought us many good sounds also. Aside from the Beatles being #1 you can't ignore the Stones, Animals, Herman Hermits, Searchers, Dave Clark five & others. Personally I think music IMO pretty much died after the 80s.
 
Rick2583 said:
Many of my friends my age or older say that the british invasion killed music. I disagree. Though I loved & still love the oldies of groups like the Earls, Capris, Duprees, Platters, Crests, Dion & the belmonts, Skyliners, four seasons, Beach boys, Gary Puckett & many others. I also think the British invasion brought us many good sounds also. Aside from the Beatles being #1 you can't ignore the Stones, Animals, Herman Hermits, Searchers, Dave Clark five & others. Personally I think music IMO pretty much died after the 80s.
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I know you said others, but how could you leave out Led Zeppelin? The Police? Sting? Genesis? Phil Collins? Peter Gabriel? Black Sabbath? Ozzy Osbourne? Pink Floyd? The Who? Elton John? Queen? David Bowie? The Clash?

To a lesser extent Coldplay? Radiohead? Sex Pistols? Duran Duran?

And then while not British, you have U2...

So definitely some great music out of that region...
 
Timing is a very important element in music. The so called originators of Rock & Roll who set the tone as standouts by 1959 stood at Elvis on active duty, Buddy Holly Dead, Jerry Lee Lewis disgraced, Little Richard gone to the ministry, and Chuck Berry in jail. The Everly Brothers changed labels and were denied much of their earlier material that got them to the top. The Everly Brothers and Holly were huge influences on the Beatles style ditto Carl Perkins who was more an influence on the English guitar players than Berry. After a few years of the Philadelphia Talent pool like Avalon and Fabian the time was ripe when the Beatles Showed up.
 
Steve, Sunday night channel 2 8PM to 10:30 many of your popular artist will be saluting the history of the Beatles in a special titled "The Beatles: The night that changed america" Some of the performers are Annie Lennox, John Legend, Dave Mathews, Alicia Keys & many others. Check it out. Even the 2 surviving Beatles McCartney & Starr will be performing.
 
Rick2583 said:
Steve, Sunday night channel 2 8PM to 10:30 many of your popular artist will be saluting the history of the so Beatles in a special titled "The Beatles: The night that changed america" Some of the performers are Annie Lennox, John Legend, Dave Mathews, Alicia Keys & many others. Check it out. Even the 2 surviving Beatles McCartney & Starr will be performing.
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Don't have normal TV service, so I can't watch.... CBS doesn't have deals with Netflix or Hulu Plus, so I won't be able to watch...
 
Yankeefan5545 said:
Timing is a very important element in music. The so called originators of Rock & Roll who set the tone as standouts by 1959 stood at Elvis on active duty, Buddy Holly Dead, Jerry Lee Lewis disgraced, Little Richard gone to the ministry, and Chuck Berry in jail. The Everly Brothers changed labels and were denied much of their earlier material that got them to the top. The Everly Brothers and Holly were huge influences on the Beatles style ditto Carl Perkins who was more an influence on the English guitar players than Berry. After a few years of the Philadelphia Talent pool like Avalon and Fabian the time was ripe when the Beatles Showed up.
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...all of that is true, but all of those people you listed also had influences...no one can take credit for it all, but nothing compares to the impact the Beatles made.
 
Hammerojustice said:
I know you said others, but how could you leave out Led Zeppelin? The Police? Sting? Genesis? Phil Collins? Peter Gabriel? Black Sabbath? Ozzy Osbourne? Pink Floyd? The Who? Elton John? Queen? David Bowie? The Clash?

To a lesser extent Coldplay? Radiohead? Sex Pistols? Duran Duran?

And then while not British, you have U2...

So definitely some great music out of that region...
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you left off the Spice Girls.... lmfao
 
Rick2583 said:
What are you Amish?
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No, saving money...

Comcast is too expensive, DirecTV is too expensive... we have something called Roku... it streams through the internet... we have internet anyway, so why not do this.... Netflix is $7.99/mo, Hulu Plus is $7.99/mo, Amazon Prime is $79/year (~$6.58/mo) and that's it... so we pay $22.56/mo for what we watch... if I were to sign up for MLBTV, that would be $109/year, but that would be it... Unfortunately, no NFL or NCAA Football sports, NHL has some deal with Roku, but as much as I love the Devils, I'd only pay for one sport if even that one, and it would be the Yankees...

so it is significantly cheaper...

I don't get to see CBS shows... so I miss out on NCIS which I loved, but aside from that, I really am not missing anything... I can go online for neitws... nothing else worth watch... so I miss sports, and specials, but aside from that, who gives a rats ass...

SIGNIFICANTLY less commercials (none on Netflix and Amazon Prime), limited on Hulu Plus....
 
Hammerojustice said:
No, saving money...

Comcast is too expensive, DirecTV is too expensive... we have something called Roku... it streams through the internet... we have internet anyway, so why not do this.... Netflix is $7.99/mo, Hulu Plus is $7.99/mo, Amazon Prime is $79/year (~$6.58/mo) and that's it... so we pay $22.56/mo for what we watch... if I were to sign up for MLBTV, that would be $109/year, but that would be it... Unfortunately, no NFL or NCAA Football sports, NHL has some deal with Roku, but as much as I love the Devils, I'd only pay for one sport if even that one, and it would be the Yankees...

so it is significantly cheaper...

I don't get to see CBS shows... so I miss out on NCIS which I loved, but aside from that, I really am not missing anything... I can go online for neitws... nothing else worth watch... so I miss sports, and specials, but aside from that, who gives a rats ass...

SIGNIFICANTLY less commercials (none on Netflix and Amazon Prime), limited on Hulu Plus....
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I need my sports center & all my CBS shows like NCIS, Criminal minds, CSI, Person of interest. Elementry, Hawaiii 5-0 & Blue bloods. Plus I have to admitt I like my Monday night RAW. and all my old westerns.
 
^^^Rick, you can watch most all of those shows from the net.
 
Hammerojustice said:
No, saving money...

Comcast is too expensive, DirecTV is too expensive... we have something called Roku... it streams through the internet... we have internet anyway, so why not do this.... Netflix is $7.99/mo, Hulu Plus is $7.99/mo, Amazon Prime is $79/year (~$6.58/mo) and that's it... so we pay $22.56/mo for what we watch... if I were to sign up for MLBTV, that would be $109/year, but that would be it... Unfortunately, no NFL or NCAA Football sports, NHL has some deal with Roku, but as much as I love the Devils, I'd only pay for one sport if even that one, and it would be the Yankees...

so it is significantly cheaper...

I don't get to see CBS shows... so I miss out on NCIS which I loved, but aside from that, I really am not missing anything... I can go online for neitws... nothing else worth watch... so I miss sports, and specials, but aside from that, who gives a rats ass...

SIGNIFICANTLY less commercials (none on Netflix and Amazon Prime), limited on Hulu Plus....
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...I quit paying for MLBTV last year...save the link below. Nothing shows on it right now because, well, there are no games being played. But last year I'd say I was able to watch about 80% of the Yanx games for free and most of them were from an actual MLBTV stream. As you can see, from the menu up top, there are other sports you can watch...play with it and see what you think.

http://www.usagoals.tv/baseball.html


fwiw, I've also been playing with the idea uf using roku or chromecast or appletv instead of directv, but can't decide which way to go because they all have their pros and cons.
 
Hammerojustice said:
No, saving money...

Comcast is too expensive, DirecTV is too expensive... we have something called Roku... it streams through the internet... we have internet anyway, so why not do this.... Netflix is $7.99/mo, Hulu Plus is $7.99/mo, Amazon Prime is $79/year (~$6.58/mo) and that's it... so we pay $22.56/mo for what we watch... if I were to sign up for MLBTV, that would be $109/year, but that would be it... Unfortunately, no NFL or NCAA Football sports, NHL has some deal with Roku, but as much as I love the Devils, I'd only pay for one sport if even that one, and it would be the Yankees...

so it is significantly cheaper...

As soon as baseball season ended I had the data plan in my smartphone disconnected and saved about 360.00 per year for starters, my next move will be to get an el cheapo phone. Cable will be next, tired of paying all that money and pretty much watch only MLB anyway, have to go back to gamecast for baseball but what the hell.
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Are people still talking about this cult? My Sweet Lord....
 
Sure, I get that. But Hendrix and the Doors resonate more with me from that era and I was born in '67. The first LPs I ever bought, 3 on the same day were:

Pink Floyd, The Wall
Led Zeppelin, IV
Queen, News of the World

Snow shoveling money when I was in Junior high, lol!
 
totus44 said:
Post #19....hey look, the number 9 thing again. Lol!
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Sorry but I never referred to or heard of the Beatles era being considered a CULT. And I was there from the beginning.
 
Sure, I get that. But Hendrix and the Doors resonate more with me from that era and I was born in '67. The first LPs I ever bought, 3 on the same day were:

Pink Floyd, The Wall
Led Zeppelin, IV
Queen, News of the World

Snow shoveling money when I was in Junior high, lol!
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...different strokes for different folks, I suppose. I'm a big fan of all those others you mentioned as well. I was personally never an Elvis fan but I know a lot of folks who are. It's just that I grew up with The Beatles and Lennon was a huge hero of mine.

...fwiw, Dark Side Of the Moon is still my fav all time album...wish I had a dollar for every time I listened to it from start to finish. It stayed on Billboard's Top 200 Chart for an unprecedented 736 CONSECUTIVE weeks ...thats over 14 fucking years.

...The Wall and Wish You Were Here were also classics.
 
...and Tote, I sent you this link but I thought I'd share it here as well...has nothing to do with this thread topic but it still made me LMAO.


 
Rick2583 said:
Sorry but I never referred to or heard of the Beatles era being considered a CULT. And I was there from the beginning.
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Sorry Rick, I guess its something us non-Beatle fans see about Beatles fans.
 
Got it Ron, thx. I saw on Mrs. Tote's FB.....I haven't drunk the FB koolaid either. Got a 3yr old domerman mauling me, guess its time for a run and trip to the dog park. I'll tap at you guys later from my tablet when I regain use of hand, lol! God help anyone that ever walks into my home/yard unannounced.
 
...I did the FB thing for about 3 months. It was OK reconnecting with some old classmates and friends...but a few months ago FB decided what I could keep private and what I could NOT keep t private, so I said F' you and deleted my account.
...and it seems that more and more sites are requiring a FB account...they can kiss my ass too.
 
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I thought it was a great show last night but I thought it would have been a nice touch if Sean Lennon (better choice would have been Julien) & Danni Harrison would have joined Paul & Ringo on stage to do a number respresenting there fathers. But all in all an excellent show.
 
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