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Long love the King!

Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 1:44 am
by succotash_54
Whilst browsing a music forum, I was reading through a backlog of old comments about different artists. One of which being Elvis Presley. The King Of Rock And Roll. What I found so hilarious that the most scathing remarks were written by a particular British member (same one who tried to sell me on The Birthday Party, btw). I find that funny because I thought if there was one American artist that the British embraced as a surrogate or honorary MBE, it'd be Elvis. It was the British that first popularized the JXL remix of "A Little Less Conversation" and I believe also the remix of "Rubberneckin'". On top of which, original and unadulterated Elvis songs had been re-charting in the UK after "Rubberneckin'" remix stopped basking in the limelight.

Now I won't speak to this forum, unless you removed my fandom on the grounds of it being an outlier, but am I correct in my thinking? I thought the British absolutely loved Elvis. Americans do as well, but not to the same degree.

Of course, I could probably be the only Elvis fan on this forum, but anyone else wearing his ring around their neck? Anyone else got stung?

Long love the King!

Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 4:29 am
by Siphai
Having lived here for eight years, I can't really say that I notice anyone who is a really big Elvis fan and the most likely reasons are either that the fandom died off already (probably due to pop culture shifts) or they all seem to keep it secret.

Long love the King!

Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 7:27 pm
by NWOWWE
I've always been partial to Chuck Berry myself. Both are great of course, but I have to tip my hat to the true King of "Rock and Roll". ;)

Long love the King!

Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 9:17 pm
by Toxic
So, if Chuck Berry is the King of Rock and Roll, does that make the Beach Boys the Kings of Rock and Roll?Haha.

Long love the King!

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 6:23 am
by NWOWWE
No, considering they pretty much stole one of their songs from Chuck.

Long love the King!

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 5:09 pm
by Toxic
Really?Which one?I knew they covered several songs of his, but stealing?

Long love the King!

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 6:13 pm
by NWOWWE
<blockquote class='quote_blockquote'><dl><dt>Toxic</dt><dd>Apr 17 2009&#44; 06:09 PM</dd></dl><div> Really?Which one?I knew they covered several songs of his, but stealing? [/quote]
Well, listen to "Sweet Little Sixteen" by Chuck and then listen to "Surfin' USA" by the Beach Boys.

Long love the King!

Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2009 12:39 am
by succotash_54
Yeah, there was a lawsuit to the effect of getting Chuck Berry composer credits on the song.

"Surfin' U.S.A." was musically inspired by Chuck Berry's "Sweet Little Sixteen", and lyrically by "Twistin' U.S.A." by Danny And The Juniors or Chubby Checker. Danny And The Juniors had the bigger hit and managed to get their version released first, but I think Chubby did in fact record it first.