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- From: jimr+@IUS4.IUS.CS.CMU.EDU (James Matthew Rehg)
- Subject: Elvis is King (was re:ELVIS -king?)
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- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 22:08:53 GMT
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- CHRIS MICH GEORGOULIAS (cmgeorg@eos.ncsu.edu) writes:
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- >I guess I'm one of the younger generation, but I think I know what
- >music is supposed to be about. I had a roommate who had an Elvis CD, so
- >not knowing alot about Elvis I decided to check out the liner notes and such.
- >And I noticed that out of 15+ songs, Elvis helped in writing TWO of them.
- >Hardly an accomplishment for a king. A KING of r'n r would be able to write
- >his own material not just swing his hips and make the girls scream. Performers
- >are a dime-a-dozen. That's like thinking Madonna will be known for her "music".
- >Elvis may have been quite a performer, but a musician he is not, king is an
- >insult to the term.
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- 1,000,000 Elvis fans can't be wrong, but thanks for trying to enlighten us.
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- >I won't bother getting into what kind of music I think is worthwhile,
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- Well how about Huey Lewis and the News? Now there's a group that writes
- their own material--- what rock 'n roll animals!
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- >that kind of stuff is subjective anyway, but I think I made my point.
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- Yep, and eloquently too.
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