Music before the Beatles

Thread: Music before the Beatles

  1. Rush Limbaugh's Avatar

    Rush Limbaugh said:

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    Just to make a point I want you all to list your favorite rock music before the Beatles. That would be 1963 or earlier. This should be interesting. That is if anyone here even knows any music from the pre Beatle era

    One of my favorites and one of the few who wrote sang and played his own songs. A true pioneeer

    Buddy Holly Peggy Sue Ed Sullivan Show ..

    Buddy Holly - That ll Be the Day
    Last edited by Rush Limbaugh; November 06, 2007 at 10:24 PM.
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    Juno said:

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    He's a rambler, he's a gambler...


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    Racer X said:

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    Finally, a thread in which Led Zeppelin, Floyd or King Crimson can't be discussed.

    Almost half of the music I listen to is pre 60s. Big Gene Krupa fan (see below), love Ella Fitzgerald, the Boswell Sisters, Bing Crosby, Billy Eckstine, Phil Harris (before he appeared in stupid Disney features), Ethel Merman, Cab Calloway, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington and lots of other stuff. Great era. Artists did as much as they could with what they had and it showed. Should be respected more.
     
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    Niles Crane said:

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    Tchaikovsky, Mozart and Johann Strauss II.

    EDIT - Didn't see the 'rock music' part... Still, Mozart can be pretty rocking at times.
    Last edited by Niles Crane; November 07, 2007 at 02:13 PM.
     
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    VALIS said:

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    Dave Brubeck Quartet, Elvis and Wagner.
     
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    Racer X said:

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    I didn't notice the word 'rock' in your post, sorry Rush. But really, we shouldn't restrict this thread to just rock n' roll. The term existed in the 20s and 30s, anyway!
     
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    Stalins Ghost said:

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    Gotta love a bit of Sun Ra! Or some Ornette Coleman.

    I suppose not really pre-Beatles as such, but there's only a year in it - I'm always up for a bit of MC5
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    God said:

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stalins Ghost View Post
    Gotta love a bit of Sun Ra!
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  9. Enemy of the State said:

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    Bobby Fuller Four?