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Albert King

I always yelled out "Rosalita!!!!" at the shows I went to.

Isn't Bowie the 'Man Who Fell to Earth'? What more proof do you need?

Wise a$$.

Robert Johnson

Turn the channel. Problem solved.

I have some Beethoven. Symphonies 1-9. If you mean more contemporary, you can't miss with Big Band. Those cats can get after it.

Helpful tip for inducing labor: Get out and cut the grass. It worked for my neighbor. Gigantic belly, out power cutting. She had the boy that night.

Rigged indeed. Elvy's in cahoots with someone, I'm sure.

Only 2 people left on the date. Katie Sane has today, April 5th Carl has tomorrow, the 6th. If neither gets that, then that part is closed.

I mean when he turned them into an 80's pop/MTV band.

I agree with 99% of it. Toss Aerosmith's Permanent Vacation and Get a Grip, replace them with Rocks and draw the Line, and you've got yourself a list.

Grand Funk's Locomotion is by far the best version.

Sounds untoward to me.

This has been the best string of one liners in here for a while.

I remember one, but it was local. Uncle Joe probably remembers Dr. Shock's Mad Theater.

The majority of today's music, yes. There is no creativity now. Look at Billboard's top ten for today. There will be at least 5 rap songs, some of those simple 'oohhh baby lets do the horizontal twist' slow ...ahem..r&b songs. I looked last week, and one of those American Idol manufactured for TV people was in the TOP FIVE! Come on, Rach, what's out there today is watered down cut and paste cookie cutter crap, all aimed at turning a buck, We're not biased. We just like music, and that ain't it. BTW, I just went and looked at today's top ten on the Billboard charts. Other than Green Day, you know how many of the...ahem... artists ....play an instrument? Zero. None. Nada Zip. T Nine spots in the top ten are singers. Not so much as a harmonica between them. Please.

True enough, RJ. I was just jumping into the A.C. fray. I love the guy. There's not enough respect for him and his band. And 'Poison' is an awesome cut. Check out the live version on 'A Fistful of Alice'.

Next time!!?? ::

Sara, I don't think it's misleading. It's VH1 Classics or Coke Classics. Herded all us old goats right in here. (and the youngs ones who enjoy classic rock, as well). I wouldn't sweat it. The forum will expand. It's only a few days old. Someone will be along to start a Zeppelin/Who thread any second now. LOL.

Ooops. Sorry about that. I got the top two mixed up. And awaaayyy we go!!...

Wow. I hope they put this stuff on display somehow, and they don't juststore it in a basement somewhere. This is a big chunk of music history.

Welcome Jenni. Impressive first post. I am in agreement with most everyone. I saw this post this morning before I left for work, and I thought about it off and on most of the day. To me, 'Classic Rock' is roughly the same span as everyone else's, only I think it really started with the British Invasion. Not to say the British Invasion is soley responsible, just that that was about the time the distictive 'Classic Rock' sound emerged. The Beatles early stuff, though, I consider oldies. Their later sound falls into the classic rock sound. That's just my opinion. As far as the end of the classic rock era, I would say probably the late 70's, with a small thread of the sound trickling into the early 80's. It was definitely an era with it's own sound. Then, along came disco, punk, etc, which led to more far reaching sound experimantation. Along came hair metal, techno, etc. Classic rock is, and always will be, IMO, the best era for good, consistently quality music. One good song, end to end, one after another, on the radio. I won't even go into the mess that's out there now.

Jackie Gleason played Ralph Kramden in the 50's show "The Honeymooners"