http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/29/magazine/which-rock-star-will-historians-of-the-future-remember.html
Interesting article by Klosterman about who will be the one picture teachers use in 300 years to teach about rock?
He considers and discounts The Beatles, Elvis, and Dylan, Sex Pistols, and Rolling Stones before settling on Chuck Berry.
His qualifications seem to be: popularity, a solo act, songwriting, showmanship, longevity, simple direct rhythmbased music, lawlessness, mythical, legendary.
But Check Berry didn't really have the longevity or the mainstream chops. Who's a better choice? What says TexAgs?
Buddy Holly, Eric Clapton, Springsteen, and Hendrix fit a lot of the qualifications.
But Paul McCartney may hit them all, I like that he also brings in the idea of a rock group, something unique to Rock and Roll.
Interesting article by Klosterman about who will be the one picture teachers use in 300 years to teach about rock?
He considers and discounts The Beatles, Elvis, and Dylan, Sex Pistols, and Rolling Stones before settling on Chuck Berry.
His qualifications seem to be: popularity, a solo act, songwriting, showmanship, longevity, simple direct rhythmbased music, lawlessness, mythical, legendary.
But Check Berry didn't really have the longevity or the mainstream chops. Who's a better choice? What says TexAgs?
Buddy Holly, Eric Clapton, Springsteen, and Hendrix fit a lot of the qualifications.
But Paul McCartney may hit them all, I like that he also brings in the idea of a rock group, something unique to Rock and Roll.