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To: Ilaine who wrote (58302)	10/10/1999 12:38:00 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

You know far too much about Sex Pistols, Grandmaster Flash, Public Enemy and Beastie Boys to be a healthy minded adult. ;^)

To: Ilaine who wrote (58302)	10/10/1999 1:12:00 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Respond to of 108807

Wow! Based on this post I think you are eligible to be a co-host along with Dieter on "Sprockets" (from SNL). He was always analyzing the deep social influences of the Munsters... stuff like that... You do know a lot about popular music, thats for sure...

To: Ilaine who wrote (58302)	10/10/1999 1:35:00 PM
From: CharleyMike	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

What? No Led Zeppelin, No Pink Floyd? How can you ignore people who contribute thing like: Stairway to Heaven, Houses of the Holy, Money, Dark Side of the Moon?

To: Ilaine who wrote (58302)	10/10/1999 6:26:00 PM
From: Dayuhan	Respond to of 108807

What were actually the criteria? Was it influence on the world of music (as in emulated by other musicians), or on the culture as a whole (as in emulated by teenagers on the street)? Sales, or some subjective measure of quality? Judging from the results, I would guess cultural influence and sales, which of course go together: sheep buy lots of records. I'm not in a position to judge, though; have the Beastie Boys really been such an influence? Somewhat hard to include classical, jazz, and blues from the 60's forward, IMO. Classical has gone so far out on a limb that a lot of compositions can barely (in my highly subjective opinion) be considered music. The blues are played and venerated, but I don't see new ground being broken; what modern blues artist would you choose over T-Bone Walker? Jazz has lost something. The energy went over to rock; most 60's-forward jazz seems (to me) pretty limpwristed compared to the masters of the 30's-50's. Jazz was still rebel music then; it lost a lot when it lost that. My own choices, totally subjective, might be (without much deep thought.... The 60's I'd have to work out among Hendrix, the Stones, or the Doors. 70's would probably be Zappa or Marley. 80's were getting thin already, maybe Talking Heads? Dire Straits? The 90's I will leave to those with teenagers; I haven't paid attention.

To: Ilaine who wrote (58302)	10/10/1999 10:01:00 PM
From: Michael M	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

With all respect, CB, when I want "ground-breaking," I'll hire a guy with a shovel. Actually, if ground-breaking is the yardstick, neither Elvis or the Fab Four were ground-breaking, they simply took the sounds of others through to the mainstream. I agree with them being recognized as "artists or the decade." But, IMO, if we cite the Sex Pistols for the 70s, then, we ought to take another look at Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry, Little Richard and Hank Williams for earlier ground-breaking. As for "rap," I do not recognize it as music and have nothing but contempt for it. Pardon me if this seems on the wishy-washy side. Hey, ear of the beholder, right? As "The King" informed us....."There's good rockin' tonight!" Mike