I know a lot of folks are highly critical of it but I enjoyed it myself. If nothing else Val Kilmer's portrayal of Morrison on stage is uncanny at best. He really went to great lengths as an actor to get all of his moves down. I saw the deluxe version on sale recently for $5 and wasted no time snatching it up. As for Rock Star (which I know you didn't ask about but I saw it mentioned several posts back), it has to be one of the worst, most cliched movies I've ever seen about rock n' roll. The anti-Almost Famous if ever there was one.

I first heard of him years ago when he fronted the band Bloodline that also included drummer Erin Davis (son of Miles Davis), Waylon Krieger (Robby Krieger's son), and Berry Oakley, Jr., son of the legendary Allman Brothers Band bassist.

I already had In Utero due to working at a radio station and found Unplugged for cheap at a pawnshop so it wasn't until a couple of years ago that I got around to purchasing Nevermind. Shortly after that album was released nearly every song became a single so I saw no need in owning it way back when. I got the Unplugged DVD for Christmas but haven't gotten around to watching it yet. Anyone else seen this? It's deeply disturbing and a very slow moving account of Cobain's last days on earth but a very intriguing telling nevertheless, not to mention incredibily fucking sad.

I was never a huge fan but they came along at a time when rock n' roll definitely needed a kick in the pants.

Ozzy chose to let MTV's cameras into his house. My guess is, it could have also been almost anyone else in rock and they could have equally have been made fun of. Some folks may now think less of Ozzy but he laughed all the way to the bank. It didn't change my opinion of him one iota, Sabbath are still among my very favorites.

Having just seen them in concert a couple of years ago and being a fan of their A Bigger Bang record, I hope the last thing they do is pack it in.

Beauty is only skin deep and judging from many of your threads you have a lot to learn in that department. As for being a "nice person", Lennon wasn't exactly known for being a walk in the park himself. As do many folks when it comes to their significant others, this situation was no different.

I'm not so big on it these days but way back when you couldn't get beer in NC with 6.4 alcoholic content but if you drove to SC you could buy Coors imported from Mexico that was just that. Believe you me, that trip was made more than once with friends willing to pay $1 per beer just for the increased alcoholic content.

As for the breakup of the Beatles, there were lots of mitigating factors, not just Yoko: http://beatlesnumber9.com/breakup.html

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Because he loved Yoko and she loved him. That's all I need to know. I also don't blame her for breaking up the Beatles. Ringo is still very happily married to Barbara Bach. I have no idea where they live or if he's a "playboy".

What "numbers"? Sales figures? Speaking just for myself but those don't mean anything to me. There's no facts or figures whatsoever that could be used to determine the "best of all time" as it all boils down to it being a matter of opinion not fact.

The Beatles are my favorite but comparing them to Zep (or any other artist for that matter), seems as pointless as naming your favorite member of the band. It's music, not some kind of competition. That said, my favorite record is Hey Jude (aka The Beatles Again). Not a proper album, I know but still my fave.

Can't say I ever got that out of the Elvis movies, it was more like a lot of bad acting with plenty of scantily clad girls for eye candy. I still get a kick out of 'em in the same way I do old surf movies, that's what I meant about "good clean, fun", not that the movies were somehow an attempt to clean up rock n' roll. We had Pat Boone for that. One doesn't have to have a taste for Elvis to appreciate his impact. Like I've said, there's been several influential artists over the years who's music I don't particularly care for but that doesn't mean I hate them.

Actually, Elvis could play the guitar. He may not have been a virtuoso but that doesn't matter. His guitar playing ability didn't take away from his overall talent at all, and he was oozing with it. He wasn't signed to Sun Records because he was untalented. Same for Cash, Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, etc.

As though the Clash always had kind things to say about their fellow musicians. If I like the music that's enough for me, everyone has an opinion. Sting once slammed Bob Marley in an interview and went on to say The Police weren't influenced by him at all. The backlash was so harsh it wasn't long before he retracted that statement.

Exactly my point, the majority of his movies are so bad they're good. I didn't use to watch The Dukes of Hazzard on Friday nights just for the acting ability (same for The A Team, The Million Dollar Man, Bionic Woman, etc.).

I think everyone's opinion is just that, one is no more valid than the other. It's not etched in stone that one certain artist is the best in the world, it all comes down to personal preference. My favorite of all time is the Beatles but that doesn't mean I think everyone else should feel the exact same way. Fair enough, my main point being that like him or not, Elvis' impact can't be denied. Like I've said, I'm a fan of the early Elvis (and early rock n' roll in general). The bloated, latter day Elvis, not so much.

Love the way icantquityoubabe stays "on topic" in the Aerosmith thread. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black.. http://forums.ledzeppelin.com//index.php?s...60&start=60

I didn't get into the Police immediately, maybe that had to do with the fact that was I never a huge Roxanne fan but I certainly liked a lot of their material back when they were still new. Still, it took me until Synchonicity before I ever purchased any of their records. Shortly thereafter they were scheduled to play Greensboro, NC but none of my deadass friends wanted to go so I passed. Thankfully I got a chance many years later to finally see them again only this time it was Charlotte on their recent reunion tour. Tickets were $90 for the nosebleed section, something I'm not so sure I'd do again but at least I got to see the Police. There was concern just a day or so before the show as Sting came down with the flu, prompting the cancellation of their Philly show. If Sting had been sick, he showed no signs of it when they took the stage in Charlotte. Just a few weeks ago I came across their new retrospective in the used section of a local CD store for the very reasonable price of $10.00 so I snatched it up. I still plan on picking up the box at some point though as it has everything in one place.

What, exactly does he represent? To me, he represents a huge chunk of the beginning of rock n' roll. I also have no problem whatsoever in seeing how he was such a big influence on all that followed (Stones, Beatles, Zep, etc.) There's some artists who's music I don't necessarily care for but at least they have my respect. In the case of Elvis, I'm seeing a lot of hatred aimed at him in this thread but for what good reason? As for his movies, I think quite a few of them are good, clean fun.

Two discs of live music, one DVD, kinda hard to go wrong there. A lot of the tunes are some of Buffett's lesser played cuts so that makes it sort of a special treat as well.

It's a good one, perfect for these chilly winter nights when you wanna runaway to the tropics.

Your misperception that Elvis is less of a musician because you believe he couldn't play guitar is totally ill concieved. I've seen lots of lead singers (including Mick) pick up guitars over the years but they might not be up to the level of the lead guitarists in their respective bands. By your way of thinking that somehow makes them less of a musician, or perhaps not a musician at all. Quite frankly, that's a load of bullshit.

Why the emphasis on Elvis' suppposed inability to play the guitar (which is completely false, by the way). As I mentioned earlier Mick also picked up a guitar along the way and I'm sure he's no Keef in that dept (same for Plant, who has been known to strum a chord or three). So should we come down on Mick for his lack of playing ability? Does it make him any less of a musician? I think not. Like him or not, Elvis Presley had a very profound effect on music in general and rock n' roll specifically. As I also previously mentioned, I very seriously doubt the Stones, Zep, the Who, the Kinks and many other artists would have ever been moved to take up music if it weren't for Elvis. There's also tons of artists out there that didn't write their own songs, does that make make them any less of a musician?