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Originally Posted by Glice
personally I'd take Elvis over the overwhelming majority of early rock n' roll.
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Yes.
Afterthefact: I know how you feel, and I think we've talked about this before. If you take away all the baggage that comes with the mentioning of Elvis' name and just focus on the music, just the early music, then, its easier to see how it is considered and how it actually is good. Some of the most talented young black musicians of the time said 'hey, whiteboy, take these tunes and make them something'. So, he did and we have those early singles from the Sun era that still stand the test of time.
The fact is the guy had a good voice, a decent backing band and picked good songs to cover. The reason he became huge was only partially thanks to the former, most of it was due to his appearance and charm towards the ladies. if Elvis had looked like Dave Van Ronk or Leonard Cohen, I doubt America's masses would have swallowed his act with such eagerness.