Rock Evolution – The History of Rock & Roll - Rock & Roll (pg 47)

[Saddleworth2]

Art Rock - British
Glam Rock - British
Acid Jazz - British
Metal - British
Punk - British (not really)
Da Vinci - Indian

Exactly. Tell Rob ;-)

 

[threespires]

Greenday - American, idiot

The placement of that comma is obviously a source of concern to me, however I have more immediate problems; in prepping tonight's tea it would appear I've eaten half the ingredients before getting to the cooking phase.

 

[RobMCFC]

Exactly. Tell Rob ;-)

Yeah but most of those aren’t as good as roots rock, which is quintessentially American.

 

[KS55]

Representing the ladies is Connie Francis - Lipstick on Your Collar and Brenda Lee - Rockin Around The Christmas Tree

Let’s Jump the Broomstick by Brenda Lee is better I think than that Christmas song.

 

[KS55]

two more ladies deserve namechecking here...Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Big Mama THornton...both with blues / gospel roots but both rock n rollers....I think Chuck Berry admitted his whole act was based upon THarpe!...can I get Big Mama Thorntons ' Hound Dog' on the list...as an original and comparisson to Elvis version...

Hound Dog was written specially for Mama Thornton by Lieber and Stoller as a blues song. Mama T was not best pleased to have two white men writing blues. (They were actually Jews). She went to the radio station where it was to be recorded and heard someone playing really good blues piano nearby. She went to investigate and found Mike Stoller at the piano. She put her hands on his face and said: “Honey, are you sure you ain’t black?”

 

[KS55]

I must be one of the few FOCs on here that has actually seen Bill Haley live. He did a short farewell tour about a year or so before he died. I saw him at The Royal Hall Harrogate.
Audience largely in Drape Suits, winkle pickers and DA haircuts.
The gig was postponed by an hour due to technical problems. We went to the pub across the road for that hour where we encountered a journo phoning in his report on the gig, including an appreciation of Haley’s performance. Had to meet the deadline, see.
Incidently, the correct term for the band is Bill Haley and His Comets, not ‘the comets’. Tbh, he was not great at the concert appearing a bit ill and weak but it was a fun experience nevertheless.

 

[RobMCFC]

I must be one of the few FOCs on here that has actually seen Bill Haley live. He did a short farewell tour about a year or so before he died. I saw him at The Royal Hall Harrogate.
Audience largely in Drape Suits, winkle pickers and DA haircuts.
The gig was postponed by an hour due to technical problems. We went to the pub across the road for that hour where we encountered a journo phoning in his report on the gig, including an appreciation of Haley’s performance. Had to meet the deadline, see.
Incidently, the correct term for the band is Bill Haley and His Comets, not ‘the comets’. Tbh, he was not great at the concert appearing a bit ill and weak but it was a fine experience nevertheless.

That is a good story to tell people - that you saw Bill Haley.

I must admit, I was surprised when I found out during my research that it was “His Comets”, but you’ll notice that it is there in big black letters on the photo caption :)

 

[mrbelfry]

The placement of that comma is obviously a source of concern to me, however I have more immediate problems; in prepping tonight's tea it would appear I've eaten half the ingredients before getting to the cooking phase.

What did you have for tea? The comma placement was random

 

[threespires]

What did you have for tea? The comma placement was random

It was a chilli, it was supposed to be mostly vegetable based as we're trying to reduce the amount of red meat we eat but by the time I'd finish munching on the vegetables I had to pad it out with more beef :-(