I hate BREAD!

[Born2Shock]

I'd rather eat my ***** sandwiches without it!

[Aargh]

My mustard is better than your mustard.

[TrueBlueJay]

I don't mind bread so much - its the damn crust I can't stand.

[MSNSaluki]

My mustard is better than your mustard.

Yeah, but SIU's relish is better than anybody else's in the Valley!!!!!:valley:

[skinny_uncle]

Pretty hard up for a topic, I see.
:doh:

[WSUfan]

Pretty hard up for a topic, I see.
:doh:
Are you going for "girl friend" jokes? :no:

[WSUfan]

I was looking for "can't find a girlfriend" jokes on the internet; someone has too. :grin:

A Joke for the Ladies
What do you tell a guy who is bending over and holding his balls?
Nothing. You already told him.

Help for men - words & phrases used by women
"Fine": This is the word she uses to end an argument when she is right and you need to shut up.

"5 minutes": If she's getting dressed, this means 30 minutes. It only means 5 minutes if you have been given just 5 more minutes to stay on the computer before helping her with the housework.

"Nothing": This is the calm before the storm. It means "something". So be on your guard because arguments that begin with "nothing" usually end in "fine".

"Go ahead": This is a dare, not a permission to do it. SO DON'T DO IT.

"Loud sigh": Although not actually a word, the loud sigh is often misunderstood by men. It means she thinks you are stupid and wonders why she's wasting her time standing here and arguing with you over "nothing".

"That's OK": One of the most dangerous statements that she can make to a man. It means that she wants to think long and hard before deciding how and when you will pay for your mistake.

"Thanks": This is the least used word in her vocabulary. If she's thanking you, don't question it. Just say "you're welcome" and back out of the room slowly.

I hope jokes are not off-topic in this trash/smack forum. BTW: You can find better jokes than these; feel free to help. :original:

[martymoose]

I don't mind bread so much - its the damn crust I can't stand.

This might help... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealed_crustless_sandwich

[Hooloovoo]

All you suckas better get ready...cause it's PEANUT BUTTER JELLY TIME!!

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[SubGod22]

That was interesting

[DoubleJayAlum]

when I first read the title of this thread, I thought someone was going off on the band named "Bread" :grin:. FWIW, I hate that band too!

[SubGod22]

There's a band named "Bread"? I hate them already

[DUBulldog]

There's a band named "Bread"? I hate them already

They were real popular in the early 70's......what chick-flicks are to movies, that's what Bread was to rock and roll.

[shockball]

They were real popular in the early 70's......what chick-flicks are to movies, that's what Bread was to rock and roll.

"Baby Im a want you."

Gag; reflux; choke.

[SubGod22]

Sounds like I'm lucky to have missed the 70s :grin:

[DJShocker10]

LOL!

[skinny_uncle]

Sounds like I'm lucky to have missed the 70s :grin:
I was alive then, but parts of it are pretty fuzzy for some reason.
http://bestsmileys.com/drinking/6.gif

[Aargh]

when I first read the title of this thread, I thought someone was going off on the band named "Bread" :grin:. FWIW, I hate that band too!
It occurred to me to take this thread that way, but in case anybody who ever heard their crap had somehow managed to erase it from their memory I didn't want to remind them.

You probably need to be 35 or older to remember that abomination. The only good thing about disco is it stopped this band from ever recording again. If you nevewr heard this band, let me put it this way, they were too schmaltzy for "soft-rock" radio.

Now you all must suffer. If I have to remember this song, everyone old enough gets a reminder:

If - Bread - 1971

If a picture paints a thousand words,
Then why can't I paint you?
The words will never show the you I've come to know.
If a face could launch a thousand ships,
Then where am I to go?
There's no one home but you,
You're all that's left me too.
And when my love for life is running dry,
You come and pour yourself on me.

If a man could be two places at one time,
I'd be with you.
Tomorrow and today, beside you all the way.
If the world should stop revolving spinning slowly down to die,
I'd spend the end with you.
And when the world was through,
Then one by one the stars would all go out,
Then you and I would simply fly away

There's a recurring theme in horror movies "Innocents must be made to suffer". I believe I just turned this into a horror thread. And no, I will not buy you a new keyboard cause you barfed on yours reading those lyrics.

[MSNSaluki]

It occurred to me to take this thread that way, but in case anybody who ever heard their crap had somehow managed to erase it from their memory I didn't want to remind them.

You probably need to be 35 or older to remember that abomination. The only good thing about disco is it stopped this band from ever recording again. If you nevewr heard this band, let me put it this way, they were too schmaltzy for "soft-rock" radio.

Now you all must suffer. If I have to remember this song, everyone old enough gets a reminder:

If - Bread - 1971



There's a recurring theme in horror movies "Innocents must be made to suffer". I believe I just turned this into a horror thread. And no, I will not buy you a new keyboard cause you barfed on yours reading those lyrics.

You should be ashamed of yourself.:chair: :chair:
Of all the nonsense on this site this summer I think your posting of Bread lyrics takes the cake.:yes:

[Aargh]

Now I get to use a classic Smack Talk line:

"It was a CU fan that started it".

[DoubleJayAlum]

Now I get to use a classic Smack Talk line:

"It was a CU fan that started it".

Hey, don't blame that crap on me. I just mentioned that at first glance I thought the thread was about the band. You posted the lyrics, not me. :innocent:

[MoValley John]

Baby, I'm-a want you
Baby, I'm-a need you
You the only one I care enough to hurt about
Maybe I'm-a crazy
But I just can't live without...

Your lovin' and affection
Givin' me direction
Like a guiding light to help me through a darkest hour
Lately I'm a-prayin'
That you'll always be a-stayin' beside me

Used to be my life was just emotions passing by
Feeling all the while and never really knowing why...

Lately I'm a-prayin'
That you'll always be a-stayin' beside me.

Used to be my life was just emotions passing by
Then you came along and made me laugh
And made me cry...
You taught me why...

Baby, I'm-a want you
Baby, I'm-a need you

Oh, it took so long to find you, baby

Baby, I'm-a want you
Baby, I'm-a need you

[MoValley John]

If a picture paints a thousand words,
Then why can't I paint you?
The words will never show the you I've come to know.
If a face could launch a thousand ships,
Then where am I to go?
There's no one home but you,
You're all that's left me too.
And when my love for life is running dry,
You come and pour yourself on me.

If a man could be two places at one time,
I'd be with you.
Tomorrow and today, beside you all the way.
If the world should stop revolving spinning slowly down to die,
I'd spend the end with you.
And when the world was through,
Then one by one the stars would all go out,
Then you and I would simply fly away

[shockball]

Hey, don't blame that crap on me. I just mentioned that at first glance I thought the thread was about the band. You posted the lyrics, not me. :innocent:


Typical CU fan. Starts it and then says they had nothing to do with it.

[MoValley John]

Does anybody remember the Bay City Rollers?

[WuDrWu]

HEAD!!!!!!!!!!


Turn off the Bay City Rollers!


Move that giant cranium if you can....I'm tellin' ya that boy's like Sputnik, spherical but quite pointy in parts.

Now that was a bit offsides.

[DoubleJayAlum]

Does anybody remember the Bay City Rollers?

S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y NIGHT!

As a completely unrelated aside, the Bay City Rollers follow a very valuable maxim: Any band named after a geographic location just plain sucks! Think about it - Bay City Rollers, Asia, Alabama, Europe, Chicago, etc. :grin:

[tw805]

You forgot Kansas, the greatest suckers of them all. Boston really didn't suck, though.

[DUBulldog]

You forgot Kansas, the greatest suckers of them all. Boston really didn't suck, though.

I beg to differ :original:

[DoubleJayAlum]

You forgot Kansas, the greatest suckers of them all. Boston really didn't suck, though.

I actually think both Kansas and Boston fit the maxim quite well - they both suck.

[MoValley John]

KC and the Sunshine Band?

[Aargh]

We just about have the perfect smack thread here.

Innocent topic - Check
Threadjack - Check
Escalation of threadjack - Check
Argument over who threadjacked - Check
Escalation to the point where the threadjack gets threadjacked - Check
Geographical insult based on irrelevant "fact" - Missing

I will correct that missing part.

"Kansas" has been number 1 repeatedly. Back in the days of "Dust In The Wind" and "Carry On" those guys were always right at the top if not #1. There isn't even a band named Nebraska. If there had been they probably would have named the band "The Huskers". Maybe we could call "Korn" a Nebraska band, but then the Iowa guys would have a fit.

I will admit Omaha definitely has Wichita beat for polka bands.

[TrueBlueJay]

What about Husker Du?

[MoValley John]

Geographical insult based on irrelevant "fact" - Missing



Wichita women are proven to weigh 15-35% more than women from Nebraska. Fact.

Iowa women are equally heavy. Fact.

Illinois women aren't heavy, just easy. Fact.

Nobody cares about women from Indiana. Fact.

Missouri, well let's just leave that one alone.

The toughest thing to do at an Iowa wedding is to slip the ring over the bride's hoof. Fact.

BTW, both Kansas and Boston rock!!!!

[Aargh]

Illinois women aren't heavy, just easy. Fact.

That pretty much explains the "Bambi" presence on the SIU campus.

Now, if I could just figure out how to put an audio link up here, I could let everyone listen to Frank Zappa's "Catholic Girls", which would pretty much explain why Creighton Girls Love The Shocker.

[MoValley John]

That pretty much explains the "Bambi" presence on the SIU campus.

Now, if I could just figure out how to put an audio link up here, I could let everyone listen to Frank Zappa's "Catholic Girls", which would pretty much explain why Creighton Girls Love The Shocker.

I think a few Billy Joel songs would be a little more mainstream and fit the same bill.

[WSUfan]

S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y NIGHT!

As a completely unrelated aside, the Bay City Rollers follow a very valuable maxim: Any band named after a geographic location just plain sucks! Think about it - Bay City Rollers, Asia, Alabama, Europe, Chicago, etc. :grin:

Chicago doesn't suck.
Was Queen named after the borough in NYC? No. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_(band)
If you want SUCK, what about ABBA??
Did you like Premiata Forneria Marconi?

Good IMHO:
The Band, Stones, Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, King Crimson(?), Moody Blues, Deep Purple, Procol Harum, The Who, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Bob (Dylan), Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Nirvana, Frank Zappa, Fleetwood Mac, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Cream, Devo.

Mixed feelings about:
Genesis, Radiohead, Rush, Electric Light Orchestra, Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Green River, Stone Temple Pilots, AC/DC, Aerosmith, REO Speedwagon, Van Halen.

Total Trash:
The Partridge Family, The Cowsills, The Osmonds, The Archies, ABBA, Manilow, Olivia Newton-John, Bread, The Carpenters, ZZ Top, any hip hop, The Ramones, Talking Heads, Sex Pistols, The Go-Go's.

Beck's Bolero beats Ravel's Bolero!

This is a trash forum. Surely you can't agree with all of my choices!! ZZ Top sucks. Basketball doesn't start for 36 days (SHOCKER MADNESS). Let's argue. Come on; I know DU secretly loves ABBA and LincolnJay loves The Partridge Family. :innocent: :grin:

[DUBulldog]

This is a trash forum. Surely you can't agree with all of my choices!! ZZ Top sucks. Basketball doesn't start for 36 days (SHOCKER MADNESS). Let's argue. Come on; I know DU secretly loves ABBA and LincolnJay loves The Partridge Family. :innocent: :grin:

LOL.....last year, I actually got dragged (almost kicking and screaming) by my fiancee to see "Mama Mia"....a play based on Abba's music. That's two hours of my life I'll never get back :original:

I agree with a lot of your picks, but the Ramones, Talking Heads and ZZ Top do not suck....I wouldn't put them in my "love it" category, but they have released some very good stuff. It is possible that Talking Heads are the most overrated band (by critics) in history.

Genesis....Peter Gabriel/Steve Hackett era.....virtually unknown by the masses, unbelievably good stuff, but not for everybody.......Phil Collins era.....total crap.

Did you like Premiata Forneria Marconi?


PFM is ok, but there's much better prog out there.

[WSUfan]

"That's two hours of my life I'll never get back" :crying: :crybaby: :lol:

[WuDrWu]

Chicago doesn't suck.
Was Queen named after the borough in NYC? No. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_(band)
If you want SUCK, what about ABBA??
Did you like Premiata Forneria Marconi?

Good IMHO:
The Band, Stones, Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, King Crimson(?), Moody Blues, Deep Purple, Procol Harum, The Who, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Bob (Dylan), Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Nirvana, Frank Zappa, Fleetwood Mac, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Cream, Devo.

Mixed feelings about:
Genesis, Radiohead, Rush, Electric Light Orchestra, Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Green River, Stone Temple Pilots, AC/DC, Aerosmith, REO Speedwagon, Van Halen.

Total Trash:
The Partridge Family, The Cowsills, The Osmonds, The Archies, ABBA, Manilow, Olivia Newton-John, Bread, The Carpenters, ZZ Top, any hip hop, The Ramones, Talking Heads, Sex Pistols, The Go-Go's.

Beck's Bolero beats Ravel's Bolero!

This is a trash forum. Surely you can't agree with all of my choices!! ZZ Top sucks. Basketball doesn't start for 36 days (SHOCKER MADNESS). Let's argue. Come on; I know DU secretly loves ABBA and LincolnJay is a member of The Partridge Family. :innocent: :grin:

Fixed.

[SubGod22]

Weird Al should be in the GREAT catagory. New album is out this month.

And I can't agree with your placement of all hip hop in the bad section. Most of what you'll hear on the radio sucks, but there's a lot of good stuff out there.

[MSNSaluki]

I was in Iowa a couple of weeks ago and some radio station's album spotlight was on Van Halen's OU812.

They were treating it like it was a new release.:original:

PS - Those of us in our late 30s or older may think Barry Manilow blows, but if you had him going on the stereo while you were on a date your chances of getting laid increased by at least 50%.:yes:

[MoValley John]

I was in Iowa a couple of weeks ago and some radio station's album spotlight was on Van Halen's OU812.

They were treating it like it was a new release.:original:

PS - Those of us in our late 30s or older may think Barry Manilow blows, but if you had him going on the stereo while you were on a date your chances of getting laid increased by at least 50%.:yes:

If Barry Manilow didn't increase your chances by at least 95%, you have no game.

[DUBulldog]

If Barry Manilow didn't increase your chances by at least 95%, you have no game.

If you have game, do you really need Barry Manilow?

[shockball]

Does McBulldog still wear Manilow's clothes?:bulldogs:

[MoValley John]

If you have game, do you really need Barry Manilow?

Back before I was married, I had game. But part of having game is to use every tool available to close the deal. I never used Barry Manilow personally, but I wasn't above playing my own mix, which included select songs from Journey, Foriegner, Hall and Oates and others. I didn't care for the music, but what's a guy to do?

[MSNSaluki]

Back before I was married, I had game. But part of having game is to use every tool available to close the deal. I never used Barry Manilow personally, but I wasn't above playing my own mix, which included select songs from Journey, Foriegner, Hall and Oates and others. I didn't care for the music, but what's a guy to do?

What CAN you do? Well, you have to buck up, take one for the team and play something you really don't want to listen to but will pay dividends at the end of the night.

PS - To answer the previous question about why you'd need Barry Manilow if you had game ... it's like being the Yankees. They are going to make the playoffs every year but they always add a Bobby Abreu at the trade deadline. Not really necessary but a nice touch nonetheless. Same with Barry.

[MoValley John]

What CAN you do? Well, you have to buck up, take one for the team and play something you really don't want to listen to but will pay dividends at the end of the night.

PS - To answer the previous question about why you'd need Barry Manilow if you had game ... it's like being the Yankees. They are going to make the playoffs every year but they always add a Bobby Abreu at the trade deadline. Not really necessary but a nice touch nonetheless. Same with Barry.

I agree.

I am such a man pig.

[MSNSaluki]

I agree.

I am such a man pig.

You're being too hard on yourself ... you're not being a pig if you give the ladies what they want, right?

[MoValley John]

You're being too hard on yourself ... you're not being a pig if you give the ladies what they want, right?

I guess I am looking at my past all wrong.:innocent:

[WSUfan]

People on VT are just so noble, giving people (well, .... women) what they want. It's such a great world because VT'ers don't want anything for themselves. :lol:

[skinny_uncle]

I like cheeseburgers.

[Aargh]

I've been happily married for over 30 years, which puts my pre-marital days in the time-frame we're discussing.

Ramsey Lewis, Herb McCann (think Barry White punched up a bit), Chic Corea, Herbie Hancock, Santana, 5th Dimension.

[MoValley John]

I've been happily married for over 30 years, which puts my pre-marital days in the time-frame we're discussing.

Ramsey Lewis, Herb McCann (think Barry White punched up a bit), Chic Corea, Herbie Hancock, Santana, 5th Dimension.

I know this is the trash talk page and I should be ripping you, but if you played Herbie Hancock, Barry White and Santana for the ladies, you got game!

[iSASO]

I think Kenny G falls into the "Do What You Gotta Do" category. Although as a sax player, I appreciate his talent.

[Coachtrey]

I've been happily married for over 30 years, which puts my pre-marital days in the time-frame we're discussing.

Ramsey Lewis, Herb McCann (think Barry White punched up a bit), Chic Corea, Herbie Hancock, Santana, 5th Dimension.


Didnt herbie hancock sign the declaration of independence?:fear:

[Aargh]

Didnt herbie hancock sign the declaration of independence?:fear:
Herbie Hancock:
http://image.listen.com/img/356x237/9/3/1/5/735139_356x237.jpg
I haven't checked every signature, yet I'm somehow skeptical Herbie signed that particular document.

[MSNSaluki]

Didnt herbie hancock sign the declaration of independence?:fear:

that's cold.:yes: :yes:

[SubGod22]

Herbie Hacnock



Gotta love Tommy Boy

[Coachtrey]

Herbie Hacnock



Gotta love Tommy Boy


At least someone knew what i was talking about:fear:

[jt45]

I was always partial to throwing on some Al B Sure when it was time to bust a move!

[Eagle]

You guys are not old enough to know good music. Right Elvis?:clap: :yes:

[doinit salukistyle]

You guys are not old enough to know good music. Right Elvis?:clap: :yes:

you mean the black people that he did covers for???

[SubGod22]

I've never liked Elvis. Or the Beatles for that matter.

[WSUfan]

Elvis?? He was bad. Did he ever pay the blacks whose music he stole? He was a pervert (e.g. underage girls http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=1586).

[Eagle]

You guys are so stupid,if not for Elvis ,the crap you call music would never have exsisted.

[MoValley John]

You guys are so stupid,if not for Elvis ,the crap you call music would never have exsisted.

Are you referring to ELO? Another get the babe in the mood group.

[DUBulldog]

You guys are so stupid,if not for Elvis ,the crap you call music would never have exsisted.

Chuck Berry was much better than Elvis :yes: Sorry, Eagle.....just couldn't resist :original:

[RoyalShock]

Chuck Berry was much better than Elvis :yes: Sorry, Eagle.....just couldn't resist :original:

But we all know that Chuck Berry stole his sound from Marty McFly.

[RoyalShock]

I think Kenny G falls into the "Do What You Gotta Do" category. Although as a sax player, I appreciate his talent.

I saw a video of KG at the Newport Jazz Festival back in the 80s. He was playing REAL jazz and circular breathing (which you gotta respect). He just needs to come out with a CD that is true to his talent and not his bank account.

ISASO, what axe do you play?


And for the life of me I'm trying to figure out how playing Chameleon or Rock It helped with the ladies. :no:

[WSUfan]

But we all know that Chuck Berry stole his sound from Marty McFly.
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[SubGod22]

Some of the credit for Chucks work should go to his cousin Marvin for dialing the phone.

[DUBulldog]

You guys are so stupid,if not for Elvis ,the crap you call music would never have exsisted.

If not for black R & B performers, Elvis' musical style would have never existed. :original:

Elvis Is Dead
by Living Colour
album: Time's Up (1990)

Tabloids scream
Elvis seen at a shopping mall
That's the kind of talk
That makes my stomach crawl

Picture a zombie Elvis
In a tacky white jump suit
Just imagine a rotting Elvis
Shopping for fresh fruit

You can't 'cause

Elvis is dead
Elvis is dead
Elvis is dead
Elvis is dead

When the king died
He was all alone
I heard that when he died
He was sitting on his throne

Alas poor Elvis
They made us know you well
Now you dwell forever
In the Heartbreak Hotel

Elvis was a hero to most
But that's beside the point
A Black man taught him how to sing
And then he was crowned king

The pelvis of Elvis
Too dangerous for the masses

They cleaned him up and sent him to Vegas
Now the masses are his slave
Slave? Slave
Yes, even from the grave

Elvis is dead

I've got a reason to believe
We all won't be received at Graceland
I've got a reason to believe
We all won't be received at Graceland

[RoyalShock]

Some of the credit for Chucks work should go to his cousin Marvin for dialing the phone.

Which means you have to credit Biff's boys for stuffing Marty in Marvin's trunk. :yes:

[MoValley John]

Which means you have to credit Biff's boys for stuffing Marty in Marvin's trunk. :yes:

Does this have anything to do with a flux capacitor? I need a flux capcitor if anyone can find one. I already have a DeLorean, just need a capacitor.

[DUBulldog]

http://backtothefuture.t35.com/doc1.jpg

[RoyalShock]

Does this have anything to do with a flux capacitor? I need a flux capcitor if anyone can find one. I already have a DeLorean, just need a capacitor.

Build your own:

http://www.monkeyrivertown.com/brains.php?ART=641

[MoValley John]

Cool. Thanks!

[DoubleJayAlum]

Does this have anything to do with a flux capacitor? I need a flux capcitor if anyone can find one. I already have a DeLorean, just need a capacitor.

Did your DeLorean come with the factory installed cocaine?

[MoValley John]

Did your DeLorean come with the factory installed cocaine?

No. But the mirrors seem to be mounted a little different.

[Eagle]

Elvis never stole anyones music and if you think he did it just shows how really stupid you are and how little you know about his early years as a child in Miss. Unless you are over 60 all you know is what you've been fed and will never believe the truth.:chair:

[Aargh]

Elvis never stole anyones music and if you think he did it just shows how really stupid you are and how little you know about his early years as a child in Miss. Unless you are over 60 all you know is what you've been fed and will never believe the truth.:chair:
At last - a chance to talk some smack in the Smack Forum!

Colonel Sanders, or whoever it was managing Elvis (yeah, yeah it was Parker) went to every "blues bar" in Memphis, took the music being played there and had Elvis go commercial with it.

Next thing an "Elvis didn't steal music" person says is "look at who wrote his songs". Here's how that works. Whoever PUBLISHES the song is given writing credits for it. Performers in "blues bars" in the South in the '50's didn't have access to copyright attorneys or publishing companies. All that music was ripe for stealing song-writing credits for anyone with access to a publishing company.

Elvis probably had 5 years of doing "other people's music".

On the other hand it can be said that Elvis commercialized "blues" music and opened the door for B.B. King, Chuck Berry and others to become commercially successful.

Want to hear the original version of maybe half the songs Led Zeppelin ever did? Buy the Robert Johnson CD box (recorded in the early '50's). You've got it. Same for George Thorogood, who did nothing but pumped-up covers of '40's and '50's "blues" music. The Hank Williams Sr. covers Thorogood did were songs that Hank Sr. picked up in Southern blues bars.

The most notable "non-blues" performer who did original music that resembled what was being played in the "blues" bars was Carl Perkins. He basically invented "rockabilly", which was a fusion of blues, rock and country. The Beatles, the Stones and Zeppelin all give Perkins credit for the inspiration they used to create their sounds.

Now, back to the smack.

Elvis never stole anyones music and if you think he did it just shows how really stupid you are

Eagle, I will be more than happy to compare stupidity levels with you. So will my friends - who are over 60 and grew up in Clarksdale (southern Missippi).

Unless you are over 60 all you know is what you've been fed and will never believe the truth

I'm not over 60, but I'm in the ballpark for that. My experience does not indicate that people under 60 are incapable of researching history and forming opinions. What I was "fed" was that Elvis and Buddy Holly introduced rock and roll. What my research indicates is that they were the first "non-blues" performers to get radio play for music that had been around for 40 years.

[DUBulldog]

Want to hear the original version of maybe half the songs Led Zeppelin ever did? Buy the Robert Johnson CD box (recorded in the early '50's). You've got it.

Actually, Led Zep stole a lot more from Willie Dixon than they did from Robert Johnson :original: Aargh....you might enjoy this link:

link (http://www.furious.com/perfect/jimmypage.html)

I hate to be a stickler for details, but the Robert Johnson box couldn't have been recorded in the early '50s, as he died in the late '30s. Still, his influence on British blues/rock bands of the early-mid 60's was tremendous.

For those interested in reading more about Robert Johnson......Robert Johnson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Johnson)

[DoubleJayAlum]

Earlier in this thread there was a discussion regarding bands from earlier periods. One such band from the 80s that I enjoyed was the Violent Femmes. They are performing at an outdoor venue at the Council Bluffs Casino on 9/22. They are not spectacular, but like so many bands from the 80s, they are very entertaining and you end up knowing most of the words to several of the songs.

When I was a student at Creighton (I can't recall now if I was an undergrad or a grad student at the time), the Femmes actually played at CU. The concert was held on the softball field and ended up being the last one ever held there because of all the damage the concert-goers did to the field. :doh: Needless to say, fun was had by all as some adult beverages were smuggled into the concert. :clap:

[rjl]

Earlier in this thread there was a discussion regarding bands from earlier periods. One such band from the 80s that I enjoyed was the Violent Femmes. They are performing at an outdoor venue at the Council Bluffs Casino on 9/22. They are not spectacular, but like so many bands from the 80s, they are very entertaining and you end up knowing most of the words to several of the songs.

When I was a student at Creighton (I can't recall now if I was an undergrad or a grad student at the time), the Femmes actually played at CU. The concert was held on the softball field and ended up being the last one ever held there because of all the damage the concert-goers did to the field. :doh: Needless to say, fun was had by all as some adult beverages were smuggled into the concert. :clap:

The Femmes are very good live. Most people who don't know the Femmes only know Blister in the Sun, but the crowd goes ape**** during Add it Up.



Aargh, you are exactly right. Many of the music artists popularly thought of as the maverick inventers of the genre were really just assimilators, grabbing bits and pieces from artists that were previously unknown.

Bob Dylan began his career singing folk songs that had been around for years.

His first "hit", House of the Rising Sun, was and old song who's origination is unkown. Dave van Ronk arranged it for his own album, but then Dylan "borrowed" it for his debut album. Ronk got miffed when he had to stop playing it live because everyone thought it was a Bob Dylan cover, but got a bit of happy revenge when Dylan had to do the same after the Animals made it a huge popular hit.