i was at Border's books , in the one night stand aisle , crashing and burning as usual .....
and i came across the Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock 'n Roll , 3rd ed. 2001 .......
i know it's an encyclopedia , but this is great .... all the background on anyone you can think of , and a thousand you can't ......
i'm really enjoying it .....
a coupla entries i really dug ........
harumph , cough ....
page 56 .... The Beatles "the impact of the Beatles not only on rock 'n roll but on all of Western culture is simply incalculable."
"virtually every rock experiment has some precedent on Beatles records."
and this from pg 315/16 ....a hint, these guys predate the Beatles ....."The E_______ _______s are the most important vocal duo in rock ".
fortunately my dad liked these guys so i grew up with it... i woulda guessed at Simon & Garfunkel (because of Mrs. Robinson) but obviously that's not them .....
at any rate whatever artists or genres interest you , the info is amazing it goes up to 2001 ........
and i came across the Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock 'n Roll , 3rd ed. 2001 .......
i know it's an encyclopedia , but this is great .... all the background on anyone you can think of , and a thousand you can't ......
i'm really enjoying it .....
a coupla entries i really dug ........
harumph , cough ....
page 56 .... The Beatles "the impact of the Beatles not only on rock 'n roll but on all of Western culture is simply incalculable."
"virtually every rock experiment has some precedent on Beatles records."
and this from pg 315/16 ....a hint, these guys predate the Beatles ....."The E_______ _______s are the most important vocal duo in rock ".
fortunately my dad liked these guys so i grew up with it... i woulda guessed at Simon & Garfunkel (because of Mrs. Robinson) but obviously that's not them .....
at any rate whatever artists or genres interest you , the info is amazing it goes up to 2001 ........
Posted Mon 19 Apr 10 @ 12:30 pm