Little Richard PIP

[The Scott]

Little Richard was a very handsome young man and he could play and sing Rock 'n' Roll like no other.  An original in every sense of the word. 

As for The Stones?  I like them to a degree and my favorite Stones song of all time is without a doubt "Waiting On A Friend".  Listening to it right now...

[TTfit]

Wow, the ignorance.

Chuck Berry and Little Richard - those two are responsible for a majority of everything that happened in the 60s in rock music - especially the Brits.

Massively influential. RIP

Yes. Although by todays standards they would be considered pop. Regardless they definitely shaped music.

[nycwit]

No way.  The Beatles were very overrated.

EXACTLY!
THE 2 WHO HAD A BIT OF TALENT ARE DEAD, WHILE THE OTHER 2 TALENTLESS CLOWNS ARE STILL AROUND, THINKING THEY ARE GODS.

[TTfit]

The Beatles are not overrated. Just because you don't prefer their music doesn't mean they were overrated.

There had never been a sound like theirs before. They took the world by storm. It was something new and invigorating to the youth of the 60s.

I can't stand Pink Floyd and don't like their sound but I know they're not overrated. It's just a personal preference.

If you learn how music history changed because of the Beatles then you wouldn't say they were overrated.

Preference is one thing but how a band/song influences the rest of the world is another.

[Irongrip400]

EXACTLY!
THE 2 WHO HAD A BIT OF TALENT ARE DEAD, WHILE THE OTHER 2 TALENTLESS CLOWNS ARE STILL AROUND, THINKING THEY ARE GODS.

Yeah, well that’s like, your opinion. Man.

For what those dudes did in seven years to influence music is something we will never see in our lifetimes. Think Mozart and Beethoven and they will be in that conversation 200 years from now. George Martin was a huge influence in all of it, but they were musical geniuses.

[The Scott]

EXACTLY!
THE 2 WHO HAD A BIT OF TALENT ARE DEAD, WHILE THE OTHER 2 TALENTLESS CLOWNS ARE STILL AROUND, THINKING THEY ARE GODS.

I am a tremendous fan of George Harrison but not of John Lennon with the exception of
"Double Fantasy" (minus the Yoko crap), he didn't do much that I thought worthy of him after the Beatles.  I also think well of Ringo and Paul but individually there were all quite good with some being better than others but together?

Superb! 

Like other originals, including the subject of this thread, we shall not see their like again.  Talent is not to be found in tripe of cRap and Hippity-Hop.  There are no Gershwins or Lennon & McCartney to be found.   No James Brown.  No Little Richard. No Elvis...Well, there's lots of Elvi but they're just impersonators. 

No thinking person will mourn the death of any cRapper.  When the filthy siren Madonna breathes her last, some will whine and the many peni she has stuffed into the gaping maw of her orifi will surly miss her money, but she like so many other "entertainers" simply sucked ass taint.

I am listening to "The Girl Can't Help It" right now.  Little Richard was just plain cool.

[Humble Narcissist]

EXACTLY!
THE 2 WHO HAD A BIT OF TALENT ARE DEAD, WHILE THE OTHER 2 TALENTLESS CLOWNS ARE STILL AROUND, THINKING THEY ARE GODS.

I cringe whenever asshat McCartney gets up on stage and plays guitar and all the audience act like he's so amazing and cool when really he looks like a total nerd.

[nycwit]

I'm not a fan of the Beetle's  (misspelled on purpose), without Lennon, they wouldnt even exist.
It's like Queen without Freddie Mercury,  or Journey without Steve Perry. So on.....
McCartney and Bingo have been riding John and George's coat tails for years. Those two overrated egotistical hasbeens.

[BayGBM]

The Beatles are not overrated. Just because you don't prefer their music doesn't mean they were overrated.

There had never been a sound like theirs before. They took the world by storm. It was something new and invigorating to the youth of the 60s.

I can't stand Pink Floyd and don't like their sound but I know they're not overrated. It's just a personal preference.

If you learn how music history changed because of the Beatles then you wouldn't say they were overrated.

Preference is one thing but how a band/song influences the rest of the world is another.

This. 

Little Richard was enormously influential!  Both Elton John and Paul McCartney tagged him as most influential in their own music.  Likewise the Beatles were huge.  Rolling Stone ranked the 100 greatest singers of all time. Little Richard was #12.  https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-greatest-singers-of-all-time-147019/little-richard-2-225991/

[Rambone]

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That is a great biography. He'd throw giant orgies, and used to pimp his girls out to the other musicians he toured with, on the condition he got to watch. He also mentions that he went for black girls with that looked white, because that exotic look would hook the hottest guys. He mentions having to jack off 5 plus times a day to the thought of them.

But it was not without heart ache, he also mentions being a size queen, and it was distressing to him because he couldn't handle large men or rough types physically.

He was always at odds with his sexuality because he was abused as youngster, and couldn't admit that he enjoyed being gay. He talks about needing to be dominated and a bottom so that he never felt like he was taking advantage of someone.

Later, he tried to distance himself from the book because of the stir it created, but to his credit he never really tried to stop its printing.

 

[BB]

It really is a great book, I read some of it the other day just to make sure it holds up, and it does. It has that old school Southern story telling, where they'll be telling a perfectly fine tale, and then break off into a bizarre tangent that makes you feel like they just told you a secret.

Like he tells one where he goes on about being a frail youth, and then tells you a story about shitting in a box, and giving it to an old lady as a gift, just to see how she'd react.

Here's a Buddy Holly tale -

“One time Buddy came into my dressing room while I was jacking off with Angel sucking my titty. Angel had the fastest tongue in the west. She was doing that to me and Buddy took out his thing. She opened up her legs and he put it in her. He was having sex with Angel, I was jacking off, and Angel was sucking me when they introduced his name on stage. He finished and went to the stage still fastening himself up. I’ll never forget that. He came and he went.”

[polychronopolous]

It really is a great book, I read some of it the other day just to make sure it holds up, and it does. It has that old school Southern story telling, where they'll be telling a perfectly fine tale, and then break off into a bizarre tangent that makes you feel like they just told you a secret.

Like he tells one where he goes on about being a frail youth, and then tells you a story about shitting in a box, and giving it to an old lady as a gift, just to see how she'd react.

Here's a Buddy Holly tale -

“One time Buddy came into my dressing room while I was jacking off with Angel sucking my titty. Angel had the fastest tongue in the west. She was doing that to me and Buddy took out his thing. She opened up her legs and he put it in her. He was having sex with Angel, I was jacking off, and Angel was sucking me when they introduced his name on stage. He finished and went to the stage still fastening himself up. I’ll never forget that. He came and he went.”

Buddy and Little Riichard were good friends going back to 1955 when Little Richard would come through Lubbock and perform. Buddy was just a young, up and coming regional guy at that time but Little Richard actually came over to eat at his house once.

They later linked up again on Irving Feld's "Biggest Show of Stars" in 1957 which included a lot of big talent such as Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, The Everly Brothers and many others. A bunch of acts covering something like 70 cities in 80 days. Buddy spent a lot of time in the back of the bus playing craps with Chuck Berry.

[Rambone]

It really is a great book, I read some of it the other day just to make sure it holds up, and it does. It has that old school Southern story telling, where they'll be telling a perfectly fine tale, and then break off into a bizarre tangent that makes you feel like they just told you a secret.

Like he tells one where he goes on about being a frail youth, and then tells you a story about shitting in a box, and giving it to an old lady as a gift, just to see how she'd react.

Here's a Buddy Holly tale -

“One time Buddy came into my dressing room while I was jacking off with Angel sucking my titty. Angel had the fastest tongue in the west. She was doing that to me and Buddy took out his thing. She opened up her legs and he put it in her. He was having sex with Angel, I was jacking off, and Angel was sucking me when they introduced his name on stage. He finished and went to the stage still fastening himself up. I’ll never forget that. He came and he went.”

Bro...





 

[Kwon]

It really is a great book, I read some of it the other day just to make sure it holds up, and it does. It has that old school Southern story telling, where they'll be telling a perfectly fine tale, and then break off into a bizarre tangent that makes you feel like they just told you a secret.

Like he tells one where he goes on about being a frail youth, and then tells you a story about shitting in a box, and giving it to an old lady as a gift, just to see how she'd react.

Here's a Buddy Holly tale -

“One time Buddy came into my dressing room while I was jacking off with Angel sucking my titty. Angel had the fastest tongue in the west. She was doing that to me and Buddy took out his thing. She opened up her legs and he put it in her. He was having sex with Angel, I was jacking off, and Angel was sucking me when they introduced his name on stage. He finished and went to the stage still fastening himself up. I’ll never forget that. He came and he went.”

LMAO wtf...

[Humble Narcissist]

This. 

Little Richard was enormously influential!  Both Elton John and Paul McCartney tagged him as most influential in their own music.  Likewise the Beatles were huge.  Rolling Stone ranked the 100 greatest singers of all time. Little Richard was #12.  https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-greatest-singers-of-all-time-147019/little-richard-2-225991/

I meant overrated musically not that they weren't influential.

[SOMEPARTS]

I cringe whenever asshat McCartney gets up on stage and plays guitar and all the audience act like he's so amazing and cool when really he looks like a total nerd.

Paul can't sing his songs...about a solid 5-6 years now...but still goes on. It's painful to watch.

[The Scott]

Paul can't sing his songs...about a solid 5-6 years now...but still goes on. It's painful to watch.

I remember when the great Ella Fitzgerald was no longer able to sing as only she could.  It hurt.