He's always doing The Beatles and the Stones songs but why ...he could do Elvis...Dylan...The Beach Boys...Motown ...?

He's always doing The Beatles and the Stones songs but why ...he could do Elvis...Dylan...The Beach Boys...Motown ...?

He's always doing The Beatles and the Stones songs but why ...he could do Elvis...Dylan...The Beach Boys...Motown ...?

LondonStyle said:

Because the British were themselves influenced by American music.

LondonStyle said:

he's not always doing beatles and stones songs, and he has covered elvis, dylan and motown. most of his covers are american acts

pplrain said:

Do you really think so? How can you say that?

LondonStyle said:

Because the Brits just rule

Dave1992 said:

Is this a serious question? The British Invasion was entirely made up of English acts that were trying to play American Blues.

TwiliteKid said:

Yes, this is a serious question. You can't compare typically British Pop/Rock music to typically American Pop/Rock music; this would be like comparing MJ to Prince. People used to say that American artists had a more polished and hit-orientated sound than the rather trashy British artists did, but, again, this superficial statement doesn't say much about either of them.

Talking about the Beatles, though, they were superstars back then and still are now and nearly every modern American pop artist is influenced by them. I bet you would come up with another example now, where you state that British superstars were influenced by Americans etc. but this would get very boring and superficial after some time.


Saying that European music was influenced by American music or the other way is simply unnecessary and stupid, because a topic like this can't be discussed without letting one's personal opinion take over the simple "facts".
[Edited 2/24/09 10:53am]

Dave1992 said:

I'm not sure what you're on about here. It seems you're over-complicating matters. Read some interviews with The Stones or the Beatles (or take a look at the tracklists of their early releases) and you'll see confirmation of just what I've said: they started their careers trying to emulate the American Blues they were so enamored with. Fact: "Come Together", the Beatles song Prince covers most frequently, features a direct lift from Chuck Berry! What more proof do you need?

TwiliteKid said:

When it comes to early tracklists you are right, definitely. But I don't think The Beatles or The Stones wouldn't have been this big without American music. Your previous post or the one that we quoted sounded like you wanted to say that all the big British artists would suck without all the American artist they can hold on to and copy. Maybe I got that wrong, but that would be a silly statement.

Dave1992 said:

That's definitely not what I meant and I agree that it would be a silly statement to write off British music that way, but I don't think you can deny the impact American music had on British bands in the 60s. Beyond the early days, Paul McCartney has credited the Beach Boys's "Pet Sounds" as a major influence on "Sgt Pepper". Hendrix arrived in London and shook Clapton, Beck and Page to the bone. Again, I don't mean to discredit English musicians, the innovations they made or the generally amazing art they were responsible for, but American music had a big part to play in that.

Edit: We're gonna get moved to Other Artists any second now, I can feel it.
[Edited 2/24/09 11:43am]

unique said:

a few recent covers of british songs doesn't mean he "always" or "only"
does british songs. perspective people, perspective.

I think that the impact of the Beatles on American music is widely exaggerated. Motown has had more of an impact than the "fab 4"

kenlacam said:

What motown songs has Prince covered...??

LondonStyle said:

got to give it up - marvin gaye
superstition - stevie wonder
higher ground - stevie wonder
maybe your baby - stevie wonder
just my imagination - temptations
etc etc etc

just have a look at the list of motown acts

http://en.wikipedia.org/w...performers

LondonStyle said:

got to give it up - marvin gaye
superstition - stevie wonder
higher ground - stevie wonder
maybe your baby - stevie wonder
just my imagination - temptations
etc etc etc

just have a look at the list of motown acts

http://en.wikipedia.org/w...performers

unique said:

like the list but it's not what he's doing now ....why?

LondonStyle said:

oh please what do you want people to say now,
that we think prince hates america so bad he doesn't
want to perform any american cover songs?

besides, crimson and clover, his most recent cover
that he does live and recorded for his new album, is
in fact *whoopteefuckindoo* an 'american' song.

all the freakin' sly and gcs covers he's doing are
american songs. gnarls barkley's crazy which he's
performed about 3 million times at the O2 is *wait
for it* yes an american composition.

rock lobster and johnny b goode, both american songs.

one of us - eric bazilian - american
everyday is a winding road - sheryll crow - american
when will we be paid - staples singers - american
purple house - jimi hendrix - american

so the bulk of his recent covers on stage as well as
on record were american.

there

IstenSzek said:

that's my ringtone

oops wrong thread

AndGodCreatedMe said:

the prince version? or the original?

imagine standing next to you in the supermarket and all of a sudden
out of nowhere you hear prince yelling "baaaaaby i might as well
go back over yonder".

it'd give me a heart attack

but i'm sure i'd get over it and be all "do that again"

LondonStyle said:

oh please what do you want people to say now,
that we think prince hates america so bad he doesn't
want to perform any american cover songs?

besides, crimson and clover, his most recent cover
that he does live and recorded for his new album, is
in fact *whoopteefuckindoo* an 'american' song.

all the freakin' sly and gcs covers he's doing are
american songs. gnarls barkley's crazy which he's
performed about 3 million times at the O2 is *wait
for it* yes an american composition.

rock lobster and johnny b goode, both american songs.

one of us - eric bazilian - american
everyday is a winding road - sheryll crow - american
when will we be paid - staples singers - american
purple house - jimi hendrix - american

so the bulk of his recent covers on stage as well as
on record were american.

there

IstenSzek said:

Creep
Love is a losing game ...

He really loves brit music....

IstenSzek said:

Creep
Love is a losing game ...

He really loves brit music....

LondonStyle said:

He was influenced a lot by British groups / singers back in the day, and American's too of course, a little bit of everything.... you both win, and so do all of us!