Ummmm. No I didn't. And how does me saying Jon Spencer was influenced by Elvis era rock have anything with these neo-soul "artists" not having any ideas.

Nothing is relative to who you like. I can hear an artist directly re-cycling old ideas as opposed to an artist being influenced by another artist, but still bringing something new to the table.

You sound like you don't listen to a lot of music, or are not a musician yourself, so you probably can't get what I'm on about. This is why these artists are selling so well - the general public don't know that (for example) the Strokes just ripped off Velvet Underground, but didn't add their own stamp. Essentially they are a cover band of style. They won't last. They're not adding anything new.

PREDICTION 1: Donnie (and nearly every other neo-soul artist - given that the genre is built on copying previous greats) will not go down in music history as innovators.

PREDICTION 2: You will reply to this with an angry response.

Because you like to hide behind the word "INFLUENCED" when it's YOUR ARTIST we're speaking on and then say OTHER ARTISTS are "COPIES." Like I said, it's ALL relative. "INFLUENCED" is a nice way of saying "COPY", it all depends on who YOU like. But nice try, kid.

ummmm. No it's not.

At least I now know I have psychic abilities too.

ummmm. No it's not.

At least I now know I have psychic abilities too.

"Friends" is on, maybe TV is your best subject.