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Originally posted by vash
thinking about Elvis. i dont get his music, i cant rank it the worst. did he have any competition back then? (musical).
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Well, young'un, the answer was simple. Elvis brought 'race music' to the white airwaves. His earliest hits were just covers of songs that 'white' stations wouldn't play.
Even Elvis was attacked for the type of music he sang, though. Seems like lots of ministers warned that it was the type of music that would 'make good kids turn bad.'
Clearly, they were right, but America's youth woudn't listen (to the ministers).
Then Elvis got old and became a parody of himself.
But the young Elvis was pretty cool -- check out 'Jailhouse Rock.'