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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-09-06 01:33 PM
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9. Since Presley COULDN'T WRITE SONGS and had to use material...
by a number of songwriters, it stands to reason that his material would sound more diverse.

And you are correct about Berry; the "sameness" in his material is his signature. That is the mark of a true artist.
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  -Which song is better Jailhouse Rock or Johnny B Good.? DanCa  Apr-09-06 11:27 AM   #0 
  - Jailhouse Rock is incredibly dim and dimwitted.  HypnoToad   Apr-09-06 11:34 AM   #1 
  - Wrong  ForrestGump   Apr-09-06 12:04 PM   #3 
     - Fascinating.  HypnoToad   Apr-09-06 12:10 PM   #4 
        - Since Presley COULDN'T WRITE SONGS and had to use material...  mitchum   Apr-09-06 01:33 PM   #9 
           - Huh?  ForrestGump   Apr-09-06 01:47 PM   #10 
              - Not sameness, but a signature compositional style...  mitchum   Apr-09-06 02:02 PM   #11 
                 - Elvis was a hack?  ForrestGump   Apr-09-06 03:57 PM   #13 
                    - I never said that he WAS a hack...  mitchum   Apr-09-06 04:59 PM   #14 
  - "Johnny B Goode" by the REAL King of Rock and Roll  mitchum   Apr-09-06 11:54 AM   #2 
  - No contest -- Johnny B Good is way better. nt  guinivere   Apr-09-06 12:32 PM   #5 
  - I like Johnny B. Goode better of those two but  rockymountaindem   Apr-09-06 12:48 PM   #6 
  - "Jailhouse Rock" is a better song,  Ron_Green   Apr-09-06 12:57 PM   #7 
  - I like "Jailhouse Rock" more  last_texas_dem   Apr-09-06 01:00 PM   #8 
  - Stuff like this reminds me of  Oeditpus Rex   Apr-09-06 02:11 PM   #12 
  - The Intro to Johnny B. Goode is the REAL National Anthem....  new_beawr   Apr-09-06 06:57 PM   #15 
  - Jailhouse Rock has a better beat, for dancing.  Metta   Apr-09-06 07:00 PM   #16 
 

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