Elvis Vs. Pearl Jam

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  • nfanel
    nfanel Posts: 2,558
    Matty Boy wrote:
    Elvis was the original American Idol.
    this might possibly be the most ridiculous comparison of talent that i've ever heard
  • The Waiting Trophy Man
    The Waiting Trophy Man Niagara region, Ontario, Canada Posts: 12,158
    nfanel wrote:
    this might possibly be the most ridiculous comparison of talent that i've ever heard

    How about Elvis vs James Dean?? I think that would be more fitting. Oh, and James Dean's got him beat. And he only starred in 3 movies....
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  • keepVHSalive
    keepVHSalive Posts: 30
    not a good comparison its kinda like 2 different types of music cause elvis's music is so old...


    but i think pearl jam
  • Manstis1604
    Manstis1604 Posts: 99
    Hahaha this thread is ridiculous. You can't compare Elvis to Pearl Jam, two completely different motives/goals at work there. If its who is better at getting women from the 1950s all hot and bothered and performing onstage, Elvis wins. If its who is better at writing songs with conviction and emotion, Pearl Jam wins. Then you get into which is more important and its all opinion, so fuck it.
  • Matty Boy
    Matty Boy Posts: 421
    nfanel wrote:
    this might possibly be the most ridiculous comparison of talent that i've ever heard
    I just meant that he was a singer who was told what to do and didn't write his own material. Elvis was just Colonel Parker and Sam Phillips money making pinup Idol. If Chuck Berry and Little Richard were white Elvis would not have been such a big deal.
  • somebodyelsessky2020
    somebodyelsessky2020 Posts: 1,178
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    You guys can keep the compare/contrast debate.

    What I really want to talk about is the velvet painting and the statue that holds the mailbox up. Got photos? ;)

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  • lars
    lars Posts: 524
    elvis vs. pearl jam....what is this....get a grip. what about beethoven vs. bob marley vs. pearl jam.....Stop the nonscence
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  • somebodyelsessky2020
    somebodyelsessky2020 Posts: 1,178
    lars wrote:
    elvis vs. pearl jam....what is this....get a grip. what about beethoven vs. bob marley vs. pearl jam.....Stop the nonscence
    elvis is the KING of rock n roll pearl jam is rock n roll beethoven is classical and marley reggae
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  • fada
    fada Posts: 1,032
    Has Elvis ever written a song.

    I got his "Elvis in Memphis " album recently
  • Sathogwa
    Sathogwa Posts: 227
    Matty Boy wrote:
    Elvis was the original American Idol. The guy had a great voice but didn't write his own material. He's the white poster boy who brought the music that Chuck Berry and Little Richard pioneered to a white audience.

    Nope. That's inaccuate, and popular thing to say by people who don't know what they are talking about. There was nothing that sounded like what Elvis did at Sun Studios before that point. Did it borrow from R&B? Yes. Did it borrow from country? Just as much. But it was a whole different beast than those two forms! On balance, by your logic, you would have to state that he brought the music that hillbillies like Bill Monroe pioneered to a mainstream audience.
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  • ArtMars
    ArtMars Posts: 109
    aBoxOfFear wrote:
    Elvis wasn't a songwriter. He was a performer.

    He did co-write a few of his songs.

    I don't know of too many that could out perform him!
  • ArtMars
    ArtMars Posts: 109
    Sathogwa wrote:
    Nope. That's inaccuate, and popular thing to say by people who don't know what they are talking about. There was nothing that sounded like what Elvis did at Sun Studios before that point. Did it borrow from R&B? Yes. Did it borrow from country? Just as much. But it was a whole different beast than those two forms! On balance, by your logic, you would have to state that he brought the music that hillbillies like Bill Monroe pioneered to a mainstream audience.

    I couldn't agree more!
  • Arctangent
    Arctangent Posts: 614
    i don't really like much of Elivis' music but without him, modern rock music would not exist as it does.
  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    SLH916 wrote:
    But Elvis never wore multiple pairs of shorts or climbed on scaffolding. Sorry, I couldn't resist.


    :D:D
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,390
    I completed an Elvis Needlepoint when I was 18, and it's hanging in my hallway 20 years later. It's him from the early days, basically a head shot. What Elvis and Pearl Jam have In Common are incredible singers with recognizable voices.

    I think Eddie would look cute in one of those sparkly white jumpsuits :D
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