Rock and Roll Mt. Rushmore

[eldubb440]

not 4 bands, but 4 individuals......... who's on it?

 

[guy gadbois]

Buddy Holly. Elvis Presley. Brian Wilson. Robert Plant.

EDIT - Since this is a "Mount Rushmore" of rock n rollers, maybe they should all be Americans like the regular Mt Rushmore... so replace Plant with Ted Nugent. Yep, there ya go!

 

[eldubb440]

not an Elvis fan, he's before my time............ but I do recognize his significance

I have Elvis, Keith Richards, Ozzy.......

having trouble with the 4th one. Bob Dylan keeps popping into my head; and John Lennon.....

but I'm a big Hendrix fan........ so Jimi gets the nod

 

[Pecos Bill]

Elvis, Buddy Holly, Bruce Springstein, Chuck Berry

 

[Geoff 2]

And the most talented of all the rockers...is missing. Jerry Lee Lewis.

 

[Pecos Bill]

And the most talented of all the rockers...is missing. Jerry Lee Lewis.

Too much controversy surrounding him to immortalize him on the side of a mountain. Good music, yes.

 

[66 Sat]

Jimi Hendrix, Lowell George, JJ Cale, Waylon Jennings

 

[RR Fan Dan]

David Lee Roth, David Byrne, Tom Petty, Ronnie VanZant

 

[Hey-O]

Rock and Roll, that's different than Rock...........Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Little Richard.........................Honorable mention, Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison, Ike Turner.

 

[#41]

Rock and Roll, that different than Rock...........Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Little Richard.........................Honorable mention, Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison, Ike Turner.

Yup, ...though Buddy's career and impact were so short I might supplant him with Jerry Lee or Orbison.

Rock n Roll by most definitions is the earliest form of Rock music, mostly seen as confined to the 50's. Albeit, arguments have been made for a handful of songs in the 40's being the basis of Rock and Roll. Rock and Roll had mostly transformed itself into Rock by the early 60's and then various sub categories of Rock thereafter, so artist of those later times may qualify for the Rock Rushmore, but not the Rock and Roll Rushmore.

 

[chargervert]

I go with Robert Plant,Jimi Hendrix, Ozzy and Elvis!

 

[eldubb440]

I go with Robert Plant,Jimi Hendrix, Ozzy and Elvis!

you and I are on the same page; I went with Richards where you went with Plant

 

[eldubb440]

Ed Sullivan gets an honorable mention.........

my Dad swore Ed Sullivan ruined this country ...... he brought those "long haired bastards" over here

 

[WileE]

Start with the one with more diverse musical talent than anyone else... Paul McCartney. Then, add another three of one's choosing.