Comments on: Cool Stuff

By: david ball

david ball — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:08:03 +0000

they are definitely in the running for it. the beatles really were a pop band. the stones were a blues/dance/rock ‘n’ roll band who kept morphing. some will vote for zeppelin, but you really wouldn’t have had zeppelin without the who. wouldn’t have had ‘em without the yardbirds, either, for that matter.

note: “rock” and “rock and roll” are NOT the same thing. chuck berry is mr. rock and roll (ask john lennon).

By: slackmeyer

slackmeyer — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:47:11 +0000

I am totally unqualified to argue with Scott Booker – or with you Ryan.
So then, is The Who the greatest band in rock history?

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:12:49 +0000

As said by Scott Booker at the event, The Beatles were a pop band. The Rolling Stones were a blues band.

The Who – now that’s a rock band.

By: Doug Loudenback

Doug Loudenback — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:04:50 +0000

OK, Mr. Tease, I'll take a bite out of your apple ... #1: Greatest rock group ever: I'm 66 years young and my time span includes the entirety of rock and roll. I cut my teeth on Bill Haley & the Comets and snuck off to see the movie Blackboard Jungle when it was a tabu thing that parents didn't want their kids to see. I got socked in the face by a girl in class when in the 8th grade because I said that I wasn't that impressed with Elvis but preferred the Diamonds and Little Star and Buddy Holly and the Crickets. Those are some of my credentials. That said my vote for the #1 rock band ever has to be the Beatles. I remember when I Want To Hold Your Hand swept through America when I was a sophomore at OSU. Rock and Roll has never been the same since then, and it has never been as good as Hey Jude near the end of that group's existence. Sure, Mick Jagger & the Stones are great and have endured longer, but they weren't the pathfinders that the Beatles were. And that's all there is to say about that. Next. Downtown. #2: What's the next cool thing that's about happen about downtown? That's easy. Way before anything happens with Preftakes (and, by the way, when a very small little boy I remember being in the 2nd floor of the Union Bus Station when it still had a 2nd floor, standing with my mother up there as we were about to depart OKC to somewhere, probably California -- the 2nd floor area was at the north end and it had a balcony which overlooked the 1st floor - and those are my credentials about that), the next cool thing relating to downtown will be ... drum roll ... Mainline Oklahoman journalists will resume writing articles in the Oklahoman about MAPS 3, just like they did in the olden days. You can write it in your book. And that's all there is to say about that. For now.

By: david ball

david ball — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:42:53 +0000

congratulations. the top four have now been named.

By: slackmeyer

slackmeyer — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:24:41 +0000

This conversation is actually way too cool for this site.

By: kim

kim — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:18:23 +0000

Wrong, wrong, wrong! Led Zeppelin, Stones.

By: Steve K.

Steve K. — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:32:44 +0000

You must include Led Zeppelin. “Stairway to Heaven” has been #1 on Rock&Roll countdowns for years! They define classic rock that still sounds fresh. (Ok, I’ll go away now!)

By: Casey Cornett

Casey Cornett — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:10:00 +0000

Beatles…#1

Steve, any updates or before/after photos to all the Memorial construction going on right now?

By: Norm

Norm — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:26:22 +0000

Beatles and Rolling Stones