Who can't you stand

[mistaram]

I concur, I have thousands of folk more knowledgeable than I about the birth of rock’n’roll and most cite Elvis as the one who lit the fuse. Most say there was lots of acts in the mix without breaking the MOR log jam, EP did it and the Buddy, Eddie, blah blah flood started

My dad says Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis started rock n roll Elvis came later

[ramAnag]

Hmmm...nobody seems to have mentioned Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly.
Never liked Elvis P at all tbh...but for me it was all changed by The Beatles.
So no idea who the ‘father of rock and roll’ was...didn’t it owe as much to southern American black music as anything/one else...but The Beatles, The Stones (non OAP version), The Kinks and Jimi Hendrix are the four acts I most wish I’d seen live but never did.

[swaledale]

Hmmm...nobody seems to have mentioned Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly.
Never liked Elvis P at all tbh...but for me it was all changed by The Beatles.
So no idea who the ‘father of rock and roll’ was...didn’t it owe as much to southern American black music as anything/one else...but The Beatles, The Stones (non OAP version), The Kinks and Jimi Hendrix are the four acts I most wish I’d seen live but never did.

Well of course like all these things it depends on the definition, Elvis was the one who brought it mainstream, the icon, the others had their own audiences but weren't well known until after Elvis had made the wider breakthrough and he was the one with the charisma, star quality etc. whatever it is that makes people popular.

[AdiSalisbury]

It was Bill Hayley and the Comets, obviously.

[Andy_Faber]

It was Bill Hayley and the Comets, obviously.

Except I’d say Chuck Berry

Interestingly (to me anyway), I’m member of a fairly large fb rock lovers group who Recently voted Their all time rock icons, and Chuck
Berry and Little Richard came really high up in the poll, with Buddy Holly and Elvis also well up

For info, Jimi Hendrix came top

[Manofpride]

I can enjoy music from any category but there is some crap out there, and to think that My ding-a-ling was the only number one Chuck Berry ever had shows that a number one means nothing!
I have to admit though that Depeche Mode, Spandau Ballet, Boyzone and Westlife make me go to the off button!

[GUNTERYY36]

Queen and especially that God forsaken Bohemian Rhapsody. Clive Dunn didn't fill me with much enthusiasm either.

[mistaram]

Queen and especially that God forsaken Bohemian Rhapsody. Clive Dunn didn't fill me with much enthusiasm either.

Have to agree about Queen can't stand them Great rock band out of Barnsley . Saxon seen them a few times

[Ram59]

Lorry drivers, especially those being overtaken by another one, travelling side by side for miles on a dual carriageway, when they could ease off the gas for a couple of seconds, to let them pass quickly.

They call themselves 'knights of the road'.

[Andy_Faber]

Lorry drivers, especially those being overtaken by another one, travelling side by side for miles on a dual carriageway, when they could ease off the gas for a couple of seconds, to let them pass quickly.

They call themselves 'knights of the road'.

I think we were talking musically, but I welcome your diversion and totally agree!