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Dixie - In Memoriam
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Now do you people see what happens when I don't contribute to the conversation? It always goes to piss and shit!
For the record, AC/DC is marginally better than piss and shit, as well as Van Halen. However, Van Halen is less marginal than AC/DC, simply because of their association with David Lee Roth. Unlike piss and shit, the Roth Factor is a persistent stench that can't be disassociated. From a purely 'musical elite' perspective, AC/DC pioneered a particular blend of hard rock and blues, that is simply rare and special in historical context.
Then there is the question of which bands are you comparing... A Van Halen with Sammy Hagar, might be compared relatively equal to an AC/DC with Brian Johnson, but you can't compare Bon Scott to David Lee... it's like comparing Freddie Mercury to Tiny Tim.
For the record, AC/DC is marginally better than piss and shit, as well as Van Halen. However, Van Halen is less marginal than AC/DC, simply because of their association with David Lee Roth. Unlike piss and shit, the Roth Factor is a persistent stench that can't be disassociated. From a purely 'musical elite' perspective, AC/DC pioneered a particular blend of hard rock and blues, that is simply rare and special in historical context.
Then there is the question of which bands are you comparing... A Van Halen with Sammy Hagar, might be compared relatively equal to an AC/DC with Brian Johnson, but you can't compare Bon Scott to David Lee... it's like comparing Freddie Mercury to Tiny Tim.
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Dave, however, is the ONLY Rock And Roll Star In The Vaudeville Song And Dance Man Tradition Of Al Jolson, Eddie Cantor, And Groucho Marx. Important? Why else would it have been buried under three and a half tons of the same stuff they dumped on top of the Poor Oppressed Black Man's Influence On Rock And Roll Music? One of the few rock stars too intelligent to fall for the notion that nothing of value was created in this nation before the late Fifties, Dave brought a whole bag of old tricks to Rock And Roll and helped Van Halen achieve success that never would have been possible with some doofus whose entire musical education began with The Beatles and ended with Wings.
