<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Good Q Ron, I'm guessing the same old "classics" we listen to now. Someday in the distant future, instead of golden oldies, it'll be bronze age oldies. I just can't picture future GenX geriatrics shaking their thang to PDiddy with their wheelchair-enabled iPods. (Now's when you cue Little Feat's "Old Folks Boogie" http://www.hostboard.com/forums/ ).Quote:
Originally posted by RonSS:
...Tell me what of what we hear now will be a classic in 20 years?...
That's why I agree with the importance of the contributions Bo and others made to the art and society in general. While it went unnoticed at the time, Bo's refusal to play 16 Tons for Ed was as big a statement as Rosa Parks' actions.
I took the time last night to read Kurt Loder's '87 RS Diddley interview. It might appear that Bo spent a gruelling, unremarkable life only to die in a little trailer in the bushes of Florida, but that's too narrow a view. The influences and offshoots of his work and talent live on in the works of others, and will continue to for a long time.
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Favorite quote; "If you think Elvis invented Rock-n-Roll, you don't know Diddley".
<font color="#FFFFFF" size="1">[ June 03, 2008 12:53 PM: Message edited by: bfish ]</font>
