Music Mount Rushmores by state

[Madmannsucks]

I guess Tom Waits belongs on the California Mt Rushmore.

 

[Walker11]

I'm not even a major fan of his music but anyone who writes an article like that is a moron.

Anyone who writes an article titled "... Explained" is a . Or at least their editor.

 

[Guapo]

The Stone Roses had a great debut album.

Regional heroes? Sure, Springsteen and Petty are regional heroes if the region is the entire world.

You’d be surprised.

Obviously people here in Atlanta know Bruce, but he’s definitely not as big of a deal as he is in the Baltimore-Boston corridor.

 

[Walker11]

Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth are long time CT natives. To bring my posts full circle, I believe their son was in the same graduating class as Chris Webby. Still waiting on the Webby/Talking Heads collab.

 

[superjohn]

I guess Tom Waits belongs on the California Mt Rushmore.

Obviously, that's where he's from.

 

[superjohn]

You’d be surprised.

Obviously people here in Atlanta know Bruce, but he’s definitely not as big of a deal as he is in the Baltimore-Boston corridor.

He's huge out here and everywhere else I've ever been. The guy is probably the biggest live performer in the world and is worth more than half a billion dollars.

 

[Dove]

Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth are long time CT natives. To bring my posts full circle, I believe their son was in the same graduating class as Chris Webby. Still waiting on the Webby/Talking Heads collab.

Webby/Tom Tom Club please.

 

[Guapo]

He's huge out here and everywhere else I've ever been. The guy is probably the biggest live performer in the world and is worth more than half a billion dollars.

Yeah I’m not saying he’s not lol.

I guess I was just trying to say, it’s not the same.

 

[wolfman61]

I forgot Freddie Paris and the 5 Satins and Big Bill Anderson of NRBQ.

 

[Devland]

You’d be surprised.

Obviously people here in Atlanta know Bruce, but he’s definitely not as big of a deal as he is in the Baltimore-Boston corridor.

He is what I consider a cult band. There are certain bands that have a certain segment of the population that follow them like a cult. I would put The Grateful Dead and Dave Mathews in that category also.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

Yeah I’m not saying he’s not lol.

I guess I was just trying to say, it’s not the same.

That's like saying the Yankees are the most popular baseball team worldwide but are most popular in NJ and NY.

He is what I consider a cult band. There are certain bands that have a certain segment of the population that follow them like a cult. I would put The Grateful Dead and Dave Mathews in that category also.

Springsteen may be one of the most popular artists globally. If he's not someone's cup of tea, it really doesn't bother me one bit, but saying the guy who sells out arenas all over the world is a cult act is kinda bizare.

 

[RichZ]

I forgot Freddie Paris and the 5 Satins and Big Bill Anderson of NRBQ.

I didn't want to be the guy to bring up Fred, but any list of CT's most impactful musical artists that doesn't include Fred Parris is just wrong, and is being compiled by people with no sense of history. Fred wrote and performed a song that is as close to defining the music of a generation as any song ever has been. At last count, it had sold over 15 million records, has made the pop charts top 100 on three different occasions (the same recording, not different versions) has seen cover records released by more than 50 different artists and is as associated with New Haven as Pepe's or Modern.

 

[upstater]

Don't you have some Rochester in your academic career? That's where I first know Clint from.

Yes, I was at U. of R. for 7-8 years.

Rochester has a great music scene, mainly because of Eastman.

 

[Chin Diesel]

I never got that whole, I don’t personally like their music so they aren’t very good arguement. I don’t happen to like the Beatles, but I’m sure that doesn’t mean a damn thing.

As for NY, I lived in Long Beach for a few years and this incredible band would come through every now and again. The RBCs or (Roast Beef Curtains). Actually the band stunk, but an all timer in the name department.

Phil Hartman's character in "Greedy" didn't like the Beatles either.

 

[Devland]

That's like saying the Yankees are the most popular baseball team worldwide but are most popular in NJ and NY.



Springsteen may be one of the most popular artists globally. If he's not someone's cup of tea, it really doesn't bother me one bit, but saying the guy who sells out arenas all over the world is a cult act is kinda bizare.

I understand but even most Springsteen fans will admit his singing voice is horrible. I heard one theory that people were attracted to the uniqueness of the saxophone sound in rock music. So in theory Clarence Clemons made him.

 

[Madmannsucks]

I didn't want to be the guy to bring up Fred, but any list of CT's most impactful musical artists that doesn't include Fred Parris is just wrong, and is being compiled by people with no sense of history. Fred wrote and performed a song that is as close to defining the music of a generation as any song ever has been. At last count, it had sold over 15 million records, has made the pop charts top 100 on three different occasions (the same recording, not different versions) has seen cover records released by more than 50 different artists and is as associated with New Haven as Pepe's or Modern.

I always thought it was Al Anderson.

 

[Madmannsucks]

Obviously, that's where he's from.

Yeah, right ahead of the doors, The Doobie Bros, and The Dead, and The Jefferson Airplane. pretty simple point. Picking a cult/club favorite for Mt Rushmore? Not in my opinion.

 

[Waquoit]

I always thought it was Al Anderson.

It's "Big Al" and "Whisperin' Bill" Anderson

 

[storrsroars]

Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth are long time CT natives. To bring my posts full circle, I believe their son was in the same graduating class as Chris Webby. Still waiting on the Webby/Talking Heads collab.

In which case I'll throw in the Chambers Brothers. I used to bump into them often at a small grocery store off Long Ridge Rd in Stamford. Usually high as kites. They lived nearby.

And while we're at it, Neal Smith and Dennis Dunaway of Alice Cooper's original band. Dennis actually ran a video store in Glenbrook. Neal used to drive around Greenwich and Stamford in his Rolls Royce.

 

[superjohn]

That's like saying the Yankees are the most popular baseball team worldwide but are most popular in NJ and NY.



Springsteen may be one of the most popular artists globally. If he's not someone's cup of tea, it really doesn't bother me one bit, but saying the guy who sells out arenas all over the world is a cult act is kinda bizare.

Devland is a one man wrecking crew of dreadful takes in this thread. He even posted that moronic Billy Joel article.

 

[HuskyHawk]

I think this one is based on where people were born. If you want to actually picture a Mt Rushmore type image, consider Mississippi w/Elvis, BB King, Sam Cooke, and Muddy Waters...and that omits Howlin Wolf, Robert Johnson, Jimmie Rodgers, and Bo Diddley. Of course, nobody stays in MS, which is usually reduced to bragging, "We're #48" when they move up in various rankings.

For actual listening enjoyment, I could be happy with Minnesota's Dylan, Prince, Mould, and, Westerberg, especially if Dylan covers were included.

I’d put Jimmy Buffet on there. Very strong.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

I understand but even most Springsteen fans will admit his singing voice is horrible. I heard one theory that people were attracted to the uniqueness of the saxophone sound in rock music. So in theory Clarence Clemons made him.

That has to be a troll. Everyone loves Clemons, but to claim he 'made' Springsteen?

Here's my theory, Springsteen 'made' Clarence Clemons.

 

[Devland]

That has to be a troll. Everyone loves Clemons, but to claim he 'made' Springsteen?

Here's my theory, Springsteen 'made' Clarence Clemons.

I guess you're a member of his cult?

 

[ConnHuskBask]

I guess you're a member of his cult?

Yes, sure.

 

[storrsroars]

I guess you're a member of his cult?

I'll say this much in relation to Bruce and Billy - if given a choice of attending a concert where each artist would only perform songs written after 1980, I actually think I'd choose Joel.