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[Lion_of_the_Midlands]

51 minutes ago, Keith Houchen said:

Disagree about Dylan and Electric Folk, I'd say other artists who had covered his songs with electric guitars influenced him to give it a shot.  Dylan isn't really that influential, he was the next step in the road from Guthrie to Rambling Jack Elliott.  Dylan was great for a time but he wasn't a game changer.

 

EDIT - @Lion_of_the_Midlands He is now, but Pete Waterman was doing it first, that's why I mentioned SAW as being influential and game changing.

There is quite a bit of overlap between Cowell's earlier years and SAW. Waterman and co only influenced pop music. Cowell has also influenced music for old people, see Boyle and Potts for example. At the end of the day SAW made £60 million worldwide, Cowell is worth about £400 million, and while money isn't a way of keeping score, Cowell's influence has become all pervasive in a way that Waterman's never did. 

[Keith Houchen]

Oh I totally agree, he is the Christ to Watermans John The Baptist, if you will.  I also think there is more honesty in Cowell than in a lot of musicians, he is a wolf in wolfs clothing.  I'd say money is the perfect way to keep score as that's what his output is about, he makes a commodity, not art.

[Mr_Danger]

You can't have a musical influence discussion without mentioning the impact Ed Sheeran has had on black music.

[HarmonicGenerator]

1 minute ago, Mr_Danger said:

You can't have a musical influence discussion without mentioning the impact Ed Sheeran has had on black music.

Not unlike Eric Clapton taking credit for the popularity of reggae in his autobiography? 

(I seem to remember him claiming all the Beatles’ best stuff was actually him as well. I gave up on the book quite quickly after that.)

[gmoney]

12 minutes ago, scratchdj said:

Totally agree. Love a Whopper and I really like their chips. McDonalds looks, feels and tastes like it’s not real food - like the plastic food that comes with an infant’s toy kitchen heated up.

MCDonalds' Big Tasty shits on anything Burger King has ever produced. 

[Teedy Kay]

Everyone always seems to forget the massive influence of Lonnie Donegan on, in particular, the UK music industry.

Without skiffle and Donegan being the king of skiffle bands like The Beatles and Led Zep may never have existed.

[Sergio Mendacious]

On 7/27/2018 at 6:38 PM, Nostalgia Nonce said:

*Ducks*

Ayup 

[Jacko]

Fawlty towers is the most overrated comedy off all time 

[Mr_Danger]

That's Only Fools and Horses.

[Accident Prone]

9 minutes ago, Mr_Danger said:

That's Only Fools and Horses.

This, 100%.

Also gives me an excuse to post this fabulous bit of gold;

 

[Lion_of_the_Midlands]

Green Wing is much funnier than Scrubs. 

[wordsfromlee]

Curb Your Enthusiasm isn't funny. I'm presuming it's meant to be funny anyway. 

[The Maestro]

2 hours ago, Accident Prone said:

This, 100%.

Also gives me an excuse to post this fabulous bit of gold;

 

I can't tell if I like Stewart Lee or not. He's brilliantly funny at times but some of his material is utter dross. That bit he did about a cat called Jeremy Corbyn taking a shit on a Union Jack is one of the worst bits of comedy I've had the misfortune of watching.

[Keith Houchen]

42 minutes ago, Lion_of_the_Midlands said:

Green Wing is much funnier than Scrubs. 

Gangrene is funnier than Scrubs. 

[FLips]

Jesse Ventura is a better colour commentator than Bobby Heenan ever was.