Radcliffe Wrote:
south pacific Wrote:
Your major players are my minor ones. Now, if I had grown up ten years earlier however I might be agreeing with your observations here but you see how subjective this is? It's all a matter of opinion, taste and perhaps what era you've grown up in. Surely you have learned that by now? Different strokes for different folks, baby... otherwise we might as well debate which ice-cream flavor is more superior, Vanilla or Chocolate based on which one came first.
You're basically arguing that the skirmish you got into in grade 5 means more than World War II simply because it's
your nose that was bleeding.
I stated it's all a continuum, so it's obviously not about who came first. It's about who played a larger role in that timeline - and the fact that we (and, ahem, you) are still discussing the Clash and the Replacements a couple decades down the line sorta suggests they both played a fairly major role, doesn't it?
Again, subjective.
How do you want to measure who had a bigger role or influence in American music, by
album sales? Or perhaps a polling of approved snobby elitists?
What definition do you want to go by?
And for the record, I don't bring up The Clash and the Replacements very often except in this case to make a point. Now if these bands are the most influential to you personally that's another matter. Just don't tell me that your thoughts applies to everyone else just because you think they're the best.
