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allengeerJul 9, 2007
ahhh.. i had my facts mixed up. my bad, thanks for the correction to my brain. By the time I got to seventy i was skimming. I was giving it less and less credibility as i went further down.
harlowsmonkeysJul 9, 2007
Here's a reference for this: <a class="user" href="http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/vanhalen.asp">http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/vanhalen.asp</a>
joeyjoejoe1970Jul 9, 2007
They weren't hippies so much as "folkies". There wasn't much of a hippie movement in July, 1965.
maracle2Jul 9, 2007
Ridiculous list,"13. March 25, 2002Justin and Britney split "but no "Smile Jamaica" concert, showing how music can be used as peace. they choose Justney.....
half_fastJul 9, 2007
April 1973 - Allen Collins and Ronnie Van Zant write "Freebird"How can "Freebird" not make the list?And Robert Johnson being at the bottom of this list? Without bluesmen like him Rock and Roll would not have evolved to sound like it did.
chance1376Jul 9, 2007
Yep, the 2032 date is pretty generous.
jvnaneJul 10, 2007
Definetly, but since they put only one thing for hendrix the one that they should put i would say should be the day he arrived in the U.K. and burned clapton at his own gig... That was what started hendrix's career
Closed AccountJul 13, 2007
I think that this is an -opinion-, so obviously not everybody is going to agree about the specific events/ranking. (For example, I would have included the Revolution Summer in 1985)
elgstrJan 3, 2009
Frank Zappa said, “There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a long shelf life.”Racism has a long history in music. Jazz's Dirty Little Secrets: Racism And Sexism, <a class="user" href="http://www.broowaha.com/article.php?id=3954.">http://www.broowaha.com/article.php?id=3954.</a> So does sexism.Alternate Visions Of The Musical Self, <a class="user" href="http://www.broowaha.com/article.php?id=3619">http://www.broowaha.com/article.php?id=3619</a>I'm Going Extinct, I'm Going Extinct. Oh, I'm Not, <a class="user" href="http://www.broowaha.com/article.php?id=4103">http://www.broowaha.com/article.php?id=4103</a>Listen Up: The Lives Of Quincy Jones, <a class="user" href="http://www.broowaha.com/article.php?id=3232">http://www.broowaha.com/article.php?id=3232</a>There's an old Sufi expression that goes "One who thinks the same way at 50 as they did at 20 has wasted 30 years of their life".