Elvis

Elvis was probably one of the inspirational musicians of all time and definitely the most inspirational artists to rock and roll. Before his time, there was really nothing, which John Lennon even says himself. All the music before him in America, personally, I believe kind of sucked. It just all sounds the same to me, with the same rhythm, same style of singing, same everything, and it gets old really quick (which is ironic because it is old). So yeah, old music gets old fast. But Elvis comes along, and shows the world something they've never been exposed to, rock and roll. That is why I love Elvis, but don't like his music. I love him because he was the founding father of my favorite kind of music, and all rock bands if you go far back enough, were inspired by him. Now his music, not so much. It's just a really early form of rock, so it still kinda sounded similar to the music before him. I've just been exposed to so many better versions of rock that his just doesn't sound so great to me. But I'm sure if I grew up in the 40's and 50's he would be one of my favorite artists, because I would have never seen anything of the likes of him. So, this is why I don't like his music because I've heard so much better rock than him, but I love Elvis because he is at the root of all of my favorite music.