Re: (TV) More on CBGBs, and Television at #2

["Rene Alvir" <r_alvir2@hotmail.com>]

> Much as I love Television, I don't think it's even close. The Ramones 
> pretty much changed the way Rock is played. If you wander into a club at 
> random, there's a much greater chance that the band onstage will be 
> influenced by The Ramones than by Television. Add to that second-hand 
> Ramones influence through the Sex Pistols, and you've got a good case for 
> them being the most influential band since The Beatles.

You gotta point there.

I think the Ramones opened up the idea that you do not have to be an 
"accomplished" instrumental technician to be a musician.  I can imagine that 
would be a great inspiration to any kid who felt that to be a musician you 
had to be able play 20 minute guitar solos (in the day when instructional 
material to learn how to play rock guitar was virtually non-existent).  Of 
course, the bad side of all this is that there were more terrible bands 
created than need be.
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