(May 15, 2019 at 10:21 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: I really don't know how you think they were in competition.  Their musical styles were not the same...not even close.

Elvis wasn't exactly the Woodstock type.

In  music style they were not . But in youth appeal they were in competition  . Which was the concern of a very spooked and paraniod united states who had just gone through the civil rights movement of the 60s .

(May 15, 2019 at 10:23 pm)Amarok Wrote:

(May 15, 2019 at 10:21 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: I really don't know how you think they were in competition.  Their musical styles were not the same...not even close.

Elvis wasn't exactly the Woodstock type.

In  music style they were not . But in youth appeal they were in competition  . Which was the concern which lead to the push .

Both were just a little ahead of my time but from what I could see...there was no competition.  There were too different to be in competition.  

Apples and oranges.

Elvis was more the rage of my mom's generation.

I was 12 when Woodstock happened so I was just a couple years behind the Jimi thing but quickly caught up.

Their audiences were different because they were so different.

Apples, oranges and 15 years.

(May 15, 2019 at 9:49 pm)EgoDeath Wrote: Oh, I'm sorry. I missed the part where I said mass appeal = bad. Please show me where I said that? I'll wait.

It seemed to be your argument to me. You said you didn't like it, and the only criticism you gave was that it was made for mass audiences and how. Show me where you said otherwise.

(May 15, 2019 at 10:26 pm)arewethereyet Wrote:

(May 15, 2019 at 10:23 pm)Amarok Wrote: In  music style they were not . But in youth appeal they were in competition  . Which was the concern which lead to the push .

Both were just a little ahead of my time but from what I could see...there was no competition.  There were too different to be in competition.  

Apples and oranges.

Elvis was more the rage of my mom's generation.

I was 13 when Woodstock happened so I was just a couple years behind the Jimi thing but quickly caught up.

Their audiences were different because they were so different.

Once again youth appeal

(May 15, 2019 at 10:28 pm)Amarok Wrote:

(May 15, 2019 at 10:26 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: Both were just a little ahead of my time but from what I could see...there was no competition.  There were too different to be in competition.  

Apples and oranges.

Elvis was more the rage of my mom's generation.

I was 13 when Woodstock happened so I was just a couple years behind the Jimi thing but quickly caught up.

Their audiences were different because they were so different.

Once again youth appeal

Elvis was playing to my mom and dad's generation.  

Jimi was not...he was playing to mine.

(May 15, 2019 at 10:27 pm)Shell B Wrote: Apples, oranges and 15 years.

Which is irrelevant as Elvis had young fans at that point so did Hendrix which was the concern .

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(May 15, 2019 at 10:30 pm)arewethereyet Wrote:

(May 15, 2019 at 10:28 pm)Amarok Wrote: Once again youth appeal

Elvis was playing to my mom and dad's generation.  

Jimi was not...he was playing to mine.

Elvis still had young fans which was what the push was trying to accomplish because of the concern over Hendrix's

It's a different machine. Elvis and all the other guys like him from the 60s were literally designed to appeal to young people, girls especially. They would even crank out the same tunes and hope this or that one would chart. Jimi Hendrix was not formed by the record business. He was counterculture rock 'n roll, which appealed to a mindset more than an age demographic.

(May 15, 2019 at 10:30 pm)Amarok Wrote:

(May 15, 2019 at 10:27 pm)Shell B Wrote: Apples, oranges and 15 years.

Which is irrelevant as Elvis had young fans at that point so did Hendrix which was the concern .

Oh bullshit.

You are just arguing for the sake of arguing now.

Of course they had young fans...at different times.  Jimi and Elvis weren't fighting over the same Vegas stages FFS.

What push? He was trying to keep the fans? I don't get what you're trying to say. Elvis was definitely losing popularity when psychedelic rock hit the scene, but I'm really not sure Jimi was considered the competition.