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Old 01-02-2016, 11:49 AM   #20 (permalink)
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The older generation that grew up on big band and classical music thought all rock music was silly and lacked serious musicianship. Bringing in trained musicians into rock did give the genre a new sense of validity to the older folks who wrote it off an just nonsense.
Yeah. Like I said. Dumb. And I highly doubt any Frank Sinatra fans were that enthused about Yes.
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