Wednesday, February 20, 2008

'Cause Boyz II Men pretty much INVENTED R & B


Or at least, that's what one of my students (age 19) said in class the other day. Since then I've been trying to look for some kind of easy-to-read genealogy of rock music, something like this picture here, from the movie School of Rock. (I found this one, which was okay but not great -- for one thing, it stops at 1978.) Anyone know of anything like that out there anywhere?

-David

5 comments:

Unknown said...

So I pay my taxes, and the high schools aren't even teaching these kids about Louis Jordan?

Anonymous said...

Well, if Boyz 2 Men didn't invent R&B, then who did, mister smart guy?

Anonymous said...

Rick James? Bel Biv Devoe? Frankly I'm stumped.

Kirk said...

All roads lead from Color Me Badd

Anonymous said...

It's not exactly a geneaology, but if you haven't seen liveplasma, it's along those lines: http://www.musicplasma.com/

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