:keithpunky

I live in Toronto, it seems to be a favorite of The Stones, so of course my vote goes there.

Wow, that is a good question. Man, I don't know if I could narrow it down to just one.... ::) Have to think about it!

Hot'Lanta !!!!!!!!

I voted London as in all truthfullness, don't know the music from the orther mentioned City's QUITE so well.

New York or LA are big possibilities of course and if it had been included, Manchester.

Joey wrote on May 27^th, 2008 at 1:44pm:

Hot'Lanta !!!!!!!!

that is some rock solid Joey!

" that is some rock solid Joey!  "


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voted for 3.
nyc
london
and where it all began...  CLEVELAND

Easy answer.

Memphis.

Next question.

Yeah, Atlanta hip hop not rock- I saw your boy Luda the other day.

Philadelphia.  

A town so nice they hadda name it twice: New Yawk, New Yawk.
:perverted

Ok, for the U.S., I agree with Gazza. Memphis. Lots of recording in L.A. too. {even the early Stones}. And, as a write in, maybe Muscle Shoals, Alabama....

In Britain, it would have to be London...

Detroit 'Rock' City.  Nevermind the shize Kiss song.   Isn't it rumored that the Rolling Stones two 1972 shows in Detroit were the best of the tour?  Thus making them amongst the best concerts in rock history!  Point being it seemed like every great band in the day put on a special show when they hit Detroit.  My 3 cents.

jdlaw wrote on May 27^th, 2008 at 8:12pm:

Detroit 'Rock' City.  Nevermind the shize Kiss song.   Isn't it rumored that the Rolling Stones two 1972 shows in Detroit were the best of the tour?  Thus making them amongst the best concerts in rock history!  Point being it seemed like every great band in the day put on a special show when they hit Detroit.  My 3 cents.

kinda agree, but i put "Cleveland Rocks". both cities are close geographically and attitude wise, the fans make it special.

Gazza wrote on May 27^th, 2008 at 2:20pm:

Easy answer. Memphis. Next question.

If you're talking abour ROCK AND ROLL

But if you're talking about ROCK I agree in the top cities now London, New York and San Francisco

Quote:

Pride and joy and greed and sex That's what makes our town the best Pride and joy and dirty dreams and still surviving on the street And look at me, I'm in tatters, yeah I've been battered, what does it matter Does it matter, uh-huh Does it matter, uh-huh, I'm a shattered Don't you know the crime rate is going up, up, up, up, up To live in this town you must be tough, tough, tough, tough, tough! You got rats on the west side Bed bugs uptown What a mess this town's in tatters I've been shattered My brain's been battered, splattered all over Manhattan Uh-huh, this town's full of money grabbers Go ahead, bite the Big Apple, don't mind the maggots, huh Shadoobie, my brain's been battered My friends they come around they Flatter, flatter, flatter, flatter, flatter, flatter, flatter Pile it up, pile it high on the platter

Go ahead, bite the Big Apple.  New York City is the tops in rock and roll.  ;)

I been told Austin is the live music capitaol of this world!

Only those who've never been will answer besides Memphis.

Pdog wrote on May 27^th, 2008 at 11:18pm:

I been told Austin is the live music capitaol of this world!

And that could very well be the truth! Austin, for sure, gets an honorable mention... :)

lotsajizz wrote on May 28^th, 2008 at 4:25am:

Only those who've never been will answer besides Memphis.

I've been to Memphis.  And Sam Phillips was no slouch.

But the man who gave the Rolling Stones their name came from Mississippi and went up to Chicago to record:

http://www.micahlopez.com/music/images/Muddy_Waters.jpg

Chicago, by way of the Delta, for the blues....for sure.

HELSINKI Of course!  :areyoufuckingserious  

Btw i finally got this profile working.. it was jammed for weeks.. something "error occured" and then it kicked me out.. But now im back !

London was rockin' when NYC was suckin' on Murray the K.  And I was *born* in Manhattan.

andrews27 wrote on May 28^th, 2008 at 1:50pm:

London was rockin' when NYC was suckin' on Murray the K.  And I was *born* in Manhattan.

MOONDOG CORONATION BALL
MARCH 21, 1952
CLEVELAND, OHIO

Alan Freed wanted to reward his loyal listeners, his Moondoggers. He wanted a concert to celebrate the new teen music. A BIG event.

And he got just that. An event so big that many consider it the birthday for Rock and Roll.
Alan Freed      

Neither Lew Platt (the actual promoter) nor Alan Freed nor Rendezvous Records, his radio show sponsor, had any idea how many people would come. It wasn't like they could call Ticketmaster back then.

Lacking money for sophisticated promotion, they used what they had - the ultimate salesman - Freed. And Freed set out to make the Coronation Ball regal enough to crown a king of Moondoggers - himself.

So at first they printed 7,000 tickets. $1.50 and $1.75. Then owner of the Rendezvous, Leo Mintz, left on holiday leaving his brother-in-law, Milton Kulkin in charge. Uncle Miltie, as Freed called him, printed another 2,000 tickets which sold in a day. And as it tuned out, he wasn't the only one printing tickets so nobody had a clue as to how many had even been made. But the Arena was a big municpal facility so they weren't worried. In fact they were thrilled that they might sell out the Arena!


While Freed and his wife ate steak dinners, Uncle Miltie was checking out the Arena. And what he saw astonished him. People were lined up around the block to get in.

Historical accuracy requires that it be noted that the faces lined up along Euclid Avenue were mostly Black. The revolution had not yet hit surburbia and Rock and Roll was not born that night as some suggest.

What was different was the sound. More vital and far less sorrowful than blues, this sound, this beat was alive. And it made people want to dance with the joy of being alive and young. This was a teen phenomena.

What was novel was the idea of people going to a big municpal hall to dance. The Globetrotters played there, not musicians you'd heard on the radio. Today the idea of a Rock concert being held in a huge facility is commonplace.

But this is where the dream and the reality collided. Even after the hall was full to capacity, those crowds were pushing and shoving. Doors crashed open, glass exploded. Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams was on stage when the first fight broke out. And still they poured into the Arena, just to be a part of it. Dancing, moving wildly, the crowd became more and more unruly.

Even the big glittery sign proudly announcing "Moondoggers" came tumbling down.

That's when the Fire Marshals came and shut it all down. Nobody else got to play, not the Dominoes, Tiny Grimes, or the Rockin' Highlanders. Not Danny Cobb or Varietta Dillard. This hugely famous concert and only one song was played.

Freed of course went on from there. Two years later he moved to New York to WINS and it is there that he introduced white teens to this new music, the new sound.

But to this day, they are still talking about Moondog's Coronation Ball. Whatever else it may have been - it was an original.


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"Even the big glittery sign proudly announcing "Moondoggers" came tumbling down."

sssshhhhhh..... it's a few doors west of w.65th st. on lorain ave. hahahha

While I respect Alan Freed and revere that Moondog race-mixin' era, that was over by the time the Beatles and Stones had an English following, and NYC was swooning for Fabian.  No knock on early 1960s Cleveland implied.  I admit that without the groundwork of Freed, Sam Phillips, and others who broke the color line in music, the US wouldn't have been prepped for the Brit Invasion - and young Brit rockers may have seen fewer black records (they didn't all come over in the kit bags of Liverpool sailors).

moondog coronation ball - 1952 not early 60's

Where the name Rock and roll was first coined
WMMS Rolling Stone magazines station of the year 7 years in a row
The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
more records bought per capita than any other city in the world

Pdog wrote on May 27^th, 2008 at 11:18pm:

I been told Austin is the live music capitaol of this world!

Actually Austin is a great live music city.  I enjoyed it.  But to be honest, New Orleans was as good if not better.  

i'll side with voodoo on this one.
ny
san fran
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london

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