Rock is the English language of genres

[nobby]

Because this deserves its own thread.

English has vastly more words than any other language.
The reason for this, is it steals words from all the other languages.

You will notice for example that the English word 'rendezvous' looks a lot like the French word 'rendezvous' and it's pronounced the same. To top it off, it means exactly the same thing.

Rock & Roll started out as just a marketing phrase to sell late 1940s - early '50s R&B to white kids. But because it was Pop music, meaning Popular music it started incorporating other styles pretty much from the start.

I'm thinking of a very popular (as in still world famous) Rock band from the late 20th century that incorporated, in addition to old fashioned Rock & Roll, Blues, Classical, Folk, Jazz and Eastern music.

And I bet you a Rock & Roll donut hole that your first guess is wrong.

[upstairs]

I'm thinking of a very popular (as in still world famous) Rock band from the late 20th century that incorporated, in addition to old fashioned Rock & Roll, Blues, Classical, Folk, Jazz and Eastern music.

And I bet you a Rock & Roll donut hole that your first guess is wrong.

Wait, wait! Don't tell me...!
Give me a minute

[upstairs]

The Police?

How late are we talking...post 50s? 80s?

[nobby]

My donut hole is safe

And you get my point.

[John Eppstein]

Because this deserves its own thread.

English has vastly more words than any other language.
The reason for this, is it steals words from all the other languages.

You will notice for example that the English word 'rendezvous' looks a lot like the French word 'rendezvous' and it's pronounced the same. To top it off, it means exactly the same thing.

Rock & Roll started out as just a marketing phrase to sell late 1940s - early '50s R&B to white kids. But because it was Pop music, meaning Popular music it started incorporating other styles pretty much from the start.

I'm thinking of a very popular (as in still world famous) Rock band from the late 20th century that incorporated, in addition to old fashioned Rock & Roll, Blues, Classical, Folk, Jazz and Eastern music.

And I bet you a Rock & Roll donut hole that your first guess is wrong.

Stones?