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Well guys you can say what you want about Elvis, and the other icons of the fifties and early sixties, but unless you were born between 1940 and 1950 you have no idea what it was like.
You were not there to see the transition from the big bands and the Hit Parade to Rock N Roll.
The level of talent or production is not what made them what they were. It was the transition in the music. Although to say they had no talent is absurd.

Kids born in 1940 were teenagers when Bill Haley, Carl Perkins, and Elvis(among others) burst on the scene. Kids born near 1950 were becoming teens when the Beatles came crashing through the musical door.

Unless you experienced it you cannot have any idea what it was like.
To say that Elvis had no talent is ridiculous. He is still my favorite singer Bar none.

Aside from "Like A Virgin" I could not name you a single song that Madonna did. If one of her songs comes on the radio you would have to tell me it was her or I would never know it.
Elvis is instantly recognizable.

Since the 50's and 60's there has not been a single entertainer or band that has so much influence on music as those guys.
70's, 80's, 90's, 2000. the music has drifted from one mediocre style to the next without any great breakthroughs except in production and most of it is so overproduced it has become sterile. No heart.
There is no dynamics left in music. Autotune is the norm and production trumps talent.