The town where I was born gave the world,

Lisa Stansfield,
Gracie Fields,
Anna Friel,
Jimmy Cricket,
Bill Oddie.

I almost forgot, that loathsome dosser Lizzie Bardow from wifeswap.

The town I live in now gave the world,

Sweet FA.

[Edited on Mar 01, 2006 by ThePsychicBunny]

Jah

I'm lost

August 2005

FEB 28, 2006 11:47 PM

Eliska

artoria

Vancouver, BC

September 2005

FEB 28, 2006 11:57 PM

my home town gave the world nickelback and default....my hometown sucks

loveishell79

New Orleans, LA

February 2006

MAR 01, 2006 12:09 AM

Bourbon Street......Fats Domino......Pralines......Hurricanes.....Dr.John......The Neville Brothers......Harry Connick Jr......Tipitina's......and on, and on, and on......

Strfry

Cleveland, OH

September 2002

MAR 01, 2006 10:47 PM

i don't know how i forgot this one:

Derek Hess

RigorMortis

Portland, OR

September 2004

MAR 01, 2006 10:57 PM

White trash.
Meth.
Not a single 24 hour restaurant.

...yup. That's it.

rosehips

Minneapolis, MN

February 2005

MAR 05, 2006 05:48 PM

Stirfry said:

rosehips said:

Stirfry said:
the term "Rock & Roll"

i win.

As used to describe music or it's original slang meaning? Because I don't think anyone can trace the original use back to one region. And if they can I would love to hear the story.

it's a pretty well known story...

Alan Freed first used the term on a radio broadcast from Cleveland Ohio.
also, the first recognized "rock" concert (which was canceled due to the gates being crached) was the first Moondog (Freeds DJ Name) Corination Ball. which at the time was all black bands. the "all black" bands were sounding "different" than traditional R & B and freed started refering to them a "rock & roll", and i doing so started to attract an additional "white" crowd that would otherwise not come to an "r&b" show, as well. even though it was basicly R&B anyhow. much the same way that Rick Rubin added guitars to Run DMC, LL Cool J, abd others, not "creating" rap, but clearly bringing it to the "masses"

the term was first uttered in Cleveland. the first "rock" concert was in Cleveland. there was no "rock" before then, hence it was "born" here. this is not my opinion. it is a WIDELY accepted fact.

http://www.alanfreed.com/

just Google "Rock & Roll", this is far from a great mystery. trust me.
why do you think the Rock Hall is here and not New York? because we are the fucking undisputed Rock & Roll Capitol of the World! ... biotch!

[Edited on Feb 22, 2006 by Stirfry]

So you do mean as used to describe the music. Because the term rock & roll was used as a euphemism for sex in blues music long before Freed coined its use to describe the music. And I don't think anyone knows where the term really came form. That's the story I was asking for...

[Edited on Mar 05, 2006 by rosehips]

ureshii

Madison, WI

December 2005

MAR 05, 2006 05:52 PM

my home town has given the world:

Glass
scales
katie holmes
jamie farr
and a boat

oh and a disaster that gordon lightfoot sang about

[Edited on Mar 05, 2006 by lovecreep]

obeypabst

Ypsilanti, MI

June 2004

MAR 15, 2006 10:14 PM

Um, Katie Holmes was born and raised in Toledo, Ohio. No offense. My old roommate went to school with her at the Notre Damn Academy. They were nicknamed the Notre Dame Dykes and the other catholic school was the St. Ursala Sluts.

Look it up on Internet Movie Database if you don't believe me.

bearofbears

Denver, CO

January 2006

MAR 15, 2006 10:24 PM

The Fray

Cigarette

Cleveland, OH

April 2004

MAR 15, 2006 10:27 PM

Cleveland gave us the Dead Boys, Pere Ubu, Rocket from the Tombs, Bone Thugs N Harmony, and Eric Carmen.

And nearby Shaker Heights produced Halle Berry and David Wain.

Oh, also: though we did not give the world Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Cleveland was their first foothold. We were their adoptive home in the early years.

[Edited on Mar 16, 2006 by Clov]

Cigarette

Cleveland, OH

April 2004

MAR 15, 2006 10:28 PM

rosehips said:
So you do mean as used to describe the music. Because the term rock & roll was used as a euphemism for sex in blues music long before Freed coined its use to describe the music. And I don't think anyone knows where the term really came form. That's the story I was asking for...

[Edited on Mar 05, 2006 by rosehips]

Yeah, Freed was the one to connect the term to the music.

Cigarette

Cleveland, OH

April 2004

MAR 15, 2006 10:31 PM

lovecreep said:
my home town has given the world:

Glass
scales
katie holmes
jamie farr
and a boat

oh and a disaster that gordon lightfoot sang about

[Edited on Mar 05, 2006 by lovecreep]

You live on the lake they call Gitchee Gumee?

MaiTai

SUICIDEGIRL

Minnesota, USA

MAR 16, 2006 01:55 AM

Lara Flynn Boyle was born in the same city as I was.

As for the place I call home..
PRINCE.
Tammy Faye Bakker, televangelist and preacher
Jessica Biel, actress
Rachel Leigh Cook, actress
Bob Dylan (Born Zimmerman), singer and songwriter
Judy Garland, singer and actress
Josh Hartnett, actor
Craig Kilbourn, TV host and comedian
Mary Tyler Moore, Actress, Producer
The Replacements, rock group
Winona Ryder, actress
Semisonic, rock group
Soul Asylum, rock group
Vince Vaughn, actor
Yanni, new age musician... hahaha.

Paul Bunyan, folklore logger, voyageur
Betty Crocker, food brand character
Jolly Green Giant, food brand character
Lake Wobegon, figment of imagination
Peanuts, comic strip social engineer
Pillsbury Doughboy, food brand character

Frank Mars, founder of Mars, Inc., creator of Milky Way candy bar
Forrest Mars, Sr., CEO, Mars, Inc., creator of M&M's

general mills, pillsbury, sears, honeywell

Edward Lowe (1920), kitty litter inventor

Mayo Clinic
C. Walton Lillehei, doctor who performed first open heart surgery

Jesse Ventura, former governor

har mar superstar
atmosphere, p.o.s., heiruspecs, brother ali, etc.

.x0.

obeypabst

Ypsilanti, MI

June 2004

MAR 23, 2006 12:44 PM

You forgot to mention yourself there girlie!!!

Cause MaiTai's first set went up today and it was AWESOME!!

Pwndcake

Portland, OR

October 2004

MAR 23, 2006 12:50 PM

I was born in San Francisco, but I don't consider it my hometown since I didn't grow up there. I grew up in and around Irvine, California, and nothing good comes out of there, except Gleaming the Cube. That was awesome.

[Edited on Mar 23, 2006 by Killa_Number]