The Rolling Stones (blues, house, rock, ballad, guitarist)

neardeathexperience · 02-12-2013, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by TheBig3

Any time we ever get to talk about them we're usually just defending them against Beatlemania attacks, but for what is arguably the greatest rock band ever they deserve their own thread.

Aside from the countless famous jams they have, I sometimes stumble onto some amazing stuff that is never recognized as much as it should be.

What made me create this thread in particular? "Sweet Virginia" off of Exile on Main St., which I picked up after a brief visit to one of New England's world famous burger slop-houses. Some drunks harassed me into playing the song, and I don't know how you can't love this song. It just sounds like hanging out having a good time. Sloppy, Bluessy and groove-filled, its the stones at their best, and its easy to see the human side of these guys. No introspection, so virtuosity, just a jam that will not quit.

Personally I believe the Rolling Stones to be the second most recognized band behind the Beatles. I mean it's all image. The Beatles were promoted as a cute well behaved band and the Stones were presented as the band you should not let your Daughters listen to. In the end though both bands are the most talked about most written about bands of all time.

Necromancer · 04-03-2013, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by neardeathexperience

Personally I believe the Rolling Stones to be the second most recognized band behind the Beatles. I mean it's all image. The Beatles were promoted as a cute well behaved band and the Stones were presented as the band you should not let your Daughters listen to. In the end though both bands are the most talked about most written about bands of all time.

I agree with most of what you said

except, I put the Stones before the Beatles. And maybe the Who as well.

I've replied to so many different threads concerning the Stones, theres not much left unsaid.

They made it through the 70s Disco era with flying colors. Not many (Blues/Rock) bands, originally from the 60s can say they did the same themselves. If any at all.

Neapolitan · 04-03-2013, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by neardeathexperience

Personally I believe the Rolling Stones to be the second most recognized band behind the Beatles. I mean it's all image. The Beatles were promoted as a cute well behaved band and the Stones were presented as the band you should not let your Daughters listen to. In the end though both bands are the most talked about most written about bands of all time.

Maybe that's true in Rock and Roll circles, but in Pop circles The Beatles, Jacko, Madge and ABBA are probably the most written about and talked about Pop artists. And what does the UK have to offer before & after The Beatles... Cliff Richard, and Westlife? They might be an endearing phenomenon to the British peoples but honestly who has heard of them outside England? But see that what makes The Beatles so special is that have been heard outside of England. and they're not just a Pop band but a band that have both feet in the Pop and Rock world and they are heard outside their country of origin and are talked about 50 years after the fact. That is an amazing feet for a band to do.