The Rolling Stones

Been listening to them ever since my mom first drove me to the supermarket when I was 5 years old. Been with me ever since.

HolyMoly wrote: Saperlipopette! wrote: I love them in the 60's, hate them from Sticky Fingers and onwords. I simply couldn't believe my ears the first time I actually heard the legendary Exile on Main Street. Bluesy country rock... same half assed and sloppy tune over and over something like 20 times. Not even punkrock is as dull as that. Pretty much this. To understand how great they were in the 60s, get the 3 disc "London Years" box set, compiling all of their singles, b-sides, and stray tracks from the beginning through Sticky Fingers.  It is beyond cool.  The coolest stuff came during the "pop" and "psych" years, represented by "Between the Buttons" , "Aftermath", and "Satanic Majesties".  Just real interesting stuff. Still not as great as the Kinks or the Beatles, but hey.  Probably better than the Who, which is still saying a lot. But when they decided to be an American roots rock band, I cry foul.  It pains me that so many people are suckered in by that "authentic" sound.  Throw a little twang in it and suddenly everyone remembers their youth back on the farm. Give me a break.  Of course, they'd assimilated American roots sounds since the early days (that's what the blues is), but it just seemed more, I dunno, "hardcore" then, for lack of a better word.  RIP Brian Jones.

^ Kind of mixed about that opinion. I'm quite fond of the band's 1968 - 1972 out, but not because of the whole roots rock thing the critics fall head over heals over. I like them because they're well written. So yeah, I never understood that mentality that American Roots Rock is more "authentic" .

I respect them too and love some songs. Want it or not, they are one of the greatest rock bands ever. And back then, in the early 60s, they were revolutionary. Like someone said: "The Beatles want to hold your hand, but the Stones want to burn down your town."

zappaholic wrote: I've never been much into the Stones - although I do like a few individual songs of theirs ("Sympathy For the Devil", "You Can't Always Get What You Want", "Paint It, Black"), I've never felt the need to own a Stones album.  You ever notice that about half their stuff sounds like they just made it up on the spot?  I'm looking at you, "Shattered".....

Pretty much sums up my opinion of them - I do own a couple of albums; Sticky Fingers is a rock classic IMHO, Exile On Mainstreet's pretty good & their (fairly) recent(ish) live one 'Stripped' is worth a listen too...

Sticky fingers, though, is worth is just for Billy Preston's Hammond solo on 'I Got The Blues'

Satanic Majesties  !!!  The only one I still own. Stuffed with inventive arrangements, stacks of mellotrons and other interesting keyboards and an all 'round Psych classic - brilliant psych artwork to boot.  I've owned many albums (from High Tide, Green Grass to the 80's album with Harlem Shuffle) and found they have some decent cuts on most of them.  'Goats Head Soup' had some great things on it, 'It's Only Rock and Roll' too (Fingerprint File).  Tattoo You has a great song with 'Heaven'. The Stones can come up with some good material for sure.

^My head just exploded.

Can't believe we're even discussing the merits of the Stones....they ARE rock 'n roll.  Everything from their first album right up to Tattoo You , from the early 60s to the early 80s, is groovy....are there any other rock acts that have sustained like the Stones?  

Edited by Intruder - October 07 2012 at 07:56

Intruder wrote: Can't believe we're even discussing the merits of the Stones....they ARE rock 'n roll.  Everything from their first album right up to Tattoo You , from the early 60s to the early 80s, is groovy....are there any other rock acts that have sustained like the Stones?