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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 03 2017 at 10:26
No, Sean. The Stone's never set out to cure world hunger. They're only a rock and roll band, but I like them.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 03 2017 at 10:27
Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

Most overrated band that ever was.
 
Wouldn't that be The Stones??
 


Come on. The Rolling Stones are not my cup of tea, but I can respect them for some accomplishments (now, to say they're still interesting after 50 years... Ermm)
If you want to throw... stones to a band, let's lynch Oasis.

Oh, by the way, two weeks ago, I heard my brother and one of his friends expressing their disdain for the Beach Boys...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 03 2017 at 14:49
For a band that started out as very mediocre musicians they wrote some nice songs.
Probably overrated...but I think the first 5 albums are all  good.....after that I lost interest but there are some nice tracks on the later ones also. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 03 2017 at 14:52
Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

No, Sean. The Stone's never set out to cure world hunger. They're only a rock and roll band, but I like them.



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 03 2017 at 19:31
Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

No, Sean. The Stone's never set out to cure world hunger. They're only a rock and roll band, but I like them.

Same here, particularly the early 60's stuff.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 10 2017 at 05:18
never thought of them as anything other than middle of the road, bloated, bland staduim rock. How on earth The Edge manages to frequently score quite high up in 'greatest guitar player ever' polls is beyond me. Ok he can do that picky strumming thing and hes got a delay pedal...WOW. Their songs may tend sound like big grand, sweeping epics, but they are utterly hollow on the inside

and Bono's politics/personality is irrelevant, musicians can be as arseholey as they want, thats never a factor in if I like a bands music.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 11 2017 at 13:27
Along with The Bealtes and King's X, U2 are in my Top 3 favorite bands of all time. I love everything they've done to different degrees. I get why people get sick of them, but honestly I don't care. I think they're very unique and engaging and daring. They are not afraid to mix it up and change from one album to the next. I love Bono's voice and his presence. Amazing live band as well.
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