Comments on: Raised on the Stones

By: Mayor of Melonville

Mayor of Melonville — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 21:18:58 +0000

@Johnny G: you state the Stones came out of a “blues tradition”…how is that? The tradition in England at the time was Lonnie Donegan and skiffle music. And the Stones certainly embraced more musical genres than the addled Beatles. Listen to the Jamaican riffs, attempts at punk, rootsy blues, etc. You’re way off base.

By: admin

admin — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 22:14:45 +0000

With all the recent reissues, I’ve been digging into a lot of the pre-Magical Mystery Tour Beatles. Those songs have that perfect mix of soul and sophistication — thousands of indie bands are still trying to crack that code (and failing miserably, if you ask me). And I agree, the passing of time has not been kind to Sgt. Pepper’s. I never stop and think, boy, I’d love to hear Mr. Kite today!

By: Nik Drake

Nik Drake — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:43:59 +0000

Essentially, I think the stones have aged better (not physically…) because their music came from the blues and feels earthier and more primal than the beatles. They have the groove and the beatles will always be a little bit square. I think i read somewhere that either Bo or Chuck said the stones smply had “it” and the beatles didn’t. However… for my money, the beatle’s albums were way more consistant and they wrote technically better songs. I always liked their early stuff like “twist and shout” when John’s voice is just so raw. their pschadelic stuff puts me off a little as it sounds like toy music like a lot of the who’s and the door’s crappier output…

By: Mary

Mary — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 02:49:42 +0000

Stand your ground, Johnny!

By: admin

admin — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 01:00:01 +0000

Jack, I guess I was hoping there was much more to it than that… I really thought you guys had cracked the code.

By: Johnny G

Johnny G — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:22:38 +0000

The Stones may win the day in one sense because they came out of a blues tradition and as such their music had a more ballsy approach than the early pop of the Beatles. And yea, they have been around longer now. BUT… I can’t think of another rock band in all of rock history that so dramatically changed their style and message, and still remained not only popular but relevant. So, I guess my vote goes to the Boys from Liverpool.

By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:55:34 +0000

Tim,

John Lennon was messing with our minds. He was trying to out Dylan Dylan by passing off nonsense as profundity. The dead dog’s eye line was just one of those gruesome British nursery rhymes. I’m glad we quickly forgot the “true meaning” that we discovered at the kitchen table.

By: Mary

Mary — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:34:53 +0000

To Tim: I am now, and finally, won over by the Stones.
From Mary: a perennial lover of ‘holding hands’ music.

By: admin

admin — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:53:37 +0000

Danny, my theory at the time was that the Stones toured really well in support of the shitty albums, and didn’t have much to give for the great ones. I intend to have our research team validate this as soon as they get back from the Polymer Festival.

By: kevin swan

kevin swan — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 22:47:53 +0000

Beggar’s in ’68, Bleed in ’69, Sticky in ’71, Exile in ’72: you’d be hard-pressed to find any other four-album run to top that, and every one as listenable today as then.

(One minor point: That slide on “Monkey Man” is an uncredited Ry Cooder. I’d bet my Micawber 5-string open-G-tuned Telecaster on it. Ry’s playing is all over Let It Bleed, but they only gave him his due on mandolin on “Love In Vain,” even though that’s HIS slide guitar on that one, too!)