The Rolling Stones Discussion Thread

  On 6/20/2012 at 9:16 PM, Mellow U said:

My dad named me for his two favorite Stones.

BRIAN JONES

AND

GRAINGER JAGGER

My younger brother's middle name is "Paul," for similar reasons!

So, going back to the Stones: Their musical performance is no better than you'd hear in an average garage band. The voice is mediocre, the riffs and drumming are pedestrian, the lyrics are just so typical. Is it only because they were the first to perform these cliches, or am I just totally full of shit and missing something important? And if so, what?

  On 6/21/2012 at 11:04 PM, Jimmy McMessageboard said:

  On 6/20/2012 at 9:16 PM, Mellow U said:

My dad named me for his two favorite Stones.

 

BRIAN JONES

AND

GRAINGER JAGGER

HAHAHA. Post of the day right there!

Actually my middle name is Charles...so I figure I lucked out and got named for the two coolest Stones. I really dodged a bullet too...my dad always told me how I was nearly named Eric...and you know which fucking snoozehand that Eric was...

aftermath to goats head is prime time

brian jones was god

basically no jones no stones

but mick taylor was a great fill in

after all was said and done it was stu's band

deal with it

  On 6/22/2012 at 7:50 AM, yikes said:

aftermath to goats head is prime time

brian jones was god

basically no jones no stones

but mick taylor was a great fill in

after all was said and done it was stu's band

deal with it

truth

Never ever listened to a Stones studio album, and wouldn't know what most songs are off. But... Let's Spend The Night Together (which is apparently accepted as one of their worst songs ever), The Last Time, Under My Thumb, Sympathy For The Devil, Jigsaw Puzzle, It's All Over Now, Jumping Jack Flash, Brown Sugar, that is some serious musical mastery.

And shoot me right now, but Undercover (Of The Night) has some shit-hot drumming.

  On 6/22/2012 at 3:28 AM, encey said:

 

So, going back to the Stones: Their musical performance is no better than you'd hear in an average garage band. The voice is mediocre, the riffs and drumming are pedestrian, the lyrics are just so typical. Is it only because they were the first to perform these cliches, or am I just totally full of shit and missing something important? And if so, what?

good post and they've only become cliched because a trillion fucking bands haven't got ideas of their own and copied them.

  On 6/22/2012 at 3:28 AM, encey said:

So, going back to the Stones: Their musical performance is no better than you'd hear in an average garage band. The voice is mediocre, the riffs and drumming are pedestrian, the lyrics are just so typical. Is it only because they were the first to perform these cliches, or am I just totally full of shit and missing something important? And if so, what?

I mean if you're gonna be a hipster then yeah he was copying some blues singer but then who was that blues guy copying and so on?

you're beard shrinks when you insult the stones

  On 6/22/2012 at 7:50 AM, yikes said:

aftermath to goats head is prime time

brian jones was god

basically no jones no stones

 

can't we just see it as two different incarnations of the same band?

What's everyone bitching and moaning about? The RS are obviously fucking awesome. Between the Buttons is so dark and solid.

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Sorry, I know it's my shortcoming here. I'm sure they're a great band. I probably just need to listen to a lot of their stuff until I start liking it. In the meantime, I just can't, like, feel the soul in their performances? I mean, I guess I expect the music to be more raw and unrestrained and energetic or something, and it just always sounds so muted and restrained. Sorry, I know I am going to piss off a lot of people by saying what sounds like an utterly stupid thing. I am well aware of that in advance!