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Like with any genre of music, there are good bands and lousy bands. Isn't Zeppelin a rock band? I can certainly hear the blues influence with them. What about Prog Rock? Jazz is a huge proponent of that style.Quote
71Tele
Rock is boring. It is devoid of all blues, jazz r&b influences. The reason rock bands suck when they try to play Stones songs is that they don't get that the Stones are not "rock". Charlie Watts has never listened to rock music, and his drumming is not polluted by its influences. That says it all.
Agree. I like The Who, for example. But I'm not generally a fan of rock. The larger point is that the Stones are often (wrongly, in my view) compared to "rock" bands when the similarity is only superficial. I might add that the Stones are at their weakest for me when they attempt pure rock music, such as "Out Of Control", "Rock and a Hard Place", etc.
Stones at their weakest, Out Of Control, in the same sentence?
In my opinion Out Of Control is one of the greatest Stones songs ever. I would love to see them do more like it. It is powerful live.
Great. In my opinion it's contrived and wretched.
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GumbootCloggeroo
Like with any genre of music, there are good bands and lousy bands. Isn't Zeppelin a rock band? I can certainly hear the blues influence with them. What about Prog Rock? Jazz is a huge proponent of that style.Quote
71Tele
Rock is boring. It is devoid of all blues, jazz r&b influences. The reason rock bands suck when they try to play Stones songs is that they don't get that the Stones are not "rock". Charlie Watts has never listened to rock music, and his drumming is not polluted by its influences. That says it all.
Agree. I like The Who, for example. But I'm not generally a fan of rock. The larger point is that the Stones are often (wrongly, in my view) compared to "rock" bands when the similarity is only superficial. I might add that the Stones are at their weakest for me when they attempt pure rock music, such as "Out Of Control", "Rock and a Hard Place", etc.
Stones at their weakest, Out Of Control, in the same sentence?
In my opinion Out Of Control is one of the greatest Stones songs ever. I would love to see them do more like it. It is powerful live.
Great. In my opinion it's contrived and wretched.
What do you think of Saint Of Me?
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GumbootCloggeroo
Like with any genre of music, there are good bands and lousy bands. Isn't Zeppelin a rock band? I can certainly hear the blues influence with them. What about Prog Rock? Jazz is a huge proponent of that style.Quote
71Tele
Rock is boring. It is devoid of all blues, jazz r&b influences. The reason rock bands suck when they try to play Stones songs is that they don't get that the Stones are not "rock". Charlie Watts has never listened to rock music, and his drumming is not polluted by its influences. That says it all.
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Stoneage
Rock with no roll = The Rolling Stones warhorses since 1989.

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GumbootCloggeroo
Like with any genre of music, there are good bands and lousy bands. Isn't Zeppelin a rock band? I can certainly hear the blues influence with them. What about Prog Rock? Jazz is a huge proponent of that style.Quote
71Tele
Rock is boring. It is devoid of all blues, jazz r&b influences. The reason rock bands suck when they try to play Stones songs is that they don't get that the Stones are not "rock". Charlie Watts has never listened to rock music, and his drumming is not polluted by its influences. That says it all.
Agree. I like The Who, for example. But I'm not generally a fan of rock. The larger point is that the Stones are often (wrongly, in my view) compared to "rock" bands when the similarity is only superficial. I might add that the Stones are at their weakest for me when they attempt pure rock music, such as "Out Of Control", "Rock and a Hard Place", etc.
Stones at their weakest, Out Of Control, in the same sentence?
In my opinion Out Of Control is one of the greatest Stones songs ever. I would love to see them do more like it. It is powerful live.
Great. In my opinion it's contrived and wretched.
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Stoneage
Rock with no roll = The Rolling Stones warhorses since 1989.
Listen to Little Queenie from the B-stage in 1997 and say that again


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Stoneage
Rock with no roll = The Rolling Stones warhorses since 1989.
Listen to Little Queenie from the B-stage in 1997 and say that again
I wouldn't consider Little Queenie a warhorse, Dandelion P.
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Nimrod
At some point, Charlie started playing the same straight forward beat on 90% of the set. The guitarists became more concerned with posing than playing. The backup singers/players roles became more prevelent and the song arrangements got watered down. Where is this "swing" at?
It's just annoying that Mick can do such a cool, rocking performance with Foo Fighters and people still pop up with the "it doesn't swing like the Stones" or "it rocks but has no roll" crap. If Keith hadn't said that "rock with no roll" stuff, so many of you wouldn't even know what to say or be able to come up with your own original thought. At it's heart, rock music is supposed to be an energy release that sweeps you up with it. Don't try to read too much more into it. If it rocks and it sounds good, then it doesn't have to be anything more than that. And as for "rock with no roll", when I listen to latter day Stones, they may roll...but I don't really hear any rock anymore. And between "rock" and "roll", I'll take the rock, thank you.
I love the Rolling Stones. They're my favorite band. But the blind worship is weird, and the idea that there aren't room for any other bands is stupid.
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Of course I can't define it. But I know that rock'n'roll is usually music that makes me feel like dancing - and Rock isn't. Very much a female take on the whole business.
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Rock with no roll = The Rolling Stones warhorses since 1989.
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GumbootCloggeroo
Like with any genre of music, there are good bands and lousy bands. Isn't Zeppelin a rock band? I can certainly hear the blues influence with them. What about Prog Rock? Jazz is a huge proponent of that style.Quote
71Tele
Rock is boring. It is devoid of all blues, jazz r&b influences. The reason rock bands suck when they try to play Stones songs is that they don't get that the Stones are not "rock". Charlie Watts has never listened to rock music, and his drumming is not polluted by its influences. That says it all.
Agree. I like The Who, for example. But I'm not generally a fan of rock. The larger point is that the Stones are often (wrongly, in my view) compared to "rock" bands when the similarity is only superficial. I might add that the Stones are at their weakest for me when they attempt pure rock music, such as "Out Of Control", "Rock and a Hard Place", etc.
Stones at their weakest, Out Of Control, in the same sentence?
In my opinion Out Of Control is one of the greatest Stones songs ever. I would love to see them do more like it. It is powerful live.
Great. In my opinion it's contrived and wretched.
What do you think of Saint Of Me?
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GumbootCloggeroo
Like with any genre of music, there are good bands and lousy bands. Isn't Zeppelin a rock band? I can certainly hear the blues influence with them. What about Prog Rock? Jazz is a huge proponent of that style.Quote
71Tele
Rock is boring. It is devoid of all blues, jazz r&b influences. The reason rock bands suck when they try to play Stones songs is that they don't get that the Stones are not "rock". Charlie Watts has never listened to rock music, and his drumming is not polluted by its influences. That says it all.
Agree. I like The Who, for example. But I'm not generally a fan of rock. The larger point is that the Stones are often (wrongly, in my view) compared to "rock" bands when the similarity is only superficial. I might add that the Stones are at their weakest for me when they attempt pure rock music, such as "Out Of Control", "Rock and a Hard Place", etc.
Stones at their weakest, Out Of Control, in the same sentence?
In my opinion Out Of Control is one of the greatest Stones songs ever. I would love to see them do more like it. It is powerful live.
Great. In my opinion it's contrived and wretched.
There is a huge difference between the studio take and the live versions of this song, though.
The studio version is indeed contrived and lame. Live, the song cooks!
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Rock music makes me tap my foot, with the roll it makes me move my hips.
) - than it's my music.
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GumbootCloggeroo
Like with any genre of music, there are good bands and lousy bands. Isn't Zeppelin a rock band? I can certainly hear the blues influence with them. What about Prog Rock? Jazz is a huge proponent of that style.Quote
71Tele
Rock is boring. It is devoid of all blues, jazz r&b influences. The reason rock bands suck when they try to play Stones songs is that they don't get that the Stones are not "rock". Charlie Watts has never listened to rock music, and his drumming is not polluted by its influences. That says it all.
Agree. I like The Who, for example. But I'm not generally a fan of rock. The larger point is that the Stones are often (wrongly, in my view) compared to "rock" bands when the similarity is only superficial. I might add that the Stones are at their weakest for me when they attempt pure rock music, such as "Out Of Control", "Rock and a Hard Place", etc.
Stones at their weakest, Out Of Control, in the same sentence?
In my opinion Out Of Control is one of the greatest Stones songs ever. I would love to see them do more like it. It is powerful live.
Great. In my opinion it's contrived and wretched.
What do you think of Saint Of Me?
I don't think of it at all.
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GumbootCloggeroo
Like with any genre of music, there are good bands and lousy bands. Isn't Zeppelin a rock band? I can certainly hear the blues influence with them. What about Prog Rock? Jazz is a huge proponent of that style.Quote
71Tele
Rock is boring. It is devoid of all blues, jazz r&b influences. The reason rock bands suck when they try to play Stones songs is that they don't get that the Stones are not "rock". Charlie Watts has never listened to rock music, and his drumming is not polluted by its influences. That says it all.
Agree. I like The Who, for example. But I'm not generally a fan of rock. The larger point is that the Stones are often (wrongly, in my view) compared to "rock" bands when the similarity is only superficial. I might add that the Stones are at their weakest for me when they attempt pure rock music, such as "Out Of Control", "Rock and a Hard Place", etc.
Stones at their weakest, Out Of Control, in the same sentence?
In my opinion Out Of Control is one of the greatest Stones songs ever. I would love to see them do more like it. It is powerful live.
Great. In my opinion it's contrived and wretched.
What do you think of Saint Of Me?
I don't think of it at all.
Music is just so damn subjective.
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GumbootCloggeroo
Like with any genre of music, there are good bands and lousy bands. Isn't Zeppelin a rock band? I can certainly hear the blues influence with them. What about Prog Rock? Jazz is a huge proponent of that style.Quote
71Tele
Rock is boring. It is devoid of all blues, jazz r&b influences. The reason rock bands suck when they try to play Stones songs is that they don't get that the Stones are not "rock". Charlie Watts has never listened to rock music, and his drumming is not polluted by its influences. That says it all.
Agree. I like The Who, for example. But I'm not generally a fan of rock. The larger point is that the Stones are often (wrongly, in my view) compared to "rock" bands when the similarity is only superficial. I might add that the Stones are at their weakest for me when they attempt pure rock music, such as "Out Of Control", "Rock and a Hard Place", etc.
Stones at their weakest, Out Of Control, in the same sentence?
In my opinion Out Of Control is one of the greatest Stones songs ever. I would love to see them do more like it. It is powerful live.
Great. In my opinion it's contrived and wretched.
What do you think of Saint Of Me?
I don't think of it at all.
Music is just so damn subjective.
Of course it is. My personal opinion of tracks like "Saint Of Me" and "Out Of Control" is that they are pretty good mainstream rock tracks. However, I did not become fans of the Rolling Stones because they were a pretty good rock band, I became a fan because they were special. I don't think these post-Wyman tracks add anything in particular to their legacy. Doesn't mean I hate them, just that they are utterly ordinary rock songs.
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MightyStonesStillRollin50
I view each song as an experience. Either I enjoy the experience or not. Of course, some experiences are more enjoyable than others, and vice versa. I don't trouble myself whether a song "swings", "rocks", or "rolls", etc.. It's how it makes me feel at the moment.

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I view each song as an experience. Either I enjoy the experience or not. Of course, some experiences are more enjoyable than others, and vice versa. I don't trouble myself whether a song "swings", "rocks", or "rolls", etc.. It's how it makes me feel at the moment.