Much as I like The Who, they managed 1 x UK no.1 album and zero UK no.1 singles. The Stones had 10 x UK no.1 albums and 8 x UK no.1 singles.
Chart success is no guarantee of quality, but if you're going to throw, ahem, stones, then you need to be throwing them from less fragile accommodation than Daltrey inhabits. Some great musicians in the Who, but give me the Stones any day of the week, either in the studio or live.
I have no issues with any of that. Taste is always subjective, just ask Andrew Graham-Dixon.
Much as I like The Who, they managed 1 x UK no.1 album and zero UK no.1 singles. The Stones had 10 x UK no.1 albums and 8 x UK no.1 singles.
Chart success is no guarantee of quality, but if you're going to throw, ahem, stones, then you need to be throwing them from less fragile accommodation than Daltrey inhabits. Some great musicians in the Who, but give me the Stones any day of the week, either in the studio or live.
Not absurd IMHO!...i like The Beatles of course but don't worship at their altar like some...I love the Kinks, always have but that’s an absurd statement.
In my humble opinion of course.
Some say they like them because they feel they should, it happens with a lot of things but I genuinely love the Beatles and listen to them all the time still, having done so for many years. They’re my favourite band by a mile.Not absurd IMHO!...i like The Beatles of course but don't worship at their altar like some...
I rarely listen to them at all...never plonk a Beatles album on the turntable....dunno why?..Kinks /small faces are my go to bands of the era..mind you i'm listening to a lot of beBop jazz as I get older....tastes change..Some say they like them because they feel they should, it happens with a lot of things but I genuinely love the Beatles and listen to them all the time still, having done so for many years. They’re my favourite band by a mile.
I don't worship at their altar either but it is absolutely an absurd statement. You can say you like the Kinks' early sound better but "stand up to" ANYTHING the Beatles did given their titanic and unprecedented influence is stretching things beyond credibility. IMHO.Not absurd IMHO!...i like The Beatles of course but don't worship at their altar like some...
bollocks....IMHO!I don't worship at their altar either but it is absolutely an absurd statement. You can say you like the Kinks' early sound better but "stand up to" ANYTHING the Beatles did given their titanic and unprecedented influence is stretching things beyond credibility. IMHO.
Those whose profession it is to listen to and gauge music quality, or whose job it is to study and trace the history of popular music, would disagree with you to a person. Every last one. Personal taste is one thing; historical context another. Semantics matter. You didn't say "The Beatles are rubbish", but if you had, and said it was your HO, I'd say it was also an uninformed HO.bollocks....IMHO!