Roger Daltrey: Rolling Stones a Mediocre Pub Band

[hilts]

To be fair, I think The Beatles can be both very good and overated.

Both statements can co-exist..........

Prefer the B side to.........

:-)

 

[everythingchangesbutblue]

For me the Stones are better than The Who by some considerable distance. Nowt wrong with The Who though.

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

Both the Stones and the Beatles have a back catalogue of songs that is light years above any other artist in the world. If you were asked to write down 50 songs from each you could easily and probably double that number, and everyone would recognise them. There are few if any other bands/artists that you could come close to that and get the same universal recognition. The Who aren't even in the same conversation.

Beatles you could clearly. You could do 50 easily despite the Beatles being far less prolific than the Stones too. Not so sure about the Stones — 50 is a lot. The Beatles are into and unto themselves.

I’ve always liked The Who (and Led Zep and Floyd and The Beatles) better than the Stones but that doesn’t mean the Stones aren’t more important or influential than all of them except the Beatles.

 

[Saddleworth2]

Beatles you could clearly. You could do 50 easily despite the Beatles being far less prolific than the Stones too. Not so sure about the Stones — 50 is a lot. The Beatles are into and unto themselves.

I’ve always liked The Who (and Led Zep and Floyd and The Beatles) better than the Stones but that doesn’t mean the Stones aren’t more important or influential than all of them except the Beatles.

ok i did 30 from memory. Its not a bad list

1. little red rooster
2. satisfaction
3. brown sugar
4. ruby tuesday
5. street fighting man
6. sympathy for the devil
7. gimme shelter
8. tumbling dice
9. its only rock n roll
10. paint it black
11. the last time
12. angie
13. wild horses
14. ruby tuesday
15. jumpin jack flash
16. not fade away
17. 2000 light years from home
18. lady jane
19. she's a rainbow
20. shine a light
21. silver
22. waiting on a friend
23. have you seen your mother baby
24. let it bleed
25. dead flowers
26. time is on my side
27. happy
28. start me up
29. as tears go by
30. Get off my cloud

 

[OB1]

ok i did 30 from memory. Its not a bad list

1. little red rooster
2. satisfaction
3. brown sugar
4. ruby tuesday
5. street fighting man
6. sympathy for the devil
7. gimme shelter
8. tumbling dice
9. its only rock n roll
10. paint it black
11. the last time
12. angie
13. wild horses
14. ruby tuesday
15. jumpin jack flash
16. not fade away
17. 2000 light years from home
18. lady jane
19. she's a rainbow
20. shine a light
21. silver
22. waiting on a friend
23. have you seen your mother baby
24. let it bleed
25. dead flowers
26. time is on my side
27. happy
28. start me up
29. as tears go by
30. Get off my cloud

I doubt everyone would recognise all of those tracks. I wasn't sure what one of them was until I worked out you'd abbreviated it. I'm dreadful on song titles though these days: I don't pay them much attention anymore.

The Stones produced more output that The Who but I think the latter have plenty of recognisable songs too. Not sure what it proves one way or the other.

As it stands though I do know that I will probably have to choose between the two bands for my Top 15, which is a source of pain and consternation.

 

[urban genie]

ok i did 30 from memory. Its not a bad list

1. little red rooster
2. satisfaction
3. brown sugar
4. ruby tuesday
5. street fighting man
6. sympathy for the devil
7. gimme shelter
8. tumbling dice
9. its only rock n roll
10. paint it black
11. the last time
12. angie
13. wild horses
14. ruby tuesday
15. jumpin jack flash
16. not fade away
17. 2000 light years from home
18. lady jane
19. she's a rainbow
20. shine a light
21. silver
22. waiting on a friend
23. have you seen your mother baby
24. let it bleed
25. dead flowers
26. time is on my side
27. happy
28. start me up
29. as tears go by
30. Get off my cloud

To be honest 15 I would know from name before hearing the rest maybe from hearing but wouldn't know the name of the song.

Also why is ruby tuesday twice.

I probably can recognise for example more pixies, kinks, neil young, abba songs etc by name than stones one, as I was never a big fan of the stones tbf

Also quantity and longevity help them, some bands have 2 Albulms with every song a winner some have 20 and can be hit n miss but tour them for decades.

The stones were a great band and survive through longevity, but as with any band a lot who like them just listen to the hits, while their core fans buy the LPs and know the songs through love and dedication.


Obviously not on the same level but I always love when going to see elbow the confusion of no knowledge of songs they play off asleep from the back, from those who only go to hear One day like this played at the end.

 

[Saddleworth2]

I doubt everyone would recognise all of those tracks. I wasn't sure what one of them was until I worked out you'd abbreviated it. I'm dreadful on song titles though these days: I don't pay them much attention anymore.

The Stones produced more output that The Who but I think the latter have plenty of recognisable songs too. Not sure what it proves one way or the other.

As it stands though I do know that I will probably have to choose between the two bands for my Top 15, which is a source of pain and consternation.

It doesn't prove anything mate other than my memory isn't as good as I thought. 15 for both bands and solo artists is impossible. There are 30 odd that I have left out that would make it on another day. I had two of the three in my list. The Who were one of the bands that didn't make it. Like Tommy and Quadrophenia but not a lot else.

 

[Saddleworth2]

To be honest 15 I would know from name before hearing the rest maybe from hearing but wouldn't know the name of the song.

Also why is ruby tuesday twice.

because I like to check that you read my posts. Well done. Excellent.

So as I was saying about my list of 29 Rolling Stone songs.....

 

[Barcon]

Two songs on that list I don't recognise.
Shine a light and silver.

 

[OB1]

It doesn't prove anything mate other than my memory isn't as good as I thought. 15 for both bands and solo artists is impossible. There are 30 odd that I have left out that would make it on another day. I had two of the three in my list. The Who were one of the bands that didn't make it. Like Tommy and Quadrophenia but not a lot else.

I meant to mention, I was impressed by your memory. not sure if I sat down to list 30 Rolling Stones songs I'd do so well and I think I've got 26 Stones albums on CD (incl. live and compilations and two copies of Goat's Head Soup). Maybe I'll have a go later; although this evening is currently reserved for driving up North so we don't have to make an early start for tomorrow's game.