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Old 02-28-2011, 02:16 PM   #319 (permalink)
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Keith Richards will always be cooler than Pete Townshend - that's an unarguable scientific fact.
No he isn't; no it isn't.

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Plus Keith Richards was more knowledgeable on actually playing blues guitar than Pete.
That's as may be, but who cares about blues.

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Charlie Watts is a much more talented hands down, he's a much more versatile drummer than Loony Moony ever was.
Talented in that he stuck to what he did best - pure timekeeping - yes, but who needs timekeeping when you can get the rolls from "I can see for miles" or "Bargain"?

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Nothing wrong paying homage to Blues and R&B artist that were influences - the Stone paved the way for Blues-Rock of the 60's and 70's.
Yeah yeah, blues blah blah blah authencity heritage whateverage. I don't want blues, I want originality!

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The Rolling Stones is a better band overall than The Who. The Beatles had popularity The Rolling Stones had talent and The Who were loud - loud doesn't mean talented.
I don't deny the Stones their talent, but Beatles and Who simply had more vision and progressivity in their respective talent.

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yes if we have to compare
That's first of all from the movie, second of all performed by Elton John, third of all a Who original, fourth of all not a solo performance. indeed.
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