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Originally Posted by clutnuckle
When has anybody claimed the Stones to be anything more than the exemplification of that kind of 'sloppy' playing? They never 'get claimed' to be more than they actually are (ie. "The Rolling Stones invented world music with those bongo-things in "Sympathy for the Devil"!!!"). I'm not a fan or anything, but all of the credit they get is completely fair. I've rarely seen anybody arbitrarily give the Stones a title they didn't deserve. And they do deserve quite a bit, considering their influence, longevity and whatnot.
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Firstly I'd like to make clear that I think they're great and a lot of their songs definitely has to rank as some of the finest rock ever made. But for a band supposedly that big and praised I feel they are rather limited in scope. I don't care much for their barroom-blues approach prevalent in most of their work.
The objection that they don't claim to be anything more than they are reminds me of a girl during my teens who played in a punk band, and she commented on an article writing off their performance at a nearby gig as non-serious: -
Well, we are not serious so it's hard for us to play serious music.
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Originally Posted by clutnuckle
Don't see how this kind of thing makes them underrated. Especially on this site.
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Ok, I may scratch that. I just feel that Yes are kinda overlooked among certain otherwise artrock-loving people. From people in general it's usually like: -
Yeah, I think I've heard about them. "Owner of a lonely heart", right?
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Originally Posted by clutnuckle
I get you here. I feel sorry for this band; the fundamentalist sect of their fanbase kind of ruin everything.
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Well, I wouldn't have so much problem with their fandom if it was backed up by them playing extraordinary music. For the same reason I could put Pink Floyd on the list as well, since they always seem to be the first choice of aspiring art/prog rockers, but they
were on the other hand true inventors.
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Originally Posted by eric generic
what the hell are you recommending?
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"Big generator"
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Originally Posted by eric generic
I don't listen to radiohead to feel artsy. I listen to radiohead because they are fucking fantastic. and most of their music is quite straightforward, not avant-garde.
do you care to elaborate on why they are overrated?
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I'm not saying that everyone who listens to them are trying to feel artsy, I'm not even saying that
anyone who listens to them are. I just find their fandom to be generally close-minded towards art rock in general. Which is a pity, since so many people therefore miss out on other great bands.
Regarding why I think they're overrated as a band, check out my reply to Clutnuckle above.