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dbratman
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response 25 of 44:
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Jul 30 17:15 UTC 2003 |
I bought "Forty Licks", at a clearance sale of an obscure CD store that
was going out of business.
And having listened to these greatest hits of the Rolling Stones
several times with great care (as opposed to, say, hearing a song as
background music at some party or on a radio station in some store,
which is my usual low-fi way of encountering rock), I can now say with
complete confidence that I am not a Stones fan. At all. Period.
There's not a single song here that spurs any appreciative feelings in
me whatever.
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krj
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response 26 of 44:
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Jul 30 17:30 UTC 2003 |
Having been a friend of David's for over 20 years, this does not surprise
me in the least. :)
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jaklumen
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response 27 of 44:
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Jul 31 02:57 UTC 2003 |
*chuckle* I don't much like a lot of Stone songs save "Satisfaction"
and "Under My Thumb," the latter which is really my fave. Just struck
a chord with me and who knew a xylophone could sound cool in a rock
song?
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happyboy
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response 28 of 44:
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Jul 31 08:16 UTC 2003 |
captain beefheart
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jules
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response 29 of 44:
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Aug 5 23:55 UTC 2003 |
the best stones = we love you, 10,000 light years from home..i hadnt heard
such great music. i discovered this stuff only 3 years ago. amazing stones.
i really dont care for much of the "radio' stones.
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otaking
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response 30 of 44:
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Aug 10 20:55 UTC 2003 |
I just bought the 2-CD Led Zepplin greates hits album (I forget the name,
since it's at work right now). Really good stuff. I'm surprised that I
haven't heard most of this sooner. Heck, I never even heard Stairway to Heaven
until 3 years ago.
BTW, Best Buy is selling both CDs for $15. Much better than the $16 each at
other stores.
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orinoco
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response 31 of 44:
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Aug 11 03:37 UTC 2003 |
Wow. I wish I'd been able to avoid Stairway to Heaven for that long. I mean,
it's a good song and all, but still...
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dbratman
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response 32 of 44:
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Aug 21 05:52 UTC 2003 |
I think I heard "Stairway to Heaven" once, but I'm quite sure I'd have
to be told what it was if I heard it again.
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jules
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response 33 of 44:
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Aug 23 02:28 UTC 2003 |
no way.
i do not believe you.
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dbratman
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response 34 of 44:
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Aug 31 05:53 UTC 2003 |
Jules, why would I lie? It wasn't that instantly memorable a song.
The tune never struck me when people have tried to croon "Stairway to
Gilligan's Island" at me, either.
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jaklumen
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response 35 of 44:
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Aug 31 22:18 UTC 2003 |
Hey, I liked that parody.
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gelinas
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response 36 of 44:
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Dec 5 10:40 UTC 2003 |
"Mother's Little Helper" was by the Stones? Never knew that. Cool.
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eeyore
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response 37 of 44:
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Feb 15 02:25 UTC 2004 |
There is little by the Stones that I like. "Mother's Little Helper" is one
major exception.
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mcnally
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response 38 of 44:
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Feb 15 04:54 UTC 2004 |
It's hard to imagine, given how wide a range of music the Stones recorded,
that that would be the only song to suit your tastes. On the other hand,
it's not much of a stretch to think that maybe you haven't heard much on
the radio to suit your fancy since only a small portion of their catalog
ever gets airplay.
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eeyore
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response 39 of 44:
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Feb 15 14:27 UTC 2004 |
And since there is little I have liked on the air, why would I go searching
it out. And I never said it was the *only* song I liked. :)
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mcnally
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response 40 of 44:
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Feb 15 21:19 UTC 2004 |
> And since there is little I have liked on the air, why would I go
> searching it out.
If you generalize the scope of that question to include all music,
not just the Stones, would you arrive at the same answer?
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krj
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response 41 of 44:
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Feb 15 22:14 UTC 2004 |
No, but somewhere sanity requires that you start excluding whole
areas of music from your life, and sometimes one is going to make
those judgements on flimsy evidence. I've got hours and hours of
recordings demanding my attention, stuff I think there's a good chance
I would like; so if there's music I have any reason at all to think
that I *won't* like, I'm probably going to zone it out of my
mental space.
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dbratman
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response 42 of 44:
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Feb 25 07:21 UTC 2004 |
The "wide variety" of music that the Stones recorded doesn't seem all
that wide to me, not when compared to the wide variety of all music.
So if I hear some Stones and don't like it, I'm more sure that I won't
like the rest than I am of most music. And other music has randomly
produced things that struck me as wonderful. That's never happened to
me for a Stones song, and - as I mentioned before - I went through the
whole of "40 Licks" in a failed attempt to figure out what people see
in this band. That was dedication in a hopeless cause, man. Almost as
bad as the time I listened to Jeff Smith's tape tape of his favorite
Rod Stewart songs four times, with utter and increasing revulsion each
time. But by gum I was going to give this fellow a fair try.
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orinoco
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response 43 of 44:
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Feb 25 14:30 UTC 2004 |
> The "wide variety" of music that the Stones recorded doesn't seem all
> that wide to me, not when compared to the wide variety of all music.
No, of course not. But compared to the output of your average band, it is
pretty wide. Most bands you really can write off after hearing a bad
song or two on the radio. Even if you wind up hating the Stones, it takes
more than a song or two to prove it.
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dbratman
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response 44 of 44:
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Feb 27 00:34 UTC 2004 |
Sure. Even if the Stones are a bad band, they're not THAT kind of a
bad band.
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