O/T The Rolling Stones

[phild]

Keith Richards once called the Sergeant Pepper album 'a mish mash of rubbish'. But I've never got the Stones. In fact I would go as far as to say their music was sh1te. It's probably just me, Honky Tonk women ffs.

[mickd1961]

Ruby Tuesday and Paint It Black from the early days and Miss You from 40 years ago are faves of mine but I’ve never been a fan in general.

You have to give them credit for longevity though.

[kettering_baggie]

I have always been a big fan of the Stones, Keith Richards is an iconic guitarist, certainly not a great virtuoso but his contribution to rock music is immense; so many classic riffs from ‘Keef’! I agree with him to a large extent regarding Sgt. Pepper, I never thought much of it and some of it, to my mind, is rubbish. The early Beatles stuff was good and innovative but they lost me when they started the psychedelic material. I think that John Lennon was a bit of a con man, how he managed to pass of some of his later output as music, especially that with Yoko, is baffling! People would buy it just because it was John Lennon, much like some people would buy a claret and blue football shirt if it has an Albion badge on it!

[Leicesterbaggie]

Kettering, you are spot on. I've always been a huge Beatles fan but as you say their early stuff was the best. Why everybody raved over Sgt. Pepper I don't know, the previous albums were far superior. I realise that it's all a matter of taste but I'm fully with you on this. As for the Rolling Stones, they made some great rock numbers, 'Brown Sugar' being my all time favourite. I also enjoyed their two first
R&B albums.

[Albionic68]

.....The early Beatles stuff was good and innovative but they lost me when they started the psychedelic material. I think that John Lennon was a bit of a con man, how he managed to pass of some of his later output as music, especially that with Yoko, is baffling!........

By psychedelic material I imagine you're referring to when they were off their faces on LSD and everything else they could get.

I've read that as well as being talented John Lennon was rumoured to be an arrogant nasty piece of work back in the day (I've no idea whether he was or not).

As for Yoko Ono I've heard some of her solo stuff. She sounded like she was being skinned alive. Yoko Oh No would have been much more apt a moniker 😊 .

[Q165]

As a thir**** year old youth they had a significant influence upon me. It was called R&B and I loved the sound. They were my heroes. Of course I had no idea that this original sound to me comprised covers. I had no idea what a cover was. I managed to get their first two LP’s and EP’s. It was only when they inevitably started writing their own material that my hero worship waned. Of course it was not all bad from then on with the album Let It Bleed being a classic. But in the main they belonged to my past.

Two of my favorites from those times are a Chuck Berry cover and a fantastic song that I eas later amazed to find out was written before I was born.

https://youtu.be/J7VX-8w9Mas

[Q165]

And

https://youtu.be/Q131ZJ6YkG0

That is proper R&B

[phild]

With all the conspiracy theories around It got me wondering if anybody had noticed Paul McCartneys bare foot on Abbey Road?

[Leicesterbaggie]

With all the conspiracy theories around It got me wondering if anybody had noticed Paul McCartneys bare foot on Abbey Road?

Well, if Paul McCartney did die, his replacement is a b loody good likeness!!

[holmleighchris]

He has a bear foot and a bare foot.