For information about how to use this forum please check out forum help and policies.
My point. People comparing one of the greatest bands ever to a magazine. Sad.Quote
24FPS
' Just wish they would change their name.' - deep purple
So, should the Stones change their name to Rolling To A Stop?
Quote
deeppurple
John Lennon's last interview, in Rolling Stone magazine. A 30 year old reprint. I read this when it first came out. Not trying to start anything, I just feel that RS has become...a corporation. True, they have always been one. A sound business firm. Have to stay with the times. Just wish they would change their name. Rolling Along? Has a nice ring to it.
Quote
skipstoneQuote
Koschi
so what is a good music magazine printed or online in your opinion?
The recent Rolling Stone mags I've bought had Brian Johnson, Malcolm and Angus on the cover and then ones with Mick, Keith and what's is name, Keith and Johnny Depp and then the most recent one of Keith on the cover.
I've always enjoyed Q, actually. And there is Classic Rock:
Quote
FerretQuote
skipstoneQuote
Koschi
so what is a good music magazine printed or online in your opinion?
The recent Rolling Stone mags I've bought had Brian Johnson, Malcolm and Angus on the cover and then ones with Mick, Keith and what's is name, Keith and Johnny Depp and then the most recent one of Keith on the cover.
I've always enjoyed Q, actually. And there is Classic Rock:
Classic Rock is absolutely terrible. It should be called "cheesey rawk shit with no respectability".
Quote
dcba
RS sucks it's true, but Matt Taibbi's articles on the D.C. mafia are priceless...
Yes,that is correct. It is a never before heard complete interview.Quote
treaclefingersQuote
deeppurple
John Lennon's last interview, in Rolling Stone magazine. A 30 year old reprint. I read this when it first came out. Not trying to start anything, I just feel that RS has become...a corporation. True, they have always been one. A sound business firm. Have to stay with the times. Just wish they would change their name. Rolling Along? Has a nice ring to it.
I don't know if this is fact, but I had heard that the original interview was a series of exerpts, and by contrast, the new one is the complete interview.
I believe I heard that on the tv news, but again, don't know that for sure.
Quote
24FPS
For me, ironically, it was an article on the Rolling Stones themselves that degraded the magazine in my eyes. They panned the Some Girls album in '78, and then savaged the summer tour. I think they headlined the '78 Summer Tour as 'Shattered'. It was reported at the time that Jagger was pissed, told Wenner that RS would not have access to the band in the future, and RS magazine backed down and starting speaking kinder about the band. To this day they kind of wear kid gloves when reviewing new Stones albums and often don't put them through the 1-5 stars system they do with most new releases. Although I thought RS''78 criticism of the group was a little over the top, I thought it was worse to back down. There were bad vibes around the band in '78. Keith doesn't even mention the shit performance on SNL. In general they weren't playing as good. RS was just reporting what was going on but they wussied out.
Quote
stanbooth
I have a fairly extensive collection of RS mags from '71 on and believe the quality began to drop off in the late '90's. It's always been an extension of publisher Jann Wenner(exhibit A:see the 5 star review of Goddess in the Doorway) and his modern tastes are suspect at best. For a great example find the story about rock critic Jim Derogatis who was fired by Wenner after criticizing his corporate suck up policies. I still get Rolling Stone but more for sentimental reasons, it's just another anonymous glossy with about as much cultural import as Cat Fancy.(David Fricke is the worst offender, once great reviewer who seems to be confuse Dave Matthews with Traffic) Plus the decline of the traditional music business makes RS irrelevant to all the truly interesting shit happening out there.
You missed the point. RS has become the bible of the left.Quote
dcba
"HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHHAHHAH"
Is that a "subtle" way of yours to express sarcasm? Stop crying (you'll soak you Palin poster). I was talking about what Taibbi wrote about Goldman Sachs...