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This is not surprising. And has been stated, record sales do not reflect on quality of music. The Beatles just have a broader appeal than The Stones or Zep. Not saying The Beatles are better, they just have a much wider demographic, where Zeppelin and The Stones mainly appeal to Rock and Roll fans.
Your completely right that record sales has nothing to do with quality, except for the BEATLES.
Well, I didn't mean to say The Beatles didn't make quality music, I just mean that higher record sales can't really be used as a measuring stick. They all made fantastic music, but the reason The Beatles are the giants they are, and outsold these other bands, is more a testament to their wide appeal.
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Beatles and POP
God I hate this argument. Of course the Beatles are mainly a pop band. The great majority of things they did were pop tunes. Finding a few examples of rock songs doesn]'t change the fact thatn they are mainly a pop band. How many times do people have to try and deny it. Its very very annoying.
If Mles Davis did a few rock songs you could still safety call him a jazz musician because thats what he mainly did. Simple enough.
Both the Rolling Stones and Beatles classified themselves on many occasions as Pop bands. Pop in the sixties meant POPULAR. And they are both Rock and Roll bands. Simple, why does it have to be an argument?
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Simple things for a simple mind. You can see many times in interviews with Mick in the 60's and other rock stars where they refer to themselves as pop stars. In England, pop was a reference to popular music. But again, what's the point of arguing over a label when you are talking more about personal taste and not understanding. As stated in many dictionaries:
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adjective [ attrib. ]
1 of or relating to commercial popular music : a pop star | a pop group.
• of, denoting, or relating to pop art.
As a voracious reader of music literature, again pop is often used to describe all music that had commercial success and wide exposure to large audiences. As a label, there are many sub genres that make up pop.
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All in all it's still a shame the Stones ranked 13th.
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All in all it's still a shame the Stones ranked 13th.
Well, if it's any consolation we will soon be recognized as The Greatest Rock 'N Roll Band Of All Time.
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All in all it's still a shame the Stones ranked 13th.
Well, if it's any consolation we will soon be recognized as The Greatest Rock 'N Roll Band Of All Time.
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All in all it's still a shame the Stones ranked 13th.
Well, if it's any consolation we will soon be recognized as The Greatest Rock 'N Roll Band Of All Time.
I already think that.
I just wan't the World to believe that too.
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All in all it's still a shame the Stones ranked 13th.
Well, if it's any consolation we will soon be recognized as The Greatest Rock 'N Roll Band Of All Time.
plural possesive? what gives stonescrow, are you on the payroll? peace.
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music is not about who is selling most or how much....
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Nor is it just about hiding out in a studio making music. It's also about putting your "ass on the line" in a live environment and delivering the goods. When you can do that for 50 years and do it successfully then you have done something.
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Nor is it just about hiding out in a studio making music. It's also about putting your "ass on the line" in a live environment and delivering the goods. When you can do that for 50 years and do it successfully then you have done something.
Who has done this?
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Yeah, those early Beetels albums, the ones where they're covering R&B and Chuck Berry and all that blistering rock'n'roll shit? SUCKS. Who'd want to listen to some band from England do that shit? Horrible. Bloody awful. Amazing anyone liked it at all.
Uh huh. Yeaaaaahhhhh, the Stones NEVER did anything like that.
What's amazing is that there are those that wouldn't want to experience it all over again. Beatlemania, that is.
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This is not surprising. And has been stated, record sales do not reflect on quality of music. The Beatles just have a broader appeal than The Stones or Zep. Not saying The Beatles are better, they just have a much wider demographic, where Zeppelin and The Stones mainly appeal to Rock and Roll fans.
Your completely right that record sales has nothing to do with quality, except for the BEATLES.
Well, I didn't mean to say The Beatles didn't make quality music, I just mean that higher record sales can't really be used as a measuring stick. They all made fantastic music, but the reason The Beatles are the giants they are, and outsold these other bands, is more a testament to their wide appeal.
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meekscary has come out from hiding. Maybe the family was looking for him after betting on the "done deal" story...? Maybe?
No use Gazza, like trying to use a rock to clean up water. Nothing gets in.
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Nor is it just about hiding out in a studio making music. It's also about putting your "ass on the line" in a live environment and delivering the goods. When you can do that for 50 years and do it successfully then you have done something.
Who has done this?
The Drifters and The Temptations?
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Nor is it just about hiding out in a studio making music. It's also about putting your "ass on the line" in a live environment and delivering the goods. When you can do that for 50 years and do it successfully then you have done something.
Who has done this?
The Drifters and The Temptations?
What about The Beach Boys?
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Nor is it just about hiding out in a studio making music. It's also about putting your "ass on the line" in a live environment and delivering the goods. When you can do that for 50 years and do it successfully then you have done something.
Who has done this?
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Nor is it just about hiding out in a studio making music. It's also about putting your "ass on the line" in a live environment and delivering the goods. When you can do that for 50 years and do it successfully then you have done something.
Who has done this?
The Drifters and The Temptations?
What about The Beach Boys?
Nah..too many splinter versions..although I'll raise you The Blind Boys of Alabama.
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Nor is it just about hiding out in a studio making music. It's also about putting your "ass on the line" in a live environment and delivering the goods. When you can do that for 50 years and do it successfully then you have done something.
Who has done this?
The Drifters and The Temptations?
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Nor is it just about hiding out in a studio making music. It's also about putting your "ass on the line" in a live environment and delivering the goods. When you can do that for 50 years and do it successfully then you have done something.
Who has done this?
The Drifters and The Temptations?
Surely you jest - those latter two have been touring with one or NO original members for a couple of decades now.