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All long and poodlehaired posers from the 80's onwards simply don't count.
Auch my friend, if you look at the Stones from the 8-tees and onwards they looked and often sounded like poodlehaired posers. It's a matter of taste who counts or not.
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MisterDDDD
I could show up at a Bruce Springsteen concert and they could switch most of the members and I'd have no clue that they did or care really.
That's the measure.. would people pay the same and fill the stadiums if it were Bruce and The F Street Band? Yes.
The band isn't the draw. At all. He could put any backing band behind him. He's a solo act essentially.
Like Buddy Holly and The Crickets or Jimi Hendrix, or Big Brother or Silver Bullet or ... Once you highlight the "star", you're a solo act.
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MisterDDDD
I could show up at a Bruce Springsteen concert and they could switch most of the members and I'd have no clue that they did or care really.
That's the measure.. would people pay the same and fill the stadiums if it were Bruce and The F Street Band? Yes.
The band isn't the draw. At all. He could put any backing band behind him. He's a solo act essentially.
Like Buddy Holly and The Crickets or Jimi Hendrix, or Big Brother or Silver Bullet or ... Once you highlight the "star", you're a solo act.
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All long and poodlehaired posers from the 80's onwards simply don't count.
Auch my friend, if you look at the Stones from the 8-tees and onwards they looked and often sounded like poodlehaired posers. It's a matter of taste who counts or not.
I think you're onto something... maybe that's the reason why the Stones from the 80's and onwards don't really count?
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MisterDDDD
I could show up at a Bruce Springsteen concert and they could switch most of the members and I'd have no clue that they did or care really.
That's the measure.. would people pay the same and fill the stadiums if it were Bruce and The F Street Band? Yes.
The band isn't the draw. At all. He could put any backing band behind him. He's a solo act essentially.
Like Buddy Holly and The Crickets or Jimi Hendrix, or Big Brother or Silver Bullet or ... Once you highlight the "star", you're a solo act.
Maybe today.
But without the contributions of Clarence and the keyboardists and guitarists Springsteen would not have achieved that status.
Springsteen set up his band the way he did for sustainability reasons. He wanted it to be clear who was in charge because so many good bands broke up in power struggles. Whether it was luck or skill or leadership he got the bandmates to buy in.
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All long and poodlehaired posers from the 80's onwards simply don't count.
Auch my friend, if you look at the Stones from the 8-tees and onwards they looked and often sounded like poodlehaired posers. It's a matter of taste who counts or not.
I think you're onto something... maybe that's the reason why the Stones from the 80's and onwards don't really count?
I edited my post on the previous page. Of course they count, but the 8-tees were quite refreshing with American bands like Van Halen, Metallica , G&R and TOTO. It's quite smug to state that bands from the 8-tees don't count.
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I’m not great at ranking anything, but I suppose the Beach Boys must be near the top of the list.
If the Jimi Hendrix Experience is allowed with two Brits, then that would be in the conversation obviously.
As two of the members are British and they formed in London, I would argue, correctly, that they were not an American band. They’re a London band, that counted an American as a member.
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MadMax
Mostly canadians but Levon makes 'em american;
THE BAND
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All long and poodlehaired posers from the 80's onwards simply don't count.
Auch my friend, if you look at the Stones from the 8-tees and onwards they looked and often sounded like poodlehaired posers. It's a matter of taste who counts or not.
I think you're onto something... maybe that's the reason why the Stones from the 80's and onwards don't really count?
I edited my post on the previous page. Of course they count, but the 8-tees were quite refreshing with American bands like Van Halen, Metallica , G&R and TOTO. It's quite smug to state that bands from the 8-tees don't count.
I think he meant the poodle rock bands, not the bands you mentioned. Try Poison, Bon Jovi and Cinderella instead