The Stones history is more varied and insteresting than U2 and they are more charismatic. I think they may be the new Rolling Stones in solely that they will attract massive audiences for their tours.

I prefer the Stones music but I have to say that U2 are a good band. The Edge may not be a great guitarist to some and Bono can be pompous but you can find fault with any band members.

U2 have some great songs, a great album (Achtung) and they may not be Rock and Roll to some but I like them.

It is similar to compare a Vespa With a Harley. They are far way from the Stones

Maybe to Tommy - deaf, dumb, and blind, remember!

As someone says its not a competition. To me the Stones of the 60's and 70's eclipse anything U2 have done so they will not take over the mantle because the Stones are legends.

Still think U2 are a decent band.

I don't like U2, but I am sure they will keep rock survive The Stones as Coldplay will survive U2. Chain of Life.

The Stones are a league of thier own.

U2 is a great band one must admit.

One thing ya gotta admit fo' sho' is dat where the Stones copied their style and sound from Chuck Berry and other 1950's/60's R&B artists and U2 created a completely original and unique style and sound of their own, like it or not...give 'em props for artistic originality.

Really? I can hear a lot of Brit influences in U2, from T-Rex and especially Bowie...King Crimson styled guitars (Fripp/Edge smiliarities)...

Anyhow. back to the question at hand.

NEVER

The Stones helped create history....setting trends, inspirations, and STLL lay down great slabs of rock/blues/funk/soul/reggae...

U2 are more a one-trick poney...not a lot of depth with the same riffs and style....

Not my cuppa tea.
And Boner is annoying!

NumberOneStonesFan Wrote:
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> One thing ya gotta admit fo' sho' is dat where the
> Stones copied their style and sound from Chuck
> Berry and other 1950's/60's R&B artists and U2
> created a completely original and unique style and
> sound of their own, like it or not...give 'em
> props for artistic originality.

Not true at all. Yes Berry, Muddy Waters etc. were huge influences on the Stones and their very early work shows that. But as the sixties went on the Stones developed their own sound. Do Paint It Black, Ruby Tuesday, Sympathy For The Devil etc. sound like they were copied from Chuck Berry.

Also we know that U2 was a Beatles/Stones cover band in their early years- then they developed their own sound like the Stones did. A rather joyless/drab sound but some like it.

Nobody, never!

Elmo Lewis Wrote:
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> Raoul, why didn't you stop buying them after the
> first one? Slow learner?


Maybe that's why it's taking me so damn long to get my Harvard PhD.

The Sones are far superior! U2 is not a bad band, they made some decent records (i especially like the album "Achtung Baby"), but also some pathetic, boring stuff! Their last album for example, apart from Vertigo, really sucks!

Thanks for a having a sense of humor, Raoul, keep rockin'.

We have had silly posts like this before.U2 are a pop band with occasional decent songs.Their singer is a bloated embarassment who pretends to be a politician.What else is there to say?

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Their singer is a bloated embarassment who pretends to be a
> politician.

it is true that he is looking quite porky these days.
The hair is thinning too.
The sunglasses/indoors look, still doesn't work for him, either.

worst thread in ages. It should be retitled "No Insecurity".

>But when the Stones are finished. who will earn the crown as the greatest rock and roll band in the world? <

Who is 'The King of Rock'n'Roll? As far as I know it's still Elvis Presley,
and he has been dead the latest 29 years, so I guess that the answer is:

No band will earn the crown as the greatest rock and roll band in the world except for the Stones.

U2 is the greatest synth-pop-band in the world.

2 1 2 0

U2 is not synth-pop. Jesus!

The Stones are the Stones, U2 is U2. period.

While the Stones out-gross U2 in Concert, U2 have had important albums in the last 25 years. And live, they have one auxhilary musician - a keyboard/tech. Not 14 others (one with a guitar which horrifies me).

They're a generation apart.

You can bash U2 all you want, but chronologially they have much further to go and barring prematur death will be around longer than the Stones.

U2 is at the age now that the Stones were on their Steel Wheels tour. Difference is, they're still puttling out BIG albums.

I prefer the Stones to U2 any day. But come on, this shouldn't be a fan-boy pissing contest! Facts are facts.

I think it is possible to know that the Stones are the greatest band ever and are irreplaceable without insulting U2. lthough U2 sells a lot and plays to huge crowds IMO they are not comparable to the Stones. They just are a different thing. Just l;ike Madonna is something different. The main thing that U2 doesn't have is sex. Sure littler girls like Bono but that is not his "thing".

"...no longer shall you trudge 'cross my peaceful mind."

James "Buster" Douglas has delivered the knockout punch in this absurd thread, and Chelsea has applied the ten-count!



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Is Bono the man in a purple dress that Pete Townshend wrote about?

Now, nobody can envision U2 singing Brown Sugar, Honky Tonk women, Miss You etc...that's not what the subject is about... it's merealy about that U2 is the most significant band left with longetivity and impact once the Stones are done.
Definitely different styles, but U2 has their niche.

NumberOneStonesFan Wrote:
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> Is Bono the man in a purple dress that Pete
> Townshend wrote about?

No..the Archbishop of Canterbury

Stones are black music and U2 is white music. The choice is yours.

x



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Gazza Wrote:
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> James "Buster" Douglas has delivered the knockout
> punch in this absurd thread, and Chelsea has
> applied the ten-count!


i could watch a replay of that fight over & over & over.....Douglas fought like Ali that night

Just an anecdote on a former Archbishop of Canterbury. Famous writer Roald Dahl was shocked when he watched the coronation of Queen Elizabeth with that Archbishop putting the crown on her head. He had been Dahl's headmaster at some private school and used to beat the shit out of the boys with his belt...
I guess Bono is a Catholic so his job wouldn't be to crown Chas McWales. But wouldn't it be a good idea if they vote him Mayor of Vatican City?

Certainly.............and KennyG is the new John Coltrane

Leonard Keringer Wrote:
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> Gazza Wrote:
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> > James "Buster" Douglas has delivered the
> knockout
> > punch in this absurd thread, and Chelsea has
> > applied the ten-count!
>
>
> i could watch a replay of that
> fight over & over & over.....Douglas fought like
> Ali that night



Unfortunately for him, after it he ate like Butterbean

Gazza Wrote:
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> Leonard Keringer Wrote:
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> > Gazza Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > James "Buster" Douglas has delivered the
> > knockout
> > > punch in this absurd thread, and Chelsea has
> > > applied the ten-count!
> >
> >
> > i could watch a replay of that
> > fight over & over & over.....Douglas fought
> like
> > Ali that night
>
>
>
> Unfortunately for him, after it he ate like
> Butterbean


lol.......yeah....ol Buster's star shined bright and SHORT.....still a treat to see him have the invincible Tyson on the ground with his mouthpiece on the floor..........p.s. ever seen that silly film Jackass?....where one of those fools had a fight (lasted bout 2 seconds) with butterbean....ouch