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Gazza
Problem with the Stones 'gig' was that even the journalists knew nothing about it until it had already started.
The performance was pretty much all but over before enough people had the chance to witness it.
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Baboon Bro
A buncha 40-50 years olds debating "cool".. Now, thats uncool, aint it!
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stonesrule
Really hate these "competition" and "contests". It's a bit like voting for favorite parent...or child.
The Beatles on the roof was extraordinary in that part of London and for those times. It spoke to the entire world.
The Stones, my favorite of the two bands, was a great New York moment.
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sweet neo con
completely orchestrated copycats.
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schillid
Stones on the flatbed by far. That was about as in your face as it could get. One could only see and hear the Beatles if they were on the roof or at a higher elevation. The Stones could be see AND heard by a much larger audience.
Both acts were gimmicks to sell LP's (and tickets for the RS' tour) however, that flat bed stunt was right out of a Circus (Hum, Rock n Roll Circus?) and worked!
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schillid
Stones on the flatbed by far. That was about as in your face as it could get. One could only see and hear the Beatles if they were on the roof or at a higher elevation. The Stones could be see AND heard by a much larger audience.
Both acts were gimmicks to sell LP's (and tickets for the RS' tour) however, that flat bed stunt was right out of a Circus (Hum, Rock n Roll Circus?) and worked!
The Beatles didnt really have anything to promote. They were recording the aborted 'Get Back' album, and had tentative plans for a TV special, which came to nothing so they did the rooftop gig instead. The film and album that it ended up being released on didnt come out for another 15 months.
I think it was Charlie who came up with the flatbed truck idea for the Stones', based on something that jazz bands used to do years before.
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shortfatfanny
by Ronnie Wood
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Deltics
Of course, John Lennon would claim he got there first:
The Quarrymen June 22 1957 (on a flatbed truck)
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Glam Descendant
Jefferson Airplane did a rooftop concert the year before the Beatless: