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No Elvis Beatles Or the
Rolling Stones....
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| Its a fair comment that
the Stones (named after a Muddy Waters song) were the
Anti Christ's to The Beatles and thank god for that.
R&B riffs, dirty blues and Jaggers mock American vocals made them dead certs for success in Uncle Sam
land. They got up everyone's noses and the kids loved
them. Beatles or Stones ? Compare their version of I want
to Be Your Lover complete with Blues slide guitar. Pisses
all over The Beatles. The Beatles were pop. The Stones were
R&B. Early songs showed their influences of Chuck
Berry, Willy Dixon, gospel and country. |
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 The real
(New York) Dolls !
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While the Beatles were
loveable mop tops the Stones looked like Neanderthals and
they played it to the hilt. They portrayed themselves as
vulgar, arrogant and aggressive causing parental and
establishment disapproval with their attitude including
peeing against garage walls and allegedly snacking on
confectionary from the hairy cup. 'Satisfaction' their
theme toon railed against advertising while hinting at
unrequited sex and the nihilism of youth. The authorities
hated them. Punks with money, women and prestige.. Their
contribution to punk has never been truly acknowledged
probably because of what they became. From the nihilism
of Paint It Black thru the garage punk of
Be Your Lover,
Satisfaction and
Jumping Jack
Flash. Where would the
Dolls have been without Richards hairstyle and jaggers
lips and unusual dress sense ??? The link between The
Blues, Rock'nRoll and garage. |
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We can even laugh at
their ludicrous attempts to mimic the Beatles with their
dreadful Satanic Majesties Request album. But all power
to
them they came back with Let It Bleed
and Beggars Banquet ( the original cover was going
to be a manky graffitied urinal !!!)... two near perfect
albums and as spiky as ever. Like the Beatles reality
intervened at Altamont when instead of being Lucifer,
Jagger and his cohorts were just jumped up rock stars out
of their depth in the reality of a death.
Unfortunately that was it.. as
America drugs and money beckoned they progressed to become a drug
addled super group going thru the motions and embodying the worst
excesses. But for a golden period they were the bollocks. Now a
corporate monster and freak show to despise. A living waxworks. |
 Punks ?
Lucifer ??.... More like coco the clown !!!!
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