Pittsburgh, Sept 28, The Stones w/ Pearl Jam!
Wonder what those tickets will be??? I saw the Stones in January of 2003 in Pittsburgh floor seats for an ungodly amount of money. I must say, they're pretty good....almost too good....it was more like going to see professional theater than a rock concert. But hey, it's the Stones and I like them dammit!
I think the highlight would have had to been Angie or Jumpin Jack Flash Encore!
Seeing Pearl Jam too on the same bill would be pretty cool though. I hope their new album gets back to rocking.
Justin
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Imgrimm01
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They call the the stones the greatest rock & roll band of all time... I call them the MOST over rated band of all time, I don't get the hype and 6 month guitar student could play their tunes my 13 year old daughter don't play guitar and when she picks up mine she can twang out satisfaction, It's 3 chord monotonous drivell. Hey that's my opinion
I'm glad I didn't have to fight in a war, I'm glad I didn't get killed or kill somebody, I hope my kids enjoy the same lack of manhood
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My lord, I thought I was the only one who thought this way!!Imgrimm01 wrote:They call the the stones the greatest rock & roll band of all time... I call them the MOST over rated band of all time, I don't get the hype and 6 month guitar student could play their tunes my 13 year old daughter don't play guitar and when she picks up mine she can twang out satisfaction, It's 3 chord monotonous drivell. Hey that's my opinion
I never understood the hype either.
But, then again, we all have different tastes when it comes to music.
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That's cool man...
Personally, I look at the Stones as well as other of the earliest rock bands...The Beatles, Buddy Holly, Sabbath ect.
They're like an old Muscle Car or Old Jeep. It's part of the roots man. Sure, you can take it back even further, but for comparisons sake, we'll start there. A modern Jeep TJ Rubicon decked out with aftermarket gear will outperform a MB military Jeep. Yet every jeep owner that goes down the road respects and looks on when you see an old MB cruising. It started it all.
The new Ford Cobra or a Lamborgini handles better and will smoke an old 426 Hemi Cuda. Still, when you see that lime green and black hood. It just screams American Muscle.
Let's Face it...the Beatles revolutionized pop music and the catchy hooks and insane harmonies still exist today. They were great songwriters as well, but nothing fancy. Today the songwriters are behind the scenes, and the progressions are still fantastic underneath the quantitized midi sounds. The harmonies still exist, and the boy band image is still out there. And of course there are still the catchy hooks.
Black Sabbath brought to the table shock rock and dark music. The Evolution to Metallica, Alice Cooper, Marylin Manson, Slipnot, BLS, ect.
I'm not a big follower of modern metal, but I know that even listening to Pumpkin head's or the Grimm's mp3's that there are more technical players than Iommi. Yet, you gotta respect where Sabbath came from.
How many chords is War Pigs?
The Stones brought on the bad boy image of Blue based rock and roll. From them came the bad boy image just grew from Aerosmith to Motley Crew to Guns 'N Roses to the Grunge movement.
How about the Ramones? They obviously weren't technical, is it fair to compare them to the new Green Day album?
As with any of these comparisons, I don't think it's the fact that you like the band/vehicle/whatever. It's just the principle that 'Over rated' b/c of simplicity is a generic argument.
Do I think the Stones are the Greatest Rock band in the world? Hell no, but it was a name that stuck b/c at one time they were. Just as the Who were the loudest band in world. I think they lost that title sometime around when Ministry started playing bigger venues. Still, the Who is the "loudest band in the world"
Personally, I really believe that the Greatest Pure Rock and Roll band in the world would have been Gun's 'N Roses in their heyday. They just oozed the attitude, the riffs, and the excessiveness.....including the insane frontman.
That's just where I'm coming from. Different Strokes, Different Folks.
Justin
Personally, I look at the Stones as well as other of the earliest rock bands...The Beatles, Buddy Holly, Sabbath ect.
They're like an old Muscle Car or Old Jeep. It's part of the roots man. Sure, you can take it back even further, but for comparisons sake, we'll start there. A modern Jeep TJ Rubicon decked out with aftermarket gear will outperform a MB military Jeep. Yet every jeep owner that goes down the road respects and looks on when you see an old MB cruising. It started it all.
The new Ford Cobra or a Lamborgini handles better and will smoke an old 426 Hemi Cuda. Still, when you see that lime green and black hood. It just screams American Muscle.
Let's Face it...the Beatles revolutionized pop music and the catchy hooks and insane harmonies still exist today. They were great songwriters as well, but nothing fancy. Today the songwriters are behind the scenes, and the progressions are still fantastic underneath the quantitized midi sounds. The harmonies still exist, and the boy band image is still out there. And of course there are still the catchy hooks.
Black Sabbath brought to the table shock rock and dark music. The Evolution to Metallica, Alice Cooper, Marylin Manson, Slipnot, BLS, ect.
I'm not a big follower of modern metal, but I know that even listening to Pumpkin head's or the Grimm's mp3's that there are more technical players than Iommi. Yet, you gotta respect where Sabbath came from.
How many chords is War Pigs?
The Stones brought on the bad boy image of Blue based rock and roll. From them came the bad boy image just grew from Aerosmith to Motley Crew to Guns 'N Roses to the Grunge movement.
How about the Ramones? They obviously weren't technical, is it fair to compare them to the new Green Day album?
As with any of these comparisons, I don't think it's the fact that you like the band/vehicle/whatever. It's just the principle that 'Over rated' b/c of simplicity is a generic argument.
Do I think the Stones are the Greatest Rock band in the world? Hell no, but it was a name that stuck b/c at one time they were. Just as the Who were the loudest band in world. I think they lost that title sometime around when Ministry started playing bigger venues. Still, the Who is the "loudest band in the world"
Personally, I really believe that the Greatest Pure Rock and Roll band in the world would have been Gun's 'N Roses in their heyday. They just oozed the attitude, the riffs, and the excessiveness.....including the insane frontman.
That's just where I'm coming from. Different Strokes, Different Folks.
Justin
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On a pillow of your bones
I will lay across the stones
Of your shore until the tide comes crawling back
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I will lay across the stones
Of your shore until the tide comes crawling back
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Ticket prices for the Stones in Pittsburgh are $400 for Gold Circle (you probably have to own a gold mine to afford them), $165, $99 and $60. And that's plus a large service charge.
Much as I'd like to see the Stones at least once in my lifetime, those ticket prices don't excite me. I'll probably pass on it.
Much as I'd like to see the Stones at least once in my lifetime, those ticket prices don't excite me. I'll probably pass on it.
$400?!?
Now $400 is rather ridiculus.
I mean I've paid some stupid amounts before, but seriously......
I mean I've paid some stupid amounts before, but seriously......
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On a pillow of your bones
I will lay across the stones
Of your shore until the tide comes crawling back
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I have to go with Bobby Lee and Urbs on this one.
The Stones never did anything for me. I never understood why people made such a big deal out of them. However, I understand that people think their great, and love them - and that's cool. I'm just saying that it ain't for me.
The Stones never did anything for me. I never understood why people made such a big deal out of them. However, I understand that people think their great, and love them - and that's cool. I'm just saying that it ain't for me.
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I have had this discussion countless times with my own bandmates regarding the Stones. I really thought they were grossly overrated and just coudn't get into them, until one day I heard "Gimme Shelter" and it just clicked for me. Many of the songs from that era in their career including "Monkeyman" and "Can't Always Get What You Want", and of course the beautiful "Wild Horses" are just amazing songs. If you dwell on "Honky Tonk Woman", "Satisfaction", "Start Me Up", and "It's Only Rock N' Roll", then, yeah, it would be easy to write them off because those songs get old like every other bar standard really fast, especially for musicians.
The Stones have had an amazing career. Not musical virtuosos, but they put some feel into what it is that they do. They just represent what a good down and dirty rock band should look, sound, and act like. They have swagger and attitude...and dammit they have the songs and the money to back it all up. Thus ends my diatribe about the Rolling Stones.
The Stones have had an amazing career. Not musical virtuosos, but they put some feel into what it is that they do. They just represent what a good down and dirty rock band should look, sound, and act like. They have swagger and attitude...and dammit they have the songs and the money to back it all up. Thus ends my diatribe about the Rolling Stones.
Preach it brother! Zep was the best ever! I got into a discussion/disagreement with some dude on the Overkill board who said that Zep wasn't heavy and they were just a "stoner" band. He said Black Sabbath started "Heavy Metal" and I dug up this........ToonaRockGuy wrote:LED ZEPPELIN>Stones
Any list that DOESN'T have Led Zeppelin on it ain't right! I remember someone on here arguing with me that Zep wasn't metal, just a "stoner" band. That Sabbath created metal. Here is a direct quote from the booklet inside of "Symptom of the Universe 1970-1978."
"Another prevailing musical influence on them by then, Geezer recalled,was Led Zeppelin. "They sort of paved the way for us. We used to get compared with them a lot in those days. But they very much STARTED the genre. I used to know Planty and Bonham from Birmingham, and we were, like, so glad that they'd finally done something. But for a time it was ALL we listened to, you know, lying down on the floor, smoking our dope and listening to Zeppelin."
According to Butler, Zep crept into Sabbath's music in all sorts of ways. "I mean, when we did 'Paranoid', I said to Tony,"It's too much like Zeppelin, we can't do that." They really had to coax me into doing it. And guess who was wrong?"
Anyone that doesn't think Zep was heavy needs to see the movie,"The Song Remains The Same", except for "The Rain Song" it's all metal. And even that is a good song, just mellow. And "Dazed And Confused" is the most amazing guitar playing you'll ever see!
P.S. I love Sabbath too, but you gotta give Zep their due!