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| From | Career Records <eldeluxe@bridgeband.com> |
| Subject | Re: Fabs vs Floyd |
| Date | Wed, 28 Feb 2007 07:35:23 -0700 |
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Yes, but Mick called up Pete T to ask about the state of touring, before the Stones launched the '69 tour. The Who had been in America touring regularly from '67 onwards. The Stones were just a bigger band, and hadn't been in the US for a long
time.
rob@splitsville.com wrote:
> >I'd also have to say that The Who and The Stones evolved simultaneously as
> rock bands. In fact, I'd say The Who defined stadium rock FIRST. The Beatles
> might have filled more stadiums but they were still a pop band when they
> >hung up their tour bus.
>
> Agreed, to a point. But I'd say that the Stones 1969 Tour was the first, great, and many ways defining stadium tour. This was the first with Mick Taylor, and 'Get Yer Ya Ya's Out' is an amazing document. 'Gimme Shelter' as a flick is great, too.
>
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> >To: audities@smoe.org
> >Sent: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 17:03:17
> >
> >At Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 16:56:24 Josh wrote:
> >
> >>Without goiving this too much thought, I submit
> >that the Beatles invented
> >>the rock band, period. They invented st5udio
> >albums, They invented
> >>breaking up. They invented going solo. Every
> >rock band you want to name--
> >> Floyd, U2, Led Zep, whatever-- is in the
> >Beatles' debt and exists in
> >>their wake, and the Beatles deserve some of the
> >credit for these bands'
> >>subsequent wakes. When someone invents something
> >as big as a rock band
> >>that is totally post-rock-band, I'll consider
> >their impact next to the
> >>Beatles.
> >
> >I'll give you half these points as credited to The
> >Beatles. They did not
> >invent breaking up. CREAM were stupid and ugly and
> >assholes to each other
> >long before Yoko moved her bed into the Beatles
> >recording sessions. And
> >subsequently, Eric and Ginger and Jack Bruce had
> >post-Cream bands and solo
> >recordings (though some other historian can
> >chronologize the exact releases
> >versus John and George's pre-split solo works).
> >
> >I'd also have to say that The Who and The Stones
> >evolved simultaneously as
> >rock bands. In fact, I'd say The Who defined
> >stadium rock FIRST. The Beatles
> >might have filled more stadiums but they were still
> >a pop band when they
> >hung up their tour bus.
> >
> >
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