Nah, I don't think anyone on this board (least of all me) sees extolling the Stones as a putdown of other bands. I'm sure most people here love all of 'em for various reasons, at various times to varying degrees.

Rob
www.splitsville.com

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>From: :audities@smoe.org
>To: audities@smoe.org
>Sent: Fri, 13 May 2005 10:23:15
>
>I don't understand why a thread about the Stones
>has to lead to a bunch of
>"What about the ... ?" posts. Honestly, I don't see
>how extolling the merits
>(or lack thereof) of the Stones constitutes a
>putdown of the Kinks or the
>Who.
>
>For the record, I love all three bands. I love the
>Beatles, too. I don't see
>anything mutually exclusive about their fan bases.
>Talking about the Stones
>no more implicitly insults the Kinks or the Who
>than talking about Silver
>Sun implicitly insults Admiral Twin or the Shazam.
>
>As my dear mother used to say to us boys when we
>were in the midst of yet
>another bout of sibling warfare, "You're all
>different, but I love you all
>the same."
>
>
>Gregory Sager