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Jenksie said:
This is a forum an exchange of ideas rather than a notice board for wild opinion surely?
What a strange notion. This is a discussion forum, and discussion is rarely interesting without opinion. :)
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Jenksie

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Admin said:
Jenksie said:
This is a forum an exchange of ideas rather than a notice board for wild opinion surely?
What a strange notion. This is a discussion forum, and discussion is rarely interesting without opinion. :)
The Point I was trying - and obviously failing to make was that simply stating an opinion without comment/discussion/analysis is not what a forum is about. Unlike in the olden times where this sort of missive would be tolerated (say a letter to the Editor of a tabloid) a forum allows opinion to be challenged or commented upon.

It's like when Americans say 'period' after a sentence in order to imbue it with some sort of authority.

"John Lennon was a gobshyte. Period." "Ringo was a rubbish Drummer. Period" - that kind of thing.
 

basil

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lennon indeed may well of been a gobshyte however his 'rasping vocals' i quite like.......
 

Jenksie

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basil said:
lennon indeed may well of been a gobshyte however his 'rasping vocals' i quite like.......
I Don't think he was Gobshyte just a very talented creative person with a difficult personality - probably the best voice in Rock along with Bowie and Plant.

Ringo was pure class up to about 1967 by which time they had moved beyond technology would allow in the UK.

TeaTowels on the Snare drum on the Get Back album!!! Come on ! Shape up Mr Martin.
 

Withnail

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Lennon was once asked whether he thought Ringo was the best drummer in the world - to which he replied "He's not even the best drummer in The Beatles!"
 

Jenksie

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Withnail said:
Lennon was once asked whether he thought Ringo was the best drummer in the world - to which he replied "He's not even the best drummer in The Beatles!"
It's a great line - but was never said in any documented interview.

As urban myths go it's a good un'.

If you want to know what naff drumming is like listen to Macca's efforts.

Back in the Ussr?

Ballad of John and Yoko?

Oh Dear.
 

basil

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John gave a great example of his razor sharp wit at a royal variety show when he said to kate middleton in the royal box "just wave yer dead mother-in-laws cast off jewellery".......
 

gdavies

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henryscat said:
Jenksie said:
Case Proven I think.
Bugger all proven.

The Beatles are overrated.
What I feel people tend to forget is that while the beatles were around there music was forward of the times but also people were smashed on magic mushrooms etc, nirvana again ahead of there time an people smashed of there face listening to them. it is a case of each to there own the beatles now are an example of old school rock or classic sixties kind of thing where as in the 70 it would of been even better, yet they formed in 58 i think maybe wrong could of been earlier with the silver beatles thingy.
 

Jenksie

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gdavies said:
henryscat said:
Jenksie said:
Case Proven I think.
Bugger all proven.

The Beatles are overrated.
What I feel people tend to forget is that while the beatles were around there music was forward of the times but also people were smashed on magic mushrooms etc, nirvana again ahead of there time an people smashed of there face listening to them. it is a case of each to there own the beatles now are an example of old school rock or classic sixties kind of thing where as in the 70 it would of been even better, yet they formed in 58 i think maybe wrong could of been earlier with the silver beatles thingy.
58' is about right.

What still amazes me is how it evovled from 'Love me Do' in 1962 to 'Helter Skelter' in just 4 or 5 years. 200 tunes with only about a dozen klunkers is pretty good going too.

'Revolver' was recorded when Abbey Road would only allow tea to be served in a cup and saucer in the studio and if you wanted to move a bass drum mic you had to get permission off the white coated studio manager.

I think you have a fanciful idea of what people were up to in the 60's and 70's. We were not all off our faces on drugs and drink. I doubt the bands were either - most of that came post career with a few notable exceptions (Moon?Keef?).

Nirvana - ahead of their time? where does that leave the Pistols, Damned, Clash et al? Where are the movies, documentaries, books and news items about Kurt Cobain? They were interesting and of their time but hardly changed things. Americas take on punk 15 years too late.

I have a problem with terms like "Old school" - surely there is just rock? Where is the New School?

Kings of Leon? REM?Radiohead?Pistols?Take That?

To broaden it all out a bit I think younger posters of the ipod generation would be amazed how much rock played in peoples lives in the Seventies and eighties. Probably more coffe shops than record shops in most towns now.

£200 tickets, Flowered wellies and watching twenty past their best millionaires in a field is not rock and roll is it?

Until you've stood under a shower of phlegm, offal, fireworks and bottles at a UK Subs gig you haven't lived.
 

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Jenksie said:
Admin said:
Jenksie said:
This is a forum an exchange of ideas rather than a notice board for wild opinion surely?
What a strange notion. This is a discussion forum, and discussion is rarely interesting without opinion. :)
The Point I was trying - and obviously failing to make was that simply stating an opinion without comment/discussion/analysis is not what a forum is about. Unlike in the olden times where this sort of missive would be tolerated (say a letter to the Editor of a tabloid) a forum allows opinion to be challenged or commented upon.
Ah right, in that case I most certainly agree!
 

Withnail

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henryscat said:
Far better music came out of the 1960s than the Beatles. Give me ...
Motown - i'll give you that, but not 'far better', equally good and as influential.
 
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