The Stone Roses - Blood on the Turntables
August 26, 2007 3:21 PM Subscribe
"November the 23rd, 1989, and possibly the most influential British guitar band of the last twenty years were making their debut on Top of the Pops. The group were Manchester's the Stone Roses. Having just released one of the most acclaimed debut albums of all time, they had the world at their feet. But then it all went horribly wrong. Within a few short years, the Stone Roses had split."
Sensational Stone Roses BBC documentary Blood on the Turntables in one two three four five six parts.
Sensational Stone Roses BBC documentary Blood on the Turntables in one two three four five six parts.
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possibly the most influential British guitar band of the last twenty years
I really, really luurrved their debut record, but most influential British guitar band of the last 20 years? Really? I gotta go with the Cure, the Smiths, My Bloody Valentine, Ride, Radiohead and Blur over these guys.
posted by psmealey at 3:27 PM on August 26, 2007 [5 favorites]
I really, really luurrved their debut record, but most influential British guitar band of the last 20 years? Really? I gotta go with the Cure, the Smiths, My Bloody Valentine, Ride, Radiohead and Blur over these guys.
posted by psmealey at 3:27 PM on August 26, 2007 [5 favorites]
Nevertheless, I will very much enjoy watching this. Thanks for posting it.
posted by psmealey at 3:28 PM on August 26, 2007
posted by psmealey at 3:28 PM on August 26, 2007
What psmealey said. Not to detract from the Stone Roses, though. I mean if you just take that word..."influential"... The Cure or My Bloody Valentine have got to win there alone.
posted by Jimbob at 3:29 PM on August 26, 2007
posted by Jimbob at 3:29 PM on August 26, 2007
What Jimbob said... except I'll go with the Smiths.
posted by pompomtom at 3:54 PM on August 26, 2007
posted by pompomtom at 3:54 PM on August 26, 2007
I was recently told the whole stone roses hyperbole was an in-joke way of winding up people who take music too seriously. It seems to work every time.
posted by srboisvert at 3:54 PM on August 26, 2007 [2 favorites]
posted by srboisvert at 3:54 PM on August 26, 2007 [2 favorites]
Do The Smiths fit into the last 20 years?
They broke up around August/September 20 years ago.
We are about as far away from the Smiths as the break up of The Smiths was from the break up of The Beatles.
posted by sien at 3:58 PM on August 26, 2007
They broke up around August/September 20 years ago.
We are about as far away from the Smiths as the break up of The Smiths was from the break up of The Beatles.
posted by sien at 3:58 PM on August 26, 2007
That's great because in-jokes aimed at winding people up aren't tedious at all.
posted by psmealey at 4:03 PM on August 26, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by psmealey at 4:03 PM on August 26, 2007 [1 favorite]
sien you make me depressed. I'm going to go listen to Joy Division now.
posted by Jimbob at 4:06 PM on August 26, 2007
posted by Jimbob at 4:06 PM on August 26, 2007
I know that "your favourite band sucks" is de rigeur around here, so I'm gonna join the pile-on. The Stone Roses were a one-trick pony, almost a one-hit wonder. One good album, two great songs, nothing more. I'm not even sure who they are supposed to have influenced, other than maybe Oasis. Otherwise, what psmealey said, although there's one glaring omission: The Fall.
posted by UbuRoivas at 4:23 PM on August 26, 2007
posted by UbuRoivas at 4:23 PM on August 26, 2007
I was going to say that I thought the Stone Roses were a bit of a dead-end myself, but I don't know enough about them to be able to say it with any certainty. I can say that in America, they barely existed.
I guess the Klaxons are kind of mining the same territory these days.
posted by empath at 4:31 PM on August 26, 2007 [1 favorite]
I guess the Klaxons are kind of mining the same territory these days.
posted by empath at 4:31 PM on August 26, 2007 [1 favorite]
That's great because in-jokes aimed at winding people up aren't tedious at all.
I knew when I posted this that you would be upset by it because metafilter is an injoke aimed at winding you up.
posted by srboisvert at 4:33 PM on August 26, 2007 [3 favorites]
I knew when I posted this that you would be upset by it because metafilter is an injoke aimed at winding you up.
posted by srboisvert at 4:33 PM on August 26, 2007 [3 favorites]
For what it's worth, your favorite band has a serious tribute band that is actively touring and putting out a DVD next week.
posted by scblackman at 4:45 PM on August 26, 2007
posted by scblackman at 4:45 PM on August 26, 2007
Opposite tack. The Stones Roses were the match that lit the Brit pop resurgence fuse, at least in North America. They signaled the end of overly costumed pop acts and reintroduced actual music as opposed to Depeche Mode-esque clicks and pops and drum machines. They opened the door for loads of guitar based bands that came after.
posted by Keith Talent at 4:46 PM on August 26, 2007
posted by Keith Talent at 4:46 PM on August 26, 2007
Nah, it was all puppies and rainbows, item. I appreciated it.
posted by psmealey at 4:58 PM on August 26, 2007
posted by psmealey at 4:58 PM on August 26, 2007
Comparing the Klaxons to the Stone Roses, for fucks sake. "Two great songs," jesus. Fucking foreigners. The Stone Roses were as influential to Oasis as they were to the Arctic Monkeys, and had a say in everything inbetween. The "two great songs" were probably the ones on the compilation you bought.
And I despise that fat, golf club owning bastard in this documentary, if it's the one I'm thinking of.
posted by fire&wings at 4:59 PM on August 26, 2007 [1 favorite]
And I despise that fat, golf club owning bastard in this documentary, if it's the one I'm thinking of.
posted by fire&wings at 4:59 PM on August 26, 2007 [1 favorite]
Fixed that for you.
posted by progosk at 5:03 PM on August 26, 2007
I'm not even sure who they are supposed to have influenced, other than maybe Oasis.
Off the top of my head (with some token assistance from Wikipedia and AllMusic): The Charlatans, The High, The Verve, Oasis, Blur, Travis, The Bluetones, Coldplay, Stereophonics, Arctic Monkeys.
Plus the fact that pre-Roses, British alternative music was this small, quiet thing that hid in the corner and patted itself on the back if it made the top 20. The Roses (and the Mondays) helped break open that door, to the point where indie bands became mainstream. Whether one thinks that's a good thing or not, the Roses were hugely influential in that sense.
psmealey: I can see your argument for Radiohead, MBV or the Smiths (although the Smiths, sadly, seem like a cul de sac, from where I'm standing, now; and I would've thought MBV's influence was important but narrow). But I can't really see why you name Ride or Blur or the Cure. Care to expand? (I like those bands, I just don't see any of 'em as being nearly as important as the Stone Roses).
Oh, and thanks, item. Will enjoy watching this.
posted by Infinite Jest at 5:03 PM on August 26, 2007
Off the top of my head (with some token assistance from Wikipedia and AllMusic): The Charlatans, The High, The Verve, Oasis, Blur, Travis, The Bluetones, Coldplay, Stereophonics, Arctic Monkeys.
Plus the fact that pre-Roses, British alternative music was this small, quiet thing that hid in the corner and patted itself on the back if it made the top 20. The Roses (and the Mondays) helped break open that door, to the point where indie bands became mainstream. Whether one thinks that's a good thing or not, the Roses were hugely influential in that sense.
psmealey: I can see your argument for Radiohead, MBV or the Smiths (although the Smiths, sadly, seem like a cul de sac, from where I'm standing, now; and I would've thought MBV's influence was important but narrow). But I can't really see why you name Ride or Blur or the Cure. Care to expand? (I like those bands, I just don't see any of 'em as being nearly as important as the Stone Roses).
Oh, and thanks, item. Will enjoy watching this.
posted by Infinite Jest at 5:03 PM on August 26, 2007
boy, that 'possibly even learn' line was hokey. sorry.
Your favourite way of expressing yourself sucks.
posted by UbuRoivas at 5:04 PM on August 26, 2007
Your favourite way of expressing yourself sucks.
posted by UbuRoivas at 5:04 PM on August 26, 2007
Love the Roses, and I don't give a fuck how anybody else rates them. Thanks for the link.
posted by Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese at 5:11 PM on August 26, 2007
posted by Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese at 5:11 PM on August 26, 2007
I love the first Stone Roses album... and that ep they had with Fool's Gold on it. And sometimes I find myself liking The Second Coming. Breaking into Heaven and Love Spreads really push a lot of the right buttons for me. Hell, I like a lot of Ian Brown's solo stuff. I think a lot of the shoegaze stuff can be laid at The Stone Roses' door.
That said, I find myself returning to The Happy Mondays a lot more. The Mondays seem to have been a dead end though. Can't think of a single good band that owes much influence to Shaun Ryder and co.
Ah... my youth. Shaun Ryder... I have to quote this little exchange from 24 Hour Party People:
Tony Wilson: You know, I think that Shaun Ryder is on a par with W.B. Yeats as a poet.
Yvette: Really?
Tony Wilson: Absolutely. Totally.
Yvette: Well, that is amazing, considering everyone else thinks he's a fucking idiot.
posted by Kattullus at 5:23 PM on August 26, 2007
That said, I find myself returning to The Happy Mondays a lot more. The Mondays seem to have been a dead end though. Can't think of a single good band that owes much influence to Shaun Ryder and co.
Ah... my youth. Shaun Ryder... I have to quote this little exchange from 24 Hour Party People:
Tony Wilson: You know, I think that Shaun Ryder is on a par with W.B. Yeats as a poet.
Yvette: Really?
Tony Wilson: Absolutely. Totally.
Yvette: Well, that is amazing, considering everyone else thinks he's a fucking idiot.
posted by Kattullus at 5:23 PM on August 26, 2007
I can't really see why you name Ride or Blur or the Cure
Ride (and to a lesser extent, Slowdive and Swervedriver) are probably less influential, as their followers haven't broken out in a big way yet, but from what I've seen in the London pub scene, there are tons of bands who are directly descended of them.
Blur is a band that I put in a similar category as the Roses (rhythmically sharp, but danceable and slightly psychedelic guitar rock), but I would give them the nod simply because they were longer lasting, and substantially more successful.
As for the Cure, I'm not sure what you're not seeing, but their influence is felt massively today, as it has been over the past 10 years. I can hear their influence in so-called "post rock" bands, to hipster bands like Arcade Fire, the Dears, the Rapture, OK GO and the list goes on. But more than anything, I think is that they can be held at least somewhat responsible as a progenitor of emo (a drunken uncle to it, as opposed to Fugazi's sober grandfather).
posted by psmealey at 5:28 PM on August 26, 2007
Ride (and to a lesser extent, Slowdive and Swervedriver) are probably less influential, as their followers haven't broken out in a big way yet, but from what I've seen in the London pub scene, there are tons of bands who are directly descended of them.
Blur is a band that I put in a similar category as the Roses (rhythmically sharp, but danceable and slightly psychedelic guitar rock), but I would give them the nod simply because they were longer lasting, and substantially more successful.
As for the Cure, I'm not sure what you're not seeing, but their influence is felt massively today, as it has been over the past 10 years. I can hear their influence in so-called "post rock" bands, to hipster bands like Arcade Fire, the Dears, the Rapture, OK GO and the list goes on. But more than anything, I think is that they can be held at least somewhat responsible as a progenitor of emo (a drunken uncle to it, as opposed to Fugazi's sober grandfather).
posted by psmealey at 5:28 PM on August 26, 2007
A couple of my friends (all of us expat wanderers) were getting way into British music around the time of the Happy Mondays and the Stone Roses et al in the early 90s I guess it was, at the same time as I was way more into Replacements and Tom Waits and Fugazi territory. It was all good though, and I have fond memories of some of that music, even if it wasn't precisely my cup of tea.
Music's always been as much about a time in my life (at least in retrospect) as anything else for me, and even if my tastes from decades past sometimes make me cringe a bit, I still love it all.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 5:29 PM on August 26, 2007
Music's always been as much about a time in my life (at least in retrospect) as anything else for me, and even if my tastes from decades past sometimes make me cringe a bit, I still love it all.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 5:29 PM on August 26, 2007
Stone Roses == hippie rock
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 5:37 PM on August 26, 2007 [1 favorite]
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 5:37 PM on August 26, 2007 [1 favorite]
"... and possibly the most influential British guitar band of the last twenty years..."
... because, of course, one can't forget the tremendous impact that British ocarina and accordion bands have had recently.
posted by koeselitz at 5:54 PM on August 26, 2007
... because, of course, one can't forget the tremendous impact that British ocarina and accordion bands have had recently.
posted by koeselitz at 5:54 PM on August 26, 2007
Has there ever been an album so thoroughly crushed by the weight of its own reputation as the Roses' first album? Upon discovering it about six years after its release, all I could think was, "eh, it's good, but it's not that good."
***Although as Infinite Jest and others have pointed out, the Roses' real importance has more to do with the later bands they influenced.***
posted by Rangeboy at 5:58 PM on August 26, 2007
***Although as Infinite Jest and others have pointed out, the Roses' real importance has more to do with the later bands they influenced.***
posted by Rangeboy at 5:58 PM on August 26, 2007
What? No mention of former Stone Roses' lead singer Ian Brown's solo work, ferchrissakes?
I mean, speaking of great singles.
F.E.A.R.?
Golden Gaze?
Love Like A Fountain?
And the new track, Illegal Attacks (featuring Sinead O'Conner) is also a small joy.
Plus, he's scrappy scrappy.
posted by humannaire at 6:02 PM on August 26, 2007
I mean, speaking of great singles.
F.E.A.R.?
Golden Gaze?
Love Like A Fountain?
And the new track, Illegal Attacks (featuring Sinead O'Conner) is also a small joy.
Plus, he's scrappy scrappy.
posted by humannaire at 6:02 PM on August 26, 2007
Ubu, I'm thinking we're cousins or something...
Master & disciple, Burhanistan
posted by UbuRoivas at 6:24 PM on August 26, 2007
Master & disciple, Burhanistan
posted by UbuRoivas at 6:24 PM on August 26, 2007
The Stone Roses were as influential to Oasis as they were to the Arctic Monkeys
Meh - the Arctic Monkeys owe a fuckton more to the Wedding Present than they do to the popped-up Simon & Garfunkel sounds of the Stone Roses. And the less said about Oasis, the better.
posted by UbuRoivas at 6:34 PM on August 26, 2007
Meh - the Arctic Monkeys owe a fuckton more to the Wedding Present than they do to the popped-up Simon & Garfunkel sounds of the Stone Roses. And the less said about Oasis, the better.
posted by UbuRoivas at 6:34 PM on August 26, 2007
Music nerds interested in the influence (or lack thereof) of the Stone Roses should check out the excellent Britpop!: Cool Britannia and the Spectacular Demise of English Rock.
Influence being what it is, it's pretty well documented in the book.
posted by samh23 at 6:44 PM on August 26, 2007
Influence being what it is, it's pretty well documented in the book.
posted by samh23 at 6:44 PM on August 26, 2007
the less said about Oasis, the better
Now, now... Oasis may have morphed into awfulness with dissying speed, but Definitely Maybe and b-sides collection The Masterplan are damn fine albums. But yes... if there's ever a poster-band for the law of diminishing returns, it's Oasis.
What? No mention of former Stone Roses' lead singer Ian Brown's solo work, ferchrissakes?
I did :)
And I love Blur. In fact pretty much anything Damon Albarn has done. But I don't really hear their influence today. They introduced the idea of britpop, but any of their myriad sounds haven't lived on. Perhaps that's the fate of any band that jumps from sound to sound like Blur did. But as an idea, britpop was massively influential.
posted by Kattullus at 6:50 PM on August 26, 2007
Now, now... Oasis may have morphed into awfulness with dissying speed, but Definitely Maybe and b-sides collection The Masterplan are damn fine albums. But yes... if there's ever a poster-band for the law of diminishing returns, it's Oasis.
What? No mention of former Stone Roses' lead singer Ian Brown's solo work, ferchrissakes?
I did :)
And I love Blur. In fact pretty much anything Damon Albarn has done. But I don't really hear their influence today. They introduced the idea of britpop, but any of their myriad sounds haven't lived on. Perhaps that's the fate of any band that jumps from sound to sound like Blur did. But as an idea, britpop was massively influential.
posted by Kattullus at 6:50 PM on August 26, 2007
Problem with that is that if you start talking about The Fall as an influential band of the last twenty years, you're going to have to mention XTC and then the whole discussion is fucked.
But it's not like I care.
posted by howfar at 7:07 PM on August 26, 2007
But it's not like I care.
posted by howfar at 7:07 PM on August 26, 2007
I will proudly join up with the side of those who consider the Stone Roses' debut one of the great all-time albums -- 20 years on (o my youth! where hast thou gone?) and I still love every blissful note. If that record's a one-trick pony, then what a fucking trick it was.
posted by scody at 7:08 PM on August 26, 2007
posted by scody at 7:08 PM on August 26, 2007
er, NEARLY 20 years on. O my basic math skills! Where hast thou gone, as well?)
posted by scody at 7:09 PM on August 26, 2007
posted by scody at 7:09 PM on August 26, 2007
Cool, thanks! I actually watched the whole thing, a rare feat these days.
posted by AwkwardPause at 7:19 PM on August 26, 2007
posted by AwkwardPause at 7:19 PM on August 26, 2007
Really?
I mean....a truly lame song....with probaby the worst lip synching I have ever seen?
Either this is one of those rare gems of discs I just missed by chance....or there is a reason they never even came close to my radar to begin with
that moptop haircut thing....I think that has been done before too.
sorry....way unimpressed here
oh wait...a wah wah pedal....ok...I guess that makes it hip
posted by timsteil at 7:20 PM on August 26, 2007
I mean....a truly lame song....with probaby the worst lip synching I have ever seen?
Either this is one of those rare gems of discs I just missed by chance....or there is a reason they never even came close to my radar to begin with
that moptop haircut thing....I think that has been done before too.
sorry....way unimpressed here
oh wait...a wah wah pedal....ok...I guess that makes it hip
posted by timsteil at 7:20 PM on August 26, 2007
Burhanistan. I'm not so bothered. I'd rather it was just you and me and the guy from Sparks, hanging out with Howard Marks.
Some music is significant. Some music is beautiful. Some music is both. I don't know how I'd go about unpicking influences. I'm not really sure that I know what anyone means by influential.
But yeah, the Roses were pretty good, back in the day.
posted by howfar at 7:20 PM on August 26, 2007
Some music is significant. Some music is beautiful. Some music is both. I don't know how I'd go about unpicking influences. I'm not really sure that I know what anyone means by influential.
But yeah, the Roses were pretty good, back in the day.
posted by howfar at 7:20 PM on August 26, 2007
The manager is clearly an artistic antichrist, but I'm surprised they didn't mention Squire's descent into cokehead-dom as being a factor in their downfall.
I'm willing to accept the hit to my street cred, but I really like Second Coming. It's some of the best masturbatory guitar work this side of metal.
posted by Adam_S at 7:24 PM on August 26, 2007
I'm willing to accept the hit to my street cred, but I really like Second Coming. It's some of the best masturbatory guitar work this side of metal.
posted by Adam_S at 7:24 PM on August 26, 2007
"Begging You," "Love Spreads" and "Driving South" are all great songs on Second Coming. The rest of the album...well, cocaine is a hell of a drug, or so I've heard.
posted by The Card Cheat at 7:40 PM on August 26, 2007
posted by The Card Cheat at 7:40 PM on August 26, 2007
Item...
actually...it's pronounced "style"....which might actually make it a better porno name..I'm not really sure, but I'm willing to set up subscription web site just to see how many chumps are willing to pay 30 bucks a month to find out
Like I said....might be a great disc that just never hit my desk....but regardless.....that video clip made me yawn.
Plus it just kills be that whatever techie folks can spend years trying to make a drum machine sound like a funky drummer, and the next wave comes along trying to sound exactly like the drum machine that sounds like a funky drummer.
Then again....somewhere in the basement I have a Flock of Seagulls album. So I'll just shuttup now.
posted by timsteil at 8:00 PM on August 26, 2007
actually...it's pronounced "style"....which might actually make it a better porno name..I'm not really sure, but I'm willing to set up subscription web site just to see how many chumps are willing to pay 30 bucks a month to find out
Like I said....might be a great disc that just never hit my desk....but regardless.....that video clip made me yawn.
Plus it just kills be that whatever techie folks can spend years trying to make a drum machine sound like a funky drummer, and the next wave comes along trying to sound exactly like the drum machine that sounds like a funky drummer.
Then again....somewhere in the basement I have a Flock of Seagulls album. So I'll just shuttup now.
posted by timsteil at 8:00 PM on August 26, 2007
Rangeboy: I'd actually rate their own work as more important than the bands they influenced, some of whom had their moments, but none that I'd rate even close to the Roses. [Incidentally, at the time a lot of the reviews of the debut were quite lukewarm; it took a while for people to rate it so highly]
psmealey: I've got to admit I'm not too familiar with those bands (except Arcade Fire). I always saw the Cure as being more influenced (by say Joy Division) than influencing, but point taken. (And your favourite bands don't suck).
howfar: room for me? And Sian Lloyd? Going back to the Fall, anyone heard their rather good "diss" of all things Madchester, 'Idiot Joy Showland'?
posted by Infinite Jest at 8:07 PM on August 26, 2007
psmealey: I've got to admit I'm not too familiar with those bands (except Arcade Fire). I always saw the Cure as being more influenced (by say Joy Division) than influencing, but point taken. (And your favourite bands don't suck).
howfar: room for me? And Sian Lloyd? Going back to the Fall, anyone heard their rather good "diss" of all things Madchester, 'Idiot Joy Showland'?
posted by Infinite Jest at 8:07 PM on August 26, 2007
And I have been influenced to put on Shift-Work & skip straight to Idiot Joy Showland.
I have also been influenced by Planet Unicorn, in the delivery of the line above.
posted by UbuRoivas at 8:35 PM on August 26, 2007
I have also been influenced by Planet Unicorn, in the delivery of the line above.
posted by UbuRoivas at 8:35 PM on August 26, 2007
Your favourite band does not suck, but I find the omission of The Jesus and Mary Chain and Primal Scream a couple of serious oversights.
posted by kandinski at 8:48 PM on August 26, 2007
posted by kandinski at 8:48 PM on August 26, 2007
kandinski: if we're talking past 20 years you have to ignore the JaMC, who otherwise rate as one of the most important UK bands ever (IMHO, etc). Let's throw some Spiritualized in with your Primal Scream (though someone said guitar bands, above, originally) and I think we're good to go.
(Incidentally, at one point Primal Scream had ex-members of the Stone Roses, My Bloody Valentine and the Jesus and Mary Chain in their lineup; how's that for a super-group?).
posted by Infinite Jest at 9:08 PM on August 26, 2007
(Incidentally, at one point Primal Scream had ex-members of the Stone Roses, My Bloody Valentine and the Jesus and Mary Chain in their lineup; how's that for a super-group?).
posted by Infinite Jest at 9:08 PM on August 26, 2007
Burhhanistan: You haven't played Quake II until you have replayed it on a weekend non-stop binge, with Xterminator on your computer's CD drive.
Kill All Hippies!
No hippies were killed in the writing of this post, nor in the anecdote leading up to it. The only drug I took at the time was caffeine, I swear to bunny rabbits, but boy did I use to abuse the espressos and coca-cola.
posted by kandinski at 9:10 PM on August 26, 2007
Kill All Hippies!
No hippies were killed in the writing of this post, nor in the anecdote leading up to it. The only drug I took at the time was caffeine, I swear to bunny rabbits, but boy did I use to abuse the espressos and coca-cola.
posted by kandinski at 9:10 PM on August 26, 2007
Infinite Jest, I am showing my age. Technically I guess one could say the JaMC got together in '84 and disbanded in '99, so they have been together for 12 of the past 20 years.
Except they haven't, and in truth you are right: Psychocandy and Darklands were both published more than 20 years ago, and even if some people kept buying their later records, it would be a big stretch to call them "influential" (people usually find their own way into decline, without need for external influence).
posted by kandinski at 9:18 PM on August 26, 2007
Except they haven't, and in truth you are right: Psychocandy and Darklands were both published more than 20 years ago, and even if some people kept buying their later records, it would be a big stretch to call them "influential" (people usually find their own way into decline, without need for external influence).
posted by kandinski at 9:18 PM on August 26, 2007
Idiot groups with no shape or form
Out of their heads on a quid of blow
The shapeless kecks* flapping on the storm
Look at what they are: a pack of worms
Idiot Joy Showland
*Northern English slang for trousers
Let's throw some Spiritualized in
Spaceman 3 & Spectrum, yes, but not that bastard offshoot Spiritualized, which clearly demonstrated that Sonic Boom was the talented one in Spaceman 3, in spite of his ridiculous monicker.
posted by UbuRoivas at 9:19 PM on August 26, 2007
Out of their heads on a quid of blow
The shapeless kecks* flapping on the storm
Look at what they are: a pack of worms
Idiot Joy Showland
*Northern English slang for trousers
Let's throw some Spiritualized in
Spaceman 3 & Spectrum, yes, but not that bastard offshoot Spiritualized, which clearly demonstrated that Sonic Boom was the talented one in Spaceman 3, in spite of his ridiculous monicker.
posted by UbuRoivas at 9:19 PM on August 26, 2007
Ok, gotta chime in here with a bunch of random thoughts...
not sure I agree the Roses had much influence on Blur- unless you think Parklife was Blur's first album, they were more or less contemporaries. Besides, blur 'sold out' early in the game while the roses were too busy imploding. No doubt the Manchester scene and the shoegazers had a big influence on Oasis, who turned it all into stadium rock.
As far as influence goes, I think you'd have to be crazy to suggest that anyone other than Radiohead is the most influential British group of the last 20 years. Say what you will, I think of all these bands their body of work will still be listened to 20 years from now and beyond.
I liked the Roses a lot- there are a handful of cd's I have owned that truly struck me with a weird sense of deja-vu every time I listened, like I'd been carrying this music around in my head all my life. On the other hand, maybe I ought not to listen to that sense because Zooropa's on that list too..
I agree, the weight of hype about the first album, along with a very long dispute with their label pretty much guaranteed anything the Roses did after that would be doomed.
I had this disc stolen from me at least three times. Each time I replaced it it got harder to find a copy with I am the Resurrection and Fool's Gold- later re-issues, for some reason most likely related to their legal troubles, left the last two songs out.
My all time favourite song of theirs was What the World is Waiting For, from the same-titled EP. Junk the psychedelics and go with raw power-pop. That was an awesome EP.
Second Coming was too Americanized for my taste (see Oasis, above). They lost their unique sound in favour of bluesing it up.
posted by simra at 9:21 PM on August 26, 2007
not sure I agree the Roses had much influence on Blur- unless you think Parklife was Blur's first album, they were more or less contemporaries. Besides, blur 'sold out' early in the game while the roses were too busy imploding. No doubt the Manchester scene and the shoegazers had a big influence on Oasis, who turned it all into stadium rock.
As far as influence goes, I think you'd have to be crazy to suggest that anyone other than Radiohead is the most influential British group of the last 20 years. Say what you will, I think of all these bands their body of work will still be listened to 20 years from now and beyond.
I liked the Roses a lot- there are a handful of cd's I have owned that truly struck me with a weird sense of deja-vu every time I listened, like I'd been carrying this music around in my head all my life. On the other hand, maybe I ought not to listen to that sense because Zooropa's on that list too..
I agree, the weight of hype about the first album, along with a very long dispute with their label pretty much guaranteed anything the Roses did after that would be doomed.
I had this disc stolen from me at least three times. Each time I replaced it it got harder to find a copy with I am the Resurrection and Fool's Gold- later re-issues, for some reason most likely related to their legal troubles, left the last two songs out.
My all time favourite song of theirs was What the World is Waiting For, from the same-titled EP. Junk the psychedelics and go with raw power-pop. That was an awesome EP.
Second Coming was too Americanized for my taste (see Oasis, above). They lost their unique sound in favour of bluesing it up.
posted by simra at 9:21 PM on August 26, 2007
Stereolab must count as a guitar band. Just sayin'.
posted by UbuRoivas at 9:30 PM on August 26, 2007
posted by UbuRoivas at 9:30 PM on August 26, 2007
kandinski: they're back together again, of course. But probably rubbish. I saw them in about 1998 and they were a drunken embarrassment. Sadly. And yeah, you got my point which was that the first two albums are all you really need (scattered gems on the latter albums notwithstanding).
simra: I think there's definitely a baggy Manchester influence on early Blur - look at something like 'There's No Other Way'.
I assume you're not in the USA? Those tracks were standard on the American release, I thought (and, much as I love them, I'm not sure they really belong on the album - Fool's Gold is just too different from everything that went before; the album should end with Resurrection).
posted by Infinite Jest at 9:43 PM on August 26, 2007
simra: I think there's definitely a baggy Manchester influence on early Blur - look at something like 'There's No Other Way'.
I assume you're not in the USA? Those tracks were standard on the American release, I thought (and, much as I love them, I'm not sure they really belong on the album - Fool's Gold is just too different from everything that went before; the album should end with Resurrection).
posted by Infinite Jest at 9:43 PM on August 26, 2007
Infinite Jest: In Canada- we had the same release as the US, afaik. I guess the copies I came across later were imports. I'll have to check it out the next time I'm at HMV.
sure, blur briefly had the 'manc' sound, but my sense was that they were contemporaries to the Roses and unlikely to have been heavily influenced by them. I guess I should check my dates... for the record I hated Parklife. I don't think it had any lingering elements of the manchester scene. just a lot of wanking.
... ok here's the dates:
Blur- Leisure - 1991.
Stone Roses - self-titled 1989, so maybe I'm wrong on this count.
posted by simra at 10:33 PM on August 26, 2007
sure, blur briefly had the 'manc' sound, but my sense was that they were contemporaries to the Roses and unlikely to have been heavily influenced by them. I guess I should check my dates... for the record I hated Parklife. I don't think it had any lingering elements of the manchester scene. just a lot of wanking.
... ok here's the dates:
Blur- Leisure - 1991.
Stone Roses - self-titled 1989, so maybe I'm wrong on this count.
posted by simra at 10:33 PM on August 26, 2007
Personally, I think you're all radically downplaying the importance of the Spice Girls.
posted by sien at 10:48 PM on August 26, 2007
posted by sien at 10:48 PM on August 26, 2007
Loved the Roses.
Dunno about Ian Brown nowadays tho: Illegal Attacks (YouTube).
posted by brautigan at 3:20 AM on August 27, 2007
Dunno about Ian Brown nowadays tho: Illegal Attacks (YouTube).
posted by brautigan at 3:20 AM on August 27, 2007
Personally I think The Boo Radleys are really rather underrated, nowadays. "Giant Steps" is still a mighty fine album and although it was hailed as a masterpiece back in 1993, it's since fallen off the musical map somewhat.
Or maybe I'm just reading the wrong magazines? Still, my favourite band rules. And the band My Favorite rules as well!
Anyway, I'm looking forward to watching this documentary!
Speaking of managers and documentaries, I seem to recall a really rather good TV special focusing on LTJ Bukem/Good Looking. I wonder if it's on YouTube? As soon as I get YouTube to work I'll have to go look.
posted by soundofsuburbia at 6:43 AM on August 27, 2007
Or maybe I'm just reading the wrong magazines? Still, my favourite band rules. And the band My Favorite rules as well!
Anyway, I'm looking forward to watching this documentary!
Speaking of managers and documentaries, I seem to recall a really rather good TV special focusing on LTJ Bukem/Good Looking. I wonder if it's on YouTube? As soon as I get YouTube to work I'll have to go look.
posted by soundofsuburbia at 6:43 AM on August 27, 2007
Does 'influenced' actually mean anything besides 'sounds a bit like sometimes'? Can anyone actually prove that when the Artic Monkeys list their influences they're saying anything more than "fuck, not this question again! What was that damn song I heard at that party when some groupie was bobbing for bobo?". Really - sometimes musicheads remind me of my not-too-with-it brother who thought that when Coppola's Dracula hung upside-down it was a homage to Burton's Batman. Dude, it's just bats.
But I digress. Stone Roses had potential and did nothing with it because of drugs, thus influencing, inter alia, Kurt Cobain, the preternaturally alert looking guy down at the video store, and the wrinkled lady I stepped over at the tube station yesterday.
posted by Sparx at 9:28 AM on August 27, 2007
But I digress. Stone Roses had potential and did nothing with it because of drugs, thus influencing, inter alia, Kurt Cobain, the preternaturally alert looking guy down at the video store, and the wrinkled lady I stepped over at the tube station yesterday.
posted by Sparx at 9:28 AM on August 27, 2007
How about April Wine? Anybody remember them? They were great.
posted by jonmc at 9:59 AM on August 27, 2007
posted by jonmc at 9:59 AM on August 27, 2007
I put them right up there with the very aptly named Average White Band.
posted by psmealey at 10:15 AM on August 27, 2007
posted by psmealey at 10:15 AM on August 27, 2007
Actually, AWB were pretty good.
and April Wine (who were a better than average bar-rock band at best) were still better than the Cure, the Smiths, My Bloody Valentine, Ride, Radiohead and Blur, who are already as embarassingly pretentious and dated as It's A Beautiful Day, ELP and Yes.
posted by jonmc at 10:39 AM on August 27, 2007
and April Wine (who were a better than average bar-rock band at best) were still better than the Cure, the Smiths, My Bloody Valentine, Ride, Radiohead and Blur, who are already as embarassingly pretentious and dated as It's A Beautiful Day, ELP and Yes.
posted by jonmc at 10:39 AM on August 27, 2007
So, now that you've established your tastes as having nothing to do with any of this why did you bother to wade in here?
posted by psmealey at 10:41 AM on August 27, 2007
posted by psmealey at 10:41 AM on August 27, 2007
To make mockery of all the tespet in a teapot debate surrounding the subject, and to kill time before I have to go to the laundromat.
posted by jonmc at 10:45 AM on August 27, 2007
posted by jonmc at 10:45 AM on August 27, 2007
thank you, sir.
as a bonus, please enjoy the most bizarrely named bodice-buster novel ever. I shelved it the other day.
posted by jonmc at 10:55 AM on August 27, 2007
as a bonus, please enjoy the most bizarrely named bodice-buster novel ever. I shelved it the other day.
posted by jonmc at 10:55 AM on August 27, 2007
The shit has hit the fan.
posted by kirkaracha at 11:35 AM on August 27, 2007
posted by kirkaracha at 11:35 AM on August 27, 2007
Good lord, this teapot has a tespet in it.
So that's what a tespet is. I wondered.
posted by Grangousier at 12:32 PM on August 27, 2007
So that's what a tespet is. I wondered.
posted by Grangousier at 12:32 PM on August 27, 2007
The first two minutes of Yes's "Heart of the Sunrise" are better than the entire collected works of April Wine and AWB.
Your favorite laundromat sucks.
posted by saladin at 1:16 PM on August 27, 2007
Your favorite laundromat sucks.
posted by saladin at 1:16 PM on August 27, 2007
Also, Yes (except for Rick Wakeman) were non-drinking vegetarians which explains why they wouldn't know rock and roll if it bit them on their anemic asses. Wakeman, a relaxed beer-drinking meat-eater played on David Bowie's 'Oh You Pretty Things,' which shows that he does know what rock and roll is. Yes suck. Sorry.
posted by jonmc at 3:26 PM on August 27, 2007
posted by jonmc at 3:26 PM on August 27, 2007
Saladin does. and Radiohead, the Smiths, and the Stone Roses are the 'modern' equivalent of Yes et al.
*cranks up the Brandos and the Fastbacks*
posted by jonmc at 3:44 PM on August 27, 2007
*cranks up the Brandos and the Fastbacks*
posted by jonmc at 3:44 PM on August 27, 2007
your musical taste is prole rubbish.
rock and roll is prole rubbish by definition.
posted by jonmc at 4:01 PM on August 27, 2007
rock and roll is prole rubbish by definition.
posted by jonmc at 4:01 PM on August 27, 2007
the Stone Roses are the 'modern' equivalent of Yes et al.
Dude, you know enough about music to understand why the much-maligned Hanson and the Bay City Rollers were actually great pop bands, so assigning such a facile and shallow analogy to the Stone Roses (presumably because two of their songs were really long?) is really surprising.
*cranks up the Brandos and the Fastbacks*
Interestingly, I listened to the Fastbacks and the Stone Roses back-to-back on the old iPod shuffle this morning. Even more interestingly, I enjoyed them both. Funny old world.
rock and roll is prole rubbish by definition
Oh that's right, there's never been a good middle-class musician or band ever. It's a categorical impossibility.
posted by scody at 4:05 PM on August 27, 2007
Dude, you know enough about music to understand why the much-maligned Hanson and the Bay City Rollers were actually great pop bands, so assigning such a facile and shallow analogy to the Stone Roses (presumably because two of their songs were really long?) is really surprising.
*cranks up the Brandos and the Fastbacks*
Interestingly, I listened to the Fastbacks and the Stone Roses back-to-back on the old iPod shuffle this morning. Even more interestingly, I enjoyed them both. Funny old world.
rock and roll is prole rubbish by definition
Oh that's right, there's never been a good middle-class musician or band ever. It's a categorical impossibility.
posted by scody at 4:05 PM on August 27, 2007
scody, that was a smack at burhanistan's comment. I'm just less than impressed by all the bands being trotted out as royalty here is all.
posted by jonmc at 4:34 PM on August 27, 2007
posted by jonmc at 4:34 PM on August 27, 2007
Ah, well then. But forget anyone trotting around names like music royalty -- do you like the Roses? Because attitude-wise, they had the kind of masterful swagger that I imagine you enjoy in a band, and musically, they put out some damn wonderful guitar pop. Seriously, "Elephant Stone," "She Bangs the Drums," and "Made of Stone" -- I would have always assumed those songs alone would be right up your alley.
posted by scody at 5:53 PM on August 27, 2007
posted by scody at 5:53 PM on August 27, 2007
But forget anyone trotting around names like music royalty -- do you like the Roses?
Eh. What I've heard didn't blow me away. You know me, I like my anthem rock.
posted by jonmc at 6:11 PM on August 27, 2007
Eh. What I've heard didn't blow me away. You know me, I like my anthem rock.
posted by jonmc at 6:11 PM on August 27, 2007
Anyone who understands the merits of Hanson likes a lot more than anthem rock. ;)
posted by scody at 6:21 PM on August 27, 2007
posted by scody at 6:21 PM on August 27, 2007
did Ricky Gervais base his Office character on that manager? he comes off as completely self-important and delusional.
posted by killy willy at 9:57 PM on August 27, 2007
posted by killy willy at 9:57 PM on August 27, 2007
Anyone who understands the merits of Hanson likes a lot more than anthem rock. ;)
posted by scody at 2:21 AM on August 28 [+] [!]
Hanson is anthem rock.
posted by jonmc at 2:26 AM on August 28 [+] [!]
There's only one way to settle this. TEEN BEAT pin-ups at dawn. I'll bring the tacks. May the best flicker still stand at the end.
posted by Sparx at 11:16 PM on August 27, 2007
posted by scody at 2:21 AM on August 28 [+] [!]
Hanson is anthem rock.
posted by jonmc at 2:26 AM on August 28 [+] [!]
There's only one way to settle this. TEEN BEAT pin-ups at dawn. I'll bring the tacks. May the best flicker still stand at the end.
posted by Sparx at 11:16 PM on August 27, 2007
rock and roll is prole rubbish by definition
We have a bit of now revealed a problem here to be M.I.9. Get out the pink press threat file! New prole art threat the subject. It's safehouse, safehouse time!
posted by UbuRoivas at 11:44 PM on August 27, 2007
We have a bit of now revealed a problem here to be M.I.9. Get out the pink press threat file! New prole art threat the subject. It's safehouse, safehouse time!
posted by UbuRoivas at 11:44 PM on August 27, 2007
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The Stone Roses got me out of my Nirvana funk. Love both still but there's only so much teenage angst I could put up with.
posted by monkeyx-uk at 3:25 PM on August 26, 2007