It was 50 years ago today

[Kierland]

Can you read? I clearly said she is not a musician. And she is still better than Mick & the Thieves.
I’ll just leave this here:
I want to be on top
Forever on the up
And damn the competition
I never play it fair
I never turn a hair
Just like the politicians
I wrap my conscience up
I want to win that cup
And get my money baby
But back in the dressing room
The other side is weeping

[BSmack]

Katy Perry is for children. If you that you are either a kid or a kid fucker.

[Dinsdale]

The Stones are fucking awful. Shit musicians playing shit music.

[Dinsdale]

I never could stand Wagner's operas

When I was a young'un learning to play all sorts of classical music, they explained that "Wagner's music is better than it sounds."

[Derron]

The Stones are fucking awful. Shit musicians playing shit music.

Rack that. Gimmie Shelter is about the only thing I dig that they did. Way over rated, but able to get people to spend $ 300 plus a seat to see a bunch of drug addict geriatric dudes that may drop dead on stage before the show is over.

[Mikey]

Rolling Stones: the most overrated shit band to ever steal a tune.

Define "steal."

[Kierland]

Love in Vain

[Kierland]

So people can like or dislike any number of bands and artists but somehow the Rolling Hacks are off limits. Bunch of tards.

Not at all. You can fucking hate the Stones for all I care, but to imply that some media-made pop star has more talent than Brian Jones, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, et al is freaking ridiculous.

Why because everyone is supposed to like the Rolling Thieves? They are two bit hacks who stole some good music at the right time.

[Mikey]

How can you say that they "stole" any music? Did they not credit the songwriters (coughcoughahem.....ledzeppelin...coughcough)?

Covering other artists' songs has long been an accepted practice in blues and probably even more so in jazz. It's not considered stealing, but more a compliment that somebody would think enough of your song to record it and add their own interpretation. Plus, the songwriters (are supposed to) get royalties.

I guess the Allman Brothers "stole" all those songs that they covered from Elmore James, Bobby Bland, Willie Dixon, T-Bone Walker, Blind Willie McTell, etc.

[Mikey]

Love in Vain

Plenty of other artists have covered Robert Johnson's songs.

They're considered part of the blues lexicon. Are they all thieves?

Stevie Ray Vaughn (if he was alive), Eric Clapton, original Fleetwood Mac, John Mayall, Elvis...
They should all be ashamed for stealing all those old songs.



edit...I'm not bringing up Pat Boone...

[Mikey]

Don't listen to Dinsdale. He's a fukkin' Deadhead.

[BSmack]

How can you say that they "stole" any music? Did they not credit the songwriters (coughcoughahem.....ledzeppelin...coughcough)?

Well they didn't give any credit to Mississippi Fred McDowell until Chris Strachwitz intervened. Then they gave him a nice royalty check right before he passed away.

[Mikey]

In that case they pretty much stole it.

[Mikey]

Check out Europe 72 some time.

Are you fuckin’ witme? I went on Spotify to find and listen to Europe ‘72 tonight only to find it is 21 volumes in length.

I found one that was called Europe ‘72 remastered in 2004. More approachable than the last one. But let’s just say that if it was in a museum and you and I went to see it, I’d meet you in the hotel bar after you’d had your fill. And my tab would be long when you arrived...

The original release was three vinyl discs. It was recorded during an extended European tour and they chose cuts from different shows. I guess they released the entire thing, which I wasn't aware of.

I'll get back to you in a couple of weeks when I re-emerge from my headphones.