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Anybody here like the Stone Roses? I just got into them a few days ago, BBC voted their debut self titled album the best ever... hmm... they're not THAT good, but this is great British pop. Kind of like the Smiths, but not quite as good... I can't believe I didnt' know anything about this band before. |
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Neither can I =oD |
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I take it you've heard 'Fools Gold'... |
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The whole album is pretty much perfect... I guess my favorite track right now ''She Bangs the Drums''. I'd HEARD of them, but I thought they were some grunge crap, for some reason... :-/ From All Music Guide... Since the Stone Roses were the nominal leaders of Britain's "Madchester" scene — an indie rock phenomenon that fused guitar-pop with drug-fueled rave and dance culture — it's rather ironic that their eponymous debut only hints at dance music. What made the Stone Roses important was how they welcomed dance and pop together, treating it as if it were the same beast. Equally important was the Roses' cool, detached arrogance which was personified by Ian Brown's nonchalant vocals. Brown's effortless malevolence is brought to life with songs that equal both his sentiments and his voice — "I Wanna Be Adored," with its creeping bass line and waves of cool guitar hooks, doesn't demand adoration, it just expects it. Similarly, Brown can claim "I Am the Resurrection" and lay back, as if there were no room for debate. But the key to The Stone Roses is John Squire's layers of simple, exceedingly catchy hooks and how the rhythm section of Reni and Mani always imply dance rhythms without overtly going into the disco. On "She Bangs the Drums" and "Elephant Stone," the hooks wind into the rhythm inseparably — the '60s hooks and the rolling beats manage to convey the colorful, neo-psychedelic world of acid house. Squire's riffs are bright and catchy, recalling the British Invasion while suggesting the future with their phased, echoey effects. The Stone Roses was a two-fold revolution — it brought dance music to an audience that was previously obsessed with droning guitars, while it revived the concept of classic pop songwriting, and the repercussions of its achievement could be heard throughout the '90s, even if the Stone Roses could never achieve this level of achievement ever again |
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i've never heard of them. are they old or recent? they sound good |
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Everyone slags "Second Coming", their, yep, you guessed it, second album. Although I think it's great as well, a totally different sound though, more like Led Zepellin and the riffs are very Jimi Hendrix style. Coincidentally I just got BACK into their debut album yesterday and have been listening to it a lot recently. They're basically the godfathers of Britpop. Every band from that era names them as an influence. |
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I only have the album with Fools Gold and I Wanna Be Adored. I dig it. |
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They're ok. The second album is much different |
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i guess they're an old group then |
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First album is from '89, and it's great... Second Coming, from '94, is supposed be a bit disapointing... I guess. I haven't heard it yet, but I doubt it's anywhere near as good as this one. |
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"i wanna be adored" is one of my fave songs, it's so much fun to sing (including emulating the guitar line). |
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Well I like it anyway. *grunt* |
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one love is excellent too. And the ending to I Am The Resurrection is great too. Dead funky. |
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Maybe you've also heard Ian Brown's solo stuff Phecks... try 'F.E.A.R.', 'Be There' (with Unkle) and 'Corpses'... |
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They released a lot that is on neither album... check out "The Complete Stone Roses" Has tracks like fools gold, one love, loads of jangly guitar uplifting tunes , I was well into them in the early 90's, in fact I still dig 'em... "Complete" beats "Second Coming" although "Love Spreads " is a powerful track. I love "Waterfall" and "Resurrection" particularly off their debut LP.. Browns' solo stuff is OK, I like the track "Corpses in their mouths" ; as is Squires' band The Seahorses , who did " Love is the law ", another beautifully uplifting & powerful song. Check 'em all out, and also Black Grape / The Happy Mondays, the other half of the Madchester phenomenon ( and equally as good, perhaps even more fun-loving and off their 'eds :D) |
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