The Stone Roses

[Humberto]

Were they good?

I like this song - Fools Gold:



I just thought they might be worth talking about, as I don't know much about them.

 

[Humberto]

Would need more evidence but there seemed to be schism with the grunge Nirvana fans.

I was just a nerd playing Jimi Hendrix, and Bob Marley.

 

[Humberto]

mere evidence. Tufty pulled me on the strength of this.

 

[Humberto]

God blesser

 

[Humberto]

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[Humberto]

Like I'll call it: zerr good

 

[Humberto]

Will bake your nan a nice cake later.

 

[danny la rouge]

Were they good?

I liked their first album at the time, but I haven’t played it in years.

I was into grunge, but wasn’t aware of a schism.

 

[Silas Loom]

They were considerably better than the Happy Mondays or Inspiral Carpets. Strange times, those were.

 

[stavros]

Never heard of them. Based on the above they're trying too hard to sound like Oasis.

 

[tommers]

I even like their second album.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Never heard of them. Based on the above they're trying too hard to sound like Oasis.

Twenty Ern Points

 

[souljacker]

Great band who should have been the biggest in the world but they fucked it (with the the help of their management and label).

The first album is perfect from start to finish.

 

[Elpenor]

Was big into them during school (in late 90s), a few of us were, we used to do Ian brown style monkey walks across the common room

 

[mwgdrwg]

Never heard of them, where are they from?

 

[danny la rouge]

Never heard of them, where are they from?

Leeds.

 

[Santino]

Dave, Baz, Lenny and Mikey. Legends.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Second album was better than the first one. The first Album was basically Child of the Moon by the Stones and Rain by the Beatles mashed together and regurgitated. I saw them a couple of times and they were very good, and then I saw them implode on stage at Reading Fesitival, where they were awful; grown men in baggy trousers were crying in the audience.

 

[Favelado]

Fool's Gold is excellent. There are some other genuine highlights in there too - the very end of the song 'Standing Here' is stunning for example - and the Peter Hook produced Elephant Stone is a little explosion of joy.

 

[josef1878 2.0]

Spike Island was one of the biggest piles of shit I've ever attended

 

[SpookyFrank]

They were considerably better than the Happy Mondays

I've pulled clots of hair out of my shower drain that were better than the Happy Mondays.

 

[planetgeli]

The Happy Mondays were great, Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches was a moment in time. You had to be there. Taking E. They were a mess on stage. That was the point.

Stone Roses, for the first album, for Fool's Gold, for all of that era...big part of my life. Everything is borrowed. Lyrically they were mainly brilliant.

So how they went from that to complete dickhead covid denier Ian Brown and cokehead Squire, fuck knows.

Respect to Reni and Mani. And Reni is widely regarded as the best drummer around at that time, despite being a complete smackhead.

 

[stavros]

Respect to Reni and Mani. And Reni is widely regarded as the best drummer around at that time, despite being a complete smackhead.

This. I've no idea about their technical abilities, but that rhythm section sounded tight as fuck.

And overall I'd pick the Mondays over them, even if they in fact sound nothing like one another.

 

[skyscraper101]

I even like their second album.

I even prefer their second album.

 

[Don Baumgarten]

My brother had been paralysed his whole life (33). Upon hearing a Stone Roses album from my upstairs bedroom he stood-up out of his wheelchair, climbed the stairs, and entered my room where he then switched the stereo off.

 

[DotCommunist]

I like 'I wanna be adored'. 'I don't need to sell my soul, he's already in me' is a great line

 

[Favelado]

This. I've no idea about their technical abilities, but that rhythm section sounded tight as fuck.

And overall I'd pick the Mondays over them, even if they in fact sound nothing like one another.

Bummed sounds like Can in a really groovy good way.

 

[Favelado]

My brother had been paralysed his whole life (33). Upon hearing a Stone Roses album from my upstairs bedroom he stood-up out of his wheelchair, climbed the stairs, and entered my room where he then switched the stereo off.

You've nicked this but funny anyway.

 

[Favelado]

I've pulled clots of hair out of my shower drain that were better than the Happy Mondays.

No you haven't. The album version of Wrote For luck is brilliant. A scally version of Can - a brilliant druggy racket and some great lyrics too. Bummed is a fantastic record.

I wrote for luck
They sent me you.
I ordered lines.
You formed a queue.

 

[krtek a houby]

Besides the Can influences, there's a lot of early Byrds in there, too.

Not so sure the second album is all that, though.