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Roger Daltrey Calls Rolling Stones a ‘Mediocre Pub Band’
UltimateClassicRock ^ | November 3, 2021 | Martin Kielty

Posted on 11/15/2021 3:28:28 PM PST by nickcarraway

Who frontman Roger Daltrey described the Rolling Stones as a "mediocre pub band" in a recent interview.

His comments follow those of Paul McCartney, who reignited the Beatles-vs.-Stones argument when he called Mick Jagger's group a "covers band" — leading to a lighthearted response from Jagger during a concert.

In conversation with the Coda Collection, Daltrey offered his own views, saying: "Mick Jagger, you've got to take your hat off to him. He's the number one rock 'n' roll performer." He continued with a laugh: "But as a band, if you were outside a pub and you heard that music coming out of a pub some night, you'd think, 'Well, that's a mediocre pub band!'"

Elsewhere in the interview, Daltrey revealed his envy toward Robert Plant, whose experience fronting Led Zeppelin was very different from Daltrey's own experience fronting the Who. “I managed to get the short straw of all the singers in all the bands," he reflected. "No solos! Who songs are all lyrics. Robert Plant — Percy, as we call him — he's a very good friend of mine, and we do joke about it. He said you could go off and read a book when [Jimmy] Page started up on a guitar solo or [John] Bonham stated on a drum solo. And I suddenly thought, 'I wonder what it would have been like being in a band like that!'"

Daltrey also said he was a "hater of the internet," explaining: "I never thought any good would come of it, and I still don't think anything good's come of it. I think if we're not careful it's probably the end of our civilization."


TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
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1 posted on 11/15/2021 3:28:28 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Wow that sounds more like something that jackass Pete Townsend would say.


2 posted on 11/15/2021 3:31:48 PM PST by V_TWIN
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To: nickcarraway

When you’re a well-seasoned rocker, I guess you can get away with flapping your gums. Either way, he’s on solid ground, except that I’d take Charlie Watts over Keith Moon.


3 posted on 11/15/2021 3:32:17 PM PST by scottinoc
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To: wardaddy; Mr. Mojo

Classic rock food fight.


4 posted on 11/15/2021 3:32:23 PM PST by Pelham (Q is short for quack)
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To: V_TWIN

Pete may be too busy doing computer “research” on deviancy.


5 posted on 11/15/2021 3:33:00 PM PST by rfp1234 (Comitia asinorum et rhinocerum delenda sunt.)
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To: nickcarraway

He’s not exactly wrong, except I always thought the Stones were the ultimate garage band. That said, I never understood The Who’s popularity either.


6 posted on 11/15/2021 3:33:45 PM PST by usafa92 (Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America!)
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To: nickcarraway

He’s not wrong.


7 posted on 11/15/2021 3:33:46 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up....)
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To: nickcarraway

The Stones are a very good blues band.


8 posted on 11/15/2021 3:35:04 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: nickcarraway

I’ve spoken to him lots of times here in L.A. His “hobby” is to go to the small record shops because he hated people bothering him at Amoeba, One of the small record shops is in Los Feliz/Silverlake area and he just walks there. He’s not a lib, that’s for sure. (grin)


9 posted on 11/15/2021 3:35:59 PM PST by max americana (FIRED LEFTARD employees at our office every election since 2008 and enjoyed seeing them cry.)
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Mods v. Rockers redux, srsly?


10 posted on 11/15/2021 3:36:08 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: nickcarraway

I look at a band’s great song rate over their entire catalog . Both these groups are similar in the 10 -15% great range, but the Stones have a more extensive collection. Slight advantage to the Stones. Very subjective obviously.


11 posted on 11/15/2021 3:39:47 PM PST by Codeflier (Please stop calling these violent totalitarian collectivist Democrats, liberals. )
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To: nickcarraway

I think these guys just like to bait each other.


12 posted on 11/15/2021 3:39:52 PM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: nickcarraway

Funny I would’ve describe it exactly the opposite. Who isn’t even qualified to be a backup band stones.


13 posted on 11/15/2021 3:40:01 PM PST by Hammerhead
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To: V_TWIN

Pete though has said repeatedly that he’s a huge Stones fan.


14 posted on 11/15/2021 3:40:06 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Codeflier

Exile and then Some Girls were the last “great” Stones albums, everything outside of that since 1972 has mostly been hit or miss.


15 posted on 11/15/2021 3:41:05 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: nickcarraway

The Stones are vastly overrated but their longevity is remarkable.

The Doors, while they did have some odd tracks, were far superior musically. Unfortunately Jim joined the 27 Club and the band flopped as a trio, breaking up in ‘73.


16 posted on 11/15/2021 3:41:56 PM PST by diplomatic_immunity
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To: nickcarraway

Mick doesn’t sing, he screams.


17 posted on 11/15/2021 3:43:01 PM PST by SkyDancer (Let's Go Brandon!)
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To: nickcarraway
Girls, girls, you are both very pretty.

But I am going steady with Bon Jovi.

18 posted on 11/15/2021 3:43:09 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (add a dab of lavender in milk, leave town with an orange and pretend you're laughing with it)
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To: Codeflier

I’ll put The Who’s output from 68 to 73, up with anything. That includes a lot of the songs that didn’t even make it onto the albums.

Pete did seem to lose interest in The Who after Quadrophenia.


19 posted on 11/15/2021 3:43:33 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Pelham

Seems it’s been open season on the Stones since Charlie passed.


20 posted on 11/15/2021 3:44:06 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
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