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."
IMHO The Who really poured their hearts into each song. You can hear it in all of them. Listen to such less-produced ones like “Trick of The Light”, “A Legal Matter”, and “I’m a Boy” as just examples of how they poured their hearts into it.
Also there was often great banter between Pete and Moonie between the songs.
“You look like a bloody plumber!”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qV-0suglNY
I’ve been to a lot of concerts but I’d give the best live show as a tie to Alice Cooper and J Geils Band. Alice for the showmanship. But J Geils was impossible to sit still to, live. Never cared for Geil studio stuff. The live set was a great surprise.
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!’”
My thought exactly. Most regularly working cover bands were extremely good at reproducing studio music live. Few of them however could write to save their lives. The stones have written so many rock solid great songs it almost ridiculous. Based upon their albums they are an amazing rock n roll band.
He seems to be talking about their live performance, which is quite different from studio productions.
Well of course...all the pub bands play stones songs...and since the stones are let’s say...less energetic...they sound like a mediocre pub band..my fave stone song..”can’t you here me knocking”
Yup, "Sympathy..." is very original as is "Gimme Shelter" (Let It Bleed) with the haunting intro that is probably the most used song in movies and some TV shows. The other two are just copies of Chuck Berry. When's the last time you heard "Ps. I love you" or even "Day in a Life" in a movie or elsewhere? Other than "Back in the USSR", the Beatles didn't get rock n roll. They were a pop sensation.
Yeah, but Richards and Jagger screwed him by not giving him writing credit. A pair of @$$holes.
The live versions of Who songs sounded nothing like the studio versions.
Especially if you hear their live version of “Tommy” versus the studio version. Can’t even listen to the studio version because the live versions blow it away.
I saw what you did.
Eminence Front IMO is their last good song.
One of my absolute favorite Who songs.
Don't know why it wasn't ever released as a single (probably because Entwistle penned it).
Anyways, it just rocks.
“Who isn’t even qualified to be a backup band stones.”
I don’t know. Tell us. Who isn’t qualified to be a backup band stones”.
Really? It is Stones all the way back to Honky Tonk Woman. You can't hear the similarity?
Exactly. He knows the Stones have nothing on The Who when it comes to live performance.
This live version of “Music Must Change” totally blows away the studio version. But man Pete was out of it then.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heAaDHOvH24
“But the Stones never did a rock opera.”
Thank goodness.
The Who terrorized the world with two.
Augh!
I like them both but there is no comparison between Moon and Watts. Moon was probably in the top 4 of greatest Rock Drummers of all time with Peart, Bonham, and Palmer.
Nice try.
Maybe substitute something else.
Oh yeah,
Twin P90s, a Vox Superfuzz, and a backline of earth-shaking Hiwatt CP103s.
But this one really makes me want to acquire a Les Paul Deluxe.
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