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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."


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To: TakebackGOP

The Kinks were also a fantastic live band.


41 posted on 11/15/2021 3:57:20 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

<< How can anyone not love Ringo? >>

Especially after he released his classic “No More Fan Mail” video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hV8JFj17AtY


42 posted on 11/15/2021 3:59:17 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
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To: nickcarraway
Geeze, Roger, got any more sour grapes? BTW dipshit, you can go to any pub in the world that has a jukebox and find many classic Stones songs for your quarter. How many would I find of the WHO? Also, the only thing your band had going was Townsend and your drummer. Your songs sucked and I've never bought a Who recording.

Should I list the number of classics the Stones recorded and used in different movie soundtracks? Didn't think so. Even the Beatles don't get as much play.

43 posted on 11/15/2021 3:59:29 PM PST by A Navy Vet (USA Birth Certificate - 1787. Death Certificate - 2021. )
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To: dfwgator
What have the Stones done since 82

Most self-proclaimed Stones fans couldn't name a single song released after 1981's "Tattoo You" without googling something.

I know I couldn't.

44 posted on 11/15/2021 4:00:26 PM PST by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024.)
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To: Drew68

The 70 Isle of Wight show is the greatest single performance. The song “Water” is so good. Although LOL, I doubt these days it would fly, “And there’s none of us here who’d say “NO!” to somebody’s daughter!”

But pretty much after Quadrophenia, they produced maybe one song that would be on my Top Ten Who Song List: Slip Kid (which is just a fantastic song)


45 posted on 11/15/2021 4:00:56 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Drew68

I did like “One Hit To The Body”, BTW Jimmy Page plays on it.


46 posted on 11/15/2021 4:01:44 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: nickcarraway

He’s not wrong, for the most part. There are a few excellent songs in the Rolling Stones catalog, true classics (Paint it Black, Sympathy for the Devil), but far more common are trashy like Miss You, Angie, Brown Sugar, and so on.


47 posted on 11/15/2021 4:02:00 PM PST by dangus
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To: All
My generation who may have thought to themselves I can see for miles and that they Won't get fooled again were caught off guard when they ran into Baba o'Reilly who told them It's a boy when asked about what came out of the squeeze box who will ,no dobt, become a Pinball Wizard.
48 posted on 11/15/2021 4:03:02 PM PST by BipolarBob (I thought growing old would take longer.)
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To: nickcarraway

Meanwhile, all of them are fully aware of just how much cross-over there is among their respective fan bases. Whatever, Roger. Luv ya, but c’mon, man!


49 posted on 11/15/2021 4:03:22 PM PST by cdcdawg (Let's Go, Brandon!)
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To: dfwgator

Outside the house Mr. Simpson announced
That Sally couldn’t go to the meeting


50 posted on 11/15/2021 4:05:15 PM PST by Jim Noble (The nation cannot be saved until the GOP is destroyed)
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To: Drew68
Except for maybe a half dozen live tracks at most (the greatest being "Midnight Rambler" off "Get Your Ya Ya's Out" I've never really been blown away by any live Stones recordings.

"Sympathy for the Devil" is my favorite from that album. "Carol" and "Little Queenie" are also good tracks.

51 posted on 11/15/2021 4:06:22 PM PST by rllngrk33 (It seems the soap box and ballot box have failed, it might be time for the bullet box.)
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To: dangus

“Black Girls just wanna get f.....d all night”

LOL, I love the SNL episode where Garrett Morris is all serious and says. “You have besmirched the character of black women Mick, so I just have one question for you? Where are these black broads, baby? Got any phone numbers for me? Please!”


52 posted on 11/15/2021 4:06:51 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: GSWarrior
The Who is great. But they essentially stopped being active in 1982 so you got give it to the Stones.

The Who toured in 1989 to replenish John Entwistle's empty bank account. They toured again in 1996 to replenish John Entwistle's empty bank account.

Entwistle made tons of money and he spent even more tons of money.

When he died in 2002, facedown, "Scarface-style" in a mountain of cocaine and a harem of top-shelf Vegas hookers picking through his pockets, his estate had to be liquidated to pay his creditors.

53 posted on 11/15/2021 4:06:52 PM PST by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024.)
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To: nickcarraway
Who frontman Roger Daltrey described the Rolling Stones as a "mediocre pub band" in a recent interview.

Maybe they are. But they play in the largest pubs in the world. Over and over again.

Personally I think they peaked with Exile on Main Street and have been coasting ever since. But unlike The Beatles they stayed together, replacing personnel as needed and just keep touring.

54 posted on 11/15/2021 4:07:26 PM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Suppo)
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To: nickcarraway

Let’s compare wallets. The Stones are on tour, where’s Roger?


55 posted on 11/15/2021 4:07:43 PM PST by Fireone (When they pry them from my cold, dead, unvaccinated hands.)
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To: Drew68

I actually liked Pete’s solo stuff, especially “White City” with David Gilmour. It was a needed break from The Who.


56 posted on 11/15/2021 4:09:03 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator
I would say that 1978's "Some Girls" was the last of the really good "all the way through" Rolling Stones albums. At that time, even though they were already considered rock dinosaurs, they had been together only about 16 years.

1980s "Emotional Rescue" was the beginning of the downward slide though there were some good songs on that. As for the big 1981 single "Start Me Up" - that is one of the most annoying songs ever. Probably because it reminds me of Bill Gates and Microsoft.

57 posted on 11/15/2021 4:09:08 PM PST by SamAdams76 (I am 16 days away from outliving Holly Dunn)
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To: nickcarraway

I like many of the Stones songs but they are a mediocre band live ... with the exception of Mick Jagger. Regardless of one’s opinion of Mick’s schtick I do give him points for his high energy performance — particularly at his age.

One problem is the Stones are a guitar band with mediocre guitarists. They haven’t produced a decent guitar solo since Mick Taylor left. I think one factor beyond the effects of drug abuse is they have a real loose attitude and just don’t care.

Doesn’t matter. They have been a successful R&R franchise for many decades. They have become very wealthy and are still rocking and rolling not because of money but because it’s what they do.

Kudo’s to the Rolling Stones for all their good songs and staying power.


58 posted on 11/15/2021 4:10:18 PM PST by plain talk
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To: Drew68; Pelham

And the best songs from Tattoo You were recorded years earlier than the album’s ‘81 release — Waiting on a Friend (‘73), Slave (‘75), and Start Me Up (‘78). The album Some Girls (‘78) was their last hurrah, but their last top-notch record was Exile (‘72).


59 posted on 11/15/2021 4:10:45 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
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To: Drew68

I love the songs from “Odds and Sods”, especially “Now I’m a Farmer”, mainly because of Moonie’s opening drums and Nicky Hopkins piano-work......(Gourds!)


60 posted on 11/15/2021 4:11:00 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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