And the irony is.......
one CD contained (sometimes)innovative rock'n'roll classics that helped shape a generation, and the other contained badly-produced, tinny, weedy derivative northern pop music.

I'd say the chap had a lucky break, there...
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 4 Feb 2009, 16:10, 5 replies)

agreed
the stone roses are easily the most over hyped band that never deserved it.

the odd catchy tune, granted...but thats about the height of it. ian brown can't even sing, the simian faced cunt
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Wed 4 Feb 2009, 16:24, closed)

definitely
the rolling stones should be on the national curriculum.

particularly Gimme Shelter
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 4 Feb 2009, 16:24, closed)

I can see a good essay title there:
Gimme Shelter: discuss the relative merits of the original version as performed by The Rolling Stones and the later version recorded by Grand Funk Railroad

Didn't someone like Dusty Springfield of that one as well...or did I just dream that?
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 5 Feb 2009, 14:26, closed)

Damn right

(Bazongaloid, Wed 4 Feb 2009, 16:27, closed)

IMO, The 'Stone Roses' were quite good...

Managing to (briefly) capture the imagination of a generation in a way that many bands before and since have achieved

'I am the resurrection' is an absolutely phenomenal track...

But they weren't no 'Stones...and they never will be.

(Bad English deliberate for effect)
( Pooflake braces for an onslaught..., Wed 4 Feb 2009, 16:31, closed)

Hopefully the bad English isn't a diss at my small effort!!!!?
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Wed 4 Feb 2009, 16:43, closed)

Undoubtedly the Rolling Stones were faaaaaar more influential, spanning decades and genres. However in terms of my late 80's and 90's "yoof", I was deep inside that whole Britpop movement and therefore at the time nothing was bigger, especially the ageing parody of themselves that was the Rolling Stones.
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Wed 4 Feb 2009, 16:46, closed)