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Post by John S. Damm on Jul 30, 2013 16:18:12 GMT -5
"What's this you said 'Good Day Sunshine' was 'rubbish' Mick?!"
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Post by Steve Marinucci on Jul 30, 2013 16:31:31 GMT -5
"What's this you said 'Good Day Sunshine' was 'rubbish' Mick?!" Love this, John.
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Post by sayne on Jul 30, 2013 20:29:22 GMT -5
Is it just me or does it seem that every time there is a photo of a Stone with a Beatle, the member of the "world's greatest rock and roll band" seems to shrink in stature? I dig the Stones a lot, but even they weren't anywhere as "happening" as the Fabs. I remember reading in Clapton's book about Patty. Eric said he was jealous of George because George had the girl, the money, the fame. HE WAS A BEATLE!" The way Eric said it was an acknowledgement that the Beatles were at the top of the heap in a lot of ways, and in this case - stature.
'course, I could be letting my bias speak.
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Post by John S. Damm on Jul 31, 2013 7:27:05 GMT -5
Don't let Paul or Mick read that sayne or we'll never get Paul out on stage with the full Stones(or as much as are left) for a historic one-off two or three song performance to close a Stones' concert(unless Paul could get all the Stones together to play at one of his concerts). That is a Rock Summit that must happen and happen very soon or else it won't be cool. My caption comes from a 1966 Mick Jagger interview where he praises Revolver, well as much as Jagger would in 1966 when in the heated rivalry, but I think he said GDS was "rubbish." Of course I can't find that after Googling forever last night although I found posts on other Boards where posters paraphrase it but I can't find the interview or maybe just quote. On Beatles.com, the official site, there is that cool picture of Jagger in Abbey Road Studio with John and Paul(Paul with his Buddy Holly glasses on) and of course all those kind Beatle fans have prominent comments dissing the Stones and saying Jagger was there to get an idea for the Stones' next single. LOL, there was not one nice poster comment there on a very cool and historic photo.
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Post by ursamajor on Jul 31, 2013 8:15:41 GMT -5
I know what sayne means, although I love the Stones , they were no substitute for the Beatles as the premiere supergroup once the Beatles broke up.
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Post by mikev on Jul 31, 2013 11:17:10 GMT -5
I know what sayne means, although I love the Stones , they were no substitute for the Beatles as the premiere supergroup once the Beatles broke up. I too love the Stones and walked away from "Crossfire Hurricane" a bit disappointed. It really didn't shine a great light on their vast history IMO.
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Post by Steve Marinucci on Jul 31, 2013 17:13:45 GMT -5
I know what sayne means, although I love the Stones , they were no substitute for the Beatles as the premiere supergroup once the Beatles broke up. I too love the Stones and walked away from "Crossfire Hurricane" a bit disappointed. It really didn't shine a great light on their vast history IMO. Really? I loved it. I can see Stones fans complaining that it wasn't complete, but it had the history I wanted.
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Post by mikev on Jul 31, 2013 21:06:40 GMT -5
I too love the Stones and walked away from "Crossfire Hurricane" a bit disappointed. It really didn't shine a great light on their vast history IMO. Really? I loved it. I can see Stones fans complaining that it wasn't complete, but it had the history I wanted. That's just it...it wasa history without full music clips. I guess you could only do so much in a couple of hours. Plus it really didn't talk much of the later period.
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Post by acebackwords on Aug 1, 2013 15:14:13 GMT -5
Is it just me or does it seem that every time there is a photo of a Stone with a Beatle, the member of the "world's greatest rock and roll band" seems to shrink in stature? I dig the Stones a lot, but even they weren't anywhere as "happening" as the Fabs. I remember reading in Clapton's book about Patty. Eric said he was jealous of George because George had the girl, the money, the fame. HE WAS A BEATLE!" The way Eric said it was an acknowledgement that the Beatles were at the top of the heap in a lot of ways, and in this case - stature. 'course, I could be letting my bias speak. Nah, you speaketh the truth. Bill Graham -- who saw every rock band under the sun -- put it succinctly: "There was the Beatles, and then there was everybody else." Great photo. Man, those were the days when men were men and you could smoke in public.
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Post by Steve Marinucci on Aug 5, 2013 12:34:53 GMT -5
Bill Graham -- who saw every rock band under the sun -- put it succinctly: "There was the Beatles, and then there was everybody else." Great photo. Man, those were the days when men were men and you could smoke inside. Since you're from the Bay Area, I think, you have any memories of encountering Bill Graham? I remember seeing him in the lobby at Winterland and he scared me to death. I remember trying to say hi to him one time and he kind of growled. There's that great scene in "Last Days of the Fillmore" film where he chases the guy out the door. A former rock critic I know who will go unnamed had to endure an ear-blistering phone call from him after the guy wrote something Bill didn't appreciate.
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Post by acebackwords on Aug 6, 2013 21:25:13 GMT -5
When i was a bike messenger in the 70s and 80s I used to deliver packages to Bill Graham's office on 11th and Howard all the time. I never saw him but you could often HEAR him screaming and cursing at somebody on the telephone in the back office. It was like a scene out of the Fillmore movie.
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Post by acebackwords on Aug 6, 2013 21:31:26 GMT -5
I remember a Grateful Dead show at Winterland in 1976. Before the show there was a volleyball match between the Grateful Dead roadies and the Bill Graham staff. And every time Graham served the ball he got roundly booed by all the Deadheads. Ha ha. He was not popular back then.
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Post by acebackwords on Aug 6, 2013 21:34:04 GMT -5
The Bill Graham office got burned to the ground in an arson fire in 1985. Never solved.
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Post by debjorgo on Aug 6, 2013 21:53:40 GMT -5
The Bill Graham office got burned to the ground in an arson fire in 1985. Never solved. '85? Wasn't this around the time they started calling you sparky?
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Post by acebackwords on Aug 6, 2013 22:02:18 GMT -5
Ha ha. Bill Graham had so many enemies it was like a Perry Mason episode trying to figure out who done it.
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Post by acebackwords on Aug 8, 2013 18:27:33 GMT -5
The worst thing about that arson fire at the Bill Graham office was, every inch of the walls was covered with framed copies of the original art of those classic Fillmore posters from the 60s. All gone. And no amount of insurance money will bring them back.
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Post by acebackwords on Aug 8, 2013 18:37:26 GMT -5
A great rocknroll book is "Bill Graham Presents: My Life Inside Rocknroll." His autobiography. Great stories about the Rolling Stones tour in 69, the Gimme Sheltet tour, the Stones tour in the 80s, Woodstock, and Graham standing up to those Led Zeppelin thugs at the Day on the Green concert. And much much more. Plus a good account of his nervous breakdown.
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Post by acebackwords on Aug 11, 2013 19:11:46 GMT -5
Anybody else got any Bill Graham memories or opinions? He was quite the character.
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