The Rolling Stones Roll Away

So now that I have been introduced to The Beatles, I compare every song/artist to them. Nothing compares to the cute, wonderful, harmonizing, british-accented boys that go by the name The Beatles. If I had to order The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and The Who, it would go The Beatles, then The Who, and then at the very bottom would go The Rolling Stones. I honestly don't like them. Their sound, their look, their vibe. They feel really jumbled and their lyrics suck. And I don't think they improved with their second album either. In fact, I like the covers they did on their second album less than the ones they did on their first album. Part of the reason is they covered a Chuck Berry song. I don't like the way early rock n roll sounds. It sounds to blue-sy and I can't stand it.

Their album 12x5 just doesn't do much for me.

"Around and Around," the original Chuck Berry song just isn't good. It is jumbled and it just sounds like he is talking and extending the syllables of every word.

Although! What is really interesting is when you look at the crowd, it isn't JUST girls. There are quite a few boys/men who are cheering and screaming as well. I think that is an asset to The Rolling Stones that they are able to draw in both genders. The Beatles probably did too, but you never saw any boys at the concerts because it would just be a bunch of girls screaming.

Their dance moves are quite hilarious, especially when Jagger does this rocker type jump thing that is just a fail. Plus when he is trying to move/shake his legs really fast to look cool and to make him seem talented, it just makes him look like he is having muscle spazims.

Even in "Time is on My Side," their harmonizing on the word time is not very good. It just sounds like they are all saying time in the biggest texan accent they can pull off.

And last, but not least, I don't like it when songs have the harmonica in it. It gives it an obnoxious sound and I think the harmonica is a shrill instrument that makes every song sound like a mo-town/blues song. I don't really like mo-town/blues and I just wish people wouldn't use the harmonica unless they are going to start yodeling.

"Confessin the Blues"