re. Beatles/Stones

[Carvill John]

Yes, while the Beatles were more influenced by Rock n Roll than Blues. Plus they had lots of more eclectic tastes as well: girl groups, etc. I dunno, the Beatles just always seemed like more *fun*, the Stones made serious music, serious in the sense of glum. 

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> Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 10:04:26 -0500
> Subject: Re: re. Beatles/Stones
> From: joeallonby at gmail.com
> To: robinlandseadel at comcast.net
> CC: pynchon-l at waste.org
>
> On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 9:37 AM, Robin
> Landseadel wrote:
>>
>> The Stones were primarily about assuming Black—African American—postures,
>> spearheading the British Blues Revival that ultimately led to Bonzo Dog
>> Band's immortal "Can Blue Men Sing the Whites?"
>>
>
> I've talked a little about this in the past. In particular, much of
> the music the Stones put out between 1968 and 1974 was heavily
> influenced by K.R.'s relationship with the late Gram Parsons -
> channelling Appalachian and Soul music. It's pretty eclectic.
>

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