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if you can say the Stones are over rated then, it is just as easy to say Zeppelin is so so over rated
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i didn't think the page/plant thing was bullshit...the cd with new material, although i didn't appreciate it at the time, i can listen to it now and realize it's a great fucking cd....and when i saw them live, they were amazing...i do agree that the stones are overrated though...
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THe Rolling Stones aren't my favourite band and may be overrated but I'll be damned if they didn't put on one hell of a show in Moncton. Sure, they may be corporate whores but they have some damn great songs. How can you not like "Paint It Black"? It's a tremendous song.
intothenight is correct though; there shouldn't be lists because it's all speculation.
I'll tell you what though- have a listen to "Streets of Love" from A BIGGER BANG and see what you think. It is by no means a flawless album but damn it has some good tunes on it. I love Keef's songs. The Stones are pretty damn good for 60 year olds.
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My girlfriend just informed me that she was listening to a radio sation today in Oshawa (so probably a Toronto station) and they were playing a best songs ever type countdown and the DJ ranted about how overrated the HIP were and said how annoying they are and referred to them as "happy faces that smoke a lot of weed." Well of course, I said that I have nothing against people who don't know anything about the HIP and thus don't like the hip, there are some 6 billion people in the world who have never heard their music but that she (the DJ) was a DJ and so the idea that she doesn't like the HIP is absurd to me. Her happy face comparison alone makes it obvious she has no reason to hate them other than envy of some sort? And she thinks that by venting on the air she will convince others not to like them?? To which my g/f responded by basically saying I base my life around the HIP and I was too defensive and intolerant of people who don't like the HIP. Am I really intolerant? I would hate to be that! If someone's opinon was that Shakesphere sucked or that Picaso sucked, would it not be unreasonable to say that their opinion was ignorant? How might I better articulate a defense of the HIP and Hipness, if you will, to people without sounding intolerant?
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Don't worry, my g/f is not loosening my grip on the Tragically Hip.
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You're always going to sound intolerant when you argue music. The only question I have for the DJ, is whether or not she respects the band.
If she doesn't, well, we can grab our shovels and wait for her after work...
I, personally, am not intolerant to non-Hip fans, but if they don't respect the bands accomplishments and their abilities then they're just wrong...
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cheer to cordelia making the cut
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My now-fiancee hated The Hip when we first met and I wore her down. She sings along to many songs now and has been to two concerts with me. If you can find another non-Hip freak who loves Emperor Penguin, please let me know.
Jeff
June 21, 2003 Toronto, ON: SkyDome
July 1, 2004 Toronto, ON: Molson Amphitheatre
November 26, 2004 Toronto, ON: Air Canada Centre
June 24, 2006 Toronto, ON: Historic Fort York
May 10, 2007 Indianapolis, IN: The Vogue
July 14, 2011 Edmonton, AB: Northlands Festival Site
June 30, 2012 Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON: The Commons at Butler's Barracks
January 23, 2013 Edmonton, AB: Rexall Place
July 28, 2016 Edmonton, AB: Rexall Place
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