Given Morrissey's current view of the world alienating Smiths fans, I hope we get The Smiths + Adam Lambert in the next few years.
If we're talking strictly in terms of the production, then in that respect the Roses' debut definitely displays a lot of hallmarks of late '80s production trends.
The over-exploitation of that album is not really the fault of The Stone Roses themselves. Up to 2002 it was in the hands of Silvertone/Zomba, then acquired by BMG and finally Sony. It's an album that has been comprehensively asset-stripped along the way.
I liked the two new songs, All For One, and especially Beautiful Thing. But fans and critics went on a stampede rubbishing both, and they got what they wanted, the band breaking up. Hope everyone's happy! There's always the debut to listen to again and again and pretend the band didn't exist post 1989.
So you're saying these musicians don't deserve to utilize their talent and make music after a certain point that you decide? You should be a dictator.
Nobody is stopping anyone from utilizing their talent. We just ask they don't do it as "band we loved but has been broken up for over a decade."
I greatly enjoyed the MSG show, and that Ian could mostly sing in key if not remember all the lyrics or hit his cues made it worth what I ended up paying for floors... "Don't be sad it's over, be happy it happened" indeed. 20160630 The Stone Roses by Frank Yang, on Flickr
I think it's pretty crappy attitude. As the saying go, don't listen if you don't like it. Just ease off on the non-productive complaining.
Does anyone know if there were any other tracks recorded after the reunion apart from the two singles?
The part that destroyed the creative was realising they'd made a genre defining album and not made a penny from it. Oh and cocaine is a hell of a drug.
Actually, I think it's great if they want to get together and play old stuff. Just know when your creative moment as a unit has passed and keep working with new people on the side. That's respectable (and respectful).
Personally, I'm glad they didn't record a new album if the caliber of those two songs were anything to go by. That said, the New York reunion show was tremendous.
I’m going to agree that the Libertines 3rd album isn’t as good as their first two. However it was very well received by both critics and fans and certainly has some great songs. Definitely no dud album. I admire them for taking on the challenge rather than becoming a nostalgia band in their mid 30’s. I wouldn’t be surprised at all if their next one is fabulous. It seems like the Roses realised they too would have to take that challenge to carry on as a serious band, and although those two new songs were hardly earth shattering, the social media reaction was ridiculously harsh. Has anyone listened to UK chart music recently? It stinks!
I love the debut LP & Second Coming but the two tracks they recorded after the reunion were well beneath their level, I fail to see how anyone can disagree. I'll stick with the memories from '88 to '95 when they were the best band in the World.
The greatest concert going experience of my life..Waited 20 years for this to happen and it far exceeded my expectations. Literally cried tears of joy afterwards..
It's not the job of the fan to make artistic judgement calls on behalf of the artist. The way it works is that the artist makes the record, you choose whether or not you want to consume that art, they cancel each other out and you owe each other nothing.
We're all entitled to an opinion and we're not always going to agree. As a Roses fan since 1988 I found it well below par and it seems I'm not the only one. Anyway, sorry that you're leaving the thread.
Was thinking back to when I felt it had lost something and I think you've found it. I remember buying One Love and thinking hmm, something's different., it's just kind of, ok.
