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The Stone Roses were credited for making the transition, or bridging the gap, between rock and dance music. For me the softly singing Ian Brown with literally magical lyrics and trance, rhythmic music behind Him with a touch of everything from rock, slow drum and bass (if that exists) to funk and house ... all achieved from a four piece band was so irresistible I literally was in love or at least felt I was. It's not that I looked up to the band or it's members or that I even cared particularly who they were. I wasn't even hanging out with similarly affected people or talking about it, it was just an experience ... I just got hypnotised! If it's possible to imagine what it's like to hear ''The Pied Piper'' and just follow behind in a happy trance then that's what The Stone Roses played - Pied Piper Music ... and not just for me; half of the UK were following behind me in a similar state, nobody really talking about it ... at their high point I listened to almost nothing else but at the time couldn't even tell you the name of a single person in the band.
I should have been paying more attention and wouldn't have missed The Spike Island gig but that was the thing, with The Stone Roses on your mind, you were not paying attention to anything, not even them.
In many ways they are the English version of The Doors, not that they had the same sound but both bands were capable of connecting to the soul of any teenager making their way into the world. The Stone Roses weren't selling an album ... when you opened up that CD or vinyl and started playing it, it was as strong a drug as anything being smoked or swallowed at their concerts.
I remember an 8 hour bus journey from Scotland to London with the Stone Roses on repeat on my Sony Walkman ... I just couldn't get enough of it, listening over and over and over, each time getting more from the music. Funnily enough I remember another London bus trip with trip with Nenah Cherry and Soul to Soul tapes ... another story!
I'm not known for dancing but when the Stone Roses played in a club, no matter how pretty the girl I was talking to or if I just ordered a beer in a 20 minute que, I went straight to the dance floor and entered into a zombie like state in my own world, swaying my head from side to side combined with some kind of funk/house dance. You had no inhibitions because you weren't actually there, nobody could see you and you weren't sharing the experience, you were sneaking off and doing it yourself ... on a packed dance floor in your own little world.
Are, or were, The Stone Roses the best band in the world? Quite possibly!
''Info from Wikipedia
Debut album and breakthrough success (1989–1991)
In 1988 and early 1989 The Stone Roses recorded their debut album at Battery Studios and Konk Studios in London and Rockfield Studios in Wales, produced by Leckie.[9] The first single for Silvertone, "Elephant Stone", made little impact, and in early 1989 the band's performances outside the north-west were still attracting small audiences.[48] "Made of Stone" received more press attention and was picked up for airplay by DJ Richard Skinner on his late night Radio One show, but peaked at number ninety on the UK Singles Chart. The Stone Roses was released in April[49][50] / May 1989,[51][52] initially to mostly positive[51] reviews, and entered the UK Albums Chart at number 32 in mid-May, the highest position it would reach that year.[53][54] This was followed with the single "She Bangs the Drums", which gave them a top forty UK hit, and a number one on the UK Independent Chart, and by that point they were receiving much greater press attention and were selling out shows across the country.[55][56][57] The band gained widespread notoriety when, one minute into a live 1989 TV performance on the BBC's The Late Show, the power failed, prompting Ian Brown to repeatedly roar "Amateurs!" at Tracey MacLeod.[58] Later in 1989 the band released a double A-side single, "Fools Gold/What the World Is Waiting For", which reached number eight on the UK Singles Chart in November.[59] Originally intended as a B-side, "Fools Gold" quickly became the Roses' most famous song and a performance of it on Top of the Pops cemented their national fame.[60] It gave them their first top ten hit and the album rose to number nineteen in the chart early the following year.
We're the most important group in the world, because we've got the
best songs and we haven't even begun to show our potential yet.
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The Stone Roses' outdoor concert at Spike Island in Widnes on 27 May 1990 was attended by some 27,000 people. The event, considered a failure at the time due to sound problems and bad organisation, has become legendary over the years as a "Woodstock for the baggy generation".[65] In mid 2010 footage of the concert was published on Youtube. The Roses followed Spike Island with another big event, at Glasgow Green.
By July the band had released their final single for Silvertone, "One Love", which reached number four in the UK singles chart,[59] their highest placing yet. It was to be the Roses' last original release for four years as they entered a protracted legal battle to terminate their five-year contract with Silvertone, unhappy with how they had been paid by the label.[66][67] Silvertone owners Zomba Records took out an injunction against the band in September 1990 to prevent them from recording with any other label, but in May 1991 the court sided with the group, which was then released from its contract. The Stone Roses subsequently signed with Geffen Records (garnering a million-pound advance for their next record) and began work on their second album.[68] However, Silvertone appealed against the ruling, delaying the record for another year.[69]
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