{"id":1499,"date":"2008-06-20T21:50:57","date_gmt":"2008-06-21T01:50:57","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2009-02-07T10:50:16","modified_gmt":"2009-02-07T10:50:16","slug":"ground-rules-for-rock-town-hall-s-upcomi-1976","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/ground-rules-for-rock-town-hall-s-upcomi-1976\/","title":{"rendered":"Ground Rules and Methodology for Rock Town Hall&#8217;s Upcoming Battle Royale: Rod Stewart vs The Stones, 1969-1976"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D9gbQCvD91E?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><br \/>\nIn a few hours I will roll out the first part in my possibly mind-blowing examination of whether <strong>Rod Stewart<\/strong>&#8216;s output, including his work with <strong>The Faces<\/strong>, from 1969 through 1976, is as good as or better than that of <strong>The Rolling Stones<\/strong>. A lot of Rock Nerd Points are going to be riding on this study, so I want to make sure we&#8217;re clear on the <strong>ground rules<\/strong> and <strong>methodology<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nAll musical opinions that I will express have been developed from listening to <strong>vinyl<\/strong> versions of each artist&#8217;s output in this span. As I&#8217;ve long expressed regarding the Stones, the music of Rod Stewart and his work with bands is best experienced on vinyl. I know that because of this I risk all hopes of gaining <strong>BigSteve<\/strong>&#8216;s support, but listening to the artists&#8217; works on consistent, time-appropriate media is <strong>scientifically valid<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_4n5d_IkqUA?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><br \/>\nRod Stewart&#8217;s works will include his solo albums spanning his solo debut, <em>The Rod Stewart Album<\/em>, through 1976&#8217;s <em>A Night On the Town<\/em>; his albums with Faces, and the 1969 <strong>Jeff Beck Group<\/strong> album, <em>Beck-Ola<\/em>. Any sketchy reissues of Stewart&#8217;s work with <strong>Long John Baldry<\/strong>, <strong>Steampacket<\/strong>, et al during this span will not be eligible for consideration. However, Stewart&#8217;s 1970 guest vocal spot on Australian <strong>Python Lee Jackson<\/strong>&#8216;s &#8220;In a Broken Dream&#8221; is eligible.<\/p>\n<p>The Stones&#8217; works during this same period will commence with the single, <strong>&#8220;Honky Tonk Women&#8221;<\/strong> and the <em>Let It Bleed<\/em> album through <em>Black and Blue<\/em>. Any Stones solo or offshoot recordings during this period will not be eligible for consideration. It&#8217;s important to note that this period precedes the formation of <strong>The New Barbarians<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JiS7DPzh39U?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><br \/>\nWith each entry in this series, I will post songs by Rod Stewart and his associated bands. I will not post songs by the Stones or Stewart&#8217;s own <strong>&#8220;Maggie May&#8221;<\/strong>. If you can&#8217;t turn on a radio and hear almost any worthwhile Stones song from this period or Stewart&#8217;s most-popular hit, then you probably don&#8217;t have access to the Internet and are not reading this blog.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Faces, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/media\/blogs\/rth\/Richmond.mp3\" title=\"\">&#8220;Richmond&#8221;*<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Faces, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/media\/blogs\/rth\/OohLaLa.mp3\" title=\"\">&#8220;Ooh La La&#8221;*<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For fairness, I will not use Faces songs sung by any of Stewart&#8217;s cohorts, such as &#8220;Richmond&#8221; and &#8220;Ooh La La&#8221;, in testing my hypothesis. Although it may be argued that Stewart played a huge part in getting the &#8217;70s songs sung by <strong>Ronnie Lane<\/strong> and <strong>Ron Wood<\/strong> heard by all but a handful of rock archivists, some might argue that these do not count toward Stewart&#8217;s output. Fair enough!<\/p>\n<p>Toward the end of the study period for each artist, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/index.php\/2008\/05\/15\/rock-squeezes\">rock squeezes<\/a><\/strong> may have to be factored into the equation. Until that late, fallow period, however, we will not consider the artists&#8217; squeezes or any issues relating to Look. This examination will be <em>mostly<\/em> about the music.<\/p>\n<p>Let me know if you have any questions. I&#8217;m confident this will be worth our time and consideration. Thank you.<\/p>\n<p><small>*Stewart-associated songs <em>not<\/em> for consideration.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a few hours I will roll out the first part in my possibly mind-blowing examination of whether Rod Stewart&#8216;s output, including his work with The Faces, from 1969 through 1976, is as good as or better than that of The Rolling Stones. 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