SPARKS

SOLDAT · Power Groupie Joined: 28 Oct 2003 Posts: 433

i vote for yes
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platonic_lover · Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 4:56 am Post subject:

a fan cannot be objective...
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Stephen James · Certified Fan Joined: 29 May 2004 Posts: 76

How do you vote if you're undecided? 'Yes' or 'No' is too definitive!

Mike Ventrella · Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2004 8:39 pm Post subject:

Of course not. Sparks better than the Beatles? Give me a break. They're a great band yes, but come on...

platonic_lover · Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 4:35 pm Post subject:

To say that the Beatles are the best is kinda tradition.. on an instinct level.. dont wanna abuse anyone...sorry.
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Mike Ventrella · Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2004 5:38 pm Post subject:

Carl_van_breukelen · Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2004 5:39 pm Post subject:

uberflash · Groupie Joined: 12 Jan 2002 Posts: 135 Location: Sweden

Beatles maybe was first (Or? I wasn't around these days! :-) ) but not the best. Simply my opinion.
For example, The Move. You can hear a thousand things direclty influenced by the Beatels, but the Move is simply doing it so much better.

fossilise_apostle · Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2004 6:56 am Post subject:

just look at mccartney's output since sparks. he even took to imitating sparks in one of his videos. i prefer sparks far more than the beatles.

Mike Ventrella · Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2004 7:14 pm Post subject:

ladystardust · Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2004 3:21 am Post subject:

CALI · Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 1:06 pm Post subject:

I think that Sparks are without doubt, the best band ever!!
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Angus_Desire · Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 2:05 am Post subject:

I'd have to say that The Beatles are my fave with Sparks being a close second.

They basically did everything that was possible with popular music, but Sparks took their musical eclecticism and put lyrics that were more esoteric and not always on the plane that the average listener could relate to.

Sparks never really conquered America, they never got an OBE from the Queen or have claimed that they are much more popular than Jesus. Added to that, they seem to stay well away from drugs and dabbling in Eastern religions that the Beatles were known for.

It's good to see that John Lennon and Paul McCartney paid homage to them, but it would've been interesting if they could have got one of the Beatles to perform with them. I dunno what John and Paul had to say about the cover of "I Wanna Hold Your Hand", but to me it is an ingenius cover (and one that I couldn't stop laughing at when I heard it the first time).

I have John Lennon's "Double Fantasy" album and I think Yoko Ono's 'Give Me Something' sounds a little bit Sparkish, as does Paul McCartney's keyboards on "Old Siam, Sir" from the 'Back To The Egg' album.

Angus Desire
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Girl From Glastonbury · Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 4:01 am Post subject:

Ron hasn't ever said that Sparks are more popular than Jesus, ( though with falling church attendences in the UK I'm sure they are getting pretty damn close,) but he did say in a US interview in 1983 " what we've been doing in the band has become as all-encompassing as a religion. I'm the godhead, Russell's jesus, and we have lots of little virgin mary's who come to our concerts, and a few magdalenes out there too!"
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fossilise_apostle · Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 5:48 am Post subject:

perhaps 'bigger than jesus' can be the name for their next album?

platonic_lover · Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 7:14 am Post subject:

Brightonian · Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 6:19 pm Post subject:

Alex Robertson · Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2004 3:36 pm Post subject:

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Brightonian · Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2004 4:38 am Post subject: