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[MMarston]

Keith Richards said rap was for "tone-deaf people," blasted heavy metal, rock and the Beatles, and offered his interviewer a toke during a meandering chat with the New York Daily News.

While Richards did not hold back — saving his harshest musical critiques for hip-hop — Daily News reporter Jim Farber noted the guitarist "follows every put-down with a wink."

Still Richards was quick to crack, "Rap — so many words, so little said." He added: "What rap did that was impressive was to show there are so many tone-deaf people out there. All they need is a drum beat and somebody yelling over it and they're happy. There’s an enormous market for people who can't tell one note from another."

This isn't the first time the guitarist has expressed displeasure for the genre. Speaking to Rolling Stone in 2007, he said, "Hip-hop leaves me cold. But there are some people out there who think it's the meaning of life... I don't wanna be yelled at; I wanna be sung to. I never really understood why somebody would want to have some gangster from L.A. poking his fingers in your face. As I say, it don't grab me. I mean, the rhythms are boring; they're all done on computers."

In the new interview, other supposedly more melodic genres were not spared either. Speaking on heavy metal, Richards said: "Millions are in love with Metallica and Black Sabbath. I just thought they were great jokes."

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You gonna take that Hiphop/MetalGAF?

 

[JMDSO]

 

[Jackbooted]

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Edit: Damn youuuuuu JMDSO!!!

 

[Angry Grimace]

The funny part is people are going to bite on this obvious troll.

 

[andthebeatgoeson]

Old white man said something bad about rap? I'm shocked. This is unprecedented.

 

[Squalor]

It must be hard watching yourself fade from relevance.

 

[Slayven]

Keith Richard pasted old a loooooong time ago

 

[overcast]

Go away you old ass man.

 

[phanphare]

lol, dude can't even play the guitar without a crutch

he's just mad that the 60's are over and no one will ever compare the stones to the beatles again

 

[entremet]

His opinion. Nothing wrong with him having one.

I disagree. though.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

I like the idea of Keith Richards thinking people were buying Stones records because of their melodic dexterity.

 

[mnannola]

Black Sabbath takes a massive dump on anything the Rolling Stones have put out.

 

[illadelph]

back in my day, we had real music

 

[teruterubozu]

Old man yelling at other old men. Black Sabbath? lol.

 

[Volimar]

 

[MMarston]

The funny part is people are going to bite on this obvious troll.

Most likely since the interviewer remarked that he winked after every blast, but for some reason, I just think he's got the case of old-man eye twitching.

 

[Regiruler]

Personally, I agree with him.

Can't stand Rap/Hip-hop, and nothing I ever heard from Metallica impressed me.

Somehow I've never listened to Black Sabbath though.

 

[HarryKS]

He was good in Pirates of the Carribean.

 

[Cudder]

I'm guessing he hasn't heard Macklemore or Hopsin?

 

[Archaix]

"So many words, so little said"

As opposed to those deep philosophical rolling stones lyrics.

 

[LakeEarth]

Keith Richards has been a joke since I was born.

 

[phanphare]

I like the idea of Keith Richards thinking people were buying Stones records because of their melodic dexterity.

"if I just play in an opening tuning I can get shit-faced drunk on stage and no one will be able to tell the difference"

-his entire career



ok, Let it Loose is pretty good

 

[xbhaskarx]

He makes some good points and in any case is allowed his opinion, but then what has his band done of note since the early to mid 70s... they're a bunch of geriatrics who get by playing hit songs from 40 years ago.

 

[Toparaman]

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You gonna take that Hiphop/MetalGAF?

Sure! It's funny.

 

[Squalor]

He's really salty that Kanye West is a bigger rock star than he is now, huh?

 

[Kuroyume]

The way he feels about those bands is the way I feel about Rolling Stones. Really awful band.

 

[teruterubozu]

He makes some good points, but then what has his band done of note since the mid 70s... they're a bunch of geriatrics who get by playing hit songs from 40 years ago.

To be fair, Tattoo You was 1981.

 

[LakeEarth]

He makes some good points, but then what has his band done of note since the mid 70s... they're a bunch of geriatrics who get by playing hit songs from 40 years ago.

Don't forget their huge 90s hit "Bittersweet Symphony".

Spoiler

Greedy fucks.

 

[Parch]

Hundreds of millions agree, but they're polite enough to not rant about it.
Keith Richards has certainly earned the right to rant.

 

[Interfectum]

Him going after Metallica and Black Sabbath seems so random. Why would you target bands that have stood the test of time just as Rolling Stones has?

You see those bands like mine? Yeah they suck!!

 

[Log4Girlz]

Metallica are terrible rappers

 

[Vicetrailia]

He just trollin'. What he says does not matter.

 

[maquiladora]

So many salty posts.

Who cares what he says? It's Keith Richards, it would be more unusual if he didn't say something controversial.

 

[Ivan 3414]

He makes some good points

Where

 

[cruets]

since when have the rolling stones last been relevant?

 

[uncelestial]

Old man prefers music from "his day," news at 11.

 

[Corpsepyre]

I'll agree with what he said about Rap.

 

[phanphare]

since when have the rolling stones last been relevant?

1972

 

[gatti-man]

I think rap is mostly crap too. But I'm 36 so I realize times may have passed me by a bit.

 

[Toparaman]

Black Sabbath takes a massive dump on anything the Rolling Stones have put out.

Sabbath is in my top 3 favorite bands, but Exile is my favorite rock n roll album.

Keith Richards has always been the most overrated member of the Stones though, along with Jagger. It's all about Mick Taylor and Brian Jones.

 

[Flo_Evans]

It must be hard watching yourself fade from relevance.

Rolling Stones are still selling out stadiums.

 

[JMDSO]

Rolling Stones are still selling out stadiums.

Nostalgia is a hell of a drug.

 

[B-Dex]

 

[Rogan]

Who the fuck is Keith Richards?

 

[Hale-XF11]

Not sure if serious or trolling.

I never did care for the Rolling Stones. Their music never did anything for me, so the fact that the music I like doesn't speak to him at all makes sense somehow. Different strokes.

 

[xbhaskarx]

To be fair, Tattoo You was 1981.

Okay but almost all their good stuff is from 1965-1972.

 

[Chinpoko_Master]

I don't think anyone gets more defensive or insecure about people not liking their music than rap fans.

 

[Zen_Arcade]

since when have the rolling stones last been relevant?

Depends what you mean by relevant. They just did a stadium tour around the US, which is something most rock acts couldn't pull off these days.

 

[inner-G]

He's no Jagger

 

[Crimsonclaw111]

Never understood the appeal of them. I like "Gimme Shelter" and "Sympathy for the Devil" and that's about it.

Metallica and Black Sabbath shit on them from a great height. Lol.