What's Your Stone Roses Fandom Level?

[Dave]

So, most of us are on the forum because we are fans of Shane's work, so I thought it would be interesting to see where everyone stands in terms of Stone Roses knowledge and fandom.

So.. me... There's no way I can claim to be a hardcore fan in any way, I've always just been aware of their most well known tracks and have always really got caught up in what I've heard.
I don't think I bought the first album until the end of the 90's and I remember being baffled by the fact that Fools Gold and Sally Cinnamon wasn't on either album! haha So I'm guessing they were singles only? (See, my Roses knowledge is poor!).

It's going to be interesting to see how the film works for fans of Shane's stuff that have minimal or no knowledge of the Stone Roses.

[thegooddoctor]

I turned 15 the week their first record came out; the summers of 1989 and 90 were endlessly blue skied and sunny; I remember when the Strangeways breakout and the Poll Tax riots kicked off and I was convinced it was all because of the Roses; I wouldn't trust anyone my age who didn't love them.

Hope that helps.

[jill]

My contribution to the Maniacs Top 100 Albums thread

shanemeadows.proboards.com/thread/3636/maniacs-top-100-albums#

‘I'll try to pick an order now.......

2) Stone Roses-Stone Roses (would always make my top ten list, any category)’

I first heard this when I wandered into Selectadisc in Nottingham one Saturday just after it had been released-bought it straightaway. Can't say I still play in every week (like the guy in the trailer), but I do still listen to it pretty often, along with my own SR compliation CD that I listen to regularly on my drive to work (that one includes Sally Cinnamon Dave which was released earlier). Anyway, my level is one of my all time favourite bands. For me, it's perfect that Shane should be the one to make this documentary.

[GR]

I only discovered them in the late summer or early fall of 2009 -- their s/t album was having a 20th-anniversary reissue, and I got to stream it online (can't remember what site, though). It was love at first listen, and a few months later I bought it on CD. Then shortly after that, I started checking out their stuff on YouTube, Grooveshark, Pandora and the like.

[Bill Edwards]

I spent most of the 80s with my head in the 60s so when the Madchester scene kicked off for me in 89 with Wrote For Luck (Vince Clarke mix) and Fools Gold I realised I wasn't the only one. The Stone Roses and the rest of that scene gave me a substitute 60s to live in. Until Oasis spoiled it all.

Their first album is a classic. I also highly rate Solarised by Ian Brown. Some slinky toons on that too.

[jill]

Apr 17, 2013 23:44:30 GMT Dave said:

It's going to be interesting to see how the film works for fans of Shane's stuff that have minimal or no knowledge of the Stone Roses.

I suppose a slightly different way of putting this-but getting at the same thing-would be how different audiences will watch it and the same audience will watch and re-watch it in different ways; as a love note to the Roses; as a Shane Meadows Film; and as a documentary.

Oddly, given my moderator status , I think I will watch this first as a Stone Roses fan (which is OK, I think, since that's the spirit in which it was made-by a fan). Then as a Shane Meadows fan, thinking about the style and technique and 'feel' of it as a film. But I am also interested in how it will work as a documentary. it'll be interesting to see how much the dynamics of the band come out in the film too.

[cliftonestate]

I'm not a big fan of The Roses i don't dislike um but can't wait to see how this film pans out.

[deaksspeaks]

I am was transfixed by the album at the age of 12 or 13 or so. Early days I was too young for gigs but I deeply regret not seeing the mid-1990s appearances when I had no excuse really. I had all the releases but I have got a feeling I was uni for key Manchester gigs on The Second Coming and I am a bit snobby at seeing bands at non-North West venues.

Meanwhile, I had latched on to The Charlatans, James (and later Oasis) and a few other bands in terms of prioritising getting to gigs.

Weirdly, Heaton Park felt like the culmination of all the gigs I've done since about 21 or so. Doves, The Charlatans, Ian Brown, Courteeners, Oasis, New Order, Elbow, James...all of these I have seen dozens of times in every kind of venue. But the Roses were a gap, an itch to scratch.

I buzz off the film because I've seen a few gigs at Warrington Parr Hall (not that Roses gig though, shame) and the whole thing just caught a mentality that's been there my whole gig-going life. It's amazing the faces you recognise from other gigs, United, around town or whatever.

So, no claim to be any more of a fan than the next man. But that's the first time someone has made a film about a band I can call 'my own' starring a public I could call friends. So that alone makes it amazing.