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The Rolling Stones are one of the greatest bands of all times. The passing of one of its original members (who, by the way, was part of the band for 58 years) i

by 101008 5y ago

The Rolling Stones are one of the greatest bands of all times. The passing of one of its original members (who, by the way, was part of the band for 58 years) it's a cultural event that it is worth discussing it.

guhidalg 5y ago
Yea but it has nothing to do with hacking or technology, and if you think it does then please explain how this belongs.
- 101008 5y ago
  From Guidelines: > anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosit I think something like this gratifies intellectual curiosit of a lot of people. But as someone else said, upvotes and downvotes will decide better than any rule.
- swader999 5y ago
  Charlie originally was trained as a graphic artist before joining the band so maybe that will give you some Satisfaction?
- lisper 5y ago
  > it has nothing to do with hacking or technology Don't be so sure. Music is intimately related to math, and the Stones were one of the most innovative [Edit: influential] musical groups in human history. There are probably hacking and tech connections that are not immediately obvious. Also, social phenomena are interesting from a technological point of view as well (there's a reason social media is a thing) and the Stones were definitely that.
  - fuzzfactor 5y ago
    > it has nothing to do with hacking or technology > please explain how this belongs. I see no reason to downvote, but in some businesses they have a thing called engineering. Recording engineers are their own breed and many of the rock & roll greats were not university-trained but through years of serious progress earned the title with far less likelihood than a student entering a traditional engineering college. When the Stones started they only used 4-track studio recording gear and of course it was analog based on vacuum tubes with magnetic tape. Fairly big sound they got. Today's digital engineers can be considered to have a vast array of tools which never existed then, and 32 channels plus. Even with all that and the best software money can buy, there are going to be some engineers who never come close to capturing the real sound of a 4-piece rock act no matter how much time they put into mixing it. Not compared to a hastily mixed cut from a legendary analog release. And state-of-the-art studios may not be able to record at all without the functioning or presence of software which is naturally expected but not one of the limitations or show-stoppers of the analog days. Rock & roll is just one example of how technology marches on but people themselves don't necessarily get more advanced at the same rate. Sometimes even slip backwards. But oh well, that's technology for you. Probably only of interest to engineers anyway.
  - pstuart 5y ago
    They hacked the blues into rock and roll. They weren't the only ones doing so but were obviously major players. I'm not sure about them being among the most innovative but are without doubt among the most influential.
    - lisper 5y ago
      Yes, good point. I edited my comment.
  - Stratoscope 5y ago
    > Music is intimately related to math If anyone had told me that when I was a kid, it would have been a life changing event. My mom had a piano and played it, badly. She tried to sight read, but had no sense of tempo, or of starting with slow practice (playing in time, but slower). And she liked to play what she called "schmaltzy" stuff. (Think "Heart and Soul" and "Peg o' My Heart" played with a constantly varying tempo, speeding up and slowing down as she worked out the notes.) This is not to criticize her: she did what she could to instill a love of music in her kids. But I was happier reading my math and physics books. I tried to make sense of Mom's sheet music, but it just seemed like a bunch of dots and lines. If I'd known that sheet music notation had anything to do with math, I would have jumped on it!
- golergka 5y ago
  It's one of the best qualities of HN as a community: it's never supposed to be so dry.
- dang 5y ago
  If you read just the first paragraph of https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html you'll see that HN is about more than hacking or technology; hopefully a lot more.
TabTwo 5y ago
Impressive uptime

by 101008 5y ago

guhidalg 5y ago

Yea but it has nothing to do with hacking or technology, and if you think it does then please explain how this belongs.

101008 5y ago
From Guidelines: > anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosit I think something like this gratifies intellectual curiosit of a lot of people. But as someone else said, upvotes and downvotes will decide better than any rule.
swader999 5y ago
Charlie originally was trained as a graphic artist before joining the band so maybe that will give you some Satisfaction?
lisper 5y ago
> it has nothing to do with hacking or technology Don't be so sure. Music is intimately related to math, and the Stones were one of the most innovative [Edit: influential] musical groups in human history. There are probably hacking and tech connections that are not immediately obvious. Also, social phenomena are interesting from a technological point of view as well (there's a reason social media is a thing) and the Stones were definitely that.
- fuzzfactor 5y ago
  > it has nothing to do with hacking or technology > please explain how this belongs. I see no reason to downvote, but in some businesses they have a thing called engineering. Recording engineers are their own breed and many of the rock & roll greats were not university-trained but through years of serious progress earned the title with far less likelihood than a student entering a traditional engineering college. When the Stones started they only used 4-track studio recording gear and of course it was analog based on vacuum tubes with magnetic tape. Fairly big sound they got. Today's digital engineers can be considered to have a vast array of tools which never existed then, and 32 channels plus. Even with all that and the best software money can buy, there are going to be some engineers who never come close to capturing the real sound of a 4-piece rock act no matter how much time they put into mixing it. Not compared to a hastily mixed cut from a legendary analog release. And state-of-the-art studios may not be able to record at all without the functioning or presence of software which is naturally expected but not one of the limitations or show-stoppers of the analog days. Rock & roll is just one example of how technology marches on but people themselves don't necessarily get more advanced at the same rate. Sometimes even slip backwards. But oh well, that's technology for you. Probably only of interest to engineers anyway.
- pstuart 5y ago
  They hacked the blues into rock and roll. They weren't the only ones doing so but were obviously major players. I'm not sure about them being among the most innovative but are without doubt among the most influential.
  - lisper 5y ago
    Yes, good point. I edited my comment.
- Stratoscope 5y ago
  > Music is intimately related to math If anyone had told me that when I was a kid, it would have been a life changing event. My mom had a piano and played it, badly. She tried to sight read, but had no sense of tempo, or of starting with slow practice (playing in time, but slower). And she liked to play what she called "schmaltzy" stuff. (Think "Heart and Soul" and "Peg o' My Heart" played with a constantly varying tempo, speeding up and slowing down as she worked out the notes.) This is not to criticize her: she did what she could to instill a love of music in her kids. But I was happier reading my math and physics books. I tried to make sense of Mom's sheet music, but it just seemed like a bunch of dots and lines. If I'd known that sheet music notation had anything to do with math, I would have jumped on it!
golergka 5y ago
It's one of the best qualities of HN as a community: it's never supposed to be so dry.
dang 5y ago
If you read just the first paragraph of https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html you'll see that HN is about more than hacking or technology; hopefully a lot more.

TabTwo 5y ago

Impressive uptime