Poll

The Ventures were never popular in Europe because:

Few people had herd of them compared to The Shadows.
2 (28.6%)
Hank Marvin played better than Bob, Gerry, or Nokie.
0 (0%)
A pink strat looked better than a Mosrite.
0 (0%)
It was easier to learn to play like Hank than like Bob, Gerry or Nokie.
1 (14.3%)
Ventures records were unavailable in Europe.
1 (14.3%)
The Ventures never toured Europe.
1 (14.3%)
The Ventures were an instrumental cover band.  None of their originals were hits..
1 (14.3%)
All of the above.
1 (14.3%)

Total Members Voted: 6

Voting closed: August 10, 2012, 02:47:27 pm

Author Topic: New Poll--Ventures vs. Shadows  (Read 3562 times)

Offline cockroach

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Re: New Poll--Ventures vs. Shadows
« on: July 15, 2012, 02:13:59 am »
Blimey, you Americans are brave raising this issue... ;D

Hope you don't have too many of the Shads fans reading this topic on this site!!

Many Shadows fans are brutally partisan, often really putting the Ventures down.

There used to be an old saying;  'comparisons are odious'...and another saying....'better to let sleeping dogs lie'!

p.s      me?  I'm a British born migrant to Australia, been down under for nearly 50 years, but I love BOTH bands and all the others too- including the Atlantics from Australia, who had a huge hit here in 1963 with their tune Bombora...and they are also still playing with three of the four original members...