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skipstone
The last pop music that mattered, seemingly, was The Beatles, with the Stones having an impact as well, just not as much as The Beatles. Before that it was Elvis. Then came 1967 and ever since then none of it really matters, it's just music.
For me, Undercover was the last album the Stones seemed to audibly give a shit about DOING something. It's way more vibrant of an album than Emotional Rescue was and is. Ever since then they've been phoning it in, with the odd good tune here and there.
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windmelody
The Stones released lots of good, sometimes great music, after 1983. I like Undercover, I like Tatoo You, but I do not se why Dangerous Beauty, Out Of Control,
Continental Drift etc. should be worse than Hang Fire or When The Whip Comes Down.
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skipstone
The last pop music that mattered, seemingly, was The Beatles, with the Stones having an impact as well, just not as much as The Beatles. Before that it was Elvis. Then came 1967 and ever since then none of it really matters, it's just music.
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duke richardson
here's why: the political content, presented whole-heartedly without irony or clownish lyrics (Sweet Neocon), as in the title track, and also in 'It Must Be Hell', anticipating the violence and fearmongering we see today
great groove modern blues, classic Stones sneering (PAin Of Love, 'All The Way Down')
a raucous Ronnie romp (Pretty Beat Up) with wild sax playing
a great Keith track (Wanna Hold You)
a mature Jamaican dub treatment (Feel On Baby)
its a major release alongside SG, SF, EOMS, LIB
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Doxa
what band: solely Mick and Keith, then Charlie weeks later (playing so boringly and without a groove I cannot believe)
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Glam Descendant
>They are not The Stones anymore.
Sounds like *your* perception of them does not exist anymore. The Stones by their nature continue to exist, like them or not; they just may no longer fit into some people's boxed-in ideas of who they're supposed to be.
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Glam Descendant
You seem to have a fixed idea of "The Stones" in your head that doesn't necessarily equate with what Watts/Richards/Jagger/Wood are up to in the real world.
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georgelicks
The last Stones album that mattered was Tattoo You, in 1983 everyone was into the Thriller-mania, MTV, heavy metal, etc.
Now, 26 years later, it's all the same but with hip hop and post Nirvana bands, and no Stones album since then mattered anymore.