First Album

no.2

aftermath

buttons

Sure out of our heads

just great----Better than the " BIG FOUR"

under the boardwalk---down by the sea

I think they have had many "peak" periods throughout the years, this was certainly the first. I think their last "peak" period was during the 'Licks Tour', Four Flicks' gives us three of their greatest live performances ever. My guess is the last "peak" period is yet to come, maybe on the next tour or five to ten years from now when they are done touring and just hanging around in studios doing folksy blues.

That's my favorite period. The raw, soulful R&B from the first years, then their 66-67 period, they were unique in that they had this "blues pop" sound, and this to me is the peak of Jagger/Richards as songwriters, so many diverse and fantastic songs.

Cool blend of the old and new:

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Havo
First Album

no.2

aftermath

buttons

Sure out of our heads

just great----Better than the " BIG FOUR"

You betray your age Havo

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Looks like they didn't lip-synch this one:

Who doesn't?

Aftermath should be in the "big four", imo.

.. .... Some chicks don't really like any periods........



ROCKMAN

The "I Wanna be your Man" clip - that is probably the most movement I have ever seen from Bill. Twice he is shaking his head over there next to Brian; kind of got the bop going.

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Rockman
.. .... Some chicks don't really like any periods........

LOL!

I would say from July 62 to We Love You is their best period. I am a Brian fan so obviously that's when I like them the most. I like the time between Satanic and the 1978 tour as well though after 1978-79 I kind of loose interest. Tattoo You being an exception.

62 to 81 then?

This was the 'Golden Era' in my opinion.....

ABsolutely a great period in Stones history. I wish when they are on the road that they play more songs from this era! I'd love to hear Lady Jane and some of the early covers. Not my favorite era but close!

The Golden Era for me was 1968 - 1983. From Beggars Banquet to Undercover.

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I would say from July 62 to We Love You is their best period. I am a Brian fan so obviously that's when I like them the most. I like the time between Satanic and the 1978 tour as well though after 1978-79 I kind of loose interest. Tattoo You being an exception.

Stylistically, i tend to agree with you. I really do love the early Stones, especially those single releases right from 'Come On' through to 'We Love You' and beyond. I think the Stones really were at a peak in those years where the effectiveness of the single is concerned. The raw sounding rock 'n' roll, sort of hollering rebellious tone of those singles ('The Last Time', 'Satisfaction', 'Get Off Of My Cloud' etc.) is pretty much where the Stones built their reputation. Those albums, and especially 'Aftermath' and 'Between The Buttons', were actually very broad within their musical scope ('I Am Waiting', 'Back Street Girl' etc.) and revealed a whole new aspect to what the Stones were capable of achieving, aside from the early blues influences and the Stones more celebrated rock 'n' roll credentials. The raw energy of the early Stones is perhaps slightly lost once the Stones become a little more musically sophisticated, and also their more colourful sounds, although i think the Stones really enter a whole new era, where they are perhaps judged by a whole new criteria. There is, however, a naivety to the Stones early days, which is very endearing and unique.



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Palace Revolution 2000
The "I Wanna be your Man" clip - that is probably the most movement I have ever seen from Bill. Twice he is shaking his head over there next to Brian; kind of got the bop going.

Check out the 1964 NME concert. Bill does the same thing when the band performs Not Fade Away.I remember thinking the same thing...that is the most movement I've ever seen from Bill.

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Looks like they didn't lip-synch this one:

Yeh, this was the pure Stones with Brian still playing the lead and doing the back-up vocals, Keith was only pimps back than, not important at all.

Brain was the man back then

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64-69 is my favorite Stones-period. They had a feeling in their sound back then that never returned after Mick Taylor joined. Taylor is a great musician and they found a great replacement for Brian but the records after Let it Bleed never got me interested. I left the Stones for Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd at that point.

64-69 was great. I love the rough sound that they had compared to the polished Beatles, the experimental song writing, Brian Jones's multiinstrumentalism and the look of the band.

In my opinion the first great period ends in the British version of "Out of our Heads". Further there are high quality outtakes that are worth realizing. "Aftermath" is a masterpiece, that broadens the horizon of the band without denying their roots. But "Buttons" and especially "Majesties" are the weakest efforts in the band history, there are actually no Stones albums.

well that's exactly my favorite period too...maybe 1964-1965 is even more exact...


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I too like the 1964 - 7 period.

For me, I suppose the Golden Period would be from the beginning up until 1972 or 1973, returning briefly in 1978.

I don't remember really thinking about a 'big four' until being on the the internet. My contact with the music world was mainly through the British music papers and from them I always had the impression that the sixties singles were the key to the Stones.

I've wondered if the sixties aren't sometimes under-appreciated just because of the lack of the sort of documentation we have of the mammoth tours which took place in the seventies. Especially when the internet has made sharing bootlegs so much easier (the same goes for the Who). EDIT: No, not just the lack of documentation but the difference in the types of performance and the changes in equipment and audience behaviour.



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