Just curious, (for fans that have lost their enthusiasm for the Stones) what exactly could the Stones do (if anything) to get you excited again as a fan? Seems like there are many on this forum who are really not that enthusiastic about the future of the Stones anymore, or the Stones in general. Others see no future for them at all.

For the majority of those "fans who have lost their enthusiasm" as you say, it is my opinion that at least 3/4 of them would have a incredibly quick recovery and regain most of that enthusiasm once they hear official word on a new tour or even new record. In my opinion, I still firmly believe a tour is in the future for the Rolling Stones.

A press conference.

IF they tour:

-Drop all supporting musicians
-Cut the amount of warhorses in a show by at least half
-Lower ticket prices by at least half
-Release an album of meaningful music..not just a product to meet contractual obligations

Simply listening to their music works for me.

just announce the damn thing and get the ball rolling that would do it for me

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Justin
IF they tour:

-Drop all supporting musicians
-Cut the amount of warhorses in a show by at least half
-Lower ticket prices by at least half
-Release an album of meaningful music..not just a product to meet contractual obligations

The first one doesnt bother me so much as I think its something that they seem to need, but the other three are spot on.

The most exciting thing they can do though at this point for me is some serious and professionally organised archiving.

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stonescrow
Just curious, (for fans that have lost their enthusiasm for the Stones) what exactly could the Stones do (if anything) to get you excited again as a fan? Seems like there are many on this forum who are really not that enthusiastic about the future of the Stones anymore, or the Stones in general. Others see no future for them at all.

Open the vaults.

Go into the studio and take up a residence. Work up the songs like in the VL sessions, but go with your gut on song selections/arrangements. Mick and Keith, collaborate, and let Ron Wood into the songwriting process. Support the album on tour. Cut the ticket prices, pyrotechnics, and backing musicians. You don't have to play the big venues without all that overhead.

...and bring Bill Wyman back.



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Justin
IF they tour:

-Drop all supporting musicians
-Cut the amount of warhorses in a show by at least half
-Lower ticket prices by at least half
-Release an album of meaningful music..not just a product to meet contractual obligations

The first one doesnt bother me so much as I think its something that they seem to need, but the other three are spot on.

The most exciting thing they can do though at this point for me is some serious and professionally organised archiving.

Of course we'd all like that. That goes without saying. But does the band have a proper archivist, like, say, Neil Young? I don't think they do.

BETTER sidemen. There's got to be a piano player who can actually play all the notes to She's A Rainbow.

Space the warhorses. It's not a race to finish Sympathy/Brown/Honky Tonk/Start Me Up/JJF/Sastisfaction, so that it sounds like Mick and the Chipmunks.

Remove Sympathy. We get it.

Spend more than two weeks writing an album. Spend more than two weeks recording it. Throw away anything that sounds like Fight/Sad, Sad, Sad/Flip the Switch. Get a melodic bass player for god's sake.

Announce the tour at the Bricklayers Arms.

Release a massive documentary with really rare video performances.

Bring Mick Taylor AND Bill Wyman back and have a REAL BONA FIDE SUPERGROUP........Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman, Mick Taylor, Ron Wood...now THAT wuold be S U P E R H E A V Y!!!

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More Hot Rocks
A press conference.

And Mick Taylor as a part-time guest.

i'm with the vaulters

Bring back Bill Wyman and Mick Taylor.
New record and tour.
Open vaults.
A few sex scandals would be ok.

One last album of music from the soul. 8- 10 cuts of blues, country, reggae.
Everything else would fall into place from there.

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Palace Revolution 2000
One last album of music from the soul. 8- 10 cuts of blues, country, reggae.
Everything else would fall into place from there.

I love reggae, but no more from the Stones, please.
Keith and his ersatz reggae jive have gotta end (it won't, but, oh, well...).

Wyman and Taylor. That's it.

Well,

I think the years are catching up to them and for a tour to work, and be interesting to them and to the stones fan, (do something different) they ought to make a couple of radical changes -

Play a bit of Ronnie, Mick's and Keith's solo stuff - as a band. Let Ronnie start with "I can Feel the Fire" "Breathe on Me" or "Seven Days", and go eventually into Jagger's songs - "God Gave Me Everything", "Lucky in Love" etc. and whatever of Keith's solo stuff.

Bring back Bill Wyman & Mick Taylor (keep Darryl Jones & Ronnie obviously) and only play the old classics Taylor can go off on (since that hasn't been done in years - "HeartBreaker", "Gimmie Shelter", "Sway", "Time Waits for No One" ) and, whatever they haven't done before - not much - perhaps "Think I'm going mad" or "Everything's turning to Gold" The musicians can switch off here in deference to their age in this lineup. (and get a new piano player).

If they want to sell more albums, (and you know they do), without making it a gimmick, let them come up with a bunch of original "duets" or similar in terms of the vocals, perhaps from their contemporaries - Van Morrison, Neil Young, John Fogerty etc - basically whoever might sound good to them and have would have commercial appeal.

Realizing none of this is going to happen and it might offend some purists, but those would be the best scenarios I would like to see happen.

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SweetThing
Well,

I think the years are catching up to them and for a tour to work, and be interesting to them and to the stones fan, (do something different) they ought to make a couple of radical changes -

Play a bit of Ronnie, Mick's and Keith's solo stuff - as a band. Let Ronnie start with "I can Feel the Fire" "Breathe on Me" or "Seven Days", and go eventually into Jagger's songs - "God Gave Me Everything", "Lucky in Love" etc. and whatever of Keith's solo stuff.

Bring back Bill Wyman & Mick Taylor (keep Darryl Jones & Ronnie obviously) and only play the old classics Taylor can go off on (since that hasn't been done in years - "HeartBreaker", "Gimmie Shelter", "Sway", "Time Waits for No One" ) and, whatever they haven't done before - not much - perhaps "Think I'm going mad" or "Everything's turning to Gold" The musicians can switch off here in deference to their age in this lineup. (and get a new piano player).

If they want to sell more albums, (and you know they do), without making it a gimmick, let them come up with a bunch of original "duets" or similar in terms of the vocals, perhaps from their contemporaries - Van Morrison, Neil Young, John Fogerty etc - basically whoever might sound good to them and have would have commercial appeal.

Realizing none of this is going to happen and it might offend some purists, but those would be the best scenarios I would like to see happen.

It doesn't offend this purist. Anything is better than shlepping around the Vegas Revue for one more tour of stadiums.

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just announce the damn thing and get the ball rolling that would do it for me

for me simply as that !

1) Announce that they are never going to tour again.

2) Issue a once and for all box set of previously unreleased material.

3) Enjoy their retirement

Reunite with Andrew Loog Oldham.

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Palace Revolution 2000
One last album of music from the soul. 8- 10 cuts of blues, country, reggae.
Everything else would fall into place from there.

I love reggae, but no more from the Stones, please.
Keith and his ersatz reggae jive have gotta end (it won't, but, oh, well...).

well, you get my point though. From the soul.

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uhbuhgullayew
Simply listening to their music works for me.

+1

Get Bill back in the band. I miss the roll he gives to everything he plays.

That The Rolling Stones are back in a studio recording music to be played live , hopefully with a gig not too far from where I live; the potential same old shit that has gotten me excited for the last 36 years.
Rock and Roll,
Mops

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stonescrow
... for fans that have lost their enthusiasm for the Stones ...

Oh good, then this thread is not meant for me

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Keep On Rolling

A last showdown, preferably with Bill and Mick T in the set. Just to mark the 50-th jubilee.

I would be happy and enthusiastic with

- a live-anthology 1962 - 1967 (multi cd-set with bonus dvd)
- a live-anthology 1969 - 1973 (multi cd-set with bonus dvd)
- a live anthology 1975 - 1982 (multi cd-set with bonus dvd)
- a live-anthology 1983 - 2007 (cd-ep, no dvd)

- a new record of blues, soul and rocksongs

- and a never ending tour through theaters, clubs, bars, playing the decca-lp's

Dream on, baby