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Zack
Guy's a tool. He used "unhinged" twice in consecutive sentences.
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tomcasagranda
The "Platonic ideal" of a rock band ?
No. The theory of forms is in Plato's Republic and refers to the ideal of an object, as in its perfect form, i.e. unchanging and immutable. The Stones do not, in any way, shape, or form are not adherents to a Platonic ideal. The second incarnation, which performed the Brussels gigs, was much changed from the first incarnation, i.e. Brian Jones had left, or was fired, and consequently died.
Subsequent to the Brussels gig, the Stones changed again with the arrival of Ron Wood in 1975, and then another change with the departure of Bill Wyman in 1993. Therefore, my argument is that the Stones, if you apply Plato's Theory of Forms, are thus not the Platonic ideal of a rock band.
I would also argue to that shifting genres from blues to soul to country to disco to funk et al also highlights a band that ill-serve any Platonic ideal, or any theory of forms. I would add that the Stones are more akin to Heraclitus of Ephesus' theory that you cannot stand in the same part of the river twice, as they shift and move through genres and influences at a rate of knots.
If you also wish to apply literary theory to the Stones, you could argue that the Stones, like Milton moving from Virgil, adhere to the Anxiety of Influence by Harold Bloom, where the new poets precede the old poets and metaphorically castrate the father, precursor poets, by creating something new. A case in point being Muddy Waters' I Can't Be Satisfied transferred to Satisfaction.
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Doxa
the Stones at their true peak
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tomcasagranda
All that Latin and Greek makes one a tad pedantic when journalists start using terminology that comes from a handy little reference book, or thesaurus.
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Doxa
the Stones at their true peak
It's not their true peak.
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Doxa
the Stones at their true peak
It's not their true peak.
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Doxa
the Stones at their true peak
It's not their true peak.
I expect the stones will have a HUGE intergalactic comeback sometime around 2312, who are we to judge the immortal so? peace.
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Doxa
the Stones at their true peak
It's not their true peak.
I expect the stones will have a HUGE intergalactic comeback sometime around 2312, who are we to judge the immortal so? peace.
Even without any comebacks it's still not their true peak.
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Amsterdamned
Yes it is...
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tomcasagranda
I would argue that the Stones are now the precursor poets, which Harold Bloom refers to in the Anxiety of Influence, and that they are the Chronos figures waiting for the Zeus figures to castrate them. Bands like Primal Scream, The Black Keys, The Stone Roses, The White Stripes, and even The Black Crows come along, but they never manage to totally castrate the illustrious father-head that is the Stones.