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marcovandereijk
Isn't that a bit of a stretch?
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marcovandereijk
Notice how the article mentions the importance of the Stones who made the blues popular with young white people in the States in a time when races were still segregated.
I won't deny the fact they loved to play the blues, but what about the suggestion they played a role in emancipation of Afro-Americans? Isn't that a bit of a stretch?
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marcovandereijk
Isn't that a bit of a stretch?
someone smart once pointed out that to be successful a protest has to gain the support
of segments of society other than the protestors themselves. of course the Civil Rights movement was well underway
before the Stones arrived in the US, but they played a big part in making a whole generation of middleclass white kids aware
of black culture, of the fact that there were racist people and policies in the land of the free -
that too many grown-ups were too ready to ostracize anyone who looked/sounded "not white"
the Stones didn't have a conscious socio-political agenda when they came to America,
but what they were doing sure had socio-political impact
and the music they were playing gave everyone energy and courage for years and years and years
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Kirk
would you say the same thing about Presley a decade earlier? I'm thinking of his Sun stuff at this point.
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corriecas
I find it a bit strange, that Jagger does not take his band along with him to play the shit out of the president
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emotionalbarbecue
Any stone member can do anything he wants outside the band. I do not mind wether it consists of Disco, Reaggae, Polka, Jazz, Writting, Painting, setting up restaurants, boogie boogie or blues bands. They may also quarrel as cats and dogs and then make up on and on.
But ...if in the year of the 50 aniversary Mick plays BLUES in front of the president but he does not count on the band ....it will be the first serious mistake and in my opinion irreversible harm to the band.
I know that not only the forum but the planet is trembling and shaking becouse I am saying this...but if he plays alone I will think of it as landmark/milestone in the bands history.
It is not MIck or the band..it is also being considered as an authoritative expression for blues...and the BAND deserves it.
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The 50th aniversary and the President-concert don´t have anything to do with each other. It seems that only Mick was invited.
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jpasc95
maybe Keith Richards was not invited or refused or could not come and play. The same for the others.
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jpasc95
maybe Keith Richards was not invited or refused or could not come and play. The same for the others.
American (unofficial) Royalty, British Royalty.. it's all the same. Not to be trusted with a sharp stick.
If that's the case then good for Keith.
Sir Mick is quite the conservative isn't he.
To think The Stones (Mick) were deemed anti-establishment once.
That was another lifetime ago.
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emotionalbarbecue
The gist seems to be what JumpinJeppeFlash has said. He is not interested anymore.
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and the music they were playing gave everyone energy and courage for years and years and years
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Gazza
From what I can see, if one of the band members as much as farts at any point in 2012 and the other three arent in the immediate vicinity to share the experience, the paranoia about the 'end of the band' and 'no tour' goes into overdrive. Even the entire planet is trembling with nerves now, it seems!
Laughable overreaction.
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i'm talking about my own experience.
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Gazza
From what I can see, if one of the band members as much as farts at any point in 2012 and the other three arent in the immediate vicinity to share the experience, the paranoia about the 'end of the band' and 'no tour' goes into overdrive. Even the entire planet is trembling with nerves now, it seems!
Laughable overreaction.
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Kirk
would you say the same thing about Presley a decade earlier? I'm thinking of his Sun stuff at this point.
i'm talking about my own experience. someone who was around to be influenced by Elvis's Sun stuff would have to comment on its impact.
i wasn't even two years old yet when Elvis hit it big, which was post-Sun anyway, wasn't it.
obviously what the Stones do has long long roots and Elvis was a part of what influenced them,
but it wasn't Elvis that had direct impact on me and my peers
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marcovandereijk
Isn't that a bit of a stretch?
someone smart once pointed out that to be successful a protest has to gain the support
of segments of society other than the protestors themselves. of course the Civil Rights movement was well underway
before the Stones arrived in the US, but they played a big part in making a whole generation of middleclass white kids aware
of black culture, of the fact that there were racist people and policies in the land of the free -
that too many grown-ups were too ready to ostracize anyone who looked/sounded "not white"
the Stones didn't have a conscious socio-political agenda when they came to America,
but what they were doing sure had socio-political impact
and the music they were playing gave everyone energy and courage for years and years and years