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Stoneage
There are a few excuses which could be acceptable: not being stageready is not one of those.
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Stoneage
There are a few excuses which could be acceptable: not being stageready is not one of those.
True but literally that claim by Mick is contingently true: most probably The Stones are not at the moment stage-ready. However, if they would have liked to perform, they - of cuorse - would have been... But like Ronnie said there never was any intention.
- Doxa
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Stoneage
There are a few excuses which could be acceptable: not being stageready is not one of those.
True but literally that claim by Mick is contingently true: most probably The Stones are not at the moment stage-ready. However, if they would have liked to perform, they - of cuorse - would have been... But like Ronnie said there never was any intention.
- Doxa
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GumbootCloggeroo
How can you not be "stage ready" when your band was most likely going to play along to a pre-recorded track? Has Keith not been practicing his poses?
Or were The Stones not even capable of getting their shit together to record their performance beforehand?
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GumbootCloggeroo
How can you not be "stage ready" when your band was most likely going to play along to a pre-recorded track? Has Keith not been practicing his poses?
Or were The Stones not even capable of getting their shit together to record their performance beforehand?
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Stoneage
There are a few excuses which could be acceptable: not being stageready is not one of those.
True but literally that claim by Mick is contingently true: most probably The Stones are not at the moment stage-ready. However, if they would have liked to perform, they - of cuorse - would have been... But like Ronnie said there never was any intention.
- Doxa
Gary Barlow of Take That managed to perform despite his baby daughter having been born dead a few days earlier. Kind of puts the Stones' silly excuses into a bit of perspective.
Whilst I never really was that keen on them playing it anyway and never expected them to perform, the 'not stage ready' excuse is a crock. We're talking about what would have been a 5 or 10 minute appearance performing a song or two that they should be able to play even if they were in a coma. They werent exactly being asked to split the atom.
Jagger should have just said 'we just werent interested' instead of making it sound as if they belong in a nursing home.
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tomcat2006
I reckon Keith just said "Not interested" as he did for Live Aid. He doesn't give a sh*t about anything apart from his image, unfortunately.
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tomcat2006
I reckon Keith just said "Not interested" as he did for Live Aid. He doesn't give a sh*t about anything apart from his image, unfortunately.
Right. Keith holds all the cards here.
Mick is the boss...it's always been him He decides what the band does...everyone else comes along for the ride if they all want to do it too.
Mick is so business oriented that he doesn't make a move if it doesn't somehow equal some kind of financial or publicity benefit. With a brand name like The Rolling Stones--you don't just make random appearnaces anywhere you want. Every move is calculated and planned. No appearances outside of a tour is left to chance and at this point of the "game" Mick only picks opportunities where few key criteria are fulfilled: 1) The Stones will be the main attraction, 2) The Stones will be presented in a favorable light and 3) the repurcussions of such an appearance will benefit them greatly (mainly as promotion for a product or a tour). It seems the Olympics did not fulfill all those criteria for Mick to want to accept it.
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tomcat2006
I reckon Keith just said "Not interested" as he did for Live Aid. He doesn't give a sh*t about anything apart from his image, unfortunately.
Right. Keith holds all the cards here.
Mick is the boss...it's always been him He decides what the band does...everyone else comes along for the ride if they all want to do it too.
Mick is so business oriented that he doesn't make a move if it doesn't somehow equal some kind of financial or publicity benefit. With a brand name like The Rolling Stones--you don't just make random appearnaces anywhere you want. Every move is calculated and planned. No appearances outside of a tour is left to chance and at this point of the "game" Mick only picks opportunities where few key criteria are fulfilled: 1) The Stones will be the main attraction, 2) The Stones will be presented in a favorable light and 3) the repurcussions of such an appearance will benefit them greatly (mainly as promotion for a product or a tour). It seems the Olympics did not fulfill all those criteria for Mick to want to accept it.
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tomcat2006
I reckon Keith just said "Not interested" as he did for Live Aid. He doesn't give a sh*t about anything apart from his image, unfortunately.
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tomcat2006
I reckon Keith just said "Not interested" as he did for Live Aid. He doesn't give a sh*t about anything apart from his image, unfortunately.
Er, he did Live Aid...
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brownsugar86
Did they give a reason about not doing Live 8?
I remember seeing an interview with Bob Geldoff doing a generic impression of Mick talking and not being keen, but I can't remember what he said.
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Braincapers
What was in for the Stones? Would a good performance sell more tickets for any future tour? I doubt it but a really bad show might have damaged their reputation.
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DandelionPowderman
Maybe Mick was worried about how they would come across to new fan prospects?
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DandelionPowderman
Maybe Mick was worried about how they would come across to new fan prospects?
Its going to take a hell of a lot of make up and wrinkle cream to fix that.
Not to mention taking a zero off the end of their ticket prices.
That ship has sailed long ago.
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Braincapers
What was in for the Stones? Would a good performance sell more tickets for any future tour? I doubt it but a really bad show might have damaged their reputation.
Eh?
How bad could they possibly have been if they were asked to perform for maybe 5-10 minutes and given all the time in the world to prepare for it? Seriously? If youre worried about their ability to play for ten minutes at an event which has been planned for YEARS what does it say about your faith in their ability to play for two hours a night for a stretch of about 50-60 shows? Especially when theyre asking you to pay silly money for the experience.
Would a good performance sell more tickets for a future tour? How could it NOT have done when the event was watched by a couple of billion people?
Every artist who performed at the opening and closing ceremonies saw their sales rocket overnight. You can bet had they been on tour, a similar effect would have occurred for their ticket sales.