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midimannz
Maybe the new release is 'updated' outtakes. Would you feel the same then I wonder?
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stonesnow
I would say the "first big mistake" was Jagger's solo career. There should have been 3 more solid Stones albums to fill out the mid to late 80s. The second big mistake was taking 5 years off between Steel Wheels and Voodoo Lounge--if Mick and Keith had pooled their best efforts in between that time, there could have been one killer Stones album instead of the solo albums Wandering Spirit and Main Offender.
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GravityBoy
Mick's first big mistake involved Anita Pallenberg.
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midimannz
Maybe the new release is 'updated' outtakes. Would you feel the same then I wonder?
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midimannz
Maybe the new release is 'updated' outtakes. Would you feel the same then I wonder?
I was wondering this myself, I couldn't find anything official about an old song compliation............who's said that's what it is, anybody know anything certain?
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Kingbeebuzz
In a fantastic career spanning 50 years, my opinion is that the Stones (Jagger?) have made their first huge mistake in the way the 50th anniversary has been handled and the way their archive is being released.
For the first time I think that they have misread their market and as a result are ending their career by undermining a part of their legacy.
One way to recover from this, in my opinion, would be to publish the complete plan of releases for the next couple of years, so that we all know where we stand.
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Kingbeebuzz
In a fantastic career spanning 50 years, my opinion is that the Stones (Jagger?) have made their first huge mistake in the way the 50th anniversary has been handled and the way their archive is being released.
For the first time I think that they have misread their market and as a result are ending their career by undermining a part of their legacy.
One way to recover from this, in my opinion, would be to publish the complete plan of releases for the next couple of years, so that we all know where we stand.
Even Brett Favre stuck around too long....poor Stones
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Kingbeebuzz
In a fantastic career spanning 50 years, my opinion is that the Stones (Jagger?) have made their first huge mistake in the way the 50th anniversary has been handled and the way their archive is being released.
For the first time I think that they have misread their market and as a result are ending their career by undermining a part of their legacy.
One way to recover from this, in my opinion, would be to publish the complete plan of releases for the next couple of years, so that we all know where we stand.
Even Brett Favre stuck around too long....poor Stones
They do seem to be staggering towards the finish line. I don't think I'd have predicted that.
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Kingbeebuzz
In a fantastic career spanning 50 years, my opinion is that the Stones (Jagger?) have made their first huge mistake in the way the 50th anniversary has been handled and the way their archive is being released.
For the first time I think that they have misread their market and as a result are ending their career by undermining a part of their legacy.
One way to recover from this, in my opinion, would be to publish the complete plan of releases for the next couple of years, so that we all know where we stand.
Even Brett Favre stuck around too long....poor Stones
They do seem to be staggering towards the finish line. I don't think I'd have predicted that.
Staggering? Jaggering? So you generally still see them as on there feet? Or are you just being kind?
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treaclefingers
perhaps we'll be pleasantly surprised if our expectations are substantially lowered. I know mine are.
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buttons67
the band have made a lot of mistakes and with the benefit of hindsight might have done things differently, but they have also made a lot of great songs.
i think they have undersold themselves by not releasing the correct singles, prefering to back a handfull of songs many of which are average ie its only rock and roll, miss you, before they make me run. and yet completely ignore the likes of "let it loose, time waits for no one, citadel, jigsaw puzzle, in the main street singles market.
i find that many stones songs if released by other artists would have been seen as that artists strongest releases, but with the stones many songs go unnoticed by the public because they havent projected those songs enough when marketing.
many beatles songs are average yet are hailed as classics for some strange reason.
the stones also could have released more albums in the later years.
since steel wheels and including they have released only 4 main studio albums yet in the same period and including cover versions, and outtakes previously unreleased they have recorded almost 100 songs, this could easily have been recorded on 10 seperate studio albums albeit the overall standard and quality would have been significantly lesser, but would still have kept stones interest up during the leaner years.
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buttons67
the thing is, very few people care about solo releases, they want the stones, the tours were great and they put in a lot of hours to do the gigs they done, but they still only did 4 stones albums, which could have been 10 if including the outtakes, it wouldnt have meant recording more material, just rescheduling the material they already have.
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TooTough
I think their career is full of mistakes - but they are nevertheless
the greatest band ever.
What annoys me is that they create a bad atmosphere and tension amongst
their diehard fans (here). The problem is really not the ugly cover
or the compilation CD. It´s the feeling that they had to do something
really great in their 50th year - but won´t. But we get
a photo exhibition, a Best Of, a film and download concerts instead -
normally that´s marketing for a dead or gone band.
All we want is a 10 or 12 song CD and a small tour, where every diehard fan
could say "goodbye, great trip, thanks."