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This is funnier than a sitcom!
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superrevvy
This is whining: "I really like the Stones but they charge too much for tickets
and they play too many warhorses."
Therefore: Every single person on this thread who is complaining about whining
is themself a whiner. Because that's EXACTLY what you think.
And this is not whining: "The Rolling Stones suck now."
Agree or disagree, that is not a whine, it is only an opinion.
So, yes, get rid of the whiners. All these jerks who love the Stones, kinda,
you know, except they don't play exactly how or what I wish they would.
Keep only the people who love them to death, and will happily drop a thou to
see them play whatever they want to play, and those others of us who used to
love them, but for whom its all over now.
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superrevvy
This is whining: "I really like the Stones but they charge too much for tickets
and they play too many warhorses."
Therefore: Every single person on this thread who is complaining about whining
is themself a whiner. Because that's EXACTLY what you think.
And this is not whining: "The Rolling Stones suck now."
Agree or disagree, that is not a whine, it is only an opinion.
So, yes, get rid of the whiners. All these jerks who love the Stones, kinda,
you know, except they don't play exactly how or what I wish they would.
Keep only the people who love them to death, and will happily drop a thou to
see them play whatever they want to play, and those others of us who used to
love them, but for whom its all over now.
Can't really see there a distinction. One could say "I really like the Stones but they suck now because they charge too much for tickets and they play too many warhorses." That's an opinion.
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superrevvy
This is whining: "I really like the Stones but they charge too much for tickets
and they play too many warhorses."
Therefore: Every single person on this thread who is complaining about whining
is themself a whiner. Because that's EXACTLY what you think.
And this is not whining: "The Rolling Stones suck now."
Agree or disagree, that is not a whine, it is only an opinion.
So, yes, get rid of the whiners. All these jerks who love the Stones, kinda,
you know, except they don't play exactly how or what I wish they would.
Keep only the people who love them to death, and will happily drop a thou to
see them play whatever they want to play, and those others of us who used to
love them, but for whom its all over now.
Can't really see there a distinction. One could say "I really like the Stones but they suck now because they charge too much for tickets and they play too many warhorses." That's an opinion.
- Doxa
But what is it when one person expresses his/her joy about a video clip, and another poster ridicule the former poster?
It's an opinion, of course, but not a very sympathetic one, imo.
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DandelionPowderman
But what is it when one person expresses his/her joy about a video clip, and another poster ridicule the former poster?
Yeah, it is expressing an opinion about someone else's opinion (or joy), but, most of all, showing disrespect and acting stupidly. We are here entering to the realm of good/bad manners
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DandelionPowderman
But what is it when one person expresses his/her joy about a video clip, and another poster ridicule the former poster?
Yeah, it is expressing an opinion about someone else's opinion (or joy), but, most of all, showing disrespect and acting stupidly. We are here entering to the realm of good/bad manners
Very well said. There is a major difference between being critical about something and simply trying to take the joy away from someone.
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emotionalbarbecue
Most of fans writting in forums like this are post-Undercover babies (were born 1983 onwards, so they lost the "golden era", crossfire hurricane era) and have not lived the real experience (the only possible experience by the way...), so all they know and feel is based on "intellectual" knowledge. I mean, there is not experience (rocknroll is vital concomitant experience not being knowledgeable.....) but just a bizarre mix of readings, fantasy, post Urban Jugle Tours attendance, fantasy, video screening, and the ultimate catalyst experience: writing in forums. This dangerous mix may cause in some cases unrealistic expectations....because all they know is stacked as a block, not vitally digested. So there may be people expecting a different thing than the 2012 version of the band is able tho show...then this people whine. And it is understable. If there is respect among fans....why not disagree?
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emotionalbarbecue
Most of fans writting in forums like this are post-Undercover babies (were born 1983 onwards, so they lost the "golden era", crossfire hurricane era) and have not lived the real experience (the only possible experience by the way...), so all they know and feel is based on "intellectual" knowledge. I mean, there is not experience (rocknroll is vital concomitant experience not being knowledgeable.....) but just a bizarre mix of readings, fantasy, post Urban Jugle Tours attendance, fantasy, video screening, and the ultimate catalyst experience: writing in forums. This dangerous mix may cause in some cases unrealistic expectations....because all they know is stacked as a block, not vitally digested. So there may be people expecting a different thing than the 2012 version of the band is able tho show...then this people whine. And it is understable. If there is respect among fans....why not disagree?
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emotionalbarbecue
Most of fans writting in forums like this are post-Undercover babies (were born 1983 onwards, so they lost the "golden era", crossfire hurricane era) and have not lived the real experience (the only possible experience by the way...), so all they know and feel is based on "intellectual" knowledge. I mean, there is not experience (rocknroll is vital concomitant experience not being knowledgeable.....) but just a bizarre mix of readings, fantasy, post Urban Jugle Tours attendance, fantasy, video screening, and the ultimate catalyst experience: writing in forums. This dangerous mix may cause in some cases unrealistic expectations....because all they know is stacked as a block, not vitally digested.
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emotionalbarbecue
Most of fans writting in forums like this are post-Undercover babies (were born 1983 onwards, so they lost the "golden era", crossfire hurricane era) and have not lived the real experience (the only possible experience by the way...), so all they know and feel is based on "intellectual" knowledge. I mean, there is not experience (rocknroll is vital concomitant experience not being knowledgeable.....) but just a bizarre mix of readings, fantasy, post Urban Jugle Tours attendance, fantasy, video screening, and the ultimate catalyst experience: writing in forums. This dangerous mix may cause in some cases unrealistic expectations....because all they know is stacked as a block, not vitally digested. So there may be people expecting a different thing than the 2012 version of the band is able tho show...then this people whine. And it is understable. If there is respect among fans....why not disagree?
That was a joke, right ....?
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emotionalbarbecue
Most of fans writting in forums like this are post-Undercover babies (were born 1983 onwards, so they lost the "golden era", crossfire hurricane era) and have not lived the real experience (the only possible experience by the way...), so all they know and feel is based on "intellectual" knowledge. I mean, there is not experience (rocknroll is vital concomitant experience not being knowledgeable.....) but just a bizarre mix of readings, fantasy, post Urban Jugle Tours attendance, fantasy, video screening, and the ultimate catalyst experience: writing in forums. This dangerous mix may cause in some cases unrealistic expectations....because all they know is stacked as a block, not vitally digested. So there may be people expecting a different thing than the 2012 version of the band is able tho show...then this people whine. And it is understable. If there is respect among fans....why not disagree?
We had a great thread of that fan "experience" bit a while ago, and I agree mostly with what you say here.
But there is one thing I partly disagree or I try to say something different. I think what is different now is that anyone who has followed the band since the 80's actually has - or needs to have - a rather 'realistic' picture of the band, or what to expect from them. The fact that a certain show one attends will most likely be based on 'war horses' and the band will play like it will do (like they have from 1989 on, even though the quality of certain date might vary a bit), and if one then one complains that it is disappointed to the set list or the sound of the band over-all (too litte guitars, etc,), I think that only shows that the person in question had unrealistic expectations. He or she should have known better. From 1989 THe Stones have been so predictable in all of their doings, be it concerts, new records or whatever (every new action just makes the pattern somehow more visble as the yaers go by). And the fact that they have toured so much since 1989 - compared for example to the golden 70's - that has offered to each fan plenty of chances to get to know what a modern Rolling Stones concert experience is like.
I guess the biggest surprise they had done since 1989 'come back' was that of (finally) starting to release the stuff in vaults.
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Did you really see the "3 different shows in every major city" on the Licks Tour coming?
THAT was a surprise for me
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emotionalbarbecue
Most of fans writting in forums like this are post-Undercover babies (were born 1983 onwards, so they lost the "golden era", crossfire hurricane era) and have not lived the real experience (the only possible experience by the way...), so all they know and feel is based on "intellectual" knowledge. I mean, there is not experience (rocknroll is vital concomitant experience not being knowledgeable.....) but just a bizarre mix of readings, fantasy, post Urban Jugle Tours attendance, fantasy, video screening, and the ultimate catalyst experience: writing in forums. This dangerous mix may cause in some cases unrealistic expectations....because all they know is stacked as a block, not vitally digested.
Rubbish. You can't "rate" fans based on their age, and you can't generalize what's going on in other people heads and how the time they grow up in influence them. From your standards, nobody really can understand Hank Williams or Robert Johnson either, unless they're 80-90 and were around them as it happened. Nobody living now can understand let's say, Leo Tolstoy either, as he died 100 years ago.
You are underestimating other peoples ability of making a judgement
One might as well say the opposite than what you're saying; one could say that older people have lost their ability of redefining their taste as the world change....their musical taste is just a longing for memories of their youth; completely out of time. It would be just as wrong
Re "the real experience" ? Just because one happened to be alive at a certain moment, doesn't mean that one were close to the band, or understood anything, really. Maybe a person growing up today could say to his future kids that he has lived "the real experience" of Desperate Housewives, just 'cos it's running on the TV these years...
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LieB
I don't really think it's worth arguing about, but I still think this "real experience" thing (as presented by emotionalbarbecue above) is rubbish, just like Erik points out. Of course, seeing the band for real at MSG '72 or the Marquee in '63 is more "real" than sitting here and watching youtube. But there are plenty of people who heard the band in their heyday who could barely recognise a song because the PA was bad, girls were screaming or because the fan in question happened to stand in "last row" out of 300 000 people at Altamont.
I have only been a fan since '94 and seen the band in live '98 and '03. Seemed real to me. I still love every bootleg from '72 more than No Security and Live Licks. But if someone wants to talk about the Stones on this board and they have only ever heard one song, they're welcome if you ask me.
Edit: Sorry, straying slightly off topic here.
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Whiners to the left, cheerleaders to the right...or something.
Well, I can borrow my sister's old cheerleading outfit, but what will the whiners wear?
That depends. Are you female? Or do you at least good look in drag?
HA! I am a girl 71Tele, how about you? I can find an extra outfit for you, we can go as the IORR cheerleaders, heck we can form our own team.
Repeat after me (with claps in between):
You might be good at basketball
You might be good at track
But when it comes to rock and roll
You might as well step back
Might as well step back
Say what? You might as well step back
Can’t hear - you Might as well step back
Go Rolling Stones!
Well, I'm not a girl, but maybe we could dress as those cheerleaders from SNL. I'll do the Will Farrel part. It's Halloween after all!
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71Tele
Whiners to the left, cheerleaders to the right...or something.
Well, I can borrow my sister's old cheerleading outfit, but what will the whiners wear?
That depends. Are you female? Or do you at least good look in drag?
HA! I am a girl 71Tele, how about you? I can find an extra outfit for you, we can go as the IORR cheerleaders, heck we can form our own team.
Repeat after me (with claps in between):
You might be good at basketball
You might be good at track
But when it comes to rock and roll
You might as well step back
Might as well step back
Say what? You might as well step back
Can’t hear - you Might as well step back
Go Rolling Stones!
Well, I'm not a girl, but maybe we could dress as those cheerleaders from SNL. I'll do the Will Farrel part. It's Halloween after all!
I love that skit!
Seriously, I have said before that I really don't care what other people post, to each his own opinion. I do take offense when someone is deliberately insulting and demeaning to another poster. We are all adults, I think, and there is no need to stoop to childish behavior to make a point. Having said that, I think everyone slips up sometimes in the heat of the moment, and I have noticed that most posters here make an effort to make amends when they have crossed the line. To the few who don't know how to behave, just ignore them and eventually they will go away.