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I mean heh? Is there actually still a large magority of people that still listens to this band regularly? You have to admit their haydays are long over and they haven't really put out anything for years thats worth listening to. Do you still play your old Stones stuff all the time or are you just more in love with what they used to be and what they used to mean to you? Not trying to be an @#$%& here but come on lets be honest. Being a huge Stones fan doesnt make a whole lot of sense in this day and age. What else have we got though, Justin Beiber?

I'm still listening to this, as well as their best albums. The best ones change all the time, so right now I'm listening a lot to Aftermath and BTB.

Good music never dies.

Havn't see this before, thanks for that!

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The sad thing is that because of the band's marketing strategy, it's getting more and more difficult for anyone but the very rich or the very dedicated to have the experience of listening to them live while that is still possible - and that is a pity.

This is why it would be so good if they did Glastonbury. Not so much the size of the audience actually there as the millions who will see it on the tele. It is a great opportunity for them to show the general population how good they can still be, rather than the diminishing numbers willing to pay the ever higher ticket prices to stand alone shows.

For the record, I DO listen to other music; I do find a lot of todays' music disappointing but I try to keep an open mind ( and ear)..it's tough. I find myself returning to old British Invasion tunes....still love The Who, and McCartney too although I don't buy much of his new material. I should, it just gets by me!

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For the record, I DO listen to other music; I do find a lot of todays' music disappointing but I try to keep an open mind ( and ear)..it's tough. I find myself returning to old British Invasion tunes....still love The Who, and McCartney too although I don't buy much of his new material. I should, it just gets by me!

McCartney's last album of standards was pretty damn good...just don't expect to rock the house down.

I listen to anything new they put out until I burn out on it. In the case of
A Bigger Bang, that was 18 months of it being my favorite record. In the case of
the Shine a Light movie and the Biggest Bang DVD, about six times each. In the case
of Doom and Gloom, I still play the vid for friends who haven't seen it, I really
like the vid, but for strictly musical reasons, never.

Otherwise, I listen to interesting Stones things I haven't seen/heard ever or
perhaps in a long time that are posted here on IORR.

I occassionally put on a specific classic Stones track for a friend, and I still
get a kick out of hearing Parachute Woman or Too Much Blood or some such great
track randomly, on a TV commercial or on the supermarket Muzak-type system or
out the window of a passing car, but I doubt I will ever again put on a Stones
album for myself unless or until they die or quit.

In which case I'm sure I'll love their records all over again for a little while.

The Rolling Stones have now joined Louie Armstrong and Muddy Waters and
Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash in the realm of stuff I know is unbelievably
great but which I only listen to as part of a mix tape or something similar.

My family and long time friends are shocked at this change in my feelings,
but since its now almost two years since my musical conversion, they are
starting to think it might not be just a passing phase. They are reassured
however by my continuing interest in the Stones, and their fans, as a
continuing cultural phenomenon of no little import.

I still find digging listening to the "unknown"/non-hits/lesser hits tracks, like all of Goats Head Soup minus Angie, especially 100 Years Ago and Can You Hear The Music or for that matter Exile On Main Street, especially Ventilator Blues, Casino Boogie, Turd On The Run, Stop Breaking Down and Soul Survivor. Albums like IORR and BAB are quite enjoyable, as is Emotional Rescue and Tattoo You for the most part. I'm constantly making playlists/compilations of odd tracks, odd years or even the big years minus the hits: there's a lot to choose from.

As far as actual compilations go I really dig listening to Made In The Shade and Sucking In The Seventies. I like the context, how it's a bit more focused time wise. I can do without the big hits albums. I don't need to hear Start Me Up, Miss You, Honky Tonk Women or Satisfaction and maybe a few others ever again.

Also going through phases of listening to AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, The Doors and The Beatles etc makes things a little fresh when listening to the Stones again, just as the same for the others.

As far as the new tracks, well, they'll never be up with the earlier tracks but they do make for a interesting recent tracks compilation/playlist. Nothing wrong with new Stones, just as long as it is listenable ('good'). There are tracks that are deleted from the library more so from the recent albums than the old/older albums. So there's not even a 1% chance of Streets Of Love and a couple of others destroying any compilation/play list.

Who actually listens to the Stones anymore?
Me.

This thread is a joke, right?

EVERY DAY! My daily dose of Stones keeps the doctor away.

C

Annih show, beenah coah, coah weenahh!

[thepowergoats.com]

'Is there actually still a large magority of people that still listens to this band regularly?

- well lets put it this way ..if you are NOT listening to the stones heyday period, say 68 -72/73, then you are NOT acquiring the essence of what DEFINES rock and roll as a musical genre. and therefore you cannot subjectively put that definition into proper context with music of that genre from any other period, since. (or before) and then, really, you are only just penalizing yourself, for whatever reason.



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good one jamesfdouglas-friggin winter,i havent heard that gem in ages.what a great song.

the amazing thing is that it captures that weary,slightly claustrophobic,end of a long winter feeling so well.pretty much any harcore stones fan will tell you goats head was a classic that slides right past most of the bandwagoners and lightweights.

i'll have to put that on my ipod with the rest of the great stones songs that i listen to almost everyday.

I honestly can't say the last time that I listened to a Stones album. It has to be over 2 years now...

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I mean heh? Is there actually still a large magority of people that still listens to this band regularly? You have to admit their haydays are long over and they haven't really put out anything for years thats worth listening to. Do you still play your old Stones stuff all the time or are you just more in love with what they used to be and what they used to mean to you? Not trying to be an @#$%& here but come on lets be honest. Being a huge Stones fan doesnt make a whole lot of sense in this day and age. What else have we got though, Justin Beiber?

I'm still listening to this, as well as their best albums. The best ones change all the time, so right now I'm listening a lot to Aftermath and BTB.

Good music never dies.

Havn't see this before, thanks for that!

Then it was about time, you catched the official video!

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'Is there actually still a large magority of people that still listens to this band regularly?

- well lets put it this way ..if you are NOT listening to the stones heyday period, say 68 -72/73, then you are NOT acquiring the essence of what DEFINES rock and roll as a musical genre. and therefore you cannot subjectively put that definition into proper context with music of that genre from any other period, since. (or before) and then, really, you are only just penalizing yourself, for whatever reason.

Sure, but do you have to listen to it all the time? I lived through the period you mention and agree it was their heyday and when I do listen to the band it's this period that I go back to.

The original question, which is obviously heresy in some quarters, perhaps implied that there has been nothing issued in recent times that warrants our daily devotion and I would agree with this.

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I honestly can't say the last time that I listened to a Stones album. It has to be over 2 years now...

Put one on now, you're just a bit overdue.

All I know is what my wife tells me - I listen to this, then I listen to that, then I listen to the other but I always return to...The Stones.
So I'm still listening to them

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I haven't listened to The Stones in a few months and I still feel great.

You may feel great, but we, (that have listened over the last few months) feel far greater than you! Noble of you to deny yourself, though.

When did you become a spokesperson, JumpinJackOLantern?

I haven't listened to The Stones in a few months and I still feel great.

..........that's an unusual name for a girl ...



ROCKMAN

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When did you become a spokesperson, JumpinJackOLantern?

Before you were born, sonny.

I listen to a variety of new music several days a week and I continue to listen to The Rolling Stones also several days a week.

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I haven't listened to The Stones in a few months and I still feel great.

..........that's an unusual name for a girl ...

The Dave Clark Five used to sing about feeling Glad all over...

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I haven't listened to The Stones in a few months and I still feel great.

..........that's an unusual name for a girl ...

The Dave Clark Five used to sing about feeling Glad all over...

A man is as old as the woman he feels.

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I mean heh? Is there actually still a large magority of people that still listens to this band regularly? You have to admit their haydays are long over and they haven't really put out anything for years thats worth listening to. Do you still play your old Stones stuff all the time or are you just more in love with what they used to be and what they used to mean to you? Not trying to be an @#$%& here but come on lets be honest. Being a huge Stones fan doesnt make a whole lot of sense in this day and age. What else have we got though, Justin Beiber?

You put it as if the only two choices are Stones or Bieber.

First of all thanks for replying to my "stupid question". Got to admit I was pretty lit up when i posted that question but I still stand behind what my real meaning was. The Stones in my opinion were once the most important and besides that the greatest sounding band in the world! That was a long time ago though and they haven't done much in years to move me to believe their still in the same leaque as they were then. Sorry if my post offended you and you obviously don't agree. You can't honestly tell me however that a new album by the band in 2013 would be as huge and important a deal as it once was, or that things will ever be the way they once were when this band ruled and all others were measured by how good the last Stones release was. Maybe theres a bit of an age difference?

Thanks for your concern but I can still get an erection just fine. My post obviously offended you though and I apologize for that as this was not my intention. Was slightly lit up when I posted this however and sometimes I don't then get my point across properly. I have loved this band almost as long as I have lived to tell you the truth, 55yr's, and what I truely meant was how many people out there would still believe that the Stones could ever again be as important to our lives as they once were? A new Stones release once was what millions of people practically lived for. I doubt a new release in 2013 could ever compare with the excitment felt before Goats Head Soup or other iconic Stones albums releases once produced and this was the true meaning of the question I was asking.

Thanks and a great answer to my question my friend. Can't quite believe the venemous replys I've had to my post but then again I didn't word it right.

Take it easy mickschicks. I just wanted to know if people still actually listened to this band or if most were more in love with their past and what the band once meant to them. Was a little lit up when I posted and I'm sure by the venom in so many of the replys I've received I worded my question completely wrong. Sorry if I offended you and hope you'll get over it soon?

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'Is there actually still a large magority of people that still listens to this band regularly?

- well lets put it this way ..if you are NOT listening to the stones heyday period, say 68 -72/73, then you are NOT acquiring the essence of what DEFINES rock and roll as a musical genre. and therefore you cannot subjectively put that definition into proper context with music of that genre from any other period, since. (or before) and then, really, you are only just penalizing yourself, for whatever reason.

Hello mind of closed-ness.

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