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A Sons Of Beatles tour would bring joy to countless millions and make a lot of people very wealthy. And they wouldn't harm their fathers legacy in any way. It's a no brainer but is unlikely to happen because the music industry today lacks vision. And nobody wants to upset the sacred Beatles apple cart, if you get my drift?

Are you pulling our collective leg with this Sons of Beatles thing? It's hard to tell in print. If you're not, I kind of get your point. I'm assuming there's a lot of fans worldwide that came long after the Beatles stopped appearing in 1966. I guess a sizeable amount of them would pay to see and hear a genetically linked group under the Beatle name. I can't see them doing blockbuster business, but they'd do decent business.

As for the actual band, Julian would be fine as 'John' vocalist, and Dhani would be okay as 'George', but what would you do about 'Paul'? James looks like his father if Paul had lost his hair, but the vocals are nothing like Paul's and in fact are hard to listen to. And of course Zak is a great drummer but I've never heard him sing. That's how I see it realistically, unless of course you're just kidding us and I'm not getting the joke.

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are we gonna sit here and be told off by some punk 25 year old????

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are we gonna sit here and be told off by some punk 25 year old????

LOL! You gotta love Stones fans!!

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I am 25 too and have to agree with you Rstones24...I enjoy every show they do and I saw multiple shows of one tour. they always surprise me with good songs.

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God forbid the audience should quiet down and actually listen to a band perform that they paid a lot of money to see. Not every Stones song is about Mick interacting with the crowd. You know how you feel sorry for those old groups that were once great and now get up there and insist the audience clap and sing along? When I was a kid my mother told me to beware of groups that asked you to clap, "We paid for them to entertain us, not the other way around."

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God forbid the audience should quiet down and actually listen to a band perform that they paid a lot of money to see. Not every Stones song is about Mick interacting with the crowd. You know how you feel sorry for those old groups that were once great and now get up there and insist the audience clap and sing along? When I was a kid my mother told me to beware of groups that asked you to clap, "We paid for them to entertain us, not the other way around."

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I Life is to short to worry about set lists.

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I Life is to short to worry about set lists.

you could make the opposite argument as well...life is to short to see the same Stones show over and over.

It's a matter of perspective.

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I Life is to short to worry about set lists.

you could make the opposite argument as well...life is to short to see the same Stones show over and over.

It's a matter of perspective.

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Hey everyone. I'm 25, been checking out these boards forever since I went to my first Stones show in 2002 on the Licks tour. I've just never registered until now.

I've been to 6 Stones shows, and will be going to 3 more when they come back east.

Why now? I can't believe how many of you are bashing the Stones! We are all guilty of losing perspective in our lives with various things, and from my vantage point, the diehard Stones fans are REALLY guilty of this with their setlist complaining.

Please, take a step back and think. Okay, there are say 20K fans at a Stones show. How many of those fans are going to multiple shows? Consider the ticket prices. Maybe 5%? So 1K out of 20K? And how many of those fans that are going to multiple shows are "diehard" fans, who only want to hear the obscure songs? Even less than that! Everyones judgment on here is clouded because you are such huge Stones fans. You follow the setlist every night. You watch every single Youtube video. No wonder you get tired of hearing the same songs over and over?

Consider this: On May 3rd, everyone was so happy they played Emotional Rescue. Now, literally 23 days later, people bitch and moan when they play that, because they're not switching it up. Wait a minute...how many people that heard Emotional Rescue on the west coast also heard it last night in Toronto? I'd venture less than 50-100 fans. Yet what's changed? All of you watching it on Youtube after every show? How is that the Stones' fault? How is it their fault that everyone going to the Philly shows in June are stalking the setlist every night in May? If you want to be surprised, don't look at the setlist.

The Stones are my favorite band in the world. Yes, I want to hear the obscure songs. But when I go see Bruce Springsteen, I'm pissed off when he doesn't play Glory Days, Born to Run, Rosalita, etc. Just as a normal person who is seeing the Stones for the 3rd time ever and don't watch every Youtube video from every show would be pissed off if they don't hear Honky Tonk Woman, Tumbling Dice, or Miss You.

I just can't believe the lack of perspective by many intelligent folks on here. It's mind-boggling. Mailing it in? I have a great friend that went to the Toronto show. He hasn't missed a tour since 1981, but he's still just a "casual" fan. He's a bigger music fan in general than Stones fan. After the show last night, he texted me saying it's the best he's ever seen them. He just went and enjoyed the music, rather than picking apart every bum note or noticing how close Keith went to Mick or complaining about the last minute of SFM.

Please, please...get some perspective! 90% of the fans DO NOT want to go to a concert, spend $300 a ticket, and not know the words to songs 4-12 like you guys want to happen. It's just a fact. The Rolling Stones are 100% correct in believing this. Ask anyone who isn't a diehard Shidobee or IORR or Rocksoff person and they'll tell you the same thing.

If Michael Jackson came back to live and you went to see him for the novelty of it (assuming you aren't a diehard MJ fan), would you be upset or be totally fine if he didn't play Billy Jean, Beat It, Smooth Criminal, PYT, Don't Stop, etc? Or would you say he's mailing it in?


Thanks for listening. Rant over.

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are we gonna sit here and be told off by some punk 25 year old????

LOL! You gotta love Stones fans!!

Really? Do we really have to love the whiners?

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I Life is to short to worry about set lists.

you could make the opposite argument as well...life is to short to see the same Stones show over and over.

It's a matter of perspective.

Indeed, and it's a wonder the Rolling Stones don't see it the same way

Playing Brown Sugar, Jumpin Jack Flash, HTWomen, Sympathy, Satisfaction etc over 2000 times......these guys has a screw loose!

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I Life is to short to worry about set lists.

you could make the opposite argument as well...life is to short to see the same Stones show over and over.

It's a matter of perspective.

I think the hardcore Stones fans are about three to five years away from getting what they want - a club tour packed with rarities. In the meantime, just enjoy the greatest show on earth.

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are we gonna sit here and be told off by some punk 25 year old????

LOL! You gotta love Stones fans!!

Really? Do we really have to love the whiners?

Well they are still part of the family aren't they??

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And you will never go a Bruce and the E Streeet Band show and not hear Born to Run. Trust me!

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I Life is to short to worry about set lists.

you could make the opposite argument as well...life is to short to see the same Stones show over and over.

It's a matter of perspective.

I think the hardcore Stones fans are about three to five years away from getting what they want - a club tour packed with rarities. In the meantime, just enjoy the greatest show on earth.

Five years? Opening show will be at the Coconut Lounge at the Hebrew Home for the Aged in Miami Beach.

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And you will never go a Bruce and the E Streeet Band show and not hear Born to Run. Trust me!

are you sure?

[www.setlist.fm]

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are we gonna sit here and be told off by some punk 25 year old????

LOL! You gotta love Stones fans!!

Really? Do we really have to love the whiners?

Well they are still part of the family aren't they??

I suppose, but one big dysfunctional family, right? And they did inspire Keith to raise his game for this tour. So they should get at least some credit, just not as much as the cheerleaders who were the ones who really made this 50 and Counting tour happen.

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In 1989-90 as well as classic tours like 72 and 81-82 they played pretty much the same set every night. No one seemed to complain then!

No one complained then because they had whole new albums for each of those tours where several new songs would be played and would be welcomed by fans because they were good, many of them future classics. Now they have only 2 new songs to play, which they will probably ignore next time they tour because, as with the majority of their output in the last 30 years, even the Stones themselves don't consider them memorable enough to be played on a regular basis.

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are we gonna sit here and be told off by some punk 25 year old????

LOL! You gotta love Stones fans!!

Really? Do we really have to love the whiners?

Well they are still part of the family aren't they??

I suppose, but one big dysfunctional family, right? And they did inspire Keith to raise his game for this tour. So they should get at least some credit, just not as much as the cheerleaders who were the ones who really made this 50 and Counting tour happen.

Oh dysfunction to the highest degree. But then again look at the heads of the family: Mick and Keith!!!

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I Life is to short to worry about set lists.

you could make the opposite argument as well...life is to short to see the same Stones show over and over.

It's a matter of perspective.

Indeed, and it's a wonder the Rolling Stones don't see it the same way

Playing Brown Sugar, Jumpin Jack Flash, HTWomen, Sympathy, Satisfaction etc over 2000 times......these guys has a screw loose!

I always want to hear Jumpin Jack Flash. I have seen them perform it hundreds of times and I never get tired of it. The others I need a little break from. In fact, I never did like HTW or Brown Sugar.

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I Life is to short to worry about set lists.

you could make the opposite argument as well...life is to short to see the same Stones show over and over.

It's a matter of perspective.

Indeed, and it's a wonder the Rolling Stones don't see it the same way

Playing Brown Sugar, Jumpin Jack Flash, HTWomen, Sympathy, Satisfaction etc over 2000 times......these guys has a screw loose!

I always want to hear Jumpin Jack Flash. I have seen them perform it hundreds of times and I never get tired of it. The others I need a little break from. In fact, I never did like HTW or Brown Sugar.

As long as they don't play Jumpin Jack O Lantern....

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I Life is to short to worry about set lists.

you could make the opposite argument as well...life is to short to see the same Stones show over and over.

It's a matter of perspective.

Indeed, and it's a wonder the Rolling Stones don't see it the same way

Playing Brown Sugar, Jumpin Jack Flash, HTWomen, Sympathy, Satisfaction etc over 2000 times......these guys has a screw loose!

I always want to hear Jumpin Jack Flash. I have seen them perform it hundreds of times and I never get tired of it. The others I need a little break from. In fact, I never did like HTW or Brown Sugar.

As long as they don't play Jumpin Jack O Lantern....

It's the least they could do for all the volunteer work I do for them!

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And you will never go a Bruce and the E Streeet Band show and not hear Born to Run. Trust me!

are you sure?

[www.setlist.fm]