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...They just might turn professional, in a couple of years...
You know, to learn to play and all that... naaaawww, that's boring!
- Doxa
...Dàmn teeth...
The reason I opened up the discussion was simply because like a lot of people on this board I guess, I'd love to see them again somewhere sometime. But - the thought did occur that from their point of view, given the resounding success of those 2012/2013 shows, if they were to be thinking along the likes of "wouldn't it be nice to go out on a high" (so to say), then maybe now would be as good a time as any to hang it up ?
Personally I hope they're not thinking like that and that the thought doesn't or hasn't crossed their minds, but it would probably be silly to think that it's not a possibility.
I for one absolutely ain't thinkin' about it, but if one day in the spring of 2014 there's an RS tweet announcing forthcoming shows, then it'll be
But if not, and if Hyde Park 2 turns out "to have been it", then f**k it, at least I was THERE !! So either way, more
[ I want to shout, but I can hardly speak ]
Yeah!
Absolutely right! The.."and Counting"...leaves the door wide open! They could have billed it the Rolling Stones Farewell Tour and they didn't. They'll be back!
...the money ? Our blessings ?
Plus: it was 51 when they played their 'last' show (Hyde Park)...
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2013-09-25 16:00 by RoughJusticeOnYa.
I think you can safely assume they are talking years.
Are you an accountant by trade?
OK; I'll take your word for it.
The '51'-bit still stands, though.
P.S.: no, good grief - I'd be awful at that. Counting money that isn't my own?! NEVER!!
...But you can charge a lot for that!
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Rolling Stones Live - might it be all over now ?
Posted by:
paulywaul
()
Date: September 25, 2013 11:44
They celebrated the 50th with some shows in late 2012 and mid 2013
They did Glastonbury, they did Hyde Park, & the sun shone throughout
General consensus is that they were playing better than they have done in years
A good note on which to go out on perhaps ? Or still more to come ?
DISCUSS
[ I want to shout, but I can hardly speak ]
They did Glastonbury, they did Hyde Park, & the sun shone throughout
General consensus is that they were playing better than they have done in years
A good note on which to go out on perhaps ? Or still more to come ?
DISCUSS
[ I want to shout, but I can hardly speak ]
Re: Rolling Stones Live - might it be all over now ?
Posted by:
stonehearted
()
Date: September 25, 2013 11:45
Charlie Watts would agree with you 100%.
Re: Rolling Stones Live - might it be all over now ?
Posted by:
DandelionPowderman
()
Date: September 25, 2013 11:47
They have just begun!
Re: Rolling Stones Live - might it be all over now ?
Posted by:
MartinB
()
Date: September 25, 2013 13:07
I think (hope) there will be more.
Re: Rolling Stones Live - might it be all over now ?
Posted by:
RoughJusticeOnYa
()
Date: September 25, 2013 13:56
Quote
DandelionPowderman
They have just begun!
...They just might turn professional, in a couple of years...
Re: Rolling Stones Live - might it be all over now ?
Posted by:
Doxa
()
Date: September 25, 2013 14:16
Quote
RoughJusticeOnYaQuote
DandelionPowderman
They have just begun!
...They just might turn professional, in a couple of years...
You know, to learn to play and all that... naaaawww, that's boring!
- Doxa
Re: Rolling Stones Live - might it be all over now ?
Posted by:
DandelionPowderman
()
Date: September 25, 2013 14:25
We're still counting... and it's not chords...
Re: Rolling Stones Live - might it be all over now ?
Posted by:
desertblues68
()
Date: September 25, 2013 14:35
Keef was crying when he left the stage at Hyde Park 2. Might this have been the last time, I do not know hopefully not!
Re: Rolling Stones Live - might it be all over now ?
Posted by:
DandelionPowderman
()
Date: September 25, 2013 14:43
Crying or smiling? Hard to tell...
Re: Rolling Stones Live - might it be all over now ?
Posted by:
Harm
()
Date: September 25, 2013 14:45
Time will tell....of course I'd like to go to some more shows...but if not, then that's okey as well
Re: Rolling Stones Live - might it be all over now ?
Posted by:
RoughJusticeOnYa
()
Date: September 25, 2013 14:46
Quote
DandelionPowderman
Crying or smiling? Hard to tell...
...Dàmn teeth...
Re: Rolling Stones Live - might it be all over now ?
Posted by:
TheGreek
()
Date: September 25, 2013 15:07
i would love to see my favorite band again and again ,but it might not happen unless the stones get the price that they want .
Re: Rolling Stones Live - might it be all over now ?
Posted by:
paulywaul
()
Date: September 25, 2013 15:10
Quote
paulywaul
They celebrated the 50th with some shows in late 2012 and mid 2013
They did Glastonbury, they did Hyde Park, & the sun shone throughout
General consensus is that they were playing better than they have done in years
A good note on which to go out on perhaps ? Or still more to come ?
DISCUSS
The reason I opened up the discussion was simply because like a lot of people on this board I guess, I'd love to see them again somewhere sometime. But - the thought did occur that from their point of view, given the resounding success of those 2012/2013 shows, if they were to be thinking along the likes of "wouldn't it be nice to go out on a high" (so to say), then maybe now would be as good a time as any to hang it up ?
Personally I hope they're not thinking like that and that the thought doesn't or hasn't crossed their minds, but it would probably be silly to think that it's not a possibility.
I for one absolutely ain't thinkin' about it, but if one day in the spring of 2014 there's an RS tweet announcing forthcoming shows, then it'll be
But if not, and if Hyde Park 2 turns out "to have been it", then f**k it, at least I was THERE !! So either way, more
[ I want to shout, but I can hardly speak ]
Re: Rolling Stones Live - might it be all over now ?
Posted by:
DandelionPowderman
()
Date: September 25, 2013 15:10
Quote
RoughJusticeOnYaQuote
DandelionPowderman
Crying or smiling? Hard to tell...
...Dàmn teeth...
Yeah!
Re: Rolling Stones Live - might it be all over now ?
Posted by:
Harm
()
Date: September 25, 2013 15:20
Quote
paulywaulQuote
paulywaul
They celebrated the 50th with some shows in late 2012 and mid 2013
They did Glastonbury, they did Hyde Park, & the sun shone throughout
General consensus is that they were playing better than they have done in years
A good note on which to go out on perhaps ? Or still more to come ?
DISCUSS
The reason I opened up the discussion was simply because like a lot of people on this board I guess, I'd love to see them again somewhere sometime. But - the thought did occur that from their point of view, given the resounding success of those 2012/2013 shows, if they were to be thinking along the likes of "wouldn't it be nice to go out on a high" (so to say), then maybe now would be as good a time as any to hang it up ?
Personally I hope they're not thinking like that and that the thought doesn't or hasn't crossed their minds, but it would probably be silly to think that it's not a possibility.
I for one absolutely ain't thinkin' about it, but if one day in the spring of 2014 there's an RS tweet announcing forthcoming shows, then it'll be
But if not, and if Hyde Park 2 turns out "to have been it", then f**k it, at least I was THERE !! So either way, more
Re: Rolling Stones Live - might it be all over now ?
Posted by:
ROPENI
()
Date: September 25, 2013 15:24
Time to put it to rest............
"No dope smoking no beer sold after 12 o'clock"
"No dope smoking no beer sold after 12 o'clock"
Re: Rolling Stones Live - might it be all over now ?
Posted by:
MKjan
()
Date: September 25, 2013 15:34
It was called 50 Years and Counting.....
Re: Rolling Stones Live - might it be all over now ?
Posted by:
Gazza
()
Date: September 25, 2013 15:41
'should it be all over now' seems to be the gist of the question.
I'm at a stage now where I'm ambivalent whether they tour anymore. Would I like to see more shows? Yes. Would I be crushed if they didnt play any more? Not really. A decade or so ago I maybe would have been more annoyed about it but maybe with age there's an increasing acceptance that these things do have a sell by date.
I do think there'll be shows next year and beyond - that'll be the case as long as they're physically capable of performing to a level that they feel is acceptable.
Going out on a high would be quite unusual and very honourable. I've never bought into this obsession some people have of wanting them to play until theyre REALLY old based solely on the logic that the likes of Chuck Berry and various old blues singers have done it. Regardless of how they started out, the Stones are no longer comparable to those people at all. Its a different form of entertainment and I'd personally hate to see them get to the stage where people's final memory of any of them on a concert stage was one of someone who was a drooling, incompetent wreck incapable of playing a song properly the whole way through.
Thankfully it hasnt come to that stage yet - but its important that it never does.
Aside from personal feelings, any decisions like that are for them. Not us. Ours is simply whether we feel we want to be part of it anymore. To be honest, I'm more concerned with how some fans would cope with it more than anything because for a lot of people in the Stones fan community it does seem to be the emotional centre of their universe. Part of accepting the inevitable (for me anyway) has been to try and gradually become less emotionally attached in recent years.
I'm at a stage now where I'm ambivalent whether they tour anymore. Would I like to see more shows? Yes. Would I be crushed if they didnt play any more? Not really. A decade or so ago I maybe would have been more annoyed about it but maybe with age there's an increasing acceptance that these things do have a sell by date.
I do think there'll be shows next year and beyond - that'll be the case as long as they're physically capable of performing to a level that they feel is acceptable.
Going out on a high would be quite unusual and very honourable. I've never bought into this obsession some people have of wanting them to play until theyre REALLY old based solely on the logic that the likes of Chuck Berry and various old blues singers have done it. Regardless of how they started out, the Stones are no longer comparable to those people at all. Its a different form of entertainment and I'd personally hate to see them get to the stage where people's final memory of any of them on a concert stage was one of someone who was a drooling, incompetent wreck incapable of playing a song properly the whole way through.
Thankfully it hasnt come to that stage yet - but its important that it never does.
Aside from personal feelings, any decisions like that are for them. Not us. Ours is simply whether we feel we want to be part of it anymore. To be honest, I'm more concerned with how some fans would cope with it more than anything because for a lot of people in the Stones fan community it does seem to be the emotional centre of their universe. Part of accepting the inevitable (for me anyway) has been to try and gradually become less emotionally attached in recent years.
Re: Rolling Stones Live - might it be all over now ?
Posted by:
Bellajane
()
Date: September 25, 2013 15:42
Quote
MKjan
It was called 50 Years and Counting.....
Absolutely right! The.."and Counting"...leaves the door wide open! They could have billed it the Rolling Stones Farewell Tour and they didn't. They'll be back!
Re: Rolling Stones Live - might it be all over now ?
Posted by:
leteyer
()
Date: September 25, 2013 15:51
I'm also very confortable about the Stones future, whatever they do I'm really OK with....If they play I'll come for sure, if they don't I'll just keep on with my life, their music still gives me goosebumps, so I'm more than grateful.
Re: Rolling Stones Live - might it be all over now ?
Posted by:
RoughJusticeOnYa
()
Date: September 25, 2013 15:59
Quote
MKjan
It was called 50 Years and Counting.....
...the money ? Our blessings ?
Plus: it was 51 when they played their 'last' show (Hyde Park)...
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2013-09-25 16:00 by RoughJusticeOnYa.
Re: Rolling Stones Live - might it be all over now ?
Posted by:
MKjan
()
Date: September 25, 2013 16:33
Quote
RoughJusticeOnYaQuote
MKjan
It was called 50 Years and Counting.....
...the money ? Our blessings ?
Plus: it was 51 when they played their 'last' show (Hyde Park)...
I think you can safely assume they are talking years.
Are you an accountant by trade?
Re: Rolling Stones Live - might it be all over now ?
Posted by:
RoughJusticeOnYa
()
Date: September 25, 2013 17:06
Quote
MKjanQuote
RoughJusticeOnYaQuote
MKjan
It was called 50 Years and Counting.....
...the money ? Our blessings ?
Plus: it was 51 when they played their 'last' show (Hyde Park)...
I think you can safely assume they are talking years.
Are you an accountant by trade?
OK; I'll take your word for it.
The '51'-bit still stands, though.
P.S.: no, good grief - I'd be awful at that. Counting money that isn't my own?! NEVER!!
Re: Rolling Stones Live - might it be all over now ?
Posted by:
gwen
()
Date: September 25, 2013 17:36
With flex pricing, for some people the shows last spring were more like 50 and discounting...
It's funny because what Gazza expresses is how I was feeling since 2007. "I don't really mind if they don't tour anymore, but if they do something, I want to be part of it". I know other french fans felt the same, as there was a sadness at some 2007 shows that we didnt want to experiment again.
The first thing most visitors in Bondy last year said (after "holly $H1t they are really here") was "Keith's playing is much better". We were all relieved, really.
It's funny because what Gazza expresses is how I was feeling since 2007. "I don't really mind if they don't tour anymore, but if they do something, I want to be part of it". I know other french fans felt the same, as there was a sadness at some 2007 shows that we didnt want to experiment again.
The first thing most visitors in Bondy last year said (after "holly $H1t they are really here") was "Keith's playing is much better". We were all relieved, really.
Re: Rolling Stones Live - might it be all over now ?
Posted by:
andrewt
()
Date: September 25, 2013 18:25
Quote
gwen
With flex pricing, for some people the shows last spring were more like 50 and discounting...
Re: Rolling Stones Live - might it be all over now ?
Posted by:
mnewman505
()
Date: September 25, 2013 18:40
hahaha exactly! I live in Chicago, saw three shows for $255 US + bus fare. got pit for one and self upgraded to lower level for the other two. i have no complaints.Quote
andrewtQuote
gwen
With flex pricing, for some people the shows last spring were more like 50 and discounting...
Re: Rolling Stones Live - might it be all over now ?
Posted by:
BluzDude
()
Date: September 25, 2013 18:41
Quote
RoughJusticeOnYaQuote
MKjanQuote
RoughJusticeOnYaQuote
MKjan
It was called 50 Years and Counting.....
...the money ? Our blessings ?
Plus: it was 51 when they played their 'last' show (Hyde Park)...
I think you can safely assume they are talking years.
Are you an accountant by trade?
OK; I'll take your word for it.
The '51'-bit still stands, though.
P.S.: no, good grief - I'd be awful at that. Counting money that isn't my own?! NEVER!!
...But you can charge a lot for that!
Re: Rolling Stones Live - might it be all over now ?
Posted by:
Send It To me
()
Date: September 25, 2013 21:19
I hope they don't tour anymore, I can't afford it! : )
Re: Rolling Stones Live - might it be all over now ?
Posted by:
His Majesty
()
Date: September 25, 2013 21:24
40 years of this question being asked.
Re: Rolling Stones Live - might it be all over now ?
Posted by:
BlackHat
()
Date: September 25, 2013 21:25
I think they should quit while they are at the top of the mountain.
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