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tomcat2006
Just wondering if anyone else is in the same boat...
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tomcat2006
I think everyone agrees that the mid 60s-mid 70s saw the Stones at their peak.
So am I the only one who seems almost exclusively to listen to their later era (80s+) music more... and why do I do it?
Perhaps I take the earlier classics 'as read'. I don't know.
Just wondering if anyone else is in the same boat...
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tomcat2006
I think everyone agrees that the mid 60s-mid 70s saw the Stones at their peak.
So am I the only one who seems almost exclusively to listen to their later era (80s+) music more... and why do I do it?
Perhaps I take the earlier classics 'as read'. I don't know.
Just wondering if anyone else is in the same boat...
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tomcat2006
I think everyone agrees that the mid 60s-mid 70s saw the Stones at their peak.
So am I the only one who seems almost exclusively to listen to their later era (80s+) music more... and why do I do it?
Perhaps I take the earlier classics 'as read'. I don't know.
Just wondering if anyone else is in the same boat...
Are you a younger fan? I can see where if you came upon the group at a much later date like Steel Wheels, or even Voodoo Lounge that you would have an entirely different perspective. Personally I only care for a handful of songs post Wyman, and the standout No Security Tour.
I spend a lot of time watching DVD concerts from '78, '81, '82, '89 and '90. Although I consider the '73 concert tour with Taylor to be their absolute live peak, we unfortunately don't have footage to soon be released if at all from then. But the '78-'90 tours show the group at its most adhesive and musically capable. And the earlier ones of this grouping have Ian Stewart. Maybe the '81/'82 tour is their firmest, most rollicking time, with Keith still fluid and Bill still holding every together, while starring live on Miss You and kicking butt on Black Limousine.
I didn't really get on the Stones train until 1969. It took years for me to become familiar with Brian and what he contributed, including that ethereal presence they never regained.