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Javadave
I'm going to go out on a limb and say there is no way the final Rolling Stones show ever is in Poland.
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Javadave
I'm going to go out on a limb and say there is no way the final Rolling Stones show ever is in Poland.
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Hairball
“I thought people would have been very sad obviously, and he was a lovely guy and he wrote a couple of good songs.
But for me, he wasn’t this musical genius.”
Evidently he's not a Bowie fan which somehow doesn't surprise me, but a bit harsh and not a very respectful way of putting it.
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Harlem Shuffler
Imagine what would happen if an IORRian had said it wouldn't bother them if the Stones split! They would probably get banned from posting ever again.
Probably. He would be called a whiner and told to leave the forum!
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keefriff99
I'm still surprised by how many people here are convinced that this year is the end for the Stones as a touring entity.
Stones fans have been attempting in vain to predict this fateful moment for going on three decades, but this time feels different.
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keefriff99Exactly! Why any halfway knowledgeable Stones fan would express surprise or dismay over Charlie's comments is beyond me.Quote
24FPS
He probably doesn't get Bowie. Charlie must equate musical genius with the ability to play an instrument. Bowie was an artist, making music with new and interesting ideas. He sometimes employed ahead of their time uses like electronic music in the mid-70s. Unfortunately we're also living in a time when mastery of an instrument no longer matters. It would be interesting to know who Charlie respects, if anyone, for that in rock and roll. Whether Charlie feels Hendrix was a musical genius, which I surely do, arguably the best of the 20th Century, up there with Charlie Parker and Buddy Rich.
It's common knowledge that Charlie isn't a rock'n'roll fan..hell, he barely likes his own band's music! Why would anyone expect him to be into David friggin' Bowie of all people?
He simply said that he was a nice guy but not a genius. Now, that's as close to being provably false as you can get when it comes to an opinion...Bowie certainly WAS brilliant, but it's not like Charlie besmirched him in any way.
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keithsman
If Charlie doesn't "get" Bowie why mention him at all.
Why say i'm surprised so many people were sad that he died.
And to say he only wrote two good songs is an insult to the man who recently died.
I'm a big Bowie fan and the man was a genius. Period.
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Javadave
I'm going to go out on a limb and say there is no way the final Rolling Stones show ever is in Poland.
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bv
Time waits for no one. There will be a day when the Stones do not tour anymore. Every show might be the last one. It is just statistics and probability. Warsaw is the last show in the horizon right now. May be MSG later on, in half a year or so, who knows, may be Tokyo, May be something else. May be I win the lottery, who knows. If you want to see the Stones live then don't wait until the next tour. Like Charlie, I am happy with whatever they do. I live now, not in the future.
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keithsman
If Charlie doesn't "get" Bowie why mention him at all.
Why say i'm surprised so many people were sad that he died.
And to say he only wrote two good songs is an insult to the man who recently died.
I'm a big Bowie fan and the man was a genius. Period.
To be honest, I think early Bowie was musically just copying the Beatles, and added some gimmicks for image. Late Bowie was well done pop music, but pretty average. "Ashes to Ashes" was kinda interesting.
In any case, the statements you posted are not what Charlie said, so, really, there's no reason to be upset about the interview. You just don't agree with him, that's all.
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little queenie
I think with a slogan like No Stopping, we will not see the last show for a while.
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Javadave
I'm going to go out on a limb and say there is no way the final Rolling Stones show ever is in Poland.
That´s what I think, too.
But maybe there is another show in the summer somewhere else in Europe (maybe inEngland or the US).
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Javadave
I'm going to go out on a limb and say there is no way the final Rolling Stones show ever is in Poland.
That´s what I think, too.
But maybe there is another show in the summer somewhere else in Europe (maybe inEngland or the US).
I don't think the tour will end in Poland. They will add something in Holland or Scandinavia maybe.
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Javadave
I'm going to go out on a limb and say there is no way the final Rolling Stones show ever is in Poland.
That´s what I think, too.
But maybe there is another show in the summer somewhere else in Europe (maybe inEngland or the US).
I don't think the tour will end in Poland. They will add something in Holland or Scandinavia maybe.
Perhaps, but I don't think they'll decide to call it a day in Nijmegen or Oslo, either...
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keithsman
If Charlie doesn't "get" Bowie why mention him at all.
Why say i'm surprised so many people were sad that he died.
And to say he only wrote two good songs is an insult to the man who recently died.
I'm a big Bowie fan and the man was a genius. Period.
To be honest, I think early Bowie was musically just copying the Beatles, and added some gimmicks for image. Late Bowie was well done pop music, but pretty average. "Ashes to Ashes" was kinda interesting.
In any case, the statements you posted are not what Charlie said, so, really, there's no reason to be upset about the interview. You just don't agree with him, that's all.
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bv
Time waits for no one. There will be a day when the Stones do not tour anymore. Every show might be the last one. It is just statistics and probability. Warsaw is the last show in the horizon right now. May be MSG later on, in half a year or so, who knows, may be Tokyo, May be something else. May be I win the lottery, who knows. If you want to see the Stones live then don't wait until the next tour. Like Charlie, I am happy with whatever they do. I live now, not in the future.
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Hairball
Not counting on anything bv, but I don't think Charlie is clearly stating anything regarding "the last Stones show ever". He's simply saying he wants to still be standing after Warsaw, and what happens beyond that is anyone's guess.
Watts said he had no idea if the current “No Filter” tour would be the last. “For me, I would like to be standing on Sunday 8 July at the end of the show in Warsaw. That’s as far as I can see.”
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Javadave
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Hairball
Not counting on anything bv, but I don't think Charlie is clearly stating anything regarding "the last Stones show ever". He's simply saying he wants to still be standing after Warsaw, and what happens beyond that is anyone's guess.
Watts said he had no idea if the current “No Filter” tour would be the last. “For me, I would like to be standing on Sunday 8 July at the end of the show in Warsaw. That’s as far as I can see.”
Exactly. Its his typical way of downplaying hype. Standard thing for someone to say at his age, making a joke about their own mortalityQuote
Javadave
I'm going to go out on a limb and say there is no way the final Rolling Stones show ever is in Poland.
My thoughts too once I saw the tour schedule. When I saw Twickenham mooted as the last show of the tour I thought "wonderfully appropriate way to end a final tour". Poland? I dont think so (no offence to anyone but I think if they were planning to wrap things up it would be somewhere closer to home (London) or their hearts (ie, Fort Knox...)
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keithsman
If Charlie doesn't "get" Bowie why mention him at all.
Why say i'm surprised so many people were sad that he died.
And to say he only wrote two good songs is an insult to the man who recently died.
I'm a big Bowie fan and the man was a genius. Period.
To be honest, I think early Bowie was musically just copying the Beatles, and added some gimmicks for image. Late Bowie was well done pop music, but pretty average. "Ashes to Ashes" was kinda interesting.
In any case, the statements you posted are not what Charlie said, so, really, there's no reason to be upset about the interview. You just don't agree with him, that's all.
Copying the Beatles?? Space Oddity, The Man Who Sold The World, Cganges, Life On Mars, Ziggy Startust, The Jean Genie and so many more. Do They sound like the Beatles. You must be an idiot to think so.
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bv
Time waits for no one. There will be a day when the Stones do not tour anymore. Every show might be the last one. It is just statistics and probability. Warsaw is the last show in the horizon right now. May be MSG later on, in half a year or so, who knows, may be Tokyo, May be something else. May be I win the lottery, who knows. If you want to see the Stones live then don't wait until the next tour. Like Charlie, I am happy with whatever they do. I live now, not in the future.
Oh God, dont say that. The floodgates will be opening any time now...
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stonehearted
He's a jazz drummer who wound up in a rock band, but stayed with it becauseit pays for the wardrobe, the horses, the country gentleman lifestyle, the collection of cars he never drives, etc.
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KingmanBarstow
Maybe while the adrenaline is still flowing after the tour a brief 3 or 4 night residency somewhere before the end of the year to do what everyone has been clamouring for - a non warhorse set as a send off for the year to the diehards. A Stripped Part Deux.
Re: retirement, it’s also about when “your friends start retiring around you and you are the last man standing!”