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Leave that damned SIXTY stage in Europe and give us back the four giant No Filter LED towers. Those were awesome.
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The words The Rolling Stones is enough to excite me!
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The words The Rolling Stones is enough to excite me!
If you need anything else than the fact that they are still on stage to get excited, I can't help you ;-)
Speaking personally I feel sad reading these quotes. It make me feel like the band is just a kind of freak shown now. Celebrated for their longevity. A kind of musical museum piece Not a living, breathing, vital entity.
How long before we read something like the following? 'Buy a ticket for The Rolling Stones. The OLDEST band in the world. Watch a group on VERY OLD PEOPLE play rock music. Marvel at nearly-80 year old lead singer Mick Jagger remain upright for two hours while singing. Give thanks for 79 year old Keith Richards holding, and PLAYING, a guitar without anyone helping him...'
Yes, yes, I know I'm exaggerating. But not all that much. Surely longevity alone dilutes their legacy, and musical relevance significantly...
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The words The Rolling Stones is enough to excite me!
If you need anything else than the fact that they are still on stage to get excited, I can't help you ;-)
Speaking personally I feel sad reading these quotes. It make me feel like the band is just a kind of freak shown now. Celebrated for their longevity. A kind of musical museum piece Not a living, breathing, vital entity.
How long before we read something like the following? 'Buy a ticket for The Rolling Stones. The OLDEST band in the world. Watch a group on VERY OLD PEOPLE play rock music. Marvel at nearly-80 year old lead singer Mick Jagger remain upright for two hours while singing. Give thanks for 79 year old Keith Richards holding, and PLAYING, a guitar without anyone helping him...'
Yes, yes, I know I'm exaggerating. But not all that much. Surely longevity alone dilutes their legacy, and musical relevance significantly...
i don't where you been but they've been writing stuff like that about them since at least 1978
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The words The Rolling Stones is enough to excite me!
If you need anything else than the fact that they are still on stage to get excited, I can't help you ;-)
Speaking personally I feel sad reading these quotes. It make me feel like the band is just a kind of freak shown now. Celebrated for their longevity. A kind of musical museum piece Not a living, breathing, vital entity.
How long before we read something like the following? 'Buy a ticket for The Rolling Stones. The OLDEST band in the world. Watch a group on VERY OLD PEOPLE play rock music. Marvel at nearly-80 year old lead singer Mick Jagger remain upright for two hours while singing. Give thanks for 79 year old Keith Richards holding, and PLAYING, a guitar without anyone helping him...'
Yes, yes, I know I'm exaggerating. But not all that much. Surely longevity alone dilutes their legacy, and musical relevance significantly...
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ProfessorWolf
the stage is just gravy
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The words The Rolling Stones is enough to excite me!
If you need anything else than the fact that they are still on stage to get excited, I can't help you ;-)
Speaking personally I feel sad reading these quotes. It make me feel like the band is just a kind of freak shown now. Celebrated for their longevity. A kind of musical museum piece Not a living, breathing, vital entity.
How long before we read something like the following? 'Buy a ticket for The Rolling Stones. The OLDEST band in the world. Watch a group on VERY OLD PEOPLE play rock music. Marvel at nearly-80 year old lead singer Mick Jagger remain upright for two hours while singing. Give thanks for 79 year old Keith Richards holding, and PLAYING, a guitar without anyone helping him...'
Yes, yes, I know I'm exaggerating. But not all that much. Surely longevity alone dilutes their legacy, and musical relevance significantly...
They cannot help it, they are 80.
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The words The Rolling Stones is enough to excite me!
If you need anything else than the fact that they are still on stage to get excited, I can't help you ;-)
Speaking personally I feel sad reading these quotes. It make me feel like the band is just a kind of freak shown now. Celebrated for their longevity. A kind of musical museum piece Not a living, breathing, vital entity.
How long before we read something like the following? 'Buy a ticket for The Rolling Stones. The OLDEST band in the world. Watch a group on VERY OLD PEOPLE play rock music. Marvel at nearly-80 year old lead singer Mick Jagger remain upright for two hours while singing. Give thanks for 79 year old Keith Richards holding, and PLAYING, a guitar without anyone helping him...'
Yes, yes, I know I'm exaggerating. But not all that much. Surely longevity alone dilutes their legacy, and musical relevance significantly...
i don't where you been but they've been writing stuff like that about them since at least 1978
Quite!
I've been right here sir, and I'm well aware of how often this issue raises its head. I have commented similarly before. But my feelings of protectiveness towards the band re-surface regularly. No doubt many people think their longevity alone is praiseworthy. Regrettably I don't. Becoming an oldies act, which is what they are, really dilutes their legacy, status and musical relevance.
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angee
What about Shine a Light, the film, or Exhibitionism/Unzipped?
Just part of the footnote, huh.
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angee
Isn't that always true, the most popular eras of an artist or musician are the most remembered by the larger public?
(I'm saying, maybe I don't completely get your point.)
So is this topic asking what can be done to excite us fans or what can be done to excite the casual fan?
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Taylor1
Release a complete inventory list of everything they have in their vaults and personal collections.Ask all private collectors to join the list with their collection lists
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angee
Isn't that always true, the most popular eras of an artist or musician are the most remembered by the larger public?
(I'm saying, maybe I don't completely get your point.)
So is this topic asking what can be done to excite us fans or what can be done to excite the casual fan?
i think you get my point
i was responding to gerardhennessy's post about them diluting there legacy because of what they've done in recent years
my point is in the long run it doesn't matter to there legacy what they do now because what they did 60 to 40 years ago is what counts for there legacy and what they've done since though largely great in my opinion won't really effect what people or fans in the future think or feel about them
also it would seem this topic is about what can be done to excite us hardcore fans and not the more casual fans
and the best answer to that is new music in an album and onstage
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Cooltoplady
Wow people here really hate The Stones. Never happy
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Wow people here really hate The Stones. Never happy
I doubt ANYONE here hates The Stones. Very much the opposite in fact. And not alone are the band loved emotionally and musically, but most people on this site have paid vast amounts of hard cash to buy their merchandise, attend their concerts, follow them across national boundaries, and purchase their recordings. Often at considerable expense.
Just because there are different opinions, ideas and assessments of The Stones' music, their recordings and their performances, does not indicate any form of dislike, never mind hatred. Frustration certainly, irritation at times, and maybe even disappointment. Especially as many of us have waited for DECADES for new recordings, and for a greater degree of variety in their setlists. But none of this suggests any significant displeasure. Being a true fan is all about having an opposing opinion, but loving the object of fandom as much as ever.
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Cooltoplady
Wow people here really hate The Stones. Never happy
I doubt ANYONE here hates The Stones. Very much the opposite in fact. And not alone are the band loved emotionally and musically, but most people on this site have paid vast amounts of hard cash to buy their merchandise, attend their concerts, follow them across national boundaries, and purchase their recordings. Often at considerable expense.
Just because there are different opinions, ideas and assessments of The Stones' music, their recordings and their performances, does not indicate any form of dislike, never mind hatred. Frustration certainly, irritation at times, and maybe even disappointment. Especially as many of us have waited for DECADES for new recordings, and for a greater degree of variety in their setlists. But none of this suggests any significant displeasure. Being a true fan is all about having an opposing opinion, but loving the object of fandom as much as ever.