for me it s 1976 .that s when i started to be a stonesfan
and black and blue and a great tour

the exitement of '78 and Some Girls

1972, Best tour & best album

1968-1969are the greatest years of the stones : keith richards at his top, composing some of the best songs of the stones ever

Gotta agree with the Meg loving Shrimp here: 1972.

1972 in an avalanche. No other year comes even remotely close. Greatest album by the greatest band followed by their greatest tour. I will not tolerate any dissent on this.

'78 - 'some girls' did it for me! Summer after high school, not a care in the world, good times a'plenty - 'some girls' still brings me right back to that summer.

Mmmmm, let my think... The greatest rock'n'roll record ever followed by the Mother-of-All-Tours... 1972 maybe?

[There'll be no wedding today...]

ALL OF THEM! i became a fan in 1972......saw them for the 1st time live in 1975........but i loved every year that they been around...so its a hard one for me...ha!

I can only go by what I know. I became a Stonesnut in '82 so I'd say '89 for me. It was my first time seeing them . Don't shoot me T@A!

the vibrato years

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> the vibrato years


POST OF THE DAY CANDIDATE

1978
--even though I wasn't even into them yet--based on recordings and video archives--bad ass modern urban grit punks--the last year they were actually cool.

J.J.Flash Wrote:
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> I can only go by what I know. I became a Stonesnut
> in '82 so I'd say '89 for me. It was my first time
> seeing them . Don't shoot me T@A!


no shooting, but you absolutely disgust me....:-)

Come on T, I took this thread as your favorite year YOU WERE A PART OF. If it was boots or albums obviously it would be different. There's nothing worse than getting into them at the worst time and waiting 7 years to see them live! Cut a bro some slack. Just don't literally cut a bro!

1971 in Nellcote, and/or 1972 with EOMS and the tour.

Based on recordings 78 tour

Based on personal "desgusting" experience release of Undercover

C

1972. Exile and my first Stones show! What a year!

Ross

J.J.Flash Wrote:
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> Come on T, I took this thread as your favorite
> year YOU WERE A PART OF. If it was boots or albums
> obviously it would be different. There's nothing
> worse than getting into them at the worst time and
> waiting 7 years to see them live! Cut a bro some
> slack. Just don't literally cut a bro!


That wasn't my take on the intent of the thread, but if that's what you thought then you are excused. 1989 was a good year only inasmuch as it was a comeback year after a long hiatus.

Thank God! a reprieve from the governor!



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The year following the release of Sticky Fingers.... was prolly mid 71 to mid 72

"It's just that demon life has got me in it's sway..."

T&A Wrote:
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> J.J.Flash Wrote:
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> -----
> > Come on T, I took this thread as your
> favorite
> > year YOU WERE A PART OF. If it was boots or
> albums
> > obviously it would be different. There's
> nothing
> > worse than getting into them at the worst
> time and
> > waiting 7 years to see them live! Cut a bro
> some
> > slack. Just don't literally cut a bro!
>
>
> That wasn't my take on the intent of the thread,
> but if that's what you thought then you are
> excused. 1989 was a good year only inasmuch as it
> was a comeback year after a long hiatus.
>



If that is the ctriteria then I totally agree with the above--for a yrs (85-88) I was convinced the band was history--I was (pleasantly) shocked when I heard about Steel Wheels and REALLY shocked when I heard they were going to tour.

They also did a very nice job changing up the set list---I mean, who would have expected "Ruby Tuesday", "Paint it Black" and most of all "2000 Light Years From Home"?

Of course 1978-75-76-73-68-64-81-98-2006!!!!!

The great thing is: I can´t date a single year, to me
it´s 1965, 1968, 1972, 1978, 1982.

Apart from all the other years where I have seen them and going to see them.

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> The great thing is: I can´t date a single year, to
> me
> it´s 1965, 1968, 1972, 1978, 1982.
>
>

It wasn't THAT tough, TooTough. Sit down, think about it for a minute...and come up with SINGLE Year as though you very life depended on it. Do it.

Can't narrow it down to a year, but a period.

Sticky Fingers to Goat's Head Soup
so 1971 to 1973..gotta include that '73 tour in their as well.

Sticky Fingers cuz it is such a perfect release, followed by the treasure of Exile...the '72 tour when they were the biggest thing on the rock planet..yep even bigger then Zeppelin who didn't start to really peak until 1973 to 1975.

the '73 Euro tour..is so well represented through the boots (Brussels, Frankfurt, & London) it seems that they assembled the best touring band in 1972 and that groove really followed into 1973. Just my opinion.

the shoot 'em dead, brainbell jangler!

When Chris Kimsey was at the desk: Pather Marconi 1977 until 1983, and the '78 and '81 tours as my favourite tours.

Mathijs

Black & Blue - 1976 - My first real extended period of listening to the band. Going thru my first (of many) heartbreak and my parent's second divorce.

Some Girls - 1978 - Just graduating - girls, partying, Panama City Beach

Tattoo You - 1981 - Great album - First time seeing the band!

2005 - 3 feet from Mick on the small stage for "Get Off Of My Cloud"

All the rest!

1965. I was born and Satisfaction was #1 on the charts the very same day!

1976. Black & Blue great raw sound on that album. I love it! Hand of Fate is a favorite of mine. The guitars on that tour were not too bad either!