Piers Morgan is not really a bad guy. Nowhere near Fox news badness. And remember; Sir Michael is born and bred Tory. He may not be hip as Jagger but that is another story. Personally I seldom agree with his agenda but I don't think he is a bad journalist. Or celebrity, or whatever...
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Some really good posts here, Swiss in particular. I thought I had to dig a trench for myself, expecting shelling from every corner. Of course you can question whether relevance is the right word here. But then again you'll have to replace it with another word. Thanks, everyone.
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They did? Okay, whatever - maybe it's me that lost the plot? I guess it works both ways...
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I think their basic music genre, their bread and butter, blues influenced rock music, kind of peaked before the mid seventies. They tried to follow new trends like reggae, disco and punk after that, with mixed results. After Tattoo You I don't really know which trends they followed or what their ambitions were music wise. But they seem to lost the plot there somewhere.
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When did the music of The Rolling Stones lose its relevance to mainstream culture? No, I don't mean the old hits, the warhorses, - they will never lose their relevance. I mean when did the new music of the Rolling Stones start to lose its grip on the mainstream audience? Some say in 1981 when their last big hit, Start Me Up, was released. Some say in 1972 already when the last of the &q
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If he needs help down the stairs there are two plausible reasons for that: Age or health (injury). Or the two combined. You could add intoxication too - but I think this picture is from the beginning of the party. It would be interesting though to hear, from someone who attended the occasion, the real status of his foot/knee injury.
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QuoteSpodlumt They have to be the worst dressed lot I've seen in a long time. Jerry Hall looks positively ghoulish, Anjelica Huston looks like a decaying, melted wax figure. Little tub Jade has seen better days, A bunch of no-name "royals," and no Keith, Bill or Mick Taylor. It looks like a positively dreadful evening. It's called age. Happens to everyone. Even you. Forever
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That Rollin' and Tumblin' version was just a mess. But maybe it was just the poor video quality?
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QuoteSpodlumt Daryl Jones is not Mick's "bandmate." He is a paid sideman. For 30 years? His time in the band has now exceeded Bill Wyman's.
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Happy Birthday, Rockman. I hope you had a good one!
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The way I see it the album is already in the can. Hence the photoshoot. Which signals an autumn release to me. What is left is sales work, packaging and distribution I guess. But, of course, that may not be the case at all?
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If it takes them 18 years to put out a new album I think it's wishful thinking to see them continue working in the studio producing new songs. In fact a new tour is more probable than that. That is more back to normal. If they continue making new music it will, most probably, be on their own. Most certainly so in Jagger's case.
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I believe in a fall release. Otherwise - why the PR work and photo shoots? I don't believe in a 2024 spring tour though. I think it's more than time to call it quits now. For every reason. Health, age you name it. The irony in that would, however, be that when they finally come up with a new album it's too late to tour on it.
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Anything but a release this fall, or possibly winter, would surprise me. When you're 80 you can't afford to postpone things anymore. Simple as that.
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There is no entitlement here. If you cancel a tour without giving specific information about it there will be speculation. Simple as that. You might find it wrong but there will be speculation anyway. And no, you don't have to be a doctor to have an opinion about a video.
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QuoteKoen Quotekeefriffhards What is puzzling is why hasn't Mick had surgery Maybe he did, but it wasn't made public. That is the problem. If they withhold information there is always going to be speculation.
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I have seen the Ron/Van gig (on Youtube) and I didn't notice anything extraordinary with Ron's physics. He moved (jumped) around the stage the whole time. I saw no limping going on.
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I think it's a case of Occam's razor here. You can only judge what you see, nothing else. Either you'll see there is something wrong, or you don't. But if you claim the first the usual suspects are always going to come after you. It seems to be a rule at fan forums.
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I would be more than happy if they could release a new album. I don't care that much about another tour. They have toured enough already.
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I never understood why they decided to go on till they drop. I remember Jagger quitting the band in the early 80s claiming the band was in a too bad shape to continue...
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QuoteDoxa Seemingly this seems to be a very important issue for Mr. Stoneage. I wonder why. - Doxa It's not, really. I'm more interested in the phenomena with geriatric male celebrities like Jagger, De Niro, Pacino or even Murdoch courting women in their 30s (not Murdoch though). The phenomena as such. Nothing else. But in Jagger's case you can't help noticing that his
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My advanced guesswork after looking at those short clips: Touring is all over. I think this is promo for, maybe, the new album. Or something else. And I was thinking - maybe Keith is the most fit of them all now? Who would have guessed that a couple of years ago?
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Sure EB, and in Sir Michael's case I'm sure it rejuvenates him having a lover 43 years younger than himself. He has to keep up with trends, tik-tok or whatever, and don't lose touch with younger generations. Wasn't it Mr Richards who called him a Peter Pan? Forever young... I seem to remember a Swedish celebrity, and somewhat an intellectual, who swapped his wife for a y
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Sure EB, but those things go hand in hand: Success, high status, money, fame. It doesn't work the other way around though. The woman's attractiveness still depends on beauty and young age. The contract is the same.
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Okay, close the thread then...
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The term "gold digger" is pretty one sided here. Putting all the scorn on the woman. As I said; it's a transaction, youth and beauty for money and fame. Both parts are equal contributors.
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Are we going there again? There was a thread about this already recently. Did that, done that. And I got the feeling it's a tabu subject here. I was accused of moralism when discussing the subject.
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Quite understandably he's bored with the song after playing it 2000 times. So the tempo change envigored the band and broke the conformity. Which is a good thing. But only for a short while though...
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