I actually quite liked some of Dirty Work. This probably means I am some kind of freak. I don't know why I like it. I don't know why I liked Gomper either but I do. Ain't music wonderful? Some lovely people think The Stones evolved after 1980. Good for them. I think they went backwards. Good for me. I didn't fall out of love with The Stones because they evolved and chang
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QuoteProfessorWolf QuoteGerardHennessy Erudite and gracious comments sir. I respect what you have said in response to me AND how you have set out the context. Needless to say as a fellow Stones fan I welcome any and all comments from those of a similar persuasion whether they began their journey in 1964 like I did or much much later like yourself. Heaven help us all if everyone on this forum was
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QuoteGasLightStreet QuoteGerardHennessyIn '89 they were good but - for me - certainly not incredible. I'm very reluctant to use superlatives. Given their experience, history, recorded legacy and huge fan base we had every right to expect them to be at the top of their game. That was something they only occasionally achieved. I saw them a few times in '89. mostly they were as good
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Quotekeefriffhards QuoteGasLightStreet QuoteGerardHennessyGood luck with attending any gig they might do in your neighbourhood. Me? No thanks! I've seen them age and become pedestrian in front of my eyes once too often. I prefer to remember them when they really did rule the world... I saw the Stones twice in 1994. Both shows were ok. It seems they were, in general, a bit raggily on purpo
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QuoteGasLightStreet QuoteGerardHennessy I do love all the whispers and hopes and dreams and wishes - and even optimism - about The Stones working on and on in defiance of age to (a) create a 'new' album, (b) burnish and upgrade an old album (Black&Blue?) and (c) doing another tour in 2026... Lets just suppose what would happen if all this actually comes to pass. Another jaunt ar
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QuoteGlimmerest Gerard, I think we all know they're old. You don't have to remind people. Sorry if you dislike the work they still do but many others are happy with it. Thanks for your response. To clarify - I don't dislike what they do. I don't think The Stones ever made anything I actively disliked. It is more that I am unimpressed by their work - with a few exceptions - f
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I do love all the whispers and hopes and dreams and wishes - and even optimism - about The Stones working on and on in defiance of age to (a) create a 'new' album, (b) burnish and upgrade an old album (Black&Blue?) and (c) doing another tour in 2026. Piece of cake. Mick and Keith will be only 82 by then. I mean come on - mere kids. Although - spoiler alert - Mick might be 83 if the
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Quote1962 I hope it's another blues album or a new project with country or soul or whatever covers. I don't want an album of completely new songs at all. It would be better if they only released their own songs as singles (or EPs) occasionally and only the really good ones. I only listen to 3-4 songs from Hackney Diamonds but I listen to Blue & Lonesome and Living In A Ghost T
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QuoteMore Hot Rocks QuoteGerardHennessy Am I crazy? sad? bad? stupid? silly? because I don't give a rats ass about the RnRHOF? I mean I don't even know which city? town? village? state? it is actually IN! Until right now I don't think I have ever even thought about the institution. Does it exist in an actual building? Or is it a virtual entity? Does somebody run it? Or is it po
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QuoteGasLightStreet QuoteGerardHennessy Quote24FPS Hackney Diamonds is great. I know because I'm still playing it every few weeks. I've played it many more times than Voodoo/Babylon/Bang combined. I'm so glad they finally got the bass right, after years of non-consequential bottom to the band. My god, how could anyone grouse about McCartney and Bill Wyman on the same record? Plus K
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QuoteProfessorWolf QuoteGerardHennessy QuoteProfessorWolf there fine as a live act seriously how much better could you excect a band whose primary members are in there eighties to sound then they did last year there better then any cover/tribute band i've seen doing there songs even if they do play the songs technically better it doesn't sound like the stones when mick, keith and
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Quote24FPS Hackney Diamonds is great. I know because I'm still playing it every few weeks. I've played it many more times than Voodoo/Babylon/Bang combined. I'm so glad they finally got the bass right, after years of non-consequential bottom to the band. My god, how could anyone grouse about McCartney and Bill Wyman on the same record? Plus Keith on Angry, and Ronnie on a cut too.
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QuoteProfessorWolf there fine as a live act seriously how much better could you excect a band whose primary members are in there eighties to sound then they did last year there better then any cover/tribute band i've seen doing there songs even if they do play the songs technically better it doesn't sound like the stones when mick, keith and ronnie are dead and gone nobody will e
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Am I crazy? sad? bad? stupid? silly? because I don't give a rats ass about the RnRHOF? I mean I don't even know which city? town? village? state? it is actually IN! Until right now I don't think I have ever even thought about the institution. Does it exist in an actual building? Or is it a virtual entity? Does somebody run it? Or is it powered up from somewhere like Beacon 23 w
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Quotematxil QuoteGerardHennessy The Stones ceased to be a band years ago and became Mick, Keith and whoever else was drafted in. Bill was replaced. Charlie was replaced. In time. no doubt, Ronnie would have been replaced also except the band has not lasted long enough for it to happen. In addition they have long ago ceased to be a group in the classic sense, becoming instead a vast on-stage ensem
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QuoteGasLightStreet QuoteGerardHennessy The Stones ceased to be a band years ago and became Mick, Keith and whoever else was drafted in. Bill was replaced. Charlie was replaced. In time. no doubt, Ronnie would have been replaced also except the band has not lasted long enough for it to happen. In addition they have long ago ceased to be a group in the classic sense, becoming instead a vast on-sta
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The Stones ceased to be a band years ago and became Mick, Keith and whoever else was drafted in. Bill was replaced. Charlie was replaced. In time. no doubt, Ronnie would have been replaced also except the band has not lasted long enough for it to happen. In addition they have long ago ceased to be a group in the classic sense, becoming instead a vast on-stage ensemble with anything up to a dozen
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Who gives a rats ass about the number 14? Let them do whatever number they want to do. Or get promotional interest in. Maybe someone in there LIKES the number. Maybe BW has nailed it in his answer. Maybe it is because 4+5+4+1 = 14. And no, 4+5+4+1 has no significance whatsoever for me. Or for anyone I know. Or for The Stones.
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Quotesyrel I find it hard to understand how anyone can view the Rolling Stones playing - or not playing - anywhere in 2025 as a let down. Take what you can get, people. This is a band that's older than almost 90% of every single person in the world. If you care enough to be posting about it, travel to wherever they are playing. syrel Well said my friend. The fact they are touring anywh
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The full clip IS somewhat better. Still not exactly essential listening but definitely better. Of course the source recording is understandably of low audio quality whcih does not help. And why stick that instrumental coda at the end? Messy!
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QuoteProfessorWolf QuoteI agree! I don't think he sounds great at all. At least not on the basis of the very brief evidence provided. just wanna make sure you know there is a complete clip of his performance Thank you kind sir. I was unaware of that. Now, thanks to your helpful advice I shall go look and listen. Gracias amigo
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Quotepaulywaul QuoteSpud Quotepaulywaul Quotepoor immigrant Keith sounds great !!! You think so ? Really ? We're obviously hearing different things. To me, he sounds perilously close to being out of tune ! Pauly...after all these years, to discover that you don't know what Rock N Roll sounds like . Well, really ! I was just waiting for some feedback like that ! It h
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Quotebv It is less than two months since The Rolling Stones did their last show of their North America Tour July 21, 2024. Still, there are now 14 pages of this thread, mostly wishful comments. In short, the offer for shows in South America was not accepted, then there has been talks about venues booked in Europe for a long time now, but no leaked dates. The 2014 Far East and Down Under to
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QuoteProfessorWolf i get where you guys are coming from but a lot of us get off on the wild crazy unreasonable predictions that drive you crazy your right it's unrealistic to seriously talk about any strenuous physical activities a bunch octogenarians might be doing in 3 years time but we gotta talk about somethig in the meantime while we wait for something to happen as for the po
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QuoteSpud QuoteProfessorWolf i get where you guys are coming from but a lot of us get off on the wild crazy unreasonable predictions that drive you crazy your right it's unrealistic to seriously talk about any strenuous physical activities a bunch octogenarians might be doing in 3 years time but we gotta talk about somethig in the meantime while we wait for something to happen as
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Quotepowerage78 Talking about 2027 for a band whose two leaders are 81 years old (in 3 months for Keith), it's like dreaming! And in 2030, do you think there'll be a concert in Paris? Well said! A bit of perspective at last. I read this thread and dates way off into the future are tossed about like confetti. The Stones can tour here in 2025, there in 2026 and somewhere else in
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Quotedaspyknows QuoteGerardHennessy Quotedaspyknows QuoteGasLightStreet Regardless of their age they don't seem to have any sentimentality about where the last gig is for a tour - except for the end of the BANG tour, as I recall. Well, it seemed mostly so with Keith. It's easy to say, if this is the last EU/UK tour ever, wouldn't it make sense to end in London? But if they go
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Quotepetewasbristol Bruce and Blur played shows at Hyde Park and Wembley on the same night last year. No problem. Well actually there was...I couldn't go to both! That's the only issue I see for people. Stones will sell out whoever is playing elsewhere. I really wonder if they will? In fact I really wonder what 'selling out' actually means anyway? Does it literally mean 100
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Quotedaspyknows QuoteGasLightStreet Regardless of their age they don't seem to have any sentimentality about where the last gig is for a tour - except for the end of the BANG tour, as I recall. Well, it seemed mostly so with Keith. It's easy to say, if this is the last EU/UK tour ever, wouldn't it make sense to end in London? But if they go to Asia etc... and possibly finish t
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Quotewickerman QuoteGerardHennessy Its all very well listing the relatively large number of different venues in London, the band will want to avoid clashing with other big acts performing at the same time. Oasis and Coldplay will attract reasonably significant numbers of punters who might otherwise go to see The Stones. Oasis are the really big counter attraction given the fact it will be the
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