palexis wrote:

Everyone here is forgetting that unlike the legendary bands such as The Beatles or Doors, The Stones are still active and making new music (whether you like it or not). My point is that it's difficult to determine if the newer material will stand on it's own in 30 or 40 years. It's also difficult to view The Stones careers objectively because we don't have that luxury of hindsight yet. I suspect that in 15 years, when The Rolling Stones will have obviously retired and likely will be dead, some of these cynical 'age-ism' perceptions might seem less relevant in comparison to their entire body of work.

They are still quite creative, and most of their recent material, IMO, is not contrived at all, but genuine attempts to produce meaningful sounds. Whether you agree with that or not doesn't matter; what matters is that these guys still think the work is important and clearly are physically capable of producing it at the same level of energy and enthusiasm. I don't think any of their post-Steel Wheels material was 'phoned-in'. Love it or hate it, but why be so cynical about it?

Remember, Mick and Keith haven't needed to record since at least 1989, since the Steel Wheels tour set them all into kazillionaire status. The other band members don't even make much money from album sales. It's the tours that rakes in the real money for all of them, and they could easily have toured for the last 20 years as a greatest hits package. But they didn't.

Honestly, the people that think the Stones are ridiculous are just unable to tear themselves away from the music they made earlier on. It's almost 2008, get over the 60's and 70's, please. The Stones have.

An underrated country band, in my view.

sutcliff wrote:

Take a walk.

I watched Gimme Shelter last night - what an interesting bit of time captured on film. If you haven't seen it, see it for the documentary aspects rather than just seeing the Stones perform. If you're expecting to JUST see the Stones perform, you'll be disappointed. Great flick - I was actually so interested in the whole Altamont deal that I watched it again with the commentary on and learned a heap about the tragedy.

just stop it

lester wrote:
etwilson wrote:Is this to say that the Stones should stop recording? or perhaps stop performing altogether? I'm sure you don't mean that there comes a time in any artist's career when, absent the creation of meaningful new works, he or she is obligated to die.

Stripped is the best Stones record since 'Some Girls'.
After 'Stripped' they only released meaningless mainstream stuff, ain't I right?

Never too old to Rock & Roll!

skyguy wrote:

They can "send me dead flowers" any time!

This isn't crap,it just sounds that way after following Alison Krauss and Union Station.

OldFrenchie wrote:

Aren't we all dead????

This tune is excellent....

"Got to scrape that shit right off your shoe"
I just love that line!!

Aren't these guys dead yet?

This is one of my absolute favorite Stones songs, but for some reason, I REALLY like the we're-drunk-as-eighteen-f*cks-with-all-our-buddies-in-a-studio version from Exile. Not that this isn't great, but it's a little like hearing someone who can actually sing cover Dylan. Something's off.

Stones are best doing blues and alt. Country. They have a huge catalouge- of course there are going to be duds. Exile is the best of the blues. love that raw production. They must be doing something right, have you seen the chicks mick hangs with ?!

emeraldrose63 wrote:

They still put the young wanna-be's to shame and show them how it's done. You gotta make the effort to see them live!!! You won't regret it!!!

I would love seeing the "rock Legends" in concert sometime... Don't know.. I better hurry up and do that..

slowhand wrote: Everyone today? Hey, that's me! Right on!

Respect your "rock" elders. They helped forge the path for everyone today.

Ahh, somebody beat me to it. Something about scraping ...
Great tune, love to perform it, from a band I've been listening too for far too long. Haven't bought anything new since black and Blue, but still enjoy listening.

wondertoofar wrote:

Well, sorry, I'm not ready to write them off just yet, tho' I was largely disappointed with The Bigger Bang, like most of their studio stuff of the last decade. But they can still bring it live. Downright scary sometimes. This cut's proof.

wondertoofar is correct. We should simply shoot or perhaps place in internment camps anyone over the age of 45 (Age of Mick Jagger during start of Steel Wheelchair tour). Yea Stones stink, I like Arctic Monkeys, but next year I will like the next big hyped thing.

wondertoofar wrote:

Off your meds again I see.

wondertoofar wrote:

I've been thinking the same for years - but have been amazed at the following. I guess I shouldn't be surprised because there are still folks who are stuck dressing in clothes from a past era as well. They love their polo shirts and white tennis shoes...

I, personally, wouldn't miss hearing the Stones ever again because it was totally overplayed in the past 2 or three decades.

This whole album is awesome... it has the greatest version of Wild Horses

wondertoofar wrote:
Have you seen a show on the current tour? Hardly dinosaurs; they play with great energy.. There is a reason they fill stadiums at big bucks... it's an amazing performance.

The Stones have been doing nothing but living off their name since 1974 for people who don't have the creativity to look on their own for new talent to listen to.

They have gradually slipped from irrelevant to mundane to being embarassed for them to now pathetic!

And the tours keep coming like flies to sh**. Pleas not more Rattling Bones and the Steel Wheelchair tours!

Boys it's time to lay down now. In all others ways you're already dead but I guess as long as the robots keep shuffling their money your way it'll never stop!

Next the taxedermist will be stuffing them and sending them out on tour with a sountrack and it will still be one of the years top grossing tours at least that one would be more honest. Madona still does well too. Probably the same people go.

melissa wrote:

Yes i got the desert in my toenail

10! 10! 10!