Rolling Stones: Classic or Dud

Ha, there is that too!

Oh and stealing Stephen Stills's idea of wearing a Jets jersey.

Every time I contemplate seeing the present-day stones (one "last" chance to see the legends) I think of Buzz Osborne's description:

I could not be bothered to see them live now. I saw them in the early ’80s and it sounded like amplified motocross. They’d literally be halfway through a song before I could tell what it was. “Oh, it’s ‘Satisfaction.’” It was this horrendous cacophony, which is good on one side, but that’s not what they were trying to do.

The '89 and '94 tours were much better. Everything I've seen of the '81 tour is hopped up and cynical, i.e. "Let's hurry the fuck up, we got chicks and blow waiting."

Oh and stealing Stephen Stills's idea of wearing a Jets jersey.

― chr1sb3singer, Tuesday, December 18, 2018 1:18 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

"I invented wearing football jerseys in rock n' roll" - Stephen Stills, the original Kanye

"I invented wearing football jerseys in rock n' roll" - Stephen Stills, the original delusional hack

Stills seeing Jagger wearing that jersey and biting his knuckle in rage is beautiful image

"I invented wearing football jerseys in rock n' roll" - Stephen Stills, the original delusional hack

― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 22:09 (four minutes ago) Permalink

Tbf Stills also said that "Ohio" was a good song but needed another verse to really be considered a classic song like "For What It's Worth" which was written by Stephen Stills

Jagger wore the pants too

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/80/5e/7c/805e7c06fab7adb1ff3914799b1df15f.jpg

Is that a Walter Payton jersey? Shouts to another fan of inhalants!

LOL

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mIl4WHHqtf4/TtUmqkn-BJI/AAAAAAAANY4/sXVC0vSexuY/s320/CelebRookie81Jagger.JPG

sure anyone can wear a football jersey, but can they record over a Jimi Hendrix solo to do an organ overdub?

With 44 new answers, I expected at least one of them to be dead.

Ron Wood's been a hologram for years.

Brian Jones has been dead for a while iirc.

they've all been dead for decades. on the inside.

Please, Stones, go away, gracefully

little late for that

lol

https://media.giphy.com/media/q62HFPVXW2tYk/giphy.gif

what the fuck is "the synch community"

― L'assie (Euler)

my understanding is there is this gentleman by the name of andrew wendland who has, for the past fifteen years, been listening to pink floyd albums while watching movies to discover all the movies that "synch" up with pink floyd albums

Anyone ever watch the Exorcist synched to Goats Head Soup?

whoa

that’s a thing ?

lol such easy marks itt

Thread got me listening to Tattoo You again last night - not all that bad for an outtakes collection.

“Security was a bit slow, and I saw some guy heading straight for Mick”, said Keith.
“I have no idea what this guy is gonna do...all I know is that he’s trying to get his hands on Mick, and I’ve got a weapon in my hands...” - Hampton Coliseum (1981).
Keith Richards is 75 today. pic.twitter.com/cGjFGpWn5S

— Music History (@RockWalkLondon) December 18, 2018

Dang — retweeted ✅

Keith's cool and all, but it's Mick who doesn't miss a note

From upthread, getting owned by James Brown is nothing to be ashamed of. I dunno about live Stones after 1964 but their T.A.M.I. set is fucking great.

I think I'm finally arrived at the knowledge that, as much as I love Exile, etc, the Brian Jones Stones is the real Stones

Thought you were gonna write, "Dirty Work is a fucking great album" after "as much as I love Exile, etc,"

When I was a child, I spake as a child, understood as a child, thought as a child; when I became a man, I knew Undercover was super underrated

I think I'm finally arrived at the knowledge that, as much as I love Exile, etc, the Brian Jones Stones is the real Stones

I'm all about 1963-1981 when it really comes down to it. There's some good stuff from Undercover onwards and A Bigger Bang is a very strong album, but 1963-1981 is the "essential, must have, couldn't live without it" stuff.

I have similar cut off points when it comes to The Who (1978), The Kinks (1971), The Beach Boys (1973), Pink Floyd (1977) and I'm sure it'd have been the same with The Beatles if they'd continued for a million years.

For me it's an even narrower range - from Let It Bleed through Tattoo You, basically, and I don't care about Black and Blue or Emotional Rescue, so that's what, seven albums?

You don't like any of the Decca singles or Aftermath or Beggars Banquet? Fwiw, I'm not a huge fan of Emotional Rescue either, but I think Black and Blue has some great stuff on it - 'Memory Motel', 'Fool to Cry', 'Hot Stuff', 'Hand of Fate', 'Melody' ...

or Out Of Our Heads? Or Between The Buttons?

I don't like Sixties rock in general - I'll take '69-'74 over '64-'68 any day of the year. (There are a few exceptions, like the first Doors and Steppenwolf albums, but that's pretty much it.)

fair enough. sad!, but fair enough

From upthread, getting owned by James Brown is nothing to be ashamed of. I dunno about live Stones after 1964 but their T.A.M.I. set is fucking great.

hard disagree. Stones' early period is littered with embarassments and Jagger's painfully awkward attempts to mimic the energy and authority of James Brown's dance moves is sad to watch.

Mick is rocking a great thousand yard stare in that set, the dancing is a little goofy but he has his own thing going on too. They all look great.

I mean if you are negate Stones performances based on Mick aping black frontmen/women you aren't gonna be left w very much

v true

part of why I don't think they were ever really a great live band tbh

You've seen Led Zeppelin Tupperware, now feast your eyes on...

https://therollingstonesshop.com/collections/tailgate

"CLASSIC LICKS CORN HOLE GAME"

the whole thing looks like the Uline freebies page

Down In The Corn Hole

"financially dissatisfied, sexually satisfied, philosophically trying" - Mick

I guess it still holds true 50+ years later.

Tour's been postponed due to Medical Issues... Jagger's!

Curious, so I looked it up: three years older than Trump, one year younger than Biden.