Rolling Stones: Classic or Dud

Ian Hunter will be 80 this summer, and still tours regularly. He looked pretty good the other night at the HoF induction finale.

Kirk Douglas is still alive, and 102!

― Josh in Chicago

and tearing it up in grand theft auto: san andreas

Bob Dylan was so much older then

Herman Wouk, 103! 104 in a few months, God bless him.

if Keith ended up outliving Mick, that would be a miracle (and a strong case for not giving a f about living a reasonable/healthy life !)

I like how in his book, Kieth kept coming back to how part of how he was able to stay fucked-up for so long is that more often than not he had access to the best stuff--pharmaceutical coke, fairly pure heroin--and if he had been using more inferior stuff he'd probably be dead like so many others.

Also (iirc) rarely shot up intravenously?

Harold Budd, 82, is still active. Played with Mary Lattimore just the other night.

XP Yeah, he'd inject into muscles, which is part of why he looks so weird.

Also, are the stories about blood transfusion in Swiss true ?

y'all, it's just luck wrt keith being alive

Jerry Lee Lewis is 83.

After his recent stroke, I'm wondering if Jerry is done performing, kinda think so.

I'm putting in my 2 cents for Big Jay McNeely, who at 81 was blowing sax and performing with the energy of a man half his age (or less) when I last saw him.

Drudge says Jagger is habing heart valve replacement surgery

Jagger has a heart?!?!

of stone iirc

his valve is torn and frayed

:/

Yeah, I've read that he's having a heart op as well, which makes me wonder how Jagger is going to play this. This could very well end up being their last tour after all. Don't forget that David Bowie was much, much younger than Jagger when he had heart problems and he as good as retired from live performance afterwards, only coming back for those last two records after a lengthy break. If he does throw himself back into touring after recovering from his op, then fair enough, but personally I think the guy should be resting up now. He's got enough money, he's done enough for music.

And, unlike Bowie -- unless stories emerge after his death -- Jagger's eliminated drink + drugs from his diet for at least thirty years.

He's got enough money

Does he have all of the money? No? Then not enough!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iMqBhNKfPo

it's not the money.... these guys effectively ran away with the circus in their teens and never returned home.... they don't know anything else

Mick can always act.

https://i.makeagif.com/media/10-05-2015/hn4PJM.gif

the procedure (stent placement) will take place in New York City this week and the 75-year-old Stones frontman is expected to make a full recovery. Sources told the site Jagger is in “extraordinary physical condition"

Start me up ... again ...

tons of ppl have trouble retiring, my sister's father in law is about Mick's age and is really having trouble letting go of his house painting business and letting his grandson take over...I don't think that changes just because of money, he doesn't need to work any more than Jagger does, but I think to him it's like who am I now?

Nah, I bet it's purely business and ego.

Marv's a nice guy just likes painting houses, man tough crowd

this corny & i know they’re ~all~ hella old but
briefly:
real talk:
I dont like thinking about mick’s mortality tbh

It could also be FUN for him, maybe! He’s not laying bricks

I didn't go, but I know a buncha other people who saw the tour opener last night and said it was great, and that Mick looked as healthy as can be. Apparently they only played 2 hours to the minute, which does indeed take some, er, stones, but hey. I guess people left pretty happy. God knows when I'm in my 70s I wouldn't want to stand around for much longer than that, either.

I also heard it was a good show.

I think they've been doing the two-hour shows for awhile now. They share setlist pics on social media, revealing 18-21 songs per show, including a 2-song encore.

According to last night's setlist, "Sad Sad Sad" is the token obscurity.

Their performance in the Global Citizen benefit thing was pretty cool. Mick looks & sounds great.

Charlie Watts playing the air drums was the highlight of the entire telecast. But how does Charlie Watts not have any drums in his house?!

sold em for heroin

at a certain point, you don't even need drums. you just ARE drums

He wanted to show off his bitchin' old man Dockers.

is this the greatest octagonal comp of all time?

Through The Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2)

Jumpin' Jack Flash 3:40
Mother's Little Helper 2:40
2,000 Light Years From Home 4:45
Let's Spend The Night Together 3:29
You Better Move On 2:40
We Love You 4:34
Street Fighting Man 3:10
She's A Rainbow 4:35
Ruby Tuesday 3:12
Dandelion 3:56
Sittin' On The Fence 2:53
Honky Tonk Women 3:03

i mean get out of here!

it's got everything you could want

"You Better Move On" sticking like a sore thumb.

That comp was the first Stones cassette I ever had!

Mick sounded awesome tonight!
Also I love that Ronnie is always reliably the one having the most fun. <3

was keith doing anything on that guitar?

mick sounded and looked great. wtf surely this quarantine is going to restrict whatever supply of virgin blood he imbibes to keep himself youthful?

I liked his curtains, too

Jagger in strong, convincing voice surprised me. Charlie was a strong #2. He hadn't looked that happy drumming in years.

Keith looked sad. I was surprised by how good Mick + Ronnie sounded.

Yeah, Mick and Ronnie were great. I was expecting to see Mick in his standard entertainer-bot mode, and was really pleased to see him so present and so into it.

<3