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It Is The Evening of the Day: The Rolling Stones at 50
PJ Media ^ | 7/24/2012 | Brendan Bernhard

Posted on 07/24/2012 5:11:25 PM PDT by mojito

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To: LongWayHome

Saw that show in Buffalo, Mick couldn’t sing and Keith was well, you know......Keith.


21 posted on 07/24/2012 3:57:44 PM PDT by John 3_19-21 (Stand for something, or fall for anything.)
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To: LongWayHome

Best album / song?


22 posted on 07/24/2012 4:00:41 PM PDT by John 3_19-21 (Stand for something, or fall for anything.)
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To: LongWayHome

The decline was when they brought in Ron Wood, he’s not half the musician that Mick Taylor was, but Taylor’s personality didn’t quite fit the band.


23 posted on 07/24/2012 4:02:09 PM PDT by dfwgator (FUJR (not you, Jim))
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To: sushiman

They’ll still be playing their tunes when everyone here is dead.


24 posted on 07/24/2012 4:02:37 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: genxer

“Oh daddy’is your brain still flash’in? like it did when you were young, or did you come down crash’in see’in all the things you’ve done.................................”


25 posted on 07/24/2012 4:03:31 PM PDT by John 3_19-21 (Stand for something, or fall for anything.)
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To: John 3_19-21

I’m disappointed that Keith didn’t kick Mick’s ass for those lame duets he did with Bowie and Michael Jackson.


26 posted on 07/24/2012 4:04:16 PM PDT by dfwgator (FUJR (not you, Jim))
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To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers

Saw a chunk of the live DVD from the Some Girls tour. They weren’t phoning it in for that. You can even see a bit of the punk influence in how they played, much faster than previously.

Also, I think as far as latter career albums go, Voodoo Lounge is pretty underrated.


27 posted on 07/24/2012 4:05:54 PM PDT by Mr. Blonde (You ever thought about being weird for a living?)
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To: dfwgator

They did lose personal over the years. I think what strikes people most is that the creative decline of the band was so fast & early. One would expect a slow decline considering the talent they had.


28 posted on 07/24/2012 4:06:25 PM PDT by LongWayHome
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To: dfwgator

Pure props to Mick Taylor but Ron Wood has few peers as well. Beast of Burden is some fine playing. IMHO


29 posted on 07/24/2012 4:07:13 PM PDT by John 3_19-21 (Stand for something, or fall for anything.)
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To: Mr. Blonde

The Stones have the same problem every band from that era has, people compare the new stuff to the old stuff, and if it sounds like it, people complain that they are just doing to same stuff, but if they try to do something different, people complain because it doesn’t sound like the old stuff.


30 posted on 07/24/2012 4:07:45 PM PDT by dfwgator (FUJR (not you, Jim))
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To: LongWayHome

Brian Jones was a huge loss. Amazing of all the big bands of that era, they’ve only lost one prominent member, and that was over 40 years ago.


31 posted on 07/24/2012 4:09:19 PM PDT by dfwgator (FUJR (not you, Jim))
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To: dfwgator

Lol, you can’t kill Keith ! The guy is still going strong.


32 posted on 07/24/2012 4:13:24 PM PDT by LongWayHome
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To: mojito

I think I used to like listening to the rolling stones.


33 posted on 07/24/2012 4:16:29 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: LongWayHome

His autobiography “Life” was one of the best reads I’ve had in years. Totally changed my view of the guy, despite all the drugs, he’s as sharp as a tack.


34 posted on 07/24/2012 4:19:14 PM PDT by dfwgator (FUJR (not you, Jim))
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To: dfwgator

I’ve heard good things about his book. Might make good summer reading.


35 posted on 07/24/2012 4:21:00 PM PDT by LongWayHome
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To: x
But at least they weren’t the ones who sang “I hope I die before I get old.” Those guys are still around, too.

Well, actually 50% of the original "Who" members died a decade or two ago.

36 posted on 07/24/2012 4:23:43 PM PDT by softwarecreator
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To: softwarecreator
Well, actually 50% of the original "Who" members died a decade or two ago.

They're playing the Olympic Closing Ceremonies and are planning a new tour. Roger is in phenomenal shape, and his voice actually sounds better than it has in years.

37 posted on 07/24/2012 4:25:36 PM PDT by dfwgator (FUJR (not you, Jim))
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To: x
In 1965, that old fogey - Frank Sinatra - was 50.

In 2012, some of the Stones’ last great records from the early 1970s, like “Brown Sugar” or “Tumbling Dice,” are over 40.

As we leave the 20th century further and further behind those distinctions, which once seemed so definitive, seem to matter less and less.

38 posted on 07/24/2012 4:27:21 PM PDT by mojito
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To: LongWayHome
Lol, you can’t kill Keith ! The guy is still going strong.

I have a theory that Keith died in 1969 ... and once the drugs wear off he'll realize it.  That should be in 2 or 3 years from now. =)

39 posted on 07/24/2012 4:28:11 PM PDT by softwarecreator
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To: dfwgator

“Saw them on the Steel Wheels Tour, one of the best shows I’ve ever seen.”

Ditto...saw it in FL at the Orange Bowl.


40 posted on 07/24/2012 4:30:49 PM PDT by Magic Fingers (Political correctness mutates in order to remain virulent.)
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