The Rolling Stones Hit Number 1 on iTunes (First Time Ever) with Spectacular Quarantine Anthem “Living in a Ghost Town”

Showbiz 411 ^ | April 24, 2020 | Roger Friedman

[ifinnegan]

“Worst Creepiest Band Ever
Greatest rock and roll band of all time, numnutz.”

What’s the difference?

[HamiltonJay]

It is a Stones Tune... nothing really memorable, but decent and true to their style.

Definitely if it wasn’t for the Kung Flu, this song would have come and gone without anyone but their die hard fans listening to it.

[CommerceComet]

Song was okay. I doubt I’ll ever listen to it again, though.

[simpson96]

“... really worked at their craft.”

Crackerjack point.

Nowadays it’s way more about marketability, than craft.

[vespa300]

It just seems kind of bizarre to me. Guys in their 70s singing rock n roll. Knowing my mortality is around the corner, knowing I probably did things during my foolish days of youth that God will forgive.....I don’t know. I might want to mature a little. I can’t see my Dad rocking out to this music in his later years. He liked to hear Music that touched his heart and liked to talk about Jesus.

Old rockers. The term seems mutually exclusive in a way. I already prefer this to rock n roll:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chx6GAmMa5g

[animal172]

Great by a bunch of old guys. Have never been a great Rolling Stones fan. Can take take them or leave them, but I like this tune. Good for them.

[animal172]

Really

[dfwgator]

Bill Wyman left a long time ago.

[Mariner]

Yeah, they haven’t won an album Grammy since 2018.

Over the hill./s

[dfwgator]

Definitely if it wasn’t for the Kung Flu, this song would have come and gone without anyone but their die hard fans listening to it.

That pretty much describes every Stones record since "Some Girls".

[dfwgator]

Garrett Morris: [dignified, dripping withsnooty condescension] Now, I’d like to speak about thesubject of a certain Mick Jagger – of the Rolling Stones. … And I’m going to talk about the song he sang — a song in which he sings these very words: “Black girls – just want to have sex – all night long.” …

Now, Mr. Jagger, there is only one question I want to ask you — Jaggs. … And you better have the answer, man, you better have the answer, since you have besmirched the character of black women.

Therefore, here is my question, Jaggs.

[pause, takesoff eyeglasses, suddenly drops the pose, pleading] Where are all of these black broads, man? …[huge cheers and applause] Hey, like, where ARE they, baby? You got any phone numbers for me, baby? …Please send ’em to me. [puts glasses back on,dignified again] Thank you. … [enthusiastic applause]

[Mariner]

"The best rock and roll band on the planet...And why they're a target of all the bottom feeders and sideline barkers.☺ " Somebody had to say it. They can STILL blow any other band in the world completely off the stage. Especially when they do their little bar room sets. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMjnzxo-x-o But they have more flexibility when the bring the full band out... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAYmrQa0hts And this is how blues/rock is done. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRot9IjNSso

[dfwgator]

Well The Who blew them off the stage on The Rock and Roll Circus.

A Quick One (While He’s Away)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJv2-_—EY4

[MotorCityBuck]

The world gets turned upside down and all the new, edgy groups have nothing to say about it.

The Rolling Stones: Hold my beer...

KAG!!

Trump 2020!!

[Songcraft]

Here's their "corona corollary"...

     "You Gotta Move" - The Rolling Stones

You gotta move
You gotta move
You gotta move, child
You gotta move
Oh, when the Lord get ready
You gotta move

[Mariner]

“Well The Who blew them off the stage on The Rock and Roll Circus.”

Eh.

Not really.