The big anti-hijack thread.....
Talk about anything, but if this works than we don't have to keep looking around all the threads to see who is still on tonight, and every night, or even every day! Talk about the chiefs, talk about tomorrow, talk about football, politics or even how to do flooring and the applicable budget. What you're drinking, how hard it is to sleep, etc. Every thing is acceptable in this thread.....
No, I'm not even really sad. I might not even sell them if I can't get a good price. I only play once or twice a year with my cousin. If I can get $200 or so, I'll part with 'em easy. He gets 25% since we pooled our collection a couple years ago.
Originally Posted by Simplex3:
I hate live shows, it doesn't matter how much I like the band. I've only been to two and hated them both. I won't even watch music videos. Like children, musicians should be heard and not seen.
I've been to good/bad shows too.....
but they all worked out in the end. If you know what I mean.
Strong memories of show and Serious Pu$$y.
The prices now make me wonder if they truely AREN'T a real rip off.
Seams $/value may have really diminished. Thought the ''97 Stones" show was great but for $ vs. the '75 show? I haven't factored the inflation.......Indoor dome / outdoor great summer day.
Most shows attended had great sound (LP comparable).
Never had really bad seats even the (now outlawed) Festival seating ones.
Originally Posted by StcChief:
They may have declined from what they were in 1970s.
It will be tough to name a band even in 20 years that has done for Rock'nRoll what the Stones have done.....
It really doesn't matter what the state of R'n'R is now IT'S ALL BEEN DONE BEFORE. Bands now are trying to carve a tich some how.
Led Zep has not even put out a CD of new material in well over a decade-yet outsell the Stones.
The Beatles continue to outperform them just as when they were both competitors.
Pink Floyd hasn't had their shit together since Waters left-but outsell the Stones.
The Who were more original and had far better muscianship. They were the real rebels of that era. Even with the Altamont Speedway stabbing-The Who out Rock n Rolled the Stones in anti social behavior.
The Stones basically copied every band- especially the Animals and Yardbirds. They have always been about image and been masters at manipulating the media- the London media still gets a boner over Mick.
If you look at the whole Stones collection-they are good for one, maybe two good songs per disc. Just enough to be able to tour and charge their loyal fans $375 a ticket to hear the same tired songs.
With all that being said- they do have some classics in there. They deserve their props for managing to keep the machine rolling despite, drugs, shocking deaths of band members, alcohol, old age, bad publicity (Mick and David Bowie sex scandal) , divorces, inner fighting between Keith and Mick, arrest, changing musical fades, ect, ect..... To say that they suck is just silly, they might not be everyone's cup of English tea, but they are still rolling til the bitter end and deserve to be acknowledged for being influential and for being living Rock Legends.
