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Well you wouldn't have seen anyone over 25 at a Stones concert, in the day. What do you think, 50-year-old plumbers, welders, and building superintendents and their wives were attending Stones' shows?
You're a bunch of funny f*ckers!
'some things, well, I can't refuse'
Good change or bad?
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The Bourgeoisie have followed their leader.
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Stones fans were mostly ya' Working Class Battlers
Posted by:
colonial
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Date: August 27, 2010 09:41
The days are well gone when ya' use to see young fans of mostly ya' Working Class families and the same with the older fans as well.I doubt ya' would of seen to many professional people at a Stones concert in the early years.
Completely different story nowadays when ya' see alot more professional people at concerts..how times have changed..
Completely different story nowadays when ya' see alot more professional people at concerts..how times have changed..
Re: Stones fans were mostly ya' Working Class Battlers
Posted by:
Silver Dagger
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Date: August 27, 2010 09:56
That's cos the tickets are so damned expensive.
Re: Stones fans were mostly ya' Working Class Battlers
Posted by:
swiss
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Date: August 27, 2010 10:08
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colonial
The days are well gone when ya' use to see young fans of mostly ya' Working Class families and the same with the older fans as well.I doubt ya' would of seen to many professional people at a Stones concert in the early years.
Completely different story nowadays when ya' see alot more professional people at concerts..how times have changed..
Well you wouldn't have seen anyone over 25 at a Stones concert, in the day. What do you think, 50-year-old plumbers, welders, and building superintendents and their wives were attending Stones' shows?
Re: Stones fans were mostly ya' Working Class Battlers
Posted by:
colonial
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Date: August 27, 2010 10:20
Silver Dagger..I'm ya' typical Blue collar "Working Class Battler" ..and im proud of it..I would work all day n' night or even sell something if I had to.To get enough money for a Stones ticket for the cheap seats..cheers mate..Quote
Silver Dagger
That's cos the tickets are so damned expensive.
Re: Stones fans were mostly ya' Working Class Battlers
Posted by:
Edith Grove
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Date: August 27, 2010 13:01
Some Stones fans are still Working Class Battlers. 
Re: Stones fans were mostly ya' Working Class Battlers
Posted by:
misterfrias
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Date: August 27, 2010 13:37
I always imagined Stones fans in the early days as being teenage girls & boys, not working class types but instead middle class kids living at home & sponging off their parents.
"Get those people out of here, dopey!"
"Get those people out of here, dopey!"
Re: Stones fans were mostly ya' Working Class Battlers
Posted by:
kleermaker
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Date: August 27, 2010 14:47
The statement in the thread title is simply not true.
Re: Stones fans were mostly ya' Working Class Battlers
Posted by:
colonial
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Date: August 27, 2010 21:49
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kleermaker
The statement in the thread title issimply nottrue.
Re: Stones fans were mostly ya' Working Class Battlers
Posted by:
crumbling_mice
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Date: August 27, 2010 21:57
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colonial
Quote
kleermaker
The statement in the thread title issimply nottrue.
You're a bunch of funny f*ckers!
'some things, well, I can't refuse'
Re: Stones fans were mostly ya' Working Class Battlers
Posted by:
MILKYWAY
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Date: August 27, 2010 22:14
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colonial
The days are well gone when ya' use to see young fans of mostly ya' Working Class families and the same with the older fans as well.I doubt ya' would of seen to many professional people at a Stones concert in the early years.
Completely different story nowadays when ya' see alot more professional people at concerts..how times have changed..
Good change or bad?
Re: Stones fans were mostly ya' Working Class Battlers
Posted by:
Beelyboy
()
Date: August 27, 2010 22:52
r u kidding? the crowds were much more cohesive together united as a block, a movement a tribe . rock before woodstock, and slightly afterward, (and before LIFE magazine coverage of same etc....) was a more underground thing, even tho it was exploding as a 'youth movement' etc...into the wider culture. it was more together. the crowds were more sophisticated more knowledgeable more individual they had found blues and rock artist as they happened and not as a result of hype. yes hype is always there w promotion it's part of the fun..
not to denigrate millions of great younger fans who care and know much more than i do i'm sure...but GENERALLY speaking....the venues were not ballparks. it was a room where people could kinda feel a oneness as an audience. the artists were fully expected to get down deep. they were listened to...rewards commensurate with what was actually happening etc....in a stadium a lot of that's lost. w big prices u get a lot of status seekers and folks maybe not really 'organically' driven to blues, the more raw folk and country roots, other things in rock....it's a mighty long way since little richard. when the stones hit, they were the along with beetles THE second generation voice of rock and roll...a mighty mighty thing.
it was largely different in lots of ways, and i don't think the modern experience can match it. maybe folks who seen em in clubs, beacon, marquee, or inside arenas, theaters...can tell us more....thanks
beelyboy...Think About it
not to denigrate millions of great younger fans who care and know much more than i do i'm sure...but GENERALLY speaking....the venues were not ballparks. it was a room where people could kinda feel a oneness as an audience. the artists were fully expected to get down deep. they were listened to...rewards commensurate with what was actually happening etc....in a stadium a lot of that's lost. w big prices u get a lot of status seekers and folks maybe not really 'organically' driven to blues, the more raw folk and country roots, other things in rock....it's a mighty long way since little richard. when the stones hit, they were the along with beetles THE second generation voice of rock and roll...a mighty mighty thing.
it was largely different in lots of ways, and i don't think the modern experience can match it. maybe folks who seen em in clubs, beacon, marquee, or inside arenas, theaters...can tell us more....thanks
beelyboy...Think About it
Re: Stones fans were mostly ya' Working Class Battlers
Posted by:
colonial
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Date: August 27, 2010 23:17
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MILKYWAY
Quote
colonial
The days are well gone when ya' use to see young fans of mostly ya' Working Class families and the same with the older fans as well.I doubt ya' would of seen to many professional people at a Stones concert in the early years.
Completely different story nowadays when ya' see alot more professional people at concerts..how times have changed..
Good change or bad?
MILKYWAY..The Stones fans range right from ya' Working Class right up to ya' Doctors..Lawyers..Police..Judges..etc as we all know.And because they're so good..The Rolling Stones are the peoples Band.And the one thing I like about alot of musicians from the humble working class neighborhoods.That they've gone on and done well for themselves and they dont seen to forget the harder times.
The Beatles were the same.To me they're some of our Working Class Hero's..as John Lennon once said..
Re: Stones fans were mostly ya' Working Class Battlers
Posted by:
Rik
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Date: August 27, 2010 23:22
maybe in 71, but now most fans who visit their shows have enough money!
Re: Stones fans were mostly ya' Working Class Battlers
Posted by:
kleermaker
()
Date: August 27, 2010 23:33
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crumbling_mice
Quote
colonial
Quote
kleermaker
The statement in the thread title issimply nottrue.
You're a bunch of funny f*ckers!
This simple way one prevents endless discussions
.Re: Stones fans were mostly ya' Working Class Battlers
Posted by:
MILKYWAY
()
Date: January 31, 2011 22:47
Quote
colonial
The days are well gone when ya' use to see young fans of mostly ya' Working Class families and the same with the older fans as well.I doubt ya' would of seen to many professional people at a Stones concert in the early years.
Completely different story nowadays when ya' see alot more professional people at concerts..how times have changed..
The Bourgeoisie have followed their leader.
Re: Stones fans were mostly ya' Working Class Battlers
Posted by:
Harm
()
Date: January 31, 2011 23:03
Colonial, how old are you?
Re: Stones fans were mostly ya' Working Class Battlers
Posted by:
Big Al
()
Date: January 31, 2011 23:09
Bankers, lawyers, accountant's surveyors... is this friggin' rock 'n roll or what? Still, this comes with charging £150 a ticket and no longer appealing to 12 year-old's. It's life. The Stones are old, not cool, and nor are a large percentage of those who attend their gigs this century, sadly.
The above is tounge-in-cheek, btw
The above is tounge-in-cheek, btw
Re: Stones fans were mostly ya' Working Class Battlers
Posted by:
AngieBlue
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Date: January 31, 2011 23:23
Quote
Edith Grove
Some Stones fans are still Working Class Battlers.
Yep.
Re: Stones fans were mostly ya' Working Class Battlers
Posted by:
jamesfdouglas
()
Date: February 1, 2011 00:27
Quote
Big Al
Bankers, lawyers, accountant's surveyors... is this friggin' rock 'n roll or what? Still, this comes with charging £150 a ticket and no longer appealing to 12 year-old's. It's life. The Stones are old, not cool, and nor are a large percentage of those who attend their gigs this century, sadly.
The above is tounge-in-cheek, btw
tongue-in-cheek or not, still funny!
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Re: Stones fans were mostly ya' Working Class Battlers
Posted by:
colonial
()
Date: February 1, 2011 08:08
Harm ..Was a Flower power kid.. yea'..Quote
Harm
Colonial, how old are you?
Re: Stones fans were mostly ya' Working Class Battlers
Posted by:
24FPS
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Date: February 1, 2011 20:01
Let's face it, a lot of the fans, me included, are older. We tried to get out of the working class. Recent layoffs in the U.S. have landed us back where we began. You don't want to go to a 'challenging' concert anymore. You want to pay your money and see who you paid to see. When you pay a little more you don't have to sit with the misanthropic biker types that think the Stones are like minded rough asses. (Which is hilarious. What do they all weigh? 140 lbs?)
'Working Class Battlers' battled their way out of their situations, like Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts. (Or Paul, George, and Ringo.)
'Working Class Battlers' battled their way out of their situations, like Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts. (Or Paul, George, and Ringo.)
Re: Stones fans were mostly ya' Working Class Battlers
Posted by:
StreetKidStonesRule
()
Date: January 11, 2012 11:49
You mean this thread Silver Dagger
London Street Kid
THE STONES RULE..OK!
Geez a Job I can do that!
London Street Kid
THE STONES RULE..OK!
Geez a Job I can do that!
Re: Stones fans were mostly ya' Working Class Battlers
Posted by:
Bliss
()
Date: January 11, 2012 12:29
Welcome back, our little Antipodean fan! Hope you had a great holiday in the summer sun.
The Stones' fan base has changed as much as the Stones have...back in the day, tickets cost almost nothing; the tours were just to generate album sales. The original fans were 13 year old girls buying tickets with their tiny pocket money. Now, of course....
The Stones' fan base has changed as much as the Stones have...back in the day, tickets cost almost nothing; the tours were just to generate album sales. The original fans were 13 year old girls buying tickets with their tiny pocket money. Now, of course....
Re: Stones fans were mostly ya' Working Class Battlers
Posted by:
Silver Dagger
()
Date: January 11, 2012 16:18
Quote
StreetKidStonesRule
You mean this thread Silver Dagger
That's the one, me old son. Welcome back mate. Pull up a stool and what you drinkin'?
Re: Stones fans were mostly ya' Working Class Battlers
Posted by:
Come On
()
Date: January 11, 2012 16:25
Yup, but The Clash and Billy Bragg had us for some time 1977-1985...
I was driving home early Sunday morning through Bakersfield...
I was driving home early Sunday morning through Bakersfield...
Re: Stones fans were mostly ya' Working Class Battlers
Posted by:
Green Lady
()
Date: January 12, 2012 17:35
Quote
Bliss
Welcome back, our little Antipodean fan! Hope you had a great holiday in the summer sun.
The Stones' fan base has changed as much as the Stones have...back in the day, tickets cost almost nothing; the tours were just to generate album sales. The original fans were 13 year old girls buying tickets with their tiny pocket money. Now, of course....
... my pocket money is still tiny. Only difference is that now it's called my pension.
Re: Stones fans were mostly ya' Working Class Battlers
Posted by:
belld
()
Date: March 3, 2012 23:25
The only way to get tickets to geniune fans is to sell them at outlets by queuing. Three nights partying on a pavement is highly recommended and enjoyable. Memories.Quote
colonial
The days are well gone when ya' use to see young fans of mostly ya' Working Class families and the same with the older fans as well.I doubt ya' would of seen to many professional people at a Stones concert in the early years.
Completely different story nowadays when ya' see alot more professional people at concerts..how times have changed..
Re: Stones fans were mostly ya' Working Class Battlers
Posted by:
colonial
()
Date: March 3, 2012 23:52
yea..The good old Working Class Battlers living from week to week the real people I call them who are quite happy with a packet of fags some booze,fish'n'chips,a cup of tea with their morning newspaper and the occasional hand out to get by on.
Re: Stones fans were mostly ya' Working Class Battlers
Posted by:
Edith Grove
()
Date: March 3, 2012 23:56
Quote
colonial
a packet of fags some booze,fish'n'chips,a cup of tea with their morning newspaper
That's quite a breakfast combo....
Re: Stones fans were mostly ya' Working Class Battlers
Posted by:
belld
()
Date: March 4, 2012 00:00
Not my experience of queues. Whisky, whisky, whisky and horticultural products only.Quote
colonial
yea..The good old Working Class Battlers living from week to week the real people I call them who are quite happy with a packet of fags some booze,fish'n'chips,a cup of tea with their morning newspaper and the occasional hand out to get by on.
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