All in good time im sure we'll be hearing quite a bit more from The Stones and what their plans for the future are.
But what would ya give them outta 1-10 for their celebrations so far.

9/10



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So far? 3/10. I'm sure by the end of the year it'll be a 10/10!

10. We've been on the edge of our seats for close to a year with wonderful products and bonus tracks and it's Stones Christmas in July for me. And a tour is coming. And there's more goodies to come! The documentary. Two more bootlegs. I would almost bet there's some kind of DVD Greatest Hits in the works. That might involve Jody Klein, whose company has been very quiet to this point. 3 out of 10! What do you want, dig up Brian and have them do I Wanna Be Your Man in your living room. Jesus.

I assumed the 50th celebration started on July 12th. Not over a year ago with the bonus tracks. So based on what has gone on in the last 3 days, I give it a 3. A photo shoot and a book. Like I said, by the end of the year with the tour and documentary, it'll be a 10. Also, what is this DVD Greatest hits you are talking about?

1: No tour announcement, no album announcement, not even one single song on 07/12/2012 to celebrate the day; this is embarrassing if we keep in mind that they are four professional musicians who are in business for 50 years and more. I would have exspected some musical legacy, e.g. a jam session uploaded on their site with songs from the set list of their first performance 1962. Instead we've got some ridiculous interviews, Keith's dimwitted laughing, a bunch of pictures of badly dressed old men, and last but not least a lousy sounding official boot from the Rolling Stones Big Band Orchestra. I'm pissed about it.



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1: No tour announcement, no album announcement, not even one single song on 07/12/2012 to celebrate the day; this is embarrassing if we keep in mind that they are four professional musicians who are in business for 50 years and more. I would have exspected some musical legacy, e.g. a jam session uploaded on their site with songs from the set list of their first performance 1962. Instead we've got some ridiculous interviews, Keith's dimwitted laughing, a bunch of pictures of badly dressed old men, and last but not least a lousy sounding official boot from the Rolling Stones Big Band Orchestra. I'm pissed about it.

Apart from that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?

1 out of 10. Totally Lame. ONCE AGAIN, no live music. Makes me think that the tour rumors are only around to sell whatever crap they're going to stick '50' on. They really only lasted 45 years as a band anyways.

However, how I rate what we got vs what I expected - 10/10

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10. We've been on the edge of our seats for close to a year with wonderful products and bonus tracks and it's Stones Christmas in July for me. And a tour is coming. And there's more goodies to come! The documentary. Two more bootlegs. I would almost bet there's some kind of DVD Greatest Hits in the works. That might involve Jody Klein, whose company has been very quiet to this point. 3 out of 10! What do you want, dig up Brian and have them do I Wanna Be Your Man in your living room. Jesus.

A '10' despite the fact that they haven't performed a single note of music?

In terms of archive releases, its been pretty good so far. Fort Worth '78 and Checkerboard Lounge '81 released on DVD & CD, Brussels '73, LA '75, Hampton '81 and Tokyo '90 - all available for downloads. All of them shows that would have certainly be on my shortlist for gigs to release from each of those eras - and all released in the space of eight months. And the 'Some Girls' deluxe thrown in for good measure. Really can't find much fault in all of that at all.

The only downside has been the lack of performances and the tiresome 'will they, wont they' pissing about and heel dragging about if and when they will do any in the future.. in fairness, it may not be all within their own control, but I think at the start of 2012, it would have pretty reasonable to have been expecting some concerts this summer.

In fairness, it may not be all within their own control, but I think at the start of 2012, it would have pretty reasonable to have been expecting some concerts this summer.[/quote]

It's like herding cats to get them back together at this point. Keith's book certainly didn't inspire Mick to get back with his old buddy in a timely manner. (Didn't we already go through this with them in 1988?) And as we've seen, all the Stones, including former bassist Bill, and former lead guitarist Mick T., are all stage hot, ecxepting Keith, the one who professes to be a road dog.

I look at this anniversary not as a July 12th 1962 thing, but as a way to celebrate the arc of the band. For me it started with Plundered My Soul (with Bill's rubber band bass corralling the sound again) and the TAMI show. I'm not looking forward to a new album because I simply don't like their last 3. For the most part they have been retro reminders of better songs. They need some kind of change, on stage and in the studio, for me to care. And if they feel they can't quite get it together for the summer of 2012, I can wait.

it's definitely in the top 10 of rocknroll band 50th anniversaries

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it's definitely in the top 10 of rocknroll band 50th anniversaries

Without any doubt the No. 1 in the category of vegetative patients ...

...a 10 would have been a surprise performance with Wyman and Taylor on the 12th...this was a 5 and I think I'm being generous.

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...a 10 would have been a surprise performance with Wyman and Taylor on the 12th...this was a 5 and I think I'm being generous.

when being generous doesn't cost you anything more, i say go for it...

Zero.

What, they get an A for effort for SHOWING UP to mark the name The Rolling Stones having made it, unofficially, 50 years plus one day into the 51st? When exactly did they become The RollinG Stones?

Nothing but a bunch of bullshit. Mick and Ronnie's hair as dark as ever. As they say, looks can be deceiving.

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...a 10 would have been a surprise performance with Wyman and Taylor on the 12th...this was a 5 and I think I'm being generous.

when being generous doesn't cost you anything more, i say go for it...

not this time....they sleep walked through this one in an Ambien haze

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...a 10 would have been a surprise performance with Wyman and Taylor on the 12th...this was a 5 and I think I'm being generous.

when being generous doesn't cost you anything more, i say go for it...

not this time....they sleep walked through this one in an Ambien haze

ok, but you know about this whole karma thing. don't be generous now when it doesn't cost you anything, and later when it does cost...hmmm....well something bad will happen.

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it's definitely in the top 10 of rocknroll band 50th anniversaries

I was leaning more towards the Top 5 actually.

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it's definitely in the top 10 of rocknroll band 50th anniversaries

I was leaning more towards the Top 5 actually.

is the top 5 in the top 10?

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it's definitely in the top 10 of rocknroll band 50th anniversaries

I was leaning more towards the Top 5 actually.

is the top 5 in the top 10?

Only if it's in the same Top 10. If it's in a different Top 10 then Iyiyiyi walk the streets of...er, sorry, don't know.

I'm not sure which is worse, the subdued 50th anniversary by the Stones or the fact that MightyStonesStillRollin50 was not here to start a thread or even post about it. He was making such a big deal about it for so long. I'm very disappointed in him. Very disappointed!

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1: No tour announcement, no album announcement, not even one single song on 07/12/2012 to celebrate the day; this is embarrassing if we keep in mind that they are four professional musicians who are in business for 50 years and more. I would have exspected some musical legacy, e.g. a jam session uploaded on their site with songs from the set list of their first performance 1962. Instead we've got some ridiculous interviews, Keith's dimwitted laughing, a bunch of pictures of badly dressed old men, and last but not least a lousy sounding official boot from the Rolling Stones Big Band Orchestra. I'm pissed about it.

Right on! I say replace the badly-dressed old men with younger, hipper, new members. Do this every ten years. Sort of like Star Trek. That way the Rolling Stones franchise can live on and on. They can finally snag that younger demographic Mick has been trying to get ever since he put that dreadful rapping on "Anybody Seen My Baby".



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I'm not sure which is worse, the subdued 50th anniversary by the Stones or the fact that MightyStonesStillRollin50 was not here to start a thread or even post about it. He was making such a big deal about it for so long. I'm very disappointed in him. Very disappointed!

You mean threads - LOTS OF THREADS.

The reason you're disappointed is because...the whole thing was one big waste of time and 50/aka who can remember anymore understands that and has come to the conclusion that, well, going on about things that aren't true is just like crossing the Rubicon. Or something.

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Agreed -1.

The reasons are as follows:

1. Stonesarchive recordings only available as downloads. If Jagger/Richards were/are serious about the 50th anniversary, the archive recordings could be released as cds with some nice liner notes from the parties concerned: they would, furthermore, sell an awful lot more.

2. Let's be realistic about the Muddy Waters concert: Muddy wasn't at his best, his health had declined, and the great Bob Margolin-led band had recently been fired. Muddy was coasting, and the music wasn't as great as the recent Epic recordings that Muddy issued since 1977, under the aegis of Johnny Winter.

3. The deluxe Some Girls was issued for the Xmas market in November last year. Since then, no more deluxe albums. Mores the pity, as I feel several albums are crying out for a deluxe reissue, with a second, and even a third, disc of bonus material. Let It Bleed with another 69 concert springs to mind, ditto Sticky Fingers with Leeds Lungs as a bonus, likewise Goats Head Soup, with Brussels Affair as a bonus disc concert. You could also make the case for Tattoo You with a bonus of a 1981/82 concert as a 3 disc set.

4. Again, having heard BBC sessions of older material on Six Music, whither the Stones at The Beeb. Cream issued their sessions, yet Jack Bruce's base is inaudible, ditto The Beatles. Cult artists like John Martyn, Richard Thompson, and Fairport Convention, have also dug into their archives and released their BBC sessions.

5. No new recordings, not even outtakes from 1989 onwards.

6. No Tour

Damp squib. Been n gone. Too much going on with The Queen's Jubilee, Olympics etc. However, doesn't dilute what's gone before in their glorius 50 years.

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1: No tour announcement, no album announcement, not even one single song on 07/12/2012 to celebrate the day; this is embarrassing if we keep in mind that they are four professional musicians who are in business for 50 years and more. I would have exspected some musical legacy, e.g. a jam session uploaded on their site with songs from the set list of their first performance 1962. Instead we've got some ridiculous interviews, Keith's dimwitted laughing, a bunch of pictures of badly dressed old men, and last but not least a lousy sounding official boot from the Rolling Stones Big Band Orchestra. I'm pissed about it.

Right on! I say replace the badly-dressed old men with younger, hipper, new members. Do this every ten years. Sort of like Star Trek. That way the Rolling Stones franchise can live on and on. They can finally snag that younger demographic Mick has been trying to get ever since he put that dreadful rapping on "Anybody Seen My Baby".

what's so bad about the way they are dressed? I thought Charlie was beyond reproach regarding this.

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I thought Charlie was beyond reproach regarding this.

this is iorr. we reproach anyone, anytime, any place, and for any reason.

GUYS, COME ON... !

Everyone wants them to tour again. Take it easy, please. The Stones members are almost 70 years old (or over). These tours are brutal nowadays with great expectations from the audience.

I think we can't claim a tour or a new album. Let The Stones do 2 big gigs. For example, at Madison Square Garden and the O2 arena/Royal Albert Hall or something. Just like Cream. I think that's the best. For the quality of their performance and energy level.

Mind you... the Stones are not at the same level as the early days. So, let's not ask and claim for a tour. Come on, be reasonable! ;-)