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Grison
I will remember every sequence of the time span the Rolling Stones spend with me.
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Justin
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WeLoveToPlayTheBlues
Oh and Jump Back in 1993, which they must've worked incredibly hard on! They even got their own facts wrong in that little quasi-interview for each song on one of 'em.
What an incredibly relevant point.
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Grison
It would be simply stupid to release an album every year as the ideas won't come that quick anyway.
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WeLoveToPlayTheBlues
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Grison
It would be simply stupid to release an album every year as the ideas won't come that quick anyway.
HUH. With exception to ONE year without a studio LP, what about 1964-1974? 11 years of releasing albums if you include GYYYO.
aaah uuuuuh you did not get the point, but nevertheless it does not any matter.Quote
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Grison
I will remember every sequence of the time span the Rolling Stones spend with me.
talk about obnoxious
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bv
I am impressed they have kept it rolling for 50 years
Then you are one out of a few that believe they have rolled for 50 years. As a name, yes. As a actual band, hell no.
As a band they lasted 45 years, with a LOT of time off in between those years.
1962-1983 - built their legacy; 21 years
1984 - zip
1985 - recorded an album (their worst) - 1 year
1986-1988 - zilch
1989-1990 - album, tour, live album, imax, etc - 1.5 years
1991-1993 - nada
1994-1995 - album (5 YEARS since their previous), tour, video releases, Vegas mode clearly locked in for good - 1.5 years
1996 - nothing
1997 - 1999 - album, tour, dvd, etc, etc, - 2 years
2000 - 2001 - f$%& all
2002 - 2003 - four new songs we waited 5 years for which at this point the fans have been conditioned to be disappointed and justifyably indifferent towards, and a tour, live album, 4-dvd set, etc, etc - 1 year
2004 - bupkis
2005-2007 - album, tour, ANOTHER 4-dvd set, a feature film, soundtrack, etc - 2 years
2008-2012 - the longest stretch of inactivity we've had from them, ever. 5 full calendar years, half of a decade.
So that's 30 years of work put into 45 years of time. The last five years do NOT count to me at all. To ask if they're motivated to roll... it's pretty clear that not are they motivated to roll, they're unable even to play one song on their 50th "Anniversary".
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Grison
aaah uuuuuh you did not get the point, but nevertheless it does not any matter.Quote
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Grison
I will remember every sequence of the time span the Rolling Stones spend with me.
talk about obnoxious
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Rocky Dijon
Some corrections on the Timeline for what it's worth:
1984 - They filmed two music videos and Mick & Bill filmed links for Video Rewind
1986 - They filmed two music videos and played a club date in London
1991 - They recorded two new singles and filmed music videos for both of them
1993 - They spent most of the year writing and recording VOODOO LOUNGE
1996 - Mick & Keith separately wrote and recorded demos for BRIDGES TO BABYLON
2004 - Mick & Keith together wrote and recorded demos for A BIGGER BANG
2009-2011 - various TATTOO YOU-style sessions for the EXILE and SOME GIRLS Deluxe albums with new lyrics written and new vocals and instrumental overdubs recorded
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Rocky Dijon
Some corrections on the Timeline for what it's worth:
1984 - They filmed two music videos and Mick & Bill filmed links for Video Rewind
1986 - They filmed two music videos and played a club date in London
1991 - They recorded two new singles and filmed music videos for both of them
1993 - They spent most of the year writing and recording VOODOO LOUNGE
1996 - Mick & Keith separately wrote and recorded demos for BRIDGES TO BABYLON
2004 - Mick & Keith together wrote and recorded demos for A BIGGER BANG
2009-2011 - various TATTOO YOU-style sessions for the EXILE and SOME GIRLS Deluxe albums with new lyrics written and new vocals and instrumental overdubs recorded
Didn't they record 20 songs in Paris in 2002 as well?
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Justin
Charlie's joke was about them milling about and hanging around and the monotny of being in show business. He wasn't implying that their entire existence is to be broken apart like James' "timeline" implies.
While we're here, why doesn't someone tabulate all the hours they've spent on stage performing---surely that is the more ACCURATE number representing how long they've been a "working" band? Them traveling by plane or motorcade to the venue--doesn't count as them being a band. They're not performing music afterall!


To be fair - you will have to include their solo work.Quote
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WeLoveToPlayTheBlues
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bv
I am impressed they have kept it rolling for 50 years
Then you are one out of a few that believe they have rolled for 50 years. As a name, yes. As a actual band, hell no.
As a band they lasted 45 years, with a LOT of time off in between those years.
1962-1983 - built their legacy; 21 years
1984 - zip
1985 - recorded an album (their worst) - 1 year
1986-1988 - zilch
1989-1990 - album, tour, live album, imax, etc - 1.5 years
1991-1993 - nada
1994-1995 - album (5 YEARS since their previous), tour, video releases, Vegas mode clearly locked in for good - 1.5 years
1996 - nothing
1997 - 1999 - album, tour, dvd, etc, etc, - 2 years
2000 - 2001 - f$%& all
2002 - 2003 - four new songs we waited 5 years for which at this point the fans have been conditioned to be disappointed and justifyably indifferent towards, and a tour, live album, 4-dvd set, etc, etc - 1 year
2004 - bupkis
2005-2007 - album, tour, ANOTHER 4-dvd set, a feature film, soundtrack, etc - 2 years
2008-2012 - the longest stretch of inactivity we've had from them, ever. 5 full calendar years, half of a decade.
So that's 30 years of work put into 45 years of time. The last five years do NOT count to me at all. To ask if they're motivated to roll... it's pretty clear that not are they motivated to roll, they're unable even to play one song on their 50th "Anniversary".
James this is an interesting timeline. Looking at the 5 year span (1984-1988), they only released 1 album. Were they under contract this whole time? I would have thought that a record company would demand more output then this regardless how famous the signed artist is. They are obviously in the business of making money.
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mtaylor
Seeing Beach Boys this year on tour is a disaster, older men staying on stage barely being able to sing and play,
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Justin
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mtaylor
Seeing Beach Boys this year on tour is a disaster, older men staying on stage barely being able to sing and play,
What in the hell are you talking about?
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jamesfdouglas
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Justin
Charlie's joke was about them milling about and hanging around and the monotny of being in show business. He wasn't implying that their entire existence is to be broken apart like James' "timeline" implies.
While we're here, why doesn't someone tabulate all the hours they've spent on stage performing---surely that is the more ACCURATE number representing how long they've been a "working" band? Them traveling by plane or motorcade to the venue--doesn't count as them being a band. They're not performing music afterall!
Justin, it's on me.
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Grison
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WeLoveToPlayTheBlues
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Grison
It would be simply stupid to release an album every year as the ideas won't come that quick anyway.
HUH. With exception to ONE year without a studio LP, what about 1964-1974? 11 years of releasing albums if you include GYYYO.
You did not get it! I said once you are successful. The Stones did the first bigger break after the 1982 shows and as somebody already wrote if Jagger would have had a successful Solocareer he would have never gone back to the Stones. But in the 80ies Michael Jackson just stole everyone the show.

I saw them and it was terrible.Quote
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Justin
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mtaylor
Seeing Beach Boys this year on tour is a disaster, older men staying on stage barely being able to sing and play,
What in the hell are you talking about?
he's talking about the beach boys.
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mtaylor
I saw them and it was terrible.Quote
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Justin
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mtaylor
Seeing Beach Boys this year on tour is a disaster, older men staying on stage barely being able to sing and play,
What in the hell are you talking about?
he's talking about the beach boys.
My point is - Stones don't do the same stupidity.
If you can't play decent, then don't.
Off course ;o)Quote
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mtaylor
I saw them and it was terrible.Quote
treaclefingers
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Justin
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mtaylor
Seeing Beach Boys this year on tour is a disaster, older men staying on stage barely being able to sing and play,
What in the hell are you talking about?
he's talking about the beach boys.
My point is - Stones don't do the same stupidity.
If you can't play decent, then don't.
does the same principle apply to posting?
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angee
Justin, why so angry?
Good points in there though.
--the female fanboy...(fangirl extraordinaire)