You are up against some pretty steep odds.
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QuoteSKILLS QuoteFrankM QuoteSKILLS Quotebuttons67 "the stones have over 400 songs to boast including cover versions, yet they are outsold by Zeppelin whos recording career lasted around 12 years, not a lot of studio albums and not a lot of songs on each album." Zeppelin never released singles, (ok a couple by over zealous Exec's) and this deliberate strategy by Peter Grant and Jimm
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QuoteSKILLS Quotebuttons67 "the stones have over 400 songs to boast including cover versions, yet they are outsold by Zeppelin whos recording career lasted around 12 years, not a lot of studio albums and not a lot of songs on each album." Zeppelin never released singles, (ok a couple by over zealous Exec's) and this deliberate strategy by Peter Grant and Jimmy Page ensured that fans
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Quotetreaclefingers has 'when pigs fly' been offered as a possibility yet? Don't quit the day job treacle. You're not ready for The Improv.
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Quotestonehearted I thought GRRR! put them on top. No? One thing's for sure, The Stones are the best selling Greatest Hits Compilation rock band ever. By a considerable margin, no band has released more compilatons and resold more of the same songs more times than The Stones. At least they're number one at something. It depends on how you look at it. The Beatles and Zeppelin haven't been
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Quotejamesfdouglas QuoteFrankM Quotetreaclefingers why is anyone getting their knickers in a twist over this? The Stones day in the sun is nearing an end. Other than U2, I don't see any successors on the horizon. So is Coldplay the alternative now? Oh dear. There are no successors- that's the sad thing. There will probably never be another Beatles, or Stones or Zeppelin. We probably all
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Quotetreaclefingers why is anyone getting their knickers in a twist over this? The Stones day in the sun is nearing an end. Other than U2, I don't see any successors on the horizon. So is Coldplay the alternative now? Oh dear. There are no successors- that's the sad thing. There will probably never be another Beatles, or Stones or Zeppelin. We probably all agree on that.
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Quotemtaylor QuoteFrankM QuoteBowieStone QuoteFrankM Quotejamesfdouglas Quotesonomastone QuoteFrankM Quotetreaclefingers QuoteFrankM Quotejamesfdouglas Quotebuttons67 According to reports that claim to be official the rolling stones are a staggering 13rth placed in terms of unit sales. They are behind the Beatles, Elvis and Michael Jackson which is slightly understandable if not acceptable, bu
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You might be right BowieStone- maybe just a technicality but common sense tells us that if the Steel Wheels tour were in 2009 instead of 1989 it would easily make the top ten, probably top five. I think they might have actually sold more tickets during the SW and VL tours than the ABB tour but I'm just guessing.
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QuoteBowieStone QuoteFrankM Quotejamesfdouglas Quotesonomastone QuoteFrankM Quotetreaclefingers QuoteFrankM Quotejamesfdouglas Quotebuttons67 According to reports that claim to be official the rolling stones are a staggering 13rth placed in terms of unit sales. They are behind the Beatles, Elvis and Michael Jackson which is slightly understandable if not acceptable, but they are also behind Ma
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Quotebuttons67 The beatles are the biggest selling in terms of records, Elvis and Jackson joint 3rd. and U2 will probably become the biggest selling in terms of touring. i still find it crazy the stones are not closer to the top, what has Celine Dion got or Madonna got that the stones havent. the stones have over 400 songs to boast including cover versions, yet they are outsold by Zep
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Quotejamesfdouglas Quotesonomastone QuoteFrankM Quotetreaclefingers QuoteFrankM Quotejamesfdouglas Quotebuttons67 According to reports that claim to be official the rolling stones are a staggering 13rth placed in terms of unit sales. They are behind the Beatles, Elvis and Michael Jackson which is slightly understandable if not acceptable, but they are also behind Madonna and Celine Dion which
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Quotesonomastone QuoteFrankM Quotetreaclefingers QuoteFrankM Quotejamesfdouglas Quotebuttons67 According to reports that claim to be official the rolling stones are a staggering 13rth placed in terms of unit sales. They are behind the Beatles, Elvis and Michael Jackson which is slightly understandable if not acceptable, but they are also behind Madonna and Celine Dion which is unbelievable.
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Quotetreaclefingers QuoteFrankM Quotejamesfdouglas Quotebuttons67 According to reports that claim to be official the rolling stones are a staggering 13rth placed in terms of unit sales. They are behind the Beatles, Elvis and Michael Jackson which is slightly understandable if not acceptable, but they are also behind Madonna and Celine Dion which is unbelievable. Surly with the stones superi
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Quotejamesfdouglas Quotebuttons67 According to reports that claim to be official the rolling stones are a staggering 13rth placed in terms of unit sales. They are behind the Beatles, Elvis and Michael Jackson which is slightly understandable if not acceptable, but they are also behind Madonna and Celine Dion which is unbelievable. Surly with the stones superior back catologue and longevity
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A lot of factors go into record sales. There are a lot of artists ahead of The Stones as far as U.S. sales that might be far behind in worldwide sales- somebody like Garth Brooks for instance. You also have to keep in mind that record sales in general increased over time at least until the digital age so an artist that started in the eightees might have an advantage over one that started in the s
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Quotepinkfloydthebarber toronto police have reported a mysterious outbreak of fist and foot sized holes in drywall in homes across the city Hopefully the hockey fans up there are not as bad as some basketball fans in the U.S. who riot in the streets even if their team wins.
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Good comeback by The Rangers. I'm no fan of them but my dad must be happy.
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Quotedcba Do these joints use real cheese or some lactose-filled solid crap that's about 10 times cheaper? Easy to tell : once baked the crap is yellow/gold on your pizza. Yuck! That fake cheese is usually limited to frozen pizza and pizza rolls at the supermarket. A New York pizzeria using that stuff would be as unlikely as a high price southern restaurant using instant grits.
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"You just can't get NYC pizza anywhere else, even if they say it's "New York Style."" I'll extend that to North Jersey but you are right. Once you leave the New York area good pizza and good Italian food in general are hard to get. Forget all that deep dish garbage and anything with pineapples on it.
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QuoteJah Paul QuoteDonkey Girl Scout Quotedmay These concerts are long? Bullshit. For the Stones ticket price(s), a close to three hour (or longer on a good day) show like Springsteen does is what we should be getting. Springsteen and the E-Street Band ain't that much younger than the Stones. And, for that matter, McCartney is a contemporary of the Stones age wise and look at how many songs he do
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QuoteDonkey Girl Scout Quotedmay These concerts are long? Bullshit. For the Stones ticket price(s), a close to three hour (or longer on a good day) show like Springsteen does is what we should be getting. Springsteen and the E-Street Band ain't that much younger than the Stones. And, for that matter, McCartney is a contemporary of the Stones age wise and look at how many songs he does for his sho
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Quotemickschix Thanks for posting McCartney...perfect comparison. If there are Stones spies reading our posts, maybe they'll remind the band that their faithful followers NOTICE these things...34 songs next to 22----just sayin... Quality over quantity. Three Stones songs are more exciting than three hundred Macca songs.
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Quotejumpontopofmebaby Dropped Doom and Gloom but did not add another. Was this because they took too long on other songs and maybe running short of time? I want 23 songs! I want another song besides Miss You. And I want more MT For $622 I demand it! Anything else you would like to demand? Perhaps your own private bathroom for when you have to take a leak? Perhaps a personal chef
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Not sure than fans balking at high ticket prices equates to a revolt but then again the media tries to sensationalize everything.
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Concert ticket prices have far outpaced regular inflation since 1989.
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QuoteTitle5Take1 Quoteeddiefm Keith Urban was rad. I DVR'ed CONAN last night purely because the generally-unfamiliar-to-me Keith Urban was on and I thought he might talk about his Stones guest spot. I just watched the DVR minutes ago and Conan asked Urban about the Stones first thing, and Urban talked about Mick calling him and what the concert was like, and they showed a photo of Urban with t
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QuoteGRNRBITW QuoteFrankM QuoteJah Paul QuoteFrankM QuoteJah Paul QuoteFrankM QuoteJah Paul QuoteFrankM Quotetreaclefingers Quotetomk Great set list, but I would lose Here Today and Something. Yeah, we get it now, Paul. You miss your mates. You've been playing those for years. Now if he did I Need You, that would be good. He's playing 37-38 songs for almost 3 hours. As far as I'm concerned, he
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