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The long march toward self annihilation....

I think they peaked and were at their greatest with Jimmy Miller producing. I was unable to sustain an interest in them after Ron Wood joins.

It is fun to wonder and speculate how they might have sounded if they had gotten a different replacement for Taylor. What effect would Peter Green or Ry Cooder have had instead?

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The long march toward self annihilation....

All I can say to that author is that he's prolly the last guy we'd ever see , get up to do what Swift and Jagger do every day... I told him to go and 'try' to kick Jagger out of his mommy's bedroom.

Loved a lot of what they did in the 60's and 70's, 80's and after were hit and miss. Still, albums like "Goat's Head Soup" and "Exile On Mainstreet" are classics. One of the greatest groups of all time.

I cant knock the Stones in any way, they provided the blueprint for many things that came after.

I still enjoy thier music.

Exile on Main Street was the one that started their musical downfall for me. Sloppy 'live' sound from the Jamaican studios.

"The release of Exile on Main St. met with mixed reviews, but it is now generally regarded as the band's best album. In 1987, as part of their 20th anniversary, Rolling Stone magazine ranked it third on the 100 Best Albums of the Last Twenty Years. In 2003, the album was ranked 7th on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, the highest The Rolling Stones album ranked on the list." Wikipedia

The song "Rip This Joint" is one the best rock & roll songs ever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NehZl_X3hjQ

Ive seen them a couple of times, both in the 80s.

They were always sloppy live and they have never been virtuosos, but they wrote some of the best songs in rock history.

It's pretty obvious why Jagger did a duo with young Miss Swift (besides the fact that she's a big star who wanted to sing with them). I probably wouldn't kick her off the stage.

So they're old and done now...and the reviewer is going to kick them while they're down? They've taken more than this guy can dish out before.

I was distressed by the comments at the end of this vid. I'd just been telling a friend this morning that I've been happily surprised that rock audiences remain loyal - where once that seemed to be the province only of the country crowds.

The Stones cannot now be the Stones we saw on Ed Sullivan years ago. How could they be? But they are still great and Keith is still the Man!

Talbot

There was not a vote that describes how I feel about the Stones! IMO they were the group that most poparlized Punk. I know some of you are gonna tear me up over that comment but they ARE a punk band. There music past and present is like a fine wine to me, it just gets better with age. I have never heard a Stones song I didn't like PERIOD!

GuitarMikeB wrote:Exile on Main Street was the one that started their musical downfall for me. Sloppy 'live' sound from the Jamaican studios.

I have always enjoyed the loose feel of the tracks on the "Exile" album.
Recorded in the basement of Richard's French Mansion with some overdubs in done Los Angeles.

Jamaica? You must be thinking of "Goat's Head Soup".

After all these years have gone by they've only become greater in my mind. But like others I prefer the years before Ronnie joined. But I do love the Some Girls Album.
Very few artists careers could touch what they brought to R&R from the 60's to the early 70's.

Exile may be the Greatest Rock-n-Roll Blues Album... ever made!!
Don't believe me... go listen to it first track to last. F'ing amazing piece of work!

Yes . . .

I dont know what album it came off of, but that song, Cant You Hear Me Knocking, is probably my overall favorite, cause it rocks on the front and then that sax solo with the raggae feeling rythym on the end just still sounds cool.

As far as the first punk band, I dont know I always think of Zep Communication Breakdown as the prototype punk song for almost the whole Ramone catalog, all down strokes, da da da da da da da da da du du du................................................................................

J-HALEY wrote:There was not a vote that describes how I feel about the Stones! IMO they were the group that most poparlized Punk. I know some of you are gonna tear me up over that comment but they ARE a punk band. There music past and present is like a fine wine to me, it just gets better with age. I have never heard a Stones song I didn't like PERIOD!

I hear more punk in the Who .....

jw123 wrote:
As far as the first punk band, I dont know I always think of Zep Communication Breakdown as the prototype punk song for almost the whole Ramone catalog, all down strokes, da da da da da da da da da du du du................................................................................

Yeah I can hear that !

I guess Gimme Shelter is my fav Stones tune ... freaking best intro in rock .....