Is it time for the Rolling Stones to just go away?

[matcom]

i say yes.

[MissHoneychurch]

1. I say yes also

[mhr]

2. Yes - Without A Doubt - Keith Richards Is Ready For Fossilization

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[ET Awful]

3. Most definitely.

It's past time.

[sniffa]

4. it's time for them to start me up

[RedstDem]

5. Please God Tell Them To Go Away

They Call Them The "Strolling Bones" Over In England, I Guess One Look At Kieth Richards Will Explain Why

[swag]

6. I remember a heartfelt plea from a freelancer in the Village Voice

from the mid-1980s - a plea to Mick to just quit, please, as the thing had become such a bad joke.

Here we are 20 years on.

[Mr.Green93]

7. Depends

[ugarte]

8. Did you feel that way about Johnny Cash? Chuck Berry? James Brown?

I mean, everybody gets old. Why pick on the Stones?

[Racenut20]

9. Why should they. The crowds will be enormous wherever they play.

[ixion]

10. uh, I would have answered yes to that question on the 'Steel Wheels' tour

nearly 20 years ago.

A little quiet dignity and grace would be a good thing now. :evilgrin:

[Feathered Fish]

11. The last time I saw them

in 1997, it took Keith 5 tries to get the Brown Sugar opening right. I love them but it's time to pack it up.

[johnnie]

12. I say no..

They are just doing what they do. People don't have to listen to them, buy their music or go to concerts.
Can I ask how they are making your life any worse? We will all get old dude, you are getting there too. :)
Someday matcom might be asked to go away because he is too old.

[Left Is Write]

26. I'm with you.

I said the same thing last year about this time when a woman on another bulletin board was bitching about Jimmy Buffet "running around in his Bermuda shorts at his age making a fool of himself."

This is what they DO. If people don't like it, they don't have to go see them. I've never been a huge Rolling Stones fan, and I've never had a desire to go to one of their shows or buy one of their albums. But their presence certainly doesn't bother me.

[newfaceinhell]

13. For the love of God, yes!

[LWolf]

14. No.

A few years back, I might have agreed with you. Then my son asked to hear them live for his 18th birthday; we took him to see the "Bridges to Babylon" tour in 1997. I grew up listening to the Stones; I gained respect for them that night. They seem to have had no trouble keeping up with the passage of time; not physically or musically.

As long as people still want to show up and hear them, still want to buy their new stuff, and they are still able to do the job, they can keep playing.

[ScreamingMeemie]

15. No.

I think it's cool that they are still around. Still making good music. :hi:

[kwassa]

16. No, they gather no moss.

As long as audiences want to see them, and they want to play, they should tour on and on and on.

I saw the Madison Sqaure Garden show on HBO a year or two ago, and thought they a great job.

I saw them live in about 1980 and thought they were a great live act.

[GCP]

17. No-one asks John Lee Hooker or Ben E. King to go away

Everybody respects them for the greats they are.
Why are the Stones treated differently?

[Bridget Burke]

18. So--what are their stage shows like nowadays?

Old blues & country guys can keep going forever. But they project wisdom & soul--& wear nice suits (especially the bluesmen). Does Mick still prance around singing "don't you think I'm sexy?"

As long as people pay to see them, I can see why the keep going. Personally, I liked them more before they drowned Brian.

[LynneSin]

19. Hell Yes!

THey keep putting out crap which ruins the musical genius of their stuff from the 60s & 70s. The rate they're going the legend will almost be dead in about 3 years

[underpants]

20. Have you ever heard of a rock star retiring?

Oh yeah that's right Bill Berry of REM did. Aside from that no one comes to mind.

See commanderbunnypants's thread about $403 tickets to see the Stones.

[rock]

21. Hell no!

Otherwise where's the irony?

[leftofthedial]

22. hell no.

they should keep going as long as they want to and as long as people will pay to see them.

I am offended by your blatant agism.

I mean, what's a few wrinkles or a couple of spandex-enhanced bulges between consenting adults?

[enigmatic]

23. It was time for them to go away after "Tattoo You"

I honestly can't think of more than 3 or 4 songs that wern't crap since then; the Mick Taylor-era Stones were their peak, anyway IMO..

[HalfManHalfBiscuit]

24. Yes. And take the Who with them.

And that geezer Robert Plant while they are at it.

[Swede]

25. Keep on rocking Mick and Kieth!

Keep on til you don't want to no more.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

27. I say they keep going.........

and die spectacularly.