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| Monkeytonkman |
just a quick thought. now don't jump down my throat or anything man, but i was watching the Stones on telly last night and it got me thinking about the last time I went to see them with my mate in London.
now me and my china are into our rock music, although for me the stones are number one, I still love all rock bands from AC/DC to ZZ Top.
The crowd at a lot of stones gigs seems to be made up of mostly partisan, mainstream middle of the road people. Whereas if you go to see a band, say like Maiden, or aerosmith, thereres always a lot more of what you would call 'rockers' old tour t-shirts, long hair, beer bellies etc.
now I know the major argument is that the Stones cross generational and appeal to a huge cross section of society, but why is there always, in my opinion, a distinct lack of hairy assed bums at the gigs? |
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| egon |
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Monkeytonkman wrote:
but why is there always, in my opinion, a distinct lack of hairy assed bums at the gigs?
check at the beer stands...
seriously; i always enjoy the fact that there are so many different types of people.
you have the bikers, hardrockers, lawyers, students, grandmoms/dads, families, kids, assholes, hippies and of course me; king of the universe.
as long as the assholes stay away from me, i have a good time. but in the end i don't really care what kind of people are there to see the boys.
as long as i have a good time, all is well. |
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| stewed & Keefed |
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egon wrote:
check at the beer stands...
seriously; i always enjoy the fact that there are so many different types of people.
you have the bikers, hardrockers, lawyers, students, grandmoms/dads, families, kids, assholes, hippies and of course me; king of the universe.
as long as the assholes stay away from me, i have a good time. but in the end i don't really care what kind of people are there to see the boys.
as long as i have a good time, all is well.
That's right, even in the 60s you would get Mods and Rockers going to watch the stones. |
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| F505 |
The most disturbing fact is that there are people who go to a concert and talk during the entire show with other visitors who likewise don't come for the music. You can spot them at the beer stands or near the toilets. Even The Stones attract these kind of idiots. Afterwards they tell everyone it was a great show.... |
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| jb |
Rockers attending Stones show..lol!!! Not since 81 IMO..Mostly old farts who would enjoy themselves just as much at an Al Jareua show ....we undoubtedly have the worst audiences in music... |
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| F505 |
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jb wrote:
Rockers attending Stones show..lol!!! Not since 81 IMO..Mostly old farts who would enjoy themselves just as much at an Al Jareua show ....we undoubtedly have the worst audiences in music...
Interesting analysis... Al Jarau the talking labia  |
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| sirmoonie |
Way to many fucking lawyers at Stones shows, IMHMFO. |
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| jb |
Typical Stone fan overwieght, balding, cell-phone talking during entire show, bathroom break during Keith's set, does not know any songs but the hits, when leaving states "Macca's show was better".... |
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| parmeda |
lol..jb, you need to start broadening your attendence to different arenas other than southern Florida!
*HINT*  |
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| jb |
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parmeda wrote:
lol..jb, you need to start broadening your attendence to different arenas other than southern Florida!
*HINT*
http://emergencydispatch.tvheaven.com/ |
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| F505 |
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Typical Stone fan overwieght, balding, cell-phone talking during entire show, bathroom break during Keith's set, does not know any songs but the hits, when leaving states "Macca's show was better"....
That's also my experience! Not to forget the fact the average age is 52... |
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| jb |
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F505 wrote:
That's also my experience! Not to forget the fact the average age is 52...
I'm 41 and feel like a baby compared to the old farts I see at the show...I would say average age 50-56....and they wear Sperry Topsiders with jeans like it was the early 80's in college...complete wankers...
[Edited by jb] |
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| polksalad69 |
Rockers, Aerosmith, Maiden, funny stuff.
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| Jaxx |
as the band's image has morphed from rebellious drug taking sexually manical bad boys/anti establishment to pop mainstream mass culture (with a sir title (taboot)) so has the audience. a natural progression i guess.
i remember going to my first stones show in the early eighties and drinking tequila w/those hairy ass types on bikes. one of them kept yelling "bring on mick the stick" now the last stones show i attended last time the boyz hit the mile high city, i got stuck sitting w/corporate suits in overpriced seats on the club level of the pepsi arena--
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| jb |
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Jaxx wrote:
as the band's image has morphed from rebellious drug taking sexually manical bad boys/anti establishment to pop mainstream mass culture (with a sir title (taboot)) so has the audience. a natural progression i guess.
i remember going to my first stones show in the early eighties and drinking tequila w/those hairy ass types on bikes. one of them kept yelling "bring on mick the stick" now the last stones show i attended last time the boyz hit the mile high city, i got stuck sitting w/corporate suits in overpriced seats on the club level of the pepsi arena--
Exactly, I remeber in 75 , 78 and 81 bikers circling the Stadium and people literally overdosing in line...those were the days!!! |
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| F505 |
The "I remember thing" is exactly what old farts do.... |
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| jb |
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F505 wrote:
The "I remember thing" is exactly what old farts do....
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| Jaxx |
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F505 wrote:
The "I remember thing" is exactly what old farts do....
oh waa. should my feeling be hurt? i may be an old fart by your standards, but i sure don't look or act like one. |
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| Soldatti |
Rockers, Rockers?
Not much since 1981-82. Now the Stones audience is very standard and diverse (from 20-60 years old) but not are too much rockers.
The Rockers now are listening Metallica, Aerosmith and stuff like that. Also some new metal bands. |
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| F505 |
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jb wrote:
No just joking. I am 40 and i am feeling old when I discover many posters on this board enjoy Undercover, Dirty Work et cetera but on the other hand I feel like a youngster while I am standing in between the balding, overweighted, cell-phone talking, beer drinking farts who attend Rolling Stones concerts these days. |
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| Jaxx |
good job redeeming yourself.  |
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| polksalad69 |
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F505 wrote:
No just joking. I am 40 and i am feeling old when I discover many posters on this board enjoy Undercover, Dirty Work et cetera but on the other hand I feel like a youngster while I am standing in between the balding, overweighted, cell-phone talking, beer drinking farts who attend Rolling Stones concerts these days.
Didn't know anyone enjoyed those lps anymore. |
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| Bloozehound |
What's so criminal about "beer drinking" at a Stone's concert ? |
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| Jaxx |
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Bloozehound wrote:
What's so criminal about "beer drinking" at a Stone's concert ?
i don't see anything criminal about drinking beer at a stones show. i've done worse than that.
anyway, criminal is not the issue. fan genre is.
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| F505 |
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Jaxx wrote:
i don't see anything criminal about drinking beer at a stones show. i've done worse than that.
anyway, criminal is not the issue. fan genre is.
What did you do that was worse than beer drinking Jaxx???? |
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| Jaxx |
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What did you do that was worse than beer drinking Jaxx????
dropped purple microdot. smoked a hoochie or two. nothing too exciting. |
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| jb |
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F505 wrote:
Imade out with a hot blonde and she touched my groin at the same time. |
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| Jaxx |
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F505 wrote:
you got it!
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jb wrote:
Imade out with a hot blonde and she touched my groin at the same time.
leave it to you to find a multi-tasker.
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| jb |
Nice emoticons Jaxx!! Where did you find them? |
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