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| Lethargy |
Here's my pointless, Stones-obsessed, boredom-induced hypothetical question for you all that's impossible to answer but still fun to try:
If The Rolling Stones debut album was Tattoo You, meaning that there was nothing else from the Not Fade Away single through Emotional Rescue, would they still be one of your favorite bands. No Beggars, no Let It Bleed, no Fingers, no Exile, no Goats, no some Girls, etc. A band whose only output is Tattoo You, Undercover, Dirty Work, Steel Wheels, Voodoo Lounge, Bridges To Babylon, and Bigger Bang.
This means when you saw them live, it would be something like:
Start Me Up
You Got Me Rocking
Oh No Not You Again
Flip The Switch
Already Over Me
Rough Justice
Harlem Shuffle
One Hit To The Body
Undercover
Rain Fall Down
(keith - let's make it 3 songs for fun)
Slipping Away
The Worst
Little T&A
(small stage)
Back Of My Hand
Love Is Strong
Black Limousine
(back to main stage)
Mixed Emotions
Rough Justice
Sad Sad Sad
Out Of Control
(encore)
One Hit To The Body
I, for one, would still dig them, and I honestly think they'd still be in my Top Ten. This is a set of seven albums with lots of great material, lots of mediocre and inferior material, but hey, it's still damn impressive.
Some on, admit it, most of you would still like the boyz. They'd be heralded as the keepers of the flame of classic rock or some such schmaltz, but Mick would still be Mick, Keith would still be Keith, etc.
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| Gazza |
Yep. absolutely
Theres a lot of fine (and sometimes great) work in the post-Some Girls catalogue, thats unjustly overlooked (including by the Stones themselves when it comes to playing them in concert) because it has to suffer in comparison to the majestic output from the earlier part of their career
I would have absolutely no problem whatsoever going to a Stones concert and hearing nothing from before 1980. There's still more than enough quality there for a first rate show on any given night |
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| pdog |
No, not even close! I still may have enjoyed the music. One thing you must remember, especially in regards to Tatoo You, those songs were being worked on for years. Also their age, no one breaks into music like that in their 30's... Even if you suspend all disbeleif of those things, I was into The Stones long before Tatoo You, and if nothing had existed before, the material wouldn't have been as accessible...
That album, on it's own in 1981, sure it would've been successful musically, but it was what was behind it as well that made it so appealing! |
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| Paranoid_Android |
It just all goes back to whether they should dump (or at least rotate) a few warhorses and sub with fresher, newer, or rarely done stuff...old or new.
personally...I would not care if I NEVER heard them play SMU again...and stopped playing Satisfaction, JJF, YCAGWYW...and pulled them out as a rare gem.
But to answer the original question...probobly not...they would most likely have had a tough time renewing the first contract after the standard 3 to 4 album deal.
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| Chuck |
Hell no. |
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| Saint Sway |
quote:
Lethargy wrote:
This means when you saw them live, it would be something like:
Start Me Up
You Got Me Rocking
Oh No Not You Again
Flip The Switch
Already Over Me
Rough Justice
Harlem Shuffle
One Hit To The Body
Undercover
Rain Fall Down
(keith - let's make it 3 songs for fun)
Slipping Away
The Worst
Little T&A
(small stage)
Back Of My Hand
Love Is Strong
Black Limousine
(back to main stage)
Mixed Emotions
Rough Justice
Sad Sad Sad
Out Of Control
(encore)
One Hit To The Body
any show with One Hit (to the body) in the set list is cool.
But TWICE is awesome!!!
playing Rough Justice more than once in a set is kinda silly though.
SMU, RFD, Harlem and Sad Sad Sad blow. But all those other songs are songs I'd LOVE to hear live at ANY show! |
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| Lethargy |
quote:
Saint Sway wrote:
any show with One Hit (to the body) in the set list is cool.
But TWICE is awesome!!!
playing Rough Justice more than once in a set is kinda silly though.
SMU, RFD, Harlem and Sad Sad Sad blow. But all those other songs are songs I'd LOVE to hear live at ANY show!
What are you, my editor? Or my Bitch?
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| pdog |
quote:
Lethargy wrote:
What are you, my editor? Or my Bitch?
Make an offer I'll get you the 2 for 1 deal! |
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| corgi37 |
Well, i'd probably like them a bit, but they would be sooooooo 80's. |
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| FrankiePeppers |
I would like them alot but they wouldn't have the mystique behind them. Post '81 Stones would have to drop down a few pegs and I would elevate The Who to #1 |
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| Soldatti |
quote:
Lethargy wrote:
Start Me Up
You Got Me Rocking
Oh No Not You Again
Flip The Switch
Already Over Me
Rough Justice
Harlem Shuffle
One Hit To The Body
Undercover
Rain Fall Down
(keith - let's make it 3 songs for fun)
Slipping Away
The Worst
Little T&A
(small stage)
Back Of My Hand
Love Is Strong
Black Limousine
(back to main stage)
Mixed Emotions
Rough Justice
Sad Sad Sad
Out Of Control
(encore)
One Hit To The Body
It looks strange, I can't imagine a Stones show without 70's stuff. |
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| Egbert |
TY, Undercover, & B2B would be my favorite Stones albums instead of LIB, SF, & EOMS.
Hhhmmmm.... |
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| corgi37 |
I probably would have ditched them for THE CULT after Dirty Work. |
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| M.O.W.A.T. |
Substitute Sad Sad Sad and Flip The Switch with Worried About You and Neighbours, and you've got yourself one hell of a show! |
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| Saint Sway |
quote:
Lethargy wrote:
What are you, my editor? Or my Bitch?
the mere mention of Bitch or any other tune from Sticky Fingers in this thread makes me weep |
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