My friend Kevin Curran wrote the following about the Stones performance last night at the Superbowl [tm]."Did you watch the Stones during the Stupor Bowl's halftime? What kind of bloomers was Mick clearing from the stage? I could swear that they were fully loaded Dependz lobbed up top by some frenzied geezer fans."
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This should be posted somehow to the Rolling Stones official website!
Truth be told, there weren't a lot of panties being tossed Mick's way. A lot of cruciferous veggies, vitamins, support stockings, and the occasional brimming pamper or dependz
These guys should have hung it up after exile on main street. The Rolling Stones, the 25th anniversary of their last decent work.
I don't know that it really matters that they are old and still trying to rock. If they are doing it because they love it and don't want to quit then fuck yeah, fight the power. That said I thought their performance was terrible. Of course the sound system was probably shit, they had no warm up time, and they were surrounded by a crowd of people that did not want to see them...
I agree -- you can still rock when you're "old."
On the other hand, compare the Cream concerts of last year--great music, voices than can hit the notes, and the excitement they generated. They are roughly the same age as the stones, but are a trio, and yet somehow they filled the rooms.
Mick Jagger in particular seemed terrible. He can only sing about four notes now. I don't really think people have a problem with dinosaur rock...just with bad rock.
My problem with the Stones is not age, it's that their songbook just reeks with boasts of sexual prowess and there has never been room for genuine irony in Mick's stage persona. And for sure, Sir Pilates of Clairol can no longer be confused with a spring chicken. He is most definitely a stewer. "Start Me Up" sounded like an ad campaign for a chest implant defibrillator more than a prelude to the dirty bad nasty.
Let's face it, the Stones haven't turned out a good record since Exile on Main Street...which only came out a couple years after the Beatles last record.
Yeah. and then there's the content problem. Of course they had to play Start Me Up (and it WAS lame). It's the only somewhat tuneful and memorable song they've done in three and a half decades!
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