Unsolicited Career Advice: the Rolling Stones

i have another suggestion.

can anyone guess what it might be ?

Euthanasia?

I don't why I care, but for some reason I do.

The most obvious choice would be to tell them to JUST STOP. But that would leave them with their fancy manses, their record royalties and their reputations. And after god knows how many decades of pretentious and half-assed aesthetic decisions, they don't deserve any of it, they really don't. So if I could have my wish, I would like them to engage in the deliberate annihilation of whatever charisma they have left. Cheesy, embarrassing, godawful and stupid things -- much much MUCH more so than usual, but maybe not necessarily Michael Jackson or G.G. Allin territory. I wouldn't even know where to begin. I want this not because I want them to regain some spark of supposed past rebellion of theirs, but because them so utterly besmirched they can't ever recover.

i am more bored of being bored with stones than anything i have ever been bored with

yeah: i saw this on the news and i was trying to imagine a way it could possibly be good, but i couldn't. "dude it's the california raisins!" oh wait i get it, it's the stones...etc. they should get britney to open for them - that would improve it a bit.

can't wait till they all die so it's okay to like them again.

Obv they've been nothing but a walking embarrassment for over a quarter of a century, and I'd like to be left in peace to remember their earlier stuff, which is the best rock music ever recorded. However, if we assume that they got into this for the love of this music, and I think that's the case, and that they still have a fondness for it (if not the fire, maybe), it's hardly surprising that offers of large sums of money to get together again, travel in luxury and play these great tunes a few more times aren't refused. I have no idea whether they think their newer stuff is any good at all (of course it isn't), but I find it easy to understand why they still want to do this.

i am more bored of being bored with stones than anything i have ever been bored with

erm, no... OZZY vs botox FITE!

It'd be alot more honest of them if they'd just admit they're an oldies act, and would bring along some other oldies acts to tour with them; It'd make a lot more sense for them to tour with Bo Diddley, Ray Davies, Jerry Lee Lewis, Andre Williams, or Chuck Berry (okay, that ain't happening) than it would for them to tour with No Doubt or Train.

their earlier stuff, which is the best rock music ever recorded

Well, if any band could live up to that claim, I guess the Stones can. I wouldn't mind seeing a stripped-down, back to basics thing; lots of blues covers, older material, etc. But Mick's gonna think they're "contemporary" until the bitter end it seems, which is sad. Can some justification be created that reveals how cool they are to steadfastly cling to the same image they've been flogging for decades; never say die, etc? Possibly, but I'm not able to come up with one at the moment. Anyway, who cares, they were fucking great, no?

They're not touring to support a new album right? So are the shows just going to be all greatest hits (Hot Rocks - Live!) or are they going to flog Mick's solo joint. I guarantee you Rob Thomas pops up on stage at one of these shows.

Fill the blimp with hydrogen and toss Keith a carton of Reds and some matches.

What will the angle be on the inevitable live record?

40 Years of the Rolling Stones! 20 years of disappointment!

this is lame: i want someone to defend them... everyone knows what's bad about them!! anyway they started by winding up and disgusting the adult world, and that's where they are now too, hurrah!!

I resist the call to defend them--expressing any interest in seeing them turn their tired old selves around in this company probably counts as a pollyannaish defense in itself.

But I will say that I hate to see a band that was as great and important as they once were having no more imagination than to trudge along on a cycle of bland album, massive tour, weak solo outings, bland album, massive tour and so on until one of the key players falls over with x's for eyes. Of course, I guess the fact that the albums are so mind-boggingly pro forma year after year after year isn't a good sign.

Perhaps it's because I am old enough to remember when it wasn't totally ridiculous to get a bit excited about the release of a new Stones album. I mean, even as late as Tattoo You, they could make a pretty decent rock record that you could play in front of anyone under 40 without gasping embarrassment. Of course, that was 20 years ago now. I guess it's just frustrating for me to see "older" artists-- a good 20 years younger than them in some cases--doing some rethinking and redefining and coming out the better for it. And here come Mick and Keef in a big, stupid blimp.

they should just let mick go solo and make his matchbox20 records and get tom waits, tweet and buju banton to rotate on vocals.

By institutionalising the blues and Americanizing the presentation (making it BIIIGGG) they have done more to honor indigenous American art than an army of 10,000,000 Ken Burns ever could

What the hell is wrong with the blimp? That is wicked. All bands should travel exclusively in blimps, even if they're just going 4 blocks to meet their coke dealer.

Just because you don't ride around in a blimp is no excuse to give The Rolling Stones a grief just because they do. As Durst would say, No Fucken Love to Y'all Playa Hatas.

It'd be alot more honest of them if they'd just admit they're an oldies act, and would bring along some other oldies acts to tour with them; It'd make a lot more sense for them to tour with Bo Diddley, Ray Davies, Jerry Lee Lewis, Andre Williams, or Chuck Berry (okay, that ain't happening) than it would for them to tour with No Doubt or Train

Leave Ray Davies out of this.

The futility of this tour was emphasized for me by the story placement in the New York Post--relegated to the middle of the paper in a small sidebar was the de rigeur photo of the boys throwing shapes in front of their blimp. It was sort of like, well, I suppose we have to acknowledge them, but let's put them well out of sight...

But who cares? Just rent Gimme Shelter or Cocksucker Blues and revel in the majesty of it all...