[mojito]

Good and interesting commemerative essay on the Stones, the band that has defined rock-and-roll - for good and evil - as no other band has.

[Argus]

70 is the new 40.

[JoeProBono]

[sushiman]

Over-rated . Haven’t put out a great album in over 3 decades .

[dfwgator]

What a drag it is getting old.

[GRRRRR]

Saw ‘em at NCSU, Carter-Findlay Stadium.

65,000 person sing-along with Mick.

He started “Sympathy for the Devil” standing on the top of the entire stage, up on the girders where the lights are all attached...

[Lady Lucky]

Just saw the magazine today at a store...noticed the Stones on the cover and thought, they don’t look so bad for age 70+.

Then I realized how old the photo was.

[Gay State Conservative]

Up until Sticky Fingers the Stones were truly legendary.Afterward they went into a steep decline and soon became a sad joke,and have remained so ever since.

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

The Rolling Stones: Phoning it in since 1974.

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These guys are older now than ancient figures from the 1920s were when they started — a lot older than the “older generation” of their day. But at least they weren’t the ones who sang “I hope I die before I get old.” Those guys are still around, too.

[Berlin_Freeper]

I think I used to like listening to the rolling stones.

[TChad]

Who thought that Keith Richards or Ginger Baker would survive the ‘70s? Poster boys for the health benefits of drug abuse.

[Revolting cat!]

(The legendary British D.J., John Peel, topped everybody by claiming that the best Stones album was their first one, which began with “Route 66,” ended with “Walking the Dog,” and didn’t contain a single original composition.)

And Peel may have been right (he was referring to the British version of the LP, still unavailable here.)

I want to Stones to get their wheelchairs back in the studio, invite Bobby Keys and the boogie woogie piano player from Charlie's current band ABC & D of Boogie Woogie Axel Zwingenberger, and record an R&B album, their own or other people's tunes, but R'n'B, none of that second hand disco, reggae and hip hop.

[Windflier]

Folks can criticize the Rolling Stones for having stayed in the rock and roll game for so very long, but what they may not realize is that the Stones patterned themselves on the old blues greats and their culture.

Part of that musical culture is the concept that one follows the minstrel path for life. It’s not about pop culture, or staying on top with record sales. It’s a commitment to the craft, and the life. Even better, if you can really make a living at it.

Look at most of the blues greats of the 20th century, and you’ll see the exact same pattern. Those men and women sang and played until their dying days - despite the fact that all of their stars had long since passed their zenith.

It’s the way of the minstrel.