[Stoat]

Although I used to be a fan, I've lost interest in recent years because of their poor song quality output and Leftist political stance. This effort to surround themselves exclusively with people young enough to be their own children is just another reason to relegate them to a 'jumped the shark into the dustbin of history' category.

[Red Badger]

How are THEY gonna get in?............

[ClearCase_guy]

Does anyone under 45 actually like the Stones??

[Richard Kimball]

I've always got toenails to clean during the Super Bowl halftime show, but good grief, I'd ban anyone over thirty from being out there. It's not about whether or not the dancers are having fun, it's about whether or not people enjoy watching the dancers.

[billorites]

What a drag it is getting old...

[Emmet Fitzhume]

Spot on.

"But middle-aged fans and pensioners have been barred from the guest list because organisers fear they are not spritely enough to dance, sing and cheer."

If the Stones plan on succeeding as a band, they will surely fail with polarizing decisions like this one.

People aged 45+ compose their central fan base, and alienating them like this is just insulting.

[Billthedrill]

Oh, us oldies will be able to watch the gig on TV...those of us who aren't using halftime to take a Niagara Falls leak, that is.

Keith Richards, over 45? Wow - you'd never know it to look at him...

[Blzbba]

"This ban is a completely daft..."


ANYONE who uses the word "daft" should not be allowed to watch football.

[horse_doc]

Good for the Stones.

They just spared the nation the agony of watching a bunch of decrepit Baby Boomers, on national teevee, pretend that they are still hip. It would have been horrible.

[George - the Other]

It's blatant discrimination

[wayoverontheright]

While you're at it, can you bar us from the pesky higher tax brackets also?

[TheForceOfOne]

You Can't always get

Well, I saw her at a Medicare reception,
A glass of prune juice in her hand.
She was leaning up against her walker,
Oh, that silver fox was looking grand.
So I decided to wheel my chair over
Until my painful fingers began to cramp.
I became even more discouraged,
When I couldn't,
NO I couldn't find a stinkin ramp.


You Can't always get where you want.
You Can't always get where you want.
You Can't always get where you want.
Baby boomers you know,
Move slow
To get where they need.


So I went down to the local drug store
To get my fair share of medicine.
I was standing in line with old man Jimmy.
His polyester pants looked really in.
I also needed Metamucil
Out of reach on that shelf top.
Frustrated, I headed for the exit,
Those automatic doors came to a stop.


You Can't always get where you want.
You Can't always get where you want.
You Can't always get where you want.
Baby boomers you know,
Move slow
To get where they need.


When I escaped I headed for the corner.
By then I was really miffed.
I thought I'd catch myself a concert,
But the bus didn't have a freakin lift.
So I decided to have myself a social
And visit the local nursing homes.
Upon arriving I noticed they were empty
Because they all went to see the Stones!


You Can't always get where you want.
You Can't always get where you want.
You Can't always get where you want.
Baby boomers you know,
Move slow
To get where they need.

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[BJClinton]

Completely understandable. Considering they prefer chicks in their late teens and early twenties.

[Edit35]

Maybe the Stones dont want any evil neo-con's watching?

[Baby Driver]

The Rolling Wrinklies, think they can be young again
by having only young people in the audience, so
that they don't see themselves as they stick thier
tounges up in the necks of the Last of the Summers
Wine...

Pathetic old farts....supported by a fan base of
pathetic old loser farts...wh, if they weren't
such old demohippie losers, would be highly
insulted by this ban...But then, t's not like
they haven't allready supplied the Wrinklies
with enough millions to burn their way through
them till they die...without having to give a
rats ass about their fans whove supported their
drunken addict pig lifestyles for the last 50 years.

[RexBeach]

The Stones live have ALWAYS sounded dreadful.

I have seen them many times in lots of different venues and they sound like they're all getting the right arms ripped off. I kept waiting for the live shows to get better. They did not.

I wish they would just go away and count their money somewhere.

[elbucko]

I'm puzzled why anyone would want to watch the Steroid Bowl, let alone these aging druggies.

[sgtbono2002]

I never liked the Stones in their hay days. I always thought Mick Jagger looked like an ugly troll from under some bridge, He hasnt gotten any prettier.

I remember once someone asked Fred Astaire why he retired and Astaire admitted he couldnt do what he used to be capable of so why ruin his reputation with a bad performance. Fred knew when his time was up too bad some others dont.

One thing about some women no matter how ugly you get if you have the celebrity and the cash there will always be one willing to accept the cash.

[wbill]

I caught the Stones on their last tour. They were *really* good live, much better than I was expecting.

However, I'm thirty-something, and I was - by far - the youngest one in my section.

The only people younger than me were the kids (or maybe grandkids?) that some of the boomers brought.

[SamAdams76]

Last decent album was Some Girls way back in 1978.

[SouthernFreebird]

The only oldies that should be on the SB half time show is aerosmith.