The Rolling Stones - Sucking Since 1973? - (Including Audience Poll)
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- The Rolling Stones have sucked since 1973? Is this a fair comment? I discuss this and list some of the great tracks since 1973
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"its Only Rock n Roll", "Black and Blue" and "Some Girls" all after 1973 are pretty strong albums that most bands would die for
Agreed
Amen
Shudder!
It's Only Rock n Roll was my first and remains my all time favorite along with A Night at the Opera and the first 2 Rory Gallagher albums. Look at the range of styles but always sounding like the Stones unlike the 1 trick pony sounds we get now
And on top of those: Tattoo You, Steel Wheels, Voodoo Lounge, Bridges to Babylon, Hackney Diamonds. Wonderful albums.
Post 1973 STONES may not reach quite the lofty heights of their 'Golden Era' but I still think Some Girls, Tattoo You, Steel Wheels, Voodoo Lounge and A Bigger Bang are all solid, and still knock spots off the albums made by their contemporaries during the same period.
Agree
@@classicalbum the main evidence that they've not yhe greatest rock n roll band ever seems to rest on "well they're not as good at 80 as they were at 21"
Which begs the question
"So who is then"
I think that is exactly right. Not every album can be the best, that's just math. But a lot of their material is good in any era.
For me the stones last great album was some girls. Everything after was give or take tattoo You was all outtakes. Steelwheels voodoo lounge got few decent tracks. All stones albums recently is am excuses to tour
Seeing them 7 time this year😊
I’m a stones fan I like everything they have done up to this point. The New album is stellar. It’s amazing that Mick still sounds like classic Mick.
Poor guy.
I have been disappointed with The Stones' output for decades. "Hackney Diamonds" is a return to quality form. I have been blasting it in my car and I can actually say that I love it. I haven't said that since the cobbled-together Tattoo You album.
I went to see them at Earl’s Court,in 75,& Knebworth in 76,I was very disappointed in them,their big mistake was having Lynyrd Skynyrd on before them,who blew them off the stage.
I saw them in Cleveland in '78...Kansas was the opener and blew them WAY off the stage.
In LA in 78 - worst concert I ever saw.
The Stones were hammered at Knebworth, and they spent the entire day drinking champagne and doing drugs at a backstage party hosted by Moet and Chandon, which included Jack Nicholson and David Gilmour. At one point, some people believed the show would be canceled due to technical difficulties. It's not a fair account of The Stones, and to be truthful, they were not great circa 1975-76. They lost Mick Taylor at the end of 1974 and were left reeling as they descended further into decadence, drugs, and spending less and less time together. Of course, Skynyrd blew them off the stage-they were much younger and hungrier, experiencing a reenergized spirit with new guitarist Steve Gaines.
In '76 Skynyrd would have blown any and every band off stage, bar Thin Lizzy and Bad Company. You are very right though, they absolutely blew the Stones out of the water that day.@@fuchsiaswing8545
Stones toured North America in '75.They didn't play Earl's Court until '76.
Undercover came out in 1983 when I was in high school. I loved it then and still love to give it a listen now 40 years later, along with all of their post -‘73 catalog.
I am so fed up with so called Rolling Stones fans, longing for early seventies Stones , together with their hair and prostates😂 I was not into the Stones until Some Girls came out in 1978 and that changed everything. I love their early stuff, I love most of their later stuff and although I was a bit ‘meh’ about A Bigger Bang, I think Hackney Diamonds is excellent and will entice a new generation of younger listens to check out the Stones back catalogue. You cannot expect a band to not change with the times and it is near impossible to keep creating albums that are put on a pedestal. Enjoy them now, you will miss them when they are gone.
Well said 👍
At least one enlightened view!
Many of my favorite Stones albums and songs are actually in the 1973-2023 era. Matured, seasoned songwriters and musicians producing some of their strongest ever material. Adapting current sounds to their classic sounds is one of the keys to their longevity.
An emphatic NO in answer to your question. Never understood the anti-Stones sentiment and never will, and I'm eternally grateful for that. Think I'll go spin a Stones album now, one of their post-1973 offerings.
See I never understood why people like them till I educated myself. Now I have zero clue why anyone like em
@@austinsatterfield6792 Becauase they are talentless hacks ?
@@edgardoMurnia yes!
Unlike many older bands I would not say The Rolling Stones have a bad album. Not every album is incredible but every single one is at least good in my humble opinion.
Tattoo You is a great album in my opinion.
I saw the Stones in 1972 with Mick Taylor and 3 years later without him. They were not the same band.
What is the implication?
BEST WITH MICK TAYLOR
@@charlessteenburgenI seen the stones in concert during the steel wheels tour before Bill Wyman left I seen the Voodoo Lounge Tour not the same band quite a different band ever since Wyman left I see them lots of times in concert but they were never quite the same band the only time the stones sounded like the stones was during the steel wheels tour it was there last tour with Bill Wyman and now Charlie is gone the stones are done they should retire there dinosaurs the whole band should have stopped a very very long long time ago after steel wheels
@@mikebarooshian7255 I saw them in 2015 for the first time and they were awesome..they put on a Hell of a show
I couldn't stand Start Me Up for years. Not that it is a terrible song, but when it came out top 40 stations played it to death.
I think that Mick Taylor and in a very different way Brian Jones pushed Mick and Keith to their creative peak. By It's Only Rock and Roll, that version of the band had run its course. Ronnie is a likeable guy and a solid player, but he never challenged them. That's why their output has been spotty and inconsistent. They do not and never have sucked. There are gems on every Stones album if you give a good listen.
think!
I agree 100%
Yes and I'm so bloody sick of how many albums I enjoy get written off like say Undercover - I Love at least 90 percent of that album
Good observation. I do like It's Only RnR though.
If this would have been their first album we would not be having this conversation
There have been great Stones songs since 1973, but they're few and far between (Time Waits For No-One, Beast Of Burden, Shattered) but surely anyone can see that they simply aren't as consistent as they were 1965-72.
They're a kind of touring museum now, really, and have been for some time.
they are as consistently awful
@@edgardoMurnia
What, post '73? Yeah, agreed, if that's what you mean.
@@tonybates7870 Nah. They are just not good. Mick Jagger is an historically great all time elite FRONTMAN
But music wise, Rolling Stones is just embarrassingly bad.
Black and Blue would have to be their most underrated album. I loved it when it came out and I still play it all the time. It has a slightly different feel to a "regular" Stones album which is helped by an interchange of different guitar players across the tracks. Sensational album, I love it!!
Total nonsense, they never sucked, just never hit the ridiculous heights of the 60s and 70s. They had music on all their albums worth listening to. I do listen to Let it Bleed more that albums in the past few decades but still listen to their more recent good tunes when I can. They are always worth a listen for me and are 1A to the Beatles #1 in my personal all time rock band rankings. I'm just glad they are still here and making more good music. 🎵
The Stones are a groove and a feeling. It's the sound of Richards, Watts, and Wyman, with Jagger howling over the top and prowling around the stage like an uncaged beast. Brian Jones was key to the creative process in the early years and then they moved up a gear with Mick Taylor for the classic albums. They've never produced another Sticky Fingers but it's all about that Stones sound. That's what matters. That's their secret.
The Beatles crashed and burned after a decade, but the Stones continue on in their octogenarian years. To me, this is one of the great ironies of Rock and Roll history, but there it is. Sinatra sang through several generations, too, so it isn't all that unusual.
Are you not thinking of Tom Jones? 😁
There's an alternate reality in which The Beatles didn't crash and burn. In this reality, they never brought in Klein and after making solo albums got back together to make Beatles records and after seeing the success of Stones and Zep tours return to touring with a real sound system.
Sorry, The Beatles"crashed and burned" after a decade??? Do you have more than 1 piece of evidence to support this that doesn't include the name Yoko?
Beatles crashed and burned? That's one of the most ridiculous comments I've ever read about the Beatles. The Beatles contract called for them to release 2 albums and 2 singles a year. Under those circumstances I could see nearly every artist collapsing under that pressure, including the stones, but the Beatles never did. Not only did they record one amazing album after another but they revolutionized the recording process to boot. Almost everything they released is spectacular, hence why they have gone down in history as possibility being the greatest band ever. The stones? Not so much. At least the Beatles knew when to call it a day and they did it by recording the greatest final album ever. All the stones have managed to do is make a mockery of themselves. They crashed and burned decades ago.
@@alexlifeson6917 Did the Beatles break-up or not in a nasty fashion, never to work or tour together again? The Stones are still in business. Still producing music, still touring. I find it ironic.
Believe it or not "undercover" is a record I like. Miles away from the glorious run of great albums recorded during the late sixties/early seventies but a criminally underrated creation.
I have a soft spot for it, as that's when I was in my early teens and first starting to discover classic rock.
I like it almost as much as Tattoo You and the best of the songs more than any on Tattoo You. There, I said it.
@@Darrylizer1I love tattoo you a lot undercover is a great record but tattoo you is better I listen to the latest stones album it doesn’t do it for me with Andrew Watt playing most of the guitar it’s not really the stones all it is is a Mick Jagger solo album with the name Rolling Stones to sell and make money there’s only 3 true stones songs on the album now Charlie is gone and Bill Wyman retired to me it was never the stones once Wyman left to me no Bill no Charlie it’s not the stones the whole band should have stopped many many years ago after steel wheels when Bill left
The Some Girls album from 1978 stands up as a complete piece of work like anything done before it - it’s great. Trouble is after that they have been patchy, some brilliant tracks but no great cohesive albums so I find myself skipping through these later albums searching for the best tracks.
These guys can never suck. They've lasted 60 years, which is utterly insane. Legend of legends. What kind of 60s rock band does that?
Crappy ones that never grow musically and are desperately hanging on to the whole rock star life.
I can find many many things i love on every Stones album.
Almost Hear You Sigh from Steel Wheels is a keeper. Waiting on a Friend is another. They have their moments. I caught them live in 81 and it was a memorable evening. Of course, Wyman, Charlie and Stu were still around.
I thought I was the only one that loved Hand of Fate! How that wasn’t a single is beyond me. Really a hidden gem. Tattoo You is where I stop with them. I thought their 70’s stuff was great.
The Stones struggled in the mid 70s but bounced back significantly with the release of Some Girls. For me their 80s material was hit and miss. However there’s a lot to be said about how they’ve endured over the years. These guys are made of something that no other band ever was. They’ll always be the Kings of longevity and I don’t believe any band will ever top that.
People constantly naming that disaster of a song as a highlight...lol Rolling Stones fans are dellusional
I absolutely love everything they did through Some Girls which is one of my favorites and one of their best ever. I really like Emotional Rescue and I like the Motown side of Tattoo. This new one has some really good songs but I don’t care for the mix and without Charlie the end of the songs sort of just go out with the same excitement as the beginning
Although I liked their early music I was not a hardcore Stones fan like my buddies, since I was more into progressive rock. But when I heard about this album and sampled "Angry" on Apple Music I immediately ordered the album. I think it's great and I'm amazed they are so good after all these decades. I don't understand the haters.
I have to agree unfort. Stones haven't released anything I liked since the EARLY 80's at best....
The last gasp was Miss You and Start Me Up. The single off this new record sounds generic. But that's in keeping with everything they've put out in the past 40 years. Such a crack up that social media has been giddy with delight, looking forward to a new Stones release. Why?
The last album I really enjoyed was SOME GIRLS but I have purchased 45s, iTunes songs from the 80s, 90, and this millennium , and the occasional 80s album from The Stones. I liked a couple of tracks from BLACK & BLUE, too. "Under Cover of the Night" is a great rock track. "Waiting On A Friend" is also a strong track as is "Living In A Ghost Town."
Time waits for no one ❤
And it won’t wait for me ❤️
Or time isnt on micks side.
See what i did there?
No no no. Some Girls.
The concert film Is Spectacular, they played in smaller theaters, oh and as far as i'm concerned that's the definitive versión of Miss you
Agreed!
1963-1983 was a pretty good good run of great material
20 years…
Its only Rock and Roll, Black and Blue. Some Girls, Tattoo you and Emotional Rescue are all SOLID.
I always considered the Stones as some sort of collective musical instrument with a very organic and distinctive sonic personality. To me they were a bit like a vintage wine that tastes better as it ages. This is why I never stopped appreciating their output because their unique sound has always been there, to which I always had a very physical reaction. Slave from Tattoo You might be the best example. That’s why I never expected them to write new immortal classics although on each and every one of their albums (except maybe Dirty Work) I find the old magic is still there to various degrees. However, with Charlie gone, I’m in the uncomfortable position of actually enjoying the songs but not their execution (except for the two featuring Charlie). Something is definitely missing despite the obvious craft and talent of the remaining members.
Steel wheels from 89 is one of my favourite stones albums and I really like dirty work from 86 as it has one of their best songs on, One hit to the body. Nothing wrong with voodoo lounge and bridges to Babylon has a few good tunes, the opener Flip the switch is awesome, one of Charlie's finest moments.
How can I stop is my favorite song Keith has ever sung on
@@KOSMICKEN09 Happy is my favourite Keith song.
Emotional Rescue is my favorite Stones album and I believe Hackney Diamonds is their best effort since Tattoo You.
Love almost every Rolling Stones album, with very few exceptions
This album is freaking great!!!! There are #1 hits on here.
Depending on you
Dreamy Skies
Sweet Sounds of Heaven.
I can keep going!!!
I'd hardly say the Stones sucked after 1973, they just weren't the band they were when they started. They changed quite a bit over the decades (some for worse, some for better).
Albums like Goats Head Soup, Some Girls, Tattoo You and Steel Wheels are great. Albums like Dirty Work and Bridges to Babylon are garbage.
I will always ❤ the Stones 🤘
With the exception of "Start Me Up", I thought Tattoo You was a limp collection of soggy old recordings, sung with far too much falsetto for my tastes. Their 1973-1976 albums were better than they are often given credit for; no longer the world's greatest rock band, they still were able to make professional-sounding albums with scattering of excellent songs among ordinary ones. Some Girls, on the other hand, is probably overrated, but it was a legitimate statement from the band, and it was better than the three preceding albums. Undercover gets blasted by critics, but I liked it a lot; the band was still exploring new avenues and experimenting, and if you accept that album's inner logic, it is a fine record. For me, things went off the rails after that. Dirty Work has its moments, but it also sounds garish and the band sounds disinterested. Steel Wheels and Voodoo Lounge were about as good as the '73-'76 albums, but they were looks backward, not forward. Bridges to Babylon was a fairly ugly, unexciting record, and A Bigger Bang was a color-by-numbers version of the band. The new one, on first listen, is about the same as A Bigger Bang, but with much less Charlie and a lot more pitch correction. So for me, they were great through 1972, still enjoyable and interesting through 1983, competent but kinda dull through 1994, and a shadow of their former selves (but not bad enough to suck) since then.
I stand by my quoted comment, but I will state that I love Goat's Head Soup - Mick Taylor's guitar work is haunting and the songs are full of soul . I loved Some Girls - It would have been a great goodbye and thanks for all the fish album. I also believe that artists, like athletes, peak. Athletes stop because they can no longer compete against younger better players but some artists never seem to know when to hang up the gloves. Clapton at one point, put on a suit and a porkpie hat and seemed to grow up and into an adult. I respected that at the time (of course that all fell apart quickly). Some people should just quietly retire and play instrumentals at their local pub (or evolve) instead of dragging it out and embarrassing themselves. Genres peak as well. Jagger in his 70s singing Satisfaction? Ian (probably the worst offender) wheezing his way through Aqualung? Where's the dignity? Ye gods, someone put them out of their misery. Thanks for the post - they're always appreciated. I have to go yell at some kids to get off my lawn now.
Great post! I agree with everything you said except don’t have a lawn anymore, traded it for a condo. now I just go and yell at kids.
Thanks. That makes one of you. Damn Kids!@@orno8906
I agree - I regrettably have this thing about 'old' rock stars. Keef, Jagger, Madonna etc. How old do you have to be to stop? Maybe when you physically fall down on the stage through exhaustion or cardiac arrest ? Interesting science experiment.
They haven't been the same since Mick Taylor left.
I remember chuckling when they called their 1981 compilation album, "Sucking in the Seventies". It's like even the Stones knew they sucked in the 70s.
Never been my favorite band,but they did come through with some good tracks even after 73.
More of a Kinks fan.
just my opinion, Some Girls and Tattoo You are classic Stones albums and deserve the highest regard, perhaps not quite up with early 70s but still give them the title of greatest rock ‘n’ roll band in the world.
After Goats Head Soup, I, who loved the Stones at the time, felt they only made two good LPs, Some Girls and Tattoo You. But this latter album is really only good because of hold-overs. When we heard this new album, I played Some Girls to show just how much attitude they had when they were great, and how utterly absent any sense of bite is there in this latest tired LP. with over-juiced production - everything so carefully placed and no real vibe in the playing. I do love Undercover Of The Night, a song. They did a great cover of Ain't Too Proud To Beg... bits and pieces.
Tatoo you' is really a collection of offcuts
Agreed this new record has no bite no attitude. just bad production with autotuned jagger and the album title and cover are both horrible
I don't think the new album sucks. No, it's great. I don't think the Stones made the last great album in 1973 either. "Some Girls" (1978) and "Tattoo You" (1981) are excellent albums. I don't know of any band that has managed to deliver such great music over a period of 60 years as the Stones. This band is beyond criticism.
Just the fact that a couple of old men in their 80s can still write rock, good or bad, is amazing. Will I buy the new one? Nah... I haven't bought a Stones album since "Tattoo You". But, I'm not ready to say they suck just yet.
I completely agree with your assessment, Barry. They were really good up to Tattoo You. You’ve helped me get into the Undercover album and there is a lot on there to enjoy. Dirty Work is definitely a low point, bar a couple of tracks. Steel Wheels is very solid and a return to form. Voodoo lounge is pretty good but too long. I found Bridges to B quite uneven, but Saint of Me and out of control are decent. Bigger Band has some solid stuff on it too, but too long again and too much filler. The new album is the most consistent since Tattoo You. I agree that the production is too shiny. Great video.
The Stones work past the seventies is good and bad..but..who cares? Even if some songs were good ( are they really?). I have no use for them after the Mick Taylor exit
lots of filler after ttu
@@DaveKeenertheking Yeh some truth to that. Particularly on Dirty Work….. nearly all filler. Bridges to Babylon had a lot as well. Voodoo Lounge and Bigger Band would have been very good if they’d cut 4 or 5 tracks from them. Too long. Too much filler towards the end. New album is very good…. can’t hear any filler.
Steel Wheels has some well written fresh music on it. Jagger is in fine fettle and Ronnie is having his finest moment as a Rolling Stones. Coincidentally it's the last tour I went to.
I like the new one.They have great songs on all their albums.
I suspect that after the critics of this era are long forgotten the World will still be listening to the Stones.
I’ve never been a huge Stones fan, but growing up in the 70s (my teenage years), “It’s Only Rock and Roll” still stands as my favorite. Everything else has 2-3 great songs, but this album is good all the way through. “Fingerprint File” is my favorite on the album. It’s one of the Stones best defining tunes among all of their work.
The Stones lost their way when Taylor left.
Great video and I tend to agree. The five album progression from Beggar's Banquet to Goats Head Soup unsurpassable by anyone, including the current Stones. Have still made some fantastic music since then though
The Rolling Stones Big Hits (high tide and green grass) is a great blast from the past. I'm glad I was born in the 50s.
Hi Barry. A wonderful acerbic appraisal of one of our greatest legacy bands still plowing on today. Some amusing asides to this piece that you simply must pay attention to making this a ‘must watch’ video. All the best. Dave✅✅
The only thing that sucks are the ppl who say the Stones suck.
I think they made great music all through the 70's. There was definitely a drop after Exile for a few years but Some Girls and and Tattoo You I like better than anything from the 60's era, and Black and Blue is such a unique album with great songs.
A very fair assessment. Thank you.
I have certainly had the impression that the Stones have been largely treading water for 30 years, but I think 'Hackney Diamonds' is excellent (yes, the production is no longer late 60s, but why should it be?).
I have also been watching Martin Scorsese's documentary of the Stones live in around 2008. Spectacular camera work, but you also realize that the later Stones' songs have been mostly anchored to what would work live. The Stones' four great characters: Mick Jagger flapping around like our British Angora rabbit; Keith Richards grinning constantly, like he is constantly stoned, which he probably isn't; Ronnie Wood with some excellent guitar work, but looking like he is only there as Keith's best mate; and Charlie Watts, riding the seesaw behind the drums of elegant amusement and bemusement, while laying down some spectacular drumming and controlling whatever mayhem lies before him.
Even before the great profit crash of the digital age, Jagger's nous told him that live tours were the thing. So their songs, from the 80s, have been rigorously geared to that - I don't want to sit in a room with headphones on, listening to every nuance of their later music, but it sure works live.
And 'Hackney Diamonds' actually works sitting in a room with headphones on, listening to every nuance.
Kudos!
always loved Some Girls and Tattoo You but that was the end...
For me the Rolling Stones' best years started with Aftermath in '66 and peaked between Their Satanic Majesties Request ('67) and Goats Head Soup ('73), with the strongest albums being Beggars Banquet, Let it Bleed and Sticky Fingers (in no particular order). Over the years I've grown to love everything from It's Only Rock and Roll through Tattoo You as well, though generally speaking they got progressively weaker after Exile on Main Street. Can I assume that the new record has been autotuned (and possibly quantized) to at least some extent?
I seriously doubt Mick EVER NEEDS AUTO TUNE!!! IN FACT, He'd LAUGH AT ANYONE WHO DOES!
Trump's daughter uses it BECAUSE SHE HAS TO!
I totally agree. I'd put Between the buttons near the top. Brian was integral to what they were. Taylor helped make them a powerhouse live band. And then came ' It's Only R&R.' ugh. ( I bought those albums as they came out, and felt the same at the time.)
Nobody who's around from 1973 is making music like they did in 1973! And I'm glad really, I can already listen to a lot of music from 1973, (and every other year of recorded sound) I personally think Beggar's Banquet straight on through to Tattoo You and beyond are fantastic albums full of amazing songs and incredible performances not only from the Stones but all of the great backing musicians as well. But then Undercover through a bigger Bang is great too! I guess I like/love it all! And they're not even my favorite band!
When the best thing you can say about a record is that it has great production, it's time to admit that the band has lost it. Rock and Roll is the music of youth, but they killed it stone dead and became its pall bearers.
The new album is more youthful than the young people.
Personally I find the production uses way too much compression which creates a harsh and shimmery quality with the overall sound. As someone who first saw the band in '69 and has been a fan for most of my teen and adult life, that isn't really a sound that suits them, although they got away with it on Steel Wheels. Probably because overall that album IMHO was fairly well written. In my view I've found Diamonds to be absolute shite, recycled riffs, banal lyrics and Jagger parodying Mick Jagger does not a songs album make. Cheers
I would say they've bored me to tears since 1983.
Very well put, stated and argued Sir. I find my levels of agreement with you are of the highest order.
I would love for any of the " critics " that have crawled out from under their rocks to write just one hit song then try to write an albums worth. I think they would find it a task far beyond their abilities. The Stones have written hundreds of songs some great some just ok and some downright awful but they have lasted six decades and no other band of any genre can say that 😮
Love is strong song had the stones feel
Back of my hand a blues masterpiece
And a great drum sound as well.
63 to 73 was a fun ride....
There’s a reason they’ve lasted 60 years: they’re the best at what they do. And have been since at least Satisfaction. Even if they’re not writing Paint It Black today, they’re still the greatest show on Earth.
The Stones broke up 40 years ago, but they forgot about that
Great assessment/analysis in your presentation. The Stones are a piece of Art in my opinion ? Who like many others invented themselves from nothing in to now, Creating lovingly their blues inspired by their Heroes whom later benefited from young people discovering the music and names. Seeing them perform I think on the regular size theatre stage more more often? would be great!
Never been a Stones' albums fan but they sure made/make brilliant singles.
Some Girls is a classic thrilling record.
I've never gelled with that one, but I agree it is good
I would add- yes, Jagger always tries to keep up with music trends, but this has been going on from the start. They started with Blues, later tried their hand at Psychedelic (didn't go well), went back to Blues and Rock and Roll, added influences of Reggae, Punk, and Disco (Some Girls album) and with each album tried a few other styles of the time, also in terms of production- what keyboard sounds were in, what studio effects, what drum sounds, etc.
And the whole of their career they also dabbled in country music and early country blues.
This versatility was always their style.
The Stones ended for me after the Its only Rock and Roll album and Mick Taylors departure
The Stones sucking since 1973? Nonsense! Goats Head Soup, Some Girls and Tattoo You are genuinely brilliant albums and aside for Dirty Work, all of their albums are incredibly enjoyable, if spotty. Black and Blue is pretty underrated and had they whittled it down to 10 songs, Voodoo Lounge would easily stand alongside the best Stones albums outside of the Big 4. So yeah, they sucked for a bit in the '80s but beyond that they're seldom less than good and often really damn great. Literally no other band in history has had a career like theirs. No one has kept the torch alive for genuine rock and roll to the extent that they have over these past 60-odd years.
I think Some Girls is one of their best. Beyond that, you have a point.
Some Girls is very good. Not on the level of the classic era but then, what is? I still think its a very good album.
"Miss You" - the ultimate response to disco
For me, Some Girls was their last great record. I agree Black & Blue is heavily underated. Start me Up and Undercover…were alright but probably more like death throes, sort of.
The Stones have NEVER been consistent. Everything up until Beggar’s Banquet was spotty, and SatMajReq is pretty much a mess. Then the great run comes, in which I include It’s Only RocknRoll. Black n Blue is, again, spotty, but the next three are fantastic, although Tattoo You is all 70’s material. So I give them a pretty good run from ‘68-‘82, then things fall off again, but there are a few gems after that.
Some Girls is a killer album
Personally, I think they were consistently good all the way through Some Girls.... and occasionally came out with gems like Dirty Work and Lonesome & Blue... Stripped and Shine a Light were enjoyable live albums and the odd "From the Vaults" type of releases like Tattoo You and Sucking in the Seventies kept my interest along the way... All in all they never put out an album that didn't have at least one or two great tracks... Of course the solo albums by Richards, Wood and Taylor were better than most of the Stones output since the late seventies, but that's neither here nor there...
Cheers!
Well... whatever, hipsters can hate as they please, but I love the Stones more since Beggar's Banquet all the way through Voodoo Lounge. Their pre-Banquet stuff is good, but Banquet to Voodoo is their prime for me. I like a couple things from Bridges and Bigger Bang, and I like this new one more than the latter two.
Dance on Emotional Rescue...
'undercover' on the 'undercover' album, and my favourite 'Hand of Fate' from Black & Blue... all great stuff
Some Girls, Tattoo You and Steel Wheels are all solid albums. Since then it's been hit and miss songs. If anything they are epitome of perseverance - god bless 'em.
The Stones have spent 60 years being one of the most consistently listenable bands in existence. IMO they don't have a bad album. They have their lows (Dirty Work?) but even those are still solid. For a decade or so it's become very fashonable to bash the Stones, as if it gets the critic some sort of imaginary street cred. Anyone complaining that they're "too old" seems to be more interested in image than substance. The Stones aren't my favorite band....they're top-10....but they're probably the only act on that list that I can't point and say "that album sucks".
Buffoonery, Numbskull.
JESUS PEOPLE can you write original songs for 50 years?"??
Into your 80's Stones fans are so pissy. Like they have some
musical expertise. Most of you have never written a song
in your lives. The chord progressions and have become so polished
and nice.
The Sones were cutting edge up until the early 1970s. I saw them in 1974 and they were great live. But after that they ceased being relevant as far as influencing music even though I liked Some Girls and a couple of other albums. They are what they are. I love the Stones but of course their classic period was from 1964 to 1974.
Same thing happened to Muddy Waters by the time the 80s arrived the kids preferred Spandau Ballet
Steel Wheels contained "ALMOST HEAR YOU SIGH", THIS STONES freaks second fav to "Moon light mile".
"Never make a Saint of Me" as good as "Sympathy" to me as well. Tatoo you a great unmentioned album.
I have every studio and live/compilation album up to 1983's Undercover. At that point my interest waned and I was getting into other styles of music like Jazz,some post punk and 80's pop like Pet Shop Boys,Depeche Mode etc.
Whatever anyone says about the stones...the longevity says it all..look at the audience they still have at the live shows they put on..i have all the live dvds just love watching them...after hackney diamonds more new fans will join the stones party!😊
I also like Emotional Rescue LP. Sorry.
I like that album
Tattoo You was the last great Stones LP, and I don't like Start Me Up but there are a lot of great songs on there.
Paul McCartney is playing bass on bite my head off. It sounds pretty good.
They have repeated the formula over and over and over and are geniuses on working the RS brand and stuffing their pockets in the process. Original? Never!
I am in the "sucks after 1973" group, but I quite like the album Undercover in 1983, so there is that. Definitely a strong statement to say it all sucked after 73.
1973? Some Girls is a 5 star album. Maybe after that they didn't have as good an affair. Some good songs, but not a full epic on one disc. But Some Girls is worth the full praise IMHO.