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Originally Posted by TheBig3KilledMyRainDog
To Josepy - Quitting at the top of your career means you were in it for the fame. Bands that keep playing love the music. Im interested in your opinion of "A Bigger Bang" because I don't see a problem with that CD at all. Please tell me how its the stones falling. Because its no Gimmie Shelter or Tumbling Dice. I think your high regard of the beatles is the lore and the overall vibe toward them. You're told their the greatest, so you say so. If you disagree with that last sentence, then tell me why a band must quit when they stop making hit singles.
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Well, first I need to say, that's it's not the "overall vibe" which makes me love the Beatles. I grew up with them because my parents love them. We got every single Beatles record (I hope to inherit them one day). They were the first band I got to listen to and I think that's what remains...My parents love the Stones too and I listened to them as well. I still do. But if I had to pick either the Stones or the Beatles, then I'd always choose the Beatles because there's no other band which influenced my taste in music the way they did. That's the way I feel about them and I don't mind if you pick the Stones for your own personal reasons... That's only my point of view.
I didn't mean to say that you should quit your career when you realise that commercial success starts decreasing. What I wanted to say is that you should stop when you realise that it's getting worse. As I said already, I love the Stones for what they were in the past, but nowadays? I don't like their latest stuff and the point is: Wasn't Rock & Roll meant for the youth? That's what it's all about - the youth. Rebellion. Rebellion of the youth. The youth is rebellion. A 62-year-old man who still tries to behave like a 20-year-old boy can't be message and sense of Rock & Roll music.
I can't deny: The Stones are legendary. And world wouldn't be the same without them.
But my heart belongs to the Beatles.