1. - Agree with the premise of this thred
2.   Last waltz for this group ('Hang It Up').
3. Caught the Stone act 4 times in my day (age 69)

    1967 @ Hollywood Bowl w/Buffalo Springfield as opening act
      All I remember is Mick, back to the audience, playing the
      tambourine on his bum

    Early '70s w/ BB King, Ike and Tina Turner Review, Terry Riley
      Could no fathom why the Stone were top billing

    Early '80s tour w/ George Thorogood opening act (bad to the bone)
      Lots of stage netting for acrobatics and Mick's 'simian'
      posturing

    Sticky Finger Tour (mid '90s) - playing in DC Football stadium
      (concrete fishbowl) that "did not rock". Lots of stage
      gimmicks.

Always amazed that our mid '60s junior high dances played tunes that are still on the airwaves today.

Skimming thru Keith Richard's LIFE rock bio these days.
His power-chord rock riffs (Start Me Up, Tumblin' Dice and Jumpin' Jack Flash) are he Stones highlights to me, followed by Mick's songwriting, Charlie's Harpo Marx style drumming and Bill Wymans straight face bass riffs are the best for me. So much human 'road kill' in the ascendancy of this group.

Hang it Up
voyager