"ex_cathedra" <excathedra@eboxmail.net> wrote in message
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> Hadji Derabertis <stephen.leacock@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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> > Stoney wrote:
> >
> > > What a bunch of sell-outs ? They went from one of my favorite all time
> > > rock bands to one of my least.
> > >
> > > First, the Best Buy DVD bullshit. They are so money hungry, that they
> > > would shut out a lot of the 'small record shops' that have been
> > > supporting them for all of these years. I'm glad that any retailer
> > > with balls is pulling all of their products off of the shelves in time
> > > for Christmas. They don't have a clue about their audience and have
> > > lost touch with their fans.
> > >
> > > Second, that asshole Mick taking that knighthood, What a jerk. What a
> > > pompous jerk-off. He and the band have lost all of their rock 'n roll
> > > respectability and have become a major joke in a very short time.
> >
> > I agree with you on that 40 flicks thing. Here in Canada only 'future
> > shop' stores can carry and sell it. That was a stupid thing to do.
> > Especially since all of these record stores and smaller chains have been
> > selling their stuff, supporting and promoting them for years. Many
record
> > stores up  here have pulled all of their Stones records from their
> > shelves. For instance, you can no longer buy any Rolling Stones music or
> > video/dvds at any HMV outlet. Which is a big chian up here.
> > I still like the band, but hearing them belt out those boring extended
> > endings to their live songs has really ruined it for me and a lot of my
> > fellow Stones buddies as well. Their $350 dollar a pop  tickets didnt
> > abide too well   with Stones fans either. Plus 40 licks was a rip-off!
> > Jason~~
>
>    Can't be knight in the evil empire unless you are =-D
>  Why do you think they picked him ?
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I'm a musician and engineer, and I agree 100%. Unlike artists with
integrity, such as Neil Young, the Doors, and Frank Zappa, the Stones were
always greedy, crassly commercial sellouts. They lost my respect the day
they started sucking up to the awful disco fad - back in 1978, I think it
was. The Beatles would never do that, despite Paul's tendency towards doing
commercial "silly love songs."

As with Bruce Springsteen (to a lesser degree than the Stones), I like alot
of their music but I'd never spend a cent on it.