When did the Stones start to lose it?

[pinball63]

Some Girls is the end I believe, after that is just blah. Pretty much brilliant to that point though, amazing band!

[whojamfan]

I can't listen to anything they did in march of 67. Once april hit I was ok with it.

All these years they have been selling albums and selling out concerts so they must be doing something right. One might attribute this to it being "fashionable" to go see them as they have become an instituition. Whatever the reason is, at 60+ they are still doing it.

Yes, the band has reinvented itself a few times over the years, but even some of their Brian Jones era songs aren't that great. "Her Satanic Majestys Request" is absolute proof of that, but contains 2 of my favorite Stones songs. I don't think they ever lost it, I think that they have not lived up to the sound we wish they still had, and therefore dismissed them as taking a turn for the worse. Also, being played to death on the radio is enough to turn you off of anything.

The Beatles were smart, they broke up on top, and left the public wanting more. Can you imagine what they would have ended up sounding like had they not?

[mgauction]

Anything after "Sticky Fingers." They just became rock stars after that.

[tamborineman]

Loved the B. Jones era. Shortly before Taylor joined the Stones I had the luck of seeing him with John Mayhal-Bluesbreakers. Clapton was in town with Cream and stopped in to jam. Needless to say it was awsome. Taylor[only about 18 years old at the time] was definately cut out of the same cloth as E.C.
When Mick Taylor joined the Stones I thought it gave them new life. Keith's guitar playing seemed to improve too. Taylor carried on when Clapton went south. When he left, the 'Self-Tribute Band' was born. All imho of course.

[kiramdear]

I already gave my opinion, but I'll add my echo to Hank's comment about Mick Taylor. He carried them well through their last great albums. Sorry, but when Ron joined it looked to me like they quit trying to be creative and became "mere" (if formidable) showmen.

[antipodean]

Some Girls is the end I believe, after that is just blah. Pretty much brilliant to that point though, amazing band!

I totally agree!!!! There's some inventive stuff on Some Girls, and lots of mediocre trash thereafter....

[drumbob]

I think that the thread should be called when did you start to lose interest in the Rolling stones.Its a personal thing and to say that a group has lost it when they are still selling and touring seems strange to me,but everyone has an opinion and being a forum that's what its all about..

Agreed. I have never lost interest in them and never will. Although some of the recent albums have not been on a level of what they did on say, Exile or Beggars Banquet, there have been great songs on every Stones album from the beginning. I love the song "Rough Justice," for instance. I liked the Mick Taylor years, I liked the Brian Jones era, but I like them best with Ron Wood.

Personally, my favorite Stones album is Some Girls. Woody came in and energized them into playing some kickass rock n' roll. I saw them on that tour in a 3000 seat hall and they were amazing. I was there when Scorsese filmed Shine A Light at the Beacon last year, and I thought they were good, but not as good as I had seen them previously. Keep in mind that The Stones are pretty much a well-oiled live machine at this point. They have their show down cold.

By the way, I made the final cut of the movie. I found myself for a split second in the balcony toward the end of "Tumbling Dice."