New York — Ladies and gentlemen, the Rolling Stones.
With Wednesday's expected announcement of a new Stones tour, those words will again signal the start of a rock `n' roll show. Young music fans may wonder why there's still a fuss over dad's, or grandpa's, favorite band. Here are five reasons to care.
1. Living History: Elvis Presley is dead. The Beatles will never perform again. The Who is down to two originals. Membership of rock's Greatest Generation is fading. The Stones, Bob Dylan and Paul McCartney are links to a special time in music history, and you can still see them in concert. If the Stones' form of classic rock moves you, it's hard to conceive of a band today building such an impressive catalog in the same style. Fashion, and the business, has moved on.
2. Live Band: They'll never admit it, but deep down the Stones surely know they haven't...
With Wednesday's expected announcement of a new Stones tour, those words will again signal the start of a rock `n' roll show. Young music fans may wonder why there's still a fuss over dad's, or grandpa's, favorite band. Here are five reasons to care.
1. Living History: Elvis Presley is dead. The Beatles will never perform again. The Who is down to two originals. Membership of rock's Greatest Generation is fading. The Stones, Bob Dylan and Paul McCartney are links to a special time in music history, and you can still see them in concert. If the Stones' form of classic rock moves you, it's hard to conceive of a band today building such an impressive catalog in the same style. Fashion, and the business, has moved on.
2. Live Band: They'll never admit it, but deep down the Stones surely know they haven't...
- 4/2/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
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