Are the Rolling Stones the greatest rock and roll band ever?

Teyeplayer

fretmeister said:

The stones wouldn't make my top 50.

But this is where this thread has departed from the ops question, the ‘who are your top 50 bands’ thread is a different question entirely.

HAL9000

Jagger best frontman? Freddie Mercury and Lee Brilleaux were both better IMHO.

scrumhalf

I think a fair few opinions on here have been influenced by the time and manner of the FBer's listening to the Stones. If you came across each album as it was released then you are hearing an incremental body of work which with each new release took them further away from their R&B beginnings.

Consider the period that @Teyeplayer mentions, and then look at the songs that were released as singles in that time. Fantastic stuff.

I think the impact would be far smaller if your introduction to their work was at a distance of several decades and misssed boith the thrill of a new release and its comparison to what else was around at the time.

Philtre

No. Jeck Beck is.

Sorry, wrong thread.

starwarsnosebleed

Philtre said:

No. Jeck Beck is.

Sorry, wrong thread.

We all love a bit of Jeck.

ThorpyFX

no but they are the oldest and most pickled Rock and Roll band 

Teetonetal

I like the stones, but saw them on the bridges to babylon tour. So dull. They were already ready to stop then.

Freebird

Brize said:

Zoolooter said:

Freebird said:

not_the_dj said:
I’d put Springsteen at the top of my personal list. Watch those legendary late 70s and early 80s shows and he was captivating back then (and still is).

Bloody brilliant.

Until you get to the pathetic jumping at 3:35.

It seems to be a Barcelona thing cos the crowd were really into it. Old Mick would have had a heart attack if confronted with such spontaneous exuberence 

Philly_Q

I've never really known what to make of the Stones.  The first of their albums I was aware of was Some Girls, which came out when I was 14, and I guess by that stage they were already starting to be seen as past their best, or at least coming to the end of their glory years.

I'm very old - 54 - but even to me, as far back as I can remember, they've always seemed like something of a nostalgia act, one of those bands that people who never see bands go to see.  And I've always thought of Jagger as a ridiculous old tit.

Mark1960

They will certainly be up there. I actually prefer them now as opose to in their "hey day" as I think musically they are better (more skillful).

Is Mick the best front man - no

koneguitarist

I would say yes. 

MagicPigDetective

Dare I mention.....Led Zep?

Phil_aka_Pip

It's not a party until you've heard at least 10 Stones hits one after the other.

I used to love playing pool in the local to the sound of the Stones on the juke box (all the old hits, mind you!). Not sure about THE greatest but one of the greatest.