Teiz wrote on Dec 1^st, 2009 at 3:00pm:



Yes...I find this odd too...My friend Richard...a HUGE fan...doesn't listen to or even know early Stones...like nothing before Flowers/Buttons...has never listened to TSMR...but gives me a CD copy of Dirty Work because he knows that I don't own or care for it...I did have the cassette when it came out...but still...he says i should own it if I am a fan...what irony that is, eh?!?

[quote author=Honky Tonk Man  Someone who was 15 in 1965 may not be as hot on Some Girls and Tattoo You as those who were teens in the late 70’s. For those as I, however, those who became fans after their peak, - around ’99-’00 - it is different. I have the hindsight and ability to look at all era’s and measure their individual greatnesses and weaknesses without nostalgia. Whether it is 1975 or 1965 neither is my era. This – initially, it must be said – enabled the young Honky Tonk Man to listen to each era and judge it fairly without any particular attachment or sense of loyalty.


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Good points Honky,
I was about 12 when i discovered Some Girls on the radio in 1979....
and i always felt that the earlier Stones fans didn't appreciate the 70s stones as i much as i did - i felt i had that same lack of nostalgia enabled me to really listen to the stones' entire catalogue up to then objectively.
I love that early stuff, it was all part of the education - sitting on a fence, backstreet girl etc....its timeless.
But, having said that, the post 68 stones period is what i go back to whereas i haven't listened to out of our heads in literally decades....
Can't put my finger on it.