Comments on: The Rolling Stones – Corporate Rock at it’s Worst?

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 23:28:48 +0000

Have to agree with Serdar. Supply and demand. You say no band is worth this? But how much could the Beatles charge? I paid slightly less than this for the 2 waters tix. Worth every single penny. Stones are legends and there won’t be too many more gigs. It’s a part of history they’re selling.

By: Tim Hall

Tim Hall — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 18:37:55 +0000

What’s amusing me is that ads Google Adsense is showing as soon as I mention The Rolling Stones – it’s all pensions, wills and over-50s life insurance.

By: Serdar

Serdar — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 18:24:50 +0000

1.0246 to 1.

By: Tim Hall

Tim Hall — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 07:27:25 +0000

What’s the odds that the people who will shell out 400 quid to see The Stones are the same people that complain that there’s no good music about nowadays?

By: Serdar

Serdar — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 04:35:39 +0000

I’m reminded of the essay Lester Bangs wrote after Elvis died, in which he was amazed at the way the man, even late in his career, long after the bloom was gone from his rose, could still command obscenely high ticket prices for a performance that barely counted as one. Seeing someone perform music was not why people went to such shows. Likewise, people don’t go to a Stones concert to hear music; they go there to experience the Stones in something vaguely resembling a real-life context, which I guess for some people is worth shelling out such shillings and shekels.

So, no, this isn’t what rock’n'roll is about, if only because this isn’t even rock’n'roll.