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We do have quite a few good musical performers, my personal being Blue Man Group (musical geniuses). But while not everyone is a Dixie fan certain music does stay with us through the ages, everyone knows who Mozart or Louis Armstrong are. While they don't show up at super bowl you would be hard pressed to not find them in hosts of videos. Rolling stones inspire strong emotion in the public, an easy pick.
Ummm I love his music but he's not famous because of his good looks.

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you spelled mick jagger wrong

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Well I enjoyed them... even if it was 1 in the morning.

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Mic is his nic-name :^)

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I have been to two Stones concerts, and I thought that it was hilarious how when they showed the crowd, it was a whole lot of 20 year old girls... not the usual Rolling Stones fan, who is in at least his middle to late 40s.

I must admit that 4 out of the six cd changers in my car are devoted to Rolling Stones CD (my dad is a nut, and he passed that honor down to me), and I must say that their performance on TV during the super bowl didn't do them justice. You need to actually be there, with a twenty-foot string of speakers about 50 ft from your face... its face melting good and guaranteed to make you partially deaf for at least the rest of the night.

That and McCartney's proformance last year was amazing... especially if you were there... :cool: Go E. A. G. L. E. S. EAGLES! (even if they sucked this year)
Not that I don't like more current music, but the Stones are still one of the best classic rock bands ever, even with Kieth Richards being a half-dead zombie and all of them old enough to be grandparents. They can still rock a hard show...

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It's really quite simple.
During the 60s and 70s who was recording and distributing the music? There were many small record labels that many of the 'great rockers' came from. There were also small radio stations around the country that played what their listeners wanted to hear.
Now, all the music labels either have merged with one another, or are part of one big association. And the radio stations are a joke. Try to find two in your area that are not owned by Clearchannel. There isn't as much freedom in the music industry today.
There is very good music being made today, but, in most cases, you have to go find it. It's not going to find you.

Enter podcasting. To steal from Outback Steakhouse, 'No Rules, Just Right'. Podcasters can play any artist that lets them. Podcasters can play any and all genres they want to. Podcasters can go for any length they want to. Podcasters do not have a boss to listen to. I believe that podcasting will change modern radio.

By the way, I don't listen to the radio at all. I make a CD three or four times a week with all my podcasts that I listen to in the car.

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Regarding last years' ordeal, I suppose they figured that Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction didn't offend enough people, so if Mick Jagger had a wardrobe malfunction, it would offend everyone.

Kidding.

More seriously, I think it's more that they have set a legacy in music, that they will live on beyond their years. I personally feel the "stars" of today seem to lack true talent as those of the past are, usually basing their "talent" on looks and commercialism.

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I have to agree with you. If you look at the Stones now, even though they are burnt out on whatever drugs they had been taking in the past and are into their 60s now, they are still as popular as ever before. They still come out with new CDs and people buy them. For just some reason, I don't see many of todays "stars" achieving that kind of timelessness.

They still can put on a great show, and some people can't appreciate that it was "just a bunch of old guys," as a few people in my chem class put it. I've been to two of their shows recently, and I must say, they sound much better live and in person then they do on TV and CDs, even now. During the superbowl, the music wasn't loud enough compared to Mick Jagger's voice, so it wasn't the best example, but I'd rather see someone who is one of the greats in music then one of todays "stars" who may be forgotten in a few years.

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Four thoughts:
1. Look at the ticket sales from the past several years, look at who's leading the box office. Rolling Stones, U2, Aerosmith, Paul McCartney, these are the guys people pay big money to see live. Sure, they don't have a current BIG hit, but as far as live performances go, big hits are fleeting and may not translate to the stage well.
2. I thought McCartney was absolutely astonishingly amazing last year, and I feel sad that so many people instantly forgot his performance.
3. I thought it was in poor taste to censor Mick's lyrics. If you believe somebody to be objectionable, don't book him.
4. Shame on the folks for trying to jam the Motown performers in the pregame show. It was cool to see everybody up there together, but it seemed forced and last-minute (which it was). The Stones were a good choice, but keep them for a town less musically inclined (like Chicago or New Orleans or Seattle or San Fransisco :p )