# Should I go see the Rolling Stones?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-go-see-the-rolling-stones/658172>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 12, 2013, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-go-see-the-rolling-stones/658172 "2013-05-12T21:04:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-go-see-the-rolling-stones/658172/21 "2013-05-14T02:05:46Z")

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> [@scabpicker](#):
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> And if it was King Crimson you wanted, you could probably assemble a decent cover band for that price from the local music school. Even prog rock is rarely all that. (Ok, my experience here may be skewed by having a good music school nearby. YMMV)

I shoot video [for an excellent one.](http://youtu.be/F0hSkVUcD_0)

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**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-go-see-the-rolling-stones/658172/22 "2013-05-14T05:55:30Z")

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> [@gaffa](#):
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> I shoot video [for an excellent one.](http://youtu.be/F0hSkVUcD_0)

Indeed you do, and they would have been way more up my alley for lunch listening than the One O’clock Lab Band was. I am an ungrateful lout, though.

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**Author:** ![Slade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@Slade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slade)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-go-see-the-rolling-stones/658172/23 "2013-05-14T16:49:45Z")

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> [@gaffa](#):
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> Keith himself said that all you need to play his guitar parts is “six strings, two fingers and one asshole.”

Of the three remaining original members, I think we can all guess which part Jagger plays in that equation.

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**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-go-see-the-rolling-stones/658172/24 "2013-05-14T16:52:27Z")

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> [@Slade](#):
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> Of the three remaining original members, I think we can all guess which part Jagger plays in that equation.

Keith was referring to himself.

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**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-go-see-the-rolling-stones/658172/25 "2013-05-14T17:29:21Z")

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> [@WordMan](#):
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> Keith was referring to himself.

Yes. It was clear in the original context of the quote.

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**Author:** ![Slade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@Slade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slade)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-go-see-the-rolling-stones/658172/26 "2013-05-14T18:48:09Z")

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Yes, I know. Almost as if I deliberately reinterpreted his remark for comic effect, isn’t it?

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**Author:** ![Slade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@Slade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slade)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-go-see-the-rolling-stones/658172/27 "2013-05-14T18:49:35Z")

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> [@WordMan](#):
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> Keith was referring to himself.

I know. Almost as if I was deliberately misinterpreting his remark for comic effect, isn’t it?

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