Very good article using data from a methodology with which it is hard to argue.
However, I’m going to give it a try and vote Rolling Stones here. Since you mentioned Exile, I’ll throw out my first experience with the album. It was a fall of 1972, I was in high school, and had spent the summer in Asia while reading about their 1972 US tour…
Very good article using data from a methodology with which it is hard to argue.
However, I’m going to give it a try and vote Rolling Stones here. Since you mentioned Exile, I’ll throw out my first experience with the album. It was a fall of 1972, I was in high school, and had spent the summer in Asia while reading about their 1972 US tour. Upon arrival back in the states, I bought the album, put on side one, turned it up louder than my mother allowed, and laid on my bed to listen. I was literally blown away by their perspective on music and my attitude about rock music irreversibly changed the moment the first chord was struck.
Anyway, fast-forward to 2024. The Beatles have been broken up since 1970 while the lineup for the Rolling Stones has remained relatively unchanged. Yes, we all know the history that Brian Jones was kicked out and replaced by Mick Taylor, who quit a few years later and was replaced, by Ron Wood in 1975, who actually served as a hired hand until the early 1990s. Bill Wyman left and has not been replaced. Darryl Jones fills in well but he is also a hired hand, a very good one, rather than a “member“. Sadly, Charlie Watts has passed, and Steve Jordan has very ably filled his role, again, as a side musician.
I would think longevity and stability should be significant overriding factors.
Very good article using data from a methodology with which it is hard to argue.
However, I’m going to give it a try and vote Rolling Stones here. Since you mentioned Exile, I’ll throw out my first experience with the album. It was a fall of 1972, I was in high school, and had spent the summer in Asia while reading about their 1972 US tour. Upon arrival back in the states, I bought the album, put on side one, turned it up louder than my mother allowed, and laid on my bed to listen. I was literally blown away by their perspective on music and my attitude about rock music irreversibly changed the moment the first chord was struck.
Anyway, fast-forward to 2024. The Beatles have been broken up since 1970 while the lineup for the Rolling Stones has remained relatively unchanged. Yes, we all know the history that Brian Jones was kicked out and replaced by Mick Taylor, who quit a few years later and was replaced, by Ron Wood in 1975, who actually served as a hired hand until the early 1990s. Bill Wyman left and has not been replaced. Darryl Jones fills in well but he is also a hired hand, a very good one, rather than a “member“. Sadly, Charlie Watts has passed, and Steve Jordan has very ably filled his role, again, as a side musician.
I would think longevity and stability should be significant overriding factors.
I am a rookie on Substack and cannot figure out to edit my above comment. Since the edit is not terribly meaningful, I’ll do without.