{"id":2490,"date":"2010-01-03T13:55:05","date_gmt":"2010-01-03T18:55:05","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2010-01-03T13:55:31","modified_gmt":"2010-01-03T13:55:31","slug":"my-favorite-stone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/my-favorite-stone\/","title":{"rendered":"My Favorite Stone"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Not pictured…<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

I’m a little surprised at the early votes rolling in for Keith Richards<\/strong> (4 of the first 6 respondents) in our current poll requesting your choice for second<\/em>-favorite member of The Rolling Stones<\/strong>. I thought for sure that Keef would not get many votes on account of being the obvious favorite. Perhaps Townspeople misread the question and thought they were voting for their favorite. Perhaps Keef was voted as second-favorite Stone behind the choice that only my most cynical brain cells could imagine rock nerds voting for as Favorite Stone: Mick Taylor<\/strong>. Perhaps – and this is hard for me to imagine, but it would be nice – these Townspeople who voted for Keef as #2 Stone agree with my choice for Favorite Stone:
\nMick Jagger<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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I’ll admit it, I’m a Mick man!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Considering that the Stones are barely worth listening to past Exile<\/em> or Some Girls<\/em> or Tattoo You<\/em>, if you must, any credit that present-day Keef gets for maintaining his rock ‘n roll credibility<\/em> and keeping the ship afloat<\/em> is worth a hill of beans. Considering that the early version of the band made its mark on as many covers as it did originals, I say that Jagger’s showman’s snarl and humor made the difference as much as any of Richards’ musical firepower. That late-60s through Exile<\/em> period also gets a boost from Mick’s larger-than-life leadership, and I don’t know the ins and outs of all songwriting efforts by the Stones, but isn’t Mick the primary lyricist? I love much of the Stones’ lyrics from their two main golden eras, and I think the lyrics continue to be an important part of what I consider their last great effort, Some Girls<\/em>. Go Mick!<\/p>\n

In declaring Mick as my Favorite Stone, I’m willing to overlook the clown he turned into as early as his “Satanic” spell on Rock ‘n Roll Circus<\/em>. Almost nothing in rock was lamer than his football pants and Capezios Look during the band’s Tattoo You<\/em> period, but Mick’s still my Stone. I like his attitude, and he’s got great hair to boot. <\/p>\n

How about you? Who’s your Favorite Stone? What challenges to your favorite Stone’s legacy have you had to overlook\/forgive?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Not pictured… I’m a little surprised at the early votes rolling in for Keith Richards (4 of the first 6 respondents) in our current poll requesting your choice for second-favorite member of The Rolling Stones. I thought for sure that Keef would not get many votes on account of being the obvious favorite. Perhaps Townspeople […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[342],"tags":[45],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2490"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2490\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}