At Least I Gotta Hand it to Them
By Jim Bauer
@porwest (112041)
United States
May 6, 2026 7:33am CST
If you've been paying attention to music news, you know that there will be a new release soon by legendary rock band, The Rolling Stones, which will be a 14-track LP featuring some drum parts from Charlie Watts, added post-partum of course, and will feature guest musicians like Paul McCartney, the Cure's Robert Smith, RHCP's Chad Smith and Steve Winwood.
2023 was their last release with Hackney Diamonds.
Whenever these legendary bands put out new stuff, they do well, but the music never even remotely comes close to what made them legends to begin with. None of the songs will likely become iconic in the way the ones that will live on forever and made them famous will.
But still, you have to hand it to them for still doing what they love and giving their fans something new to at least admire.
I listened to two early releases, In the Stars, and Rough and Twisted, and the only impression I'd have of them are this; if these songs were released and performed by anyone else, no one would listen to them at all, and likely no one would even know they existed.
That's not to say they aren't good songs. But it is to say they are not of the legendary fare we became used to. In other words, anyone could have written these songs.
They are written and performed by The Rolling Stones, but they are not Rolling Stones songs, if you know what I mean.
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@LooeyVille (89)
• United States
12h
I saw that headline yesterday and was in shock that these octogenarians were still putting out new music.
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@porwest (112041)
• United States
11h
Many old bands still do. Like I said, you gotta hand it to them. But the songs mostly are just 'meh.' It's kind of like fast food restaurants. They're always coming up with new sandwiches. But the ones that sell the best always remain the one's that made them famous.
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@LooeyVille (89)
• United States
11h
@porwest That's a good analogy. Kind of like the White Castle story I posted about the other day that they're coming out with a chicken fajita slider. Just stick with the little square burgers. Hell, Mick Jagger at 82 has way more energy and flexibility than I do at 61. 
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@porwest (112041)
• United States
11h
@LooeyVille Both Jagger and Richards piss me off. WAY too healthy for their age and lifestyle, yet there they are. Incidentally, whenever I go to White Castle, that's all I get. Just the little square burgers.
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@lovebuglena (51662)
• Staten Island, New York
9h
Interesting. I did not hear about this. Could it be they are not the ones that actually wrote the songs?
What did you mean by post-partum I’m in this case?
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@lovebuglena (51662)
• Staten Island, New York
3h
@porwest I think artists should write their own songs. At the very least, cowrite them.
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@porwest (112041)
• United States
3h
@lovebuglena Sometimes people have certain talents and songwriting just isn't one of them. Take Elvis Presley. He didn't write any of his songs. He did receive a few co-writing credits, but it was due to a business arrangement, not because he actually contributed to the songwriting process.
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@Marilynda1225 (90430)
• United States
10h
I know exactly what you mean. I haven't heard those songs yet but at least you gave us a heads up what to expect
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@RasmaSandra (96966)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
2h
Hey, I say if you can be like the Energizer Bunny, keep at it. Probably if they would stop the action they might just whither away.
@Deepizzaguy (120918)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
2h
It is amazing that the Rolling Stones are still making music for such a long time.
@Ineeddentures (31493)
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1h
I will go and listen to In the Stars, and Rough and Twisted
I will be back to tell you what I think
And I have been a Rolling Stones fan since the early 60,s
I think I know a Stones song when I hear it.
