IN the middle of another seasonal X Factor melodrama, when the business of pop is at its most corporate and calculating, the last thing you need is the Rolling Stones reminding you of the industry's relentless money-syphoning side.
IN the middle of another seasonal X Factor melodrama, when the business of pop is at its most corporate and calculating, the last thing you need is the Rolling Stones reminding you of the industry's relentless money-syphoning side.
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The bare facts aren't encouraging: the Stones, celebrating their 50th anniversary, have repackaged their greatest hits for what seems like the tenth time. The cover of the new album, Grrr! features a gorilla with the trademark lapping tongue, and more than anything he reminds you of the drumming gorilla from that Cadbury's advert. There are only two new songs. Though they might be OK live (the Stones, in concert, are a formidable proposition), you instinctively know they won't be joining the canon of Stones classics.
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the Rolling Stones
IN the middle of another seasonal X Factor melodrama, when the business of pop is at its most corporate and calculating, the last thing you need is the Rolling Stones reminding you of the industry's relentless money-syphoning side.
The bare facts aren't encouraging: the Stones, celebrating their 50th anniversary, have repackaged their greatest hits for what seems like the tenth time. The cover of the new album, Grrr! features a gorilla with the trademark lapping tongue, and more than anything he reminds you of the drumming gorilla from that Cadbury's advert. There are only two new songs. Though they might be OK live (the Stones, in concert, are a formidable proposition), you instinctively know they won't be joining the canon of Stones classics.
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