Re: Your Enemy: George Soros

I am not going to knock the stuff the Stones did with Brian Jones, but the era of Mick Taylor was hands down the best the Stones ever did. Bar none. End of story. It is sort of like comparing the early naive Beatles to what they accomplished later during their era of composing masterpieces. The Stones started off as a singles band, much like the Beatles, but their glory years, and the years they really helped redefine RocknRoll were from the albums Beggars Banquet through Exile on Main St. Even though Jones played on Beggars Banquet and made some great instumental contributions, his influence on the direction of the music was very minimal, and he only played on two tracks of Let it Bleed, very much in a supporting role. You can't deny the role that Jones played in the Stones, but ultimately he is like Syd Barret - he was the original leader of the band and set their early direction and maybe (in the case of Syd) was an inspiration for the masterpieces that were to follow, but anyone who tries to hold up the Syd or Brian eras as the high point of the Stones or Floyd is sorely lacking in what constitutes a great or classic album. 1962-1968 Stones can't even be compared to 1968-1972 Stones. Richards didn't really start playing with an open G tuning until 1969.