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Old 12.14.2006, 01:27 AM   #1
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What if the other Rolling Stones hadn't murdered him? Would we have Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers, and Exile? Or would we have them but they'd be filled with sitar and other wild things? Would the Stones sound like the Brian Jonestown Massacre?

Under Brian's influence, maybe Keith would have stayed off junk and become an acid head instead. Maybe Mick would have been less of a socialite. Maybe Brown Sugar would have an Indian raga break instead of a sax solo.

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Old 12.14.2006, 01:31 AM   #2
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the only good thing that would come of him being alive is the fact that the stones would have broken up years ago as they should have.
if brian had been around keith would still have been on the brown. mick would still have been a prissy bitch. brown sugar would have sucked.
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Old 12.14.2006, 01:31 AM   #3
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we might have had them but they would sound different, although my real guess is that he would have quit the stones and then form another band or gone solo and, depending on his level of ego-centritcness and number of yesmen he surrounded himself with, be either great or incredibly bad.
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Old 12.14.2006, 01:32 AM   #4
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my guess is that he would have left anyway and gone off and done some flowery psychedelic bullshit. and just for the record, keith was doing smack when brian was still in the band.
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Old 12.14.2006, 01:34 AM   #5
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Fools, he was already kicked out of the group when he drowned/was killed/died/whatever, nothing would have changed at all!
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These are interesting theories. At least to me.

I'd like to hear something really absurd and unfounded, though. Anyone?
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Fools, he was already kicked out of the group when he drowned/was killed/died/whatever, nothing would have changed at all!
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What if the other Rolling Stones hadn't murdered him?

this statement seems to entail that the stones alienated him and eventually ended up firing him, and i believe what our dear record collecting friend is asking of us is what would have happened if things worked out with brian. which they didn't, thankfully.
apparently he was a real son of a bitch. i know he beat anita and had a gaggle of illegitimate kids.
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I think Brian would have joined the Beatles. Paul would leave in a huff, George would be fascinated at having a kind of soul mate in the band, and John would choose to keep the band together and the Beatles would go on to make crazy psychedelic shit throughout the 70s.
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sorry to be a smart ass but, murdered him means alienated? i thought gmku meant actually murdered cause that is a stupid fucking theory that some people actually believe.
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Old 12.14.2006, 01:40 AM   #11
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I'd like to hear something really absurd and unfounded, though. Anyone?
brian jones is still alive.
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sorry to be a smart ass but, murdered him means alienated? i thought gmku meant actually murdered cause that is a stupid fucking theory that some people actually believe.

do you not understand that the english language is flexible to a certain extent and that some words can be used to magnify the severity of a situation?
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I think Brian would have joined the Beatles. Paul would leave in a huff, George would be fascinated at having a kind of soul mate in the band, and John would choose to keep the band together and the Beatles would go on to make crazy psychedelic shit throughout the 70s.

i think thats fairly obvious
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sorry to be a smart ass but, murdered him means alienated? i thought gmku meant actually murdered cause that is a stupid fucking theory that some people actually believe.

NO, the lovely and insightful Cantankerous is correct. I was speaking metaphorically with tongue half in cheek. And stop being so damned contentious. Maybe you haven't caught on yet that we try to be cordial around here, for the most part.
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brian jones is still alive.

do you not understand that the english language is flexible to a certain extent and that some words can be used to magnify the severity of a situation?

"... you know sometimes words have two mea-eanings..."
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brian jones is still alive.

do you not understand that the english language is flexible to a certain extent and that some words can be used to magnify the severity of a situation?

no i do, but if he happens to use the fucking word "murder", im goign to think thats exactly what he meant, because people do believe, that rolling stones, mick or keith or whatever, actually physically murdered him. And anyways, I think we are both wrong now, since it appears gmku is just fucking around.
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what if the stones stayed together and were still making albums and touring?

That's ridiculous! And Keith would wear metal bits in his hair. Right! Ha!
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no i do, but if he happens to use the fucking word "murder", im goign to think thats exactly what he meant, because people do believe, that rolling stones, mick or keith or whatever, actually physically murdered him. And anyways, I think we are both wrong now, since it appears gmku is just fucking around.

People, people, can we all just get along. Brothers and sisters, what are we fighting for?
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no i do, but if he happens to use the fucking word "murder", im goign to think thats exactly what he meant, because people do believe, that rolling stones, mick or keith or whatever, actually physically murdered him. And anyways, I think we are both wrong now, since it appears gmku is just fucking around.
i like how literally you think. the mark of a true american.

well shit. now i sound like gwyneth paltrow.
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no i do, but if he happens to use the fucking word "murder", im goign to think thats exactly what he meant, because people do believe, that rolling stones, mick or keith or whatever, actually physically murdered him. And anyways, I think we are both wrong now, since it appears gmku is just fucking around.

There is one who got it right, and one who got it wrong. Let's set it straight:

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