THE STONES THEY'VE PLUGGED BACK IN -- AND ELECTRIC IT WAS

From: The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) | Date: September 2, 1989| Author: | Copyright information

PHILADELPHIA - The Rolling Stones played 28 songs in their tour opener Thursday for 55,000 ultra-juiced fans at Veterans Stadium, but none packed more meaning than their signature tune, "It's Only Rock 'n' Roll," with its wise-crack line: "But I like it." The song was accompanied by a special video of early concert clips of the Stones, the Beatles, Who, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Buddy Holly, Led Zeppelin and Bill Haley.

Their many faces flashed on the screen, while the point was flashed home to the crowd: The Stones have outlasted them all and become the official torch-bearers of ...

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