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- LETTERS, Page 9ROCK ROLLS ON
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- The Rolling Stones may be growing old, but they're not
- gathering any moss."
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- Louis M. Philips Albany
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- After all these years, the Rolling Stones finally made it
- to the cover (MUSIC, Sept. 4). Now they can sing, in truth,
- "TIME is on my side/ Yes it is."
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- Mary C. Dixon Alexandria, Va.
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- Is it Just My Imagination or are they truly the greatest
- rock-'n'-roll band in the world? It's Only Rock 'n Roll, but
- when the Stones do it, it's much, much more.
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- Daniel J. Herbert Chicago
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- I am a 14-year-old who respectfully disagrees with your
- article on '60s rockers making it big now. I admire the old rock
- groups the way I do George Washington, but today really belongs
- to musicians like U2 and Metallica. Their music is high energy,
- and the lyrics are strong and meaningful. Current music is not
- all sex, drugs and Satan. I don't know anyone under 30 who would
- pay $28.50 to watch a rock dinosaur relive its past.
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- Thomas Markley Worcester, Mass.
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- In your Rolling Stones story, Jay Cocks made the comment,
- "Ask what made more sense to your life: any novel by V.S.
- Naipaul or any record by Bob Dylan." Any record by Dylan? Though
- I love Bobby, as long as the times keep a-changin', I'll stick
- with Naipaul's vivid social and political analysis rather than
- with Dylan's boring middle age.
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- Bret Falk Los Angeles
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- The Rolling Stones have saved my life more than once. They
- reflected the energy, passion and truth I was trying to live
- while rock 'n' rolling. And when it all came crashing down too
- hard, I could turn them up and they wouldn't let me down. Their
- new album, Steel Wheels, is a brave and joyous testament to
- aging and growth over death and denial. It's Only Rock 'n Roll,
- but I live it with the Stones.
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- Richard Sassin Santa Monica, Calif.
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