During the 60's and the early 70's, the Stones were something more than a rock-and-roll band. Albums like ''Beggars Banquet,'' ''Let It Bleed'' and ''Exile on Main Street'' articulated some of the thoughts and aspirations of an entire generation, and even the Rolling Stones' troubles - the murder at their free concert in Altamont, their drug arrests - seemed to mirror the troubles their generation of young fans was experiencing. Whatever the Rolling Stones did, they mattered. They weren't just a musical group, they were news.

The Rolling Stones' remarkable endurance over the decades shows that rock and roll has grown up. It has its own tradition now, and the Stones embody that tradition; their music is rooted in traditional verities, in rhythm-and-blues and soul music, and it has remained relevant while more ephemeral pop fashions have come and gone.

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