The Rolling Stones' Job Satisfaction Survey

by Michael Fowler


Mick, Keith, et al, please give this 5 minutes of your time so we can determine the best direction for the band. -Thanks, Tom, yer mgr.

I have been a Rolling Stone since
1) Time immemorial
2) 1963-1969 (this one's for you, Brian)
3) Whenever what's-his-name quit
4) So long I've forgotten what ya-yas are

I believe that the Stones will remain a viable business until
1) Mick dies
2) Keith dies
3) Charlie dies
4) Hell freezes over

The Stones' last truly cool recording is
1) On vinyl
2) On acetate
4) They never made one

The musical direction the Stones should take next is
1) Mariachi punk fusion
2) Karaoke friendly
3) Blues rehash again
4) Christian metal
5) Ambient

I would rather be a Stone than have a solo career
1) You got it
2) Eh
3) No way
4) At this point I'd rather clean latrines than be a Rolling Stone

Kids today think of the Rolling Stones as
1) Remote ancestors
2) Seniors
3) Golden Oldies
4) Solid Classics
5) Primordial soup

The Stones are best known for
1) Using drugs
2) Having never worked
3) Ripping off African American blues artists
4) Bucking retirement

What's most lacking these days is
1) A purpose
2) Music
3) Brian
4) Bill
5) The sixties
6) A benefits package

What I fear most about live concerts is
1) Being physically attacked while on stage
2) Dying of natural causes while on stage
3) Forgetting the words and music to all the songs
4) Getting winded after one number
5) The cutest bird up front is 55

While I'm in the studio I prefer to
1) Take cocaine and rock out
2) Take cocaine and then a long nap
3) Take cocaine and then dial 911
4) Have someone else take my cocaine

When I hear the guitar intro to "Satisfaction," I want to
1) Kick out the jams
2) Break out the ibuprofen
3) Unplug
4) Quit

I feel that most Rolling Stones fans are
1) Still rockin'
2) Badly overweight
3) Not too keen anymore
4) Deceased

I feel that the current brand of Rolling Stone music
1) Aggravates my tinnitus
2) Should have more of a sedative effect
3) Has too many notes
4) Still appeals to our fans who aren't really listening anyway

The best thing about being a Rolling Stone is
1) Not having to wait in line at the pusher
2) Not having to do anything for free
3) Not having to wait in line at the blood bank

The worst thing about being a Rolling Stone is
1) Being fed up to here with riches and fame
2) All these lines in me face
3) Having to stay thin instead of eating all the curly fries I want
4) Hating rock and hankering for Handel

If I weren't a Rolling Stone I'd be
1) A solo act
2) Home gardening
3) On relief
4) An Elvis impersonator
5) A Mick impersonator
6) Very badly deceased
7) I'll always be a Stone

The greatest band in the world is
1) The Rolling Stones
2) Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers
3) The Beatles cause they're over

The only person cooler than Mick is
1) Elvis and he's dead
2) Keith and he's dead
3) Tony Blair
Thanks mates. We'll meet for lunch Friday and go over the results--Tom.


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