My Life as a Rolling Stone

Elyrex, you want a different documentary, that's not a fair review in my opinion.

This is not a documentary of the rolling stones, it's a documentary within a documentary of the individual members opinion on the stones. Yeah, mentioning Taylor and Wyman in more detail might have been interesting, but what is here is great, and the personalities really come across. There's also critiscm that Richards and Ronnie are cartoon characters that add nothing. Really? They are who they are and they come across as genuine. If you don't like them fair enough, bit they are who they are. I read Richard 's biography and I didn't think he came across as likeable but so what. People are just people and that is what makes it interesting. Me, I really liked this, I didn't find it sanitised, I found it honest and interesting with some excellent footage.

Superb and Intimate Story of the Rolling Stones, I thoroughly enjoyed it especially because the normal annoying "talking heads" are used in narration voice over and don't interrupt the images. You are told who is providing the insight with a side graphic displaying the name of the voice over.

The only thing I would have liked was more discussion regarding their songs and their writing. This is a sad omission and surprising given that the narrator and the beginning makes a point that if it wasn't for their songs they would have sunk without a trace. There is a poignent moment where the appearing on a show and the host walks up to Brian Jones and makes the statement, "So you are the writer of all the songs" and he just says "not really" and the host ignores him and starts talking to Jagger and Richards.

Some (but not all) of the criticisms of this 4-part documentary are valid. But at the same time, there is only so much that can be covered in four one-hour segments of each of the members of the band that were with it the longest.

Overall, this is well worth watching for any Stones fan. I think some people were expecting the members to fit their marketing stereotypes, and were disappointed that they did not.

Surprisingly, I found the segment on Charlie Watts to be the most interesting.

So, for Stones fans, ignore the bad ratings here and watch this. You'll likely learn stuff you never knew about one of the, if not the, best rock and roll bands of all time.

So much great older footage and concerts. A lot of insight into their thinking. Remember, in the last 500 years of man's existence, no one has lived a greater life than Mick Jagger. Think about it. Not many people are considered gods in there lifetime. Mick is...

Although an interesting documentary, I felt it was a rather sanitized and self-congratulatory focus on the four subjects. The role and influence of Brian Jones, Bill Wyman and Mick Taylor would have added both interest and perspective, but they were barely mentioned. This might have been for financial or legal reasons, but left the documentary feeling like an advert for the Stones next 'last' tour.