Personally I love the Stones, and I'm actually sort of cool to the 
classic 60s stuff and especially love everything from say Sticky 
Fingers on.  I don't care if other people don't like it.  If you 
don't, don't listen to it.  I mean, this is a list where you can extol 
the virtues of the Archies, ferchrissakes, and not get chastized.  I 
love the Woody/Keef vibe, think "Let Me Go" is a quintessentially 
great track, totally love stuff like "Star Star," "All the Way 
Down," "Hang Fire," and "Its Only Rock'n'Roll." I have a "Woody and 
Keef" play list on my iPod with Stones, solo, Faces, and Rod Stewart 
tracks, and it has over 300 songs in it.  I play that a lot.

When I'm not podding it, I usually go to a live Stones show from '78 
or later; I probably have over 20 live SBD shows, and I love the 
Stones live.  Again, Woody and Keef.  Classic stuff.  If you ever 
thrilled to Chuck Berry rock'n'roll guitar, I don't see how you can 
deny these guys.  And of course the live CDs are better in a way than 
actually being there, because for a while now they've sounded way 
better than they look.  The heroin chic look just doesn't work on a 60 
year old guy.

My buddy Lane Steinberg thinks I'm nuts for preferring the later 
Stones, but he says that the classic mid-60s stuff-- Between the 
Buttons, etc.-- is quintessentially great power pop.  And I've come to 
trust his judgement on that stuff.

After all, it is subjective, it is a question of judgement and taste.  
I know what I like, and am less sure what is "good."  And I know its 
only rock'n'roll, but hang me, I like it.