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kovach
Wow, never put "Start Me Up" and "Thunder Island" together, but much like the discussion of The Cult's "Love Removal Machine", it certainly has the same rhythm.
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kovach
Wow, never put "Start Me Up" and "Thunder Island" together, but much like the discussion of The Cult's "Love Removal Machine", it certainly has the same rhythm.
Had never heard of that song before but there's certainly something of SMU in there...but according to [en.wikipedia.org] "The song reached #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1978" so I can't se how it could have inspired SMU in 1975 or 1977 ? Odd...As a side not I wonder if the 1975 version of SMU will ever leak, would be interesting to hear how "reggae" it really was, "Never Stop" is certainly not very "reggae" ;-)
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flight505rox
The Stones took another stab at it during 1979 sessions for Emotional Rescue, but again it bit the dust.???
Really, had anyone ever heard of this before? I thought that the "final" takes were taken from the 'Some Girls' sessions, specifically, the same day that the final take of "Miss You" was recorded. I heard Mick put some finishing touches on the vocals for the 'Tattoo You' release but NEVER heard anything that they worked on this track during 'Emotional Rescue.'
Can someone clarify if this statement by the journalist is correct?
Thanks.
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kovach
Well, sort of. I think he did some session work with Joe Walsh after the Eagles first split. I also think he was originally in the band Spirit who had a good following for quite a while and put out quite a few notable songs.
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dmay
From Naturalust: "Wish they had scrapped this one the first time and never resurrected it actually."
Couldn't agree more. There's not many Stones songs I don't like in some way, but this is one I don't like in any way. Can't tell you why. It's just one of those songs I'd turn the radio dial to escape.
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dmay
From Naturalust: "Wish they had scrapped this one the first time and never resurrected it actually."
Couldn't agree more. There's not many Stones songs I don't like in some way, but this is one I don't like in any way. Can't tell you why. It's just one of those songs I'd turn the radio dial to escape.
Well I'd suggest it was and is a fantastic song that's just suffered from overplay. It's completely ubiquitous. Any sporting event anywhere plays it. In 50 years it'll still rank as one of their signature tunes.
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dmay
From Naturalust: "Wish they had scrapped this one the first time and never resurrected it actually."
Couldn't agree more. There's not many Stones songs I don't like in some way, but this is one I don't like in any way. Can't tell you why. It's just one of those songs I'd turn the radio dial to escape.
Well I'd suggest it was and is a fantastic song that's just suffered from overplay. It's completely ubiquitous. Any sporting event anywhere plays it. In 50 years it'll still rank as one of their signature tunes.
agreed. i also believe that it garnered millions of new stones fans who would have otherwise passed the band by. countless people heard start me up on the radio or at a ball game and then worked their way backward to Let It Bleed and Aftermath.
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Title5Take1
It's funny how iconic songs can get trashed more on fan forums than anywhere. I've never seen more venom against HELLO, GOODBYE than on Beatles-fan forums.
Personally, I love and worship both START ME UP and HELLO, GOODBYE.
Does that somehow mean I'm, uh, not a Stones or Beatles fan.......?
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Title5Take1
It's funny how iconic songs can get trashed more on fan forums than anywhere. I've never seen more venom against HELLO, GOODBYE than on Beatles-fan forums.
Personally, I love and worship both START ME UP and HELLO, GOODBYE.
Does that somehow mean I'm, uh, not a Stones or Beatles fan.......?
No, it just means you have questionable taste when it comes to individual songs.
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Title5Take1
It's funny how iconic songs can get trashed more on fan forums than anywhere. I've never seen more venom against HELLO, GOODBYE than on Beatles-fan forums.
Personally, I love and worship both START ME UP and HELLO, GOODBYE.
Does that somehow mean I'm, uh, not a Stones or Beatles fan.......?
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Title5Take1
It's funny how iconic songs can get trashed more on fan forums than anywhere. I've never seen more venom against HELLO, GOODBYE than on Beatles-fan forums.
Personally, I love and worship both START ME UP and HELLO, GOODBYE.
Does that somehow mean I'm, uh, not a Stones or Beatles fan.......?
No, it just means you have questionable taste when it comes to individual songs.
The book GROWING UP WITH THE BEATLES by Ron Schaumberg is by this ostensible Beatles fanatic. And he does profess to worshipping HEY JUDE. But then he says STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER sucks, etc. etc., and he's not actually that big a Beatles fan if you add things up through the book...