GHS with WOAF & TOPS & The Stones Survival
Date: October 5, 2005 09:09
Been reading a recent thread about Goats Head Soup...want to make a point about that album, Black & Blue & Tattoo You and the survival of the Stones...which had two survival points in 1981 & 1989.
As most fans know, Waiting on A Friend & Tops were recorded during the Goats Head Soup sessions. Start Me Up was recorded during the Black & Blue Sessions.
What would your opinion of GHS be today if this was the tracklisting:
Dancing With Mr. D
100 Years Ago
Angie
Heartbreaker
Star Star
Silver Train
Tops
Winter
Coming Down Again
Waiting On A Friend
A whole different ballgame! Pretty awesome!
And if Black & Blue included Start Me Up...where on earth would the Stones be today without their two singles from Tattoo You (which we all know was a raiding of the vaults) and kept them alive throughout the 80's despite two lackluster efforts...Neighbors was the only song recorded for Tattoo You.
Not to knock off Sheryl Crow, but I guess they call it "The Greatest Mistakes".
Could you imagine the 81/82 tours happening without SMU & WOAF as singles driving the tour...I don't think so...
This gives hope that in those vaults (and I know NO SPARE PARTS from SG sessions is one of them) is Gold!
Pecman