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tumblingdice
Should have gone with Stone Alone....I was always let down by Rolling With, as I had waited years for a continuation to get the story from Bill into the 70s to wind up with little more than a nice picture book. It's not bad by any means but not what I had been hoping for after Stone Alone. I mean dang, now we may never know all the women Bill slept with in the 70s or how pathetic his bank account was...
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RobberBride
I´m always surprised Bill has never continued the Stoned Alone story. Don´t have it here, didn´t it end in 69 or so? Has he ever said he´s gonna "finish" it?
I like Rolling With a lot. Bill seems like a reliable source out of many flaky ones.
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CousinC
Real cool guy?
Sorry, but quite on the contrary here!
While the "Exile" interview was a bit funny indeed, I normally see him as a narrow-minded and square person and some of his remarks I always found quite embarrassing . .
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pmk251
Is it just me or is there amazingly very little inside information about the dynamics of the band during the Taylor era? You hear comments here and there, but nothing in depth. Keith says this and that every so often. Jagger is almost silent. Taylor does not want to offend, so he's talking, much. That is why I was disappointed in Wyman's 2nd book. The first one ended right when I wanted to know more. What was it like inside the band when Taylor first soloed on SFTD? How did Keith take it? What was Taylor's relationship with Jagger? With Keith? Come on, Bill! We want the inside scoop! Spill it!
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pmk251
Is it just me or is there amazingly very little inside information about the dynamics of the band during the Taylor era? You hear comments here and there, but nothing in depth. Keith says this and that every so often. Jagger is almost silent. Taylor does not want to offend, so he's talking, much. That is why I was disappointed in Wyman's 2nd book. The first one ended right when I wanted to know more. What was it like inside the band when Taylor first soloed on SFTD? How did Keith take it? What was Taylor's relationship with Jagger? With Keith? Come on, Bill! We want the inside scoop! Spill it!
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CousinC
Real cool guy?
Sorry, but quite on the contrary here!
While the "Exile" interview was a bit funny indeed, I normally see him as a narrow-minded and square person and some of his remarks I always found quite embarrassing . .
It depends on how you look at it
I get the feeling Bill Wyman is quite aware of his remarks being somewhat odd; I find it very funny
I also find it very cool that he's a *bassplayer* and not a *poser* - even though he's been a Rolling Stone for 30 years, and have had every chance to be one....also after leaving; ....and that is cool in my book
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Erik_Snow
I guess I'm one of the few who thinks "Stone Alone" is worth reading
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CousinC
Real cool guy?
Sorry, but quite on the contrary here!
While the "Exile" interview was a bit funny indeed, I normally see him as a narrow-minded and square person and some of his remarks I always found quite embarrassing . .
It depends on how you look at it
I get the feeling Bill Wyman is quite aware of his remarks being somewhat odd; I find it very funny
I also find it very cool that he's a *bassplayer* and not a *poser* - even though he's been a Rolling Stone for 30 years, and have had every chance to be one....also after leaving; ....and that is cool in my book
I agree with both of you somehow... bill does seem to be narrow-minded and conservative--in the sense of being set-in-his-ways, not morally. But the fact that he seems comfortable with his personality makes him genuinely cool. And the fact that he plays a mean bass.
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pmk251
Yes, I left out a word...."Taylor is NOT talking, much."
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skipstone
Rolling With The Stones is also full of errors. Which is funny. Fantastic production though. The pictures are worth the price of the book along with the inside quips about what they wanted to do for an album. Like what he says about Emotional Rescue.