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Doxa
Many late-day Stones tunes sound somehow under-worked, but this one, as noted, really sounds like an unfinished deal. Could be intentional, but makes me wonder if Keith's claim in LIFE is true that Jagger would have liked to go "proper" studio to finish the album, but Keith and Don Was vetoed, that it was a track like this one Jagger had in mind. The other issue is that could they have made any better of this mediocre track by polishing, of which I'm rather skeptical.
A typical Stones-by-numbers tune, the band so much in their safe zone that is no wonder if not any creative spark is to be heard. Like noted above, the "energy" in delivery is rather illusional - a bit like a make up thing to hide the other weaknesses, and the track don't stand many (two?) listenings.
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Many late-day Stones tunes sound somehow under-worked, but this one, as noted, really sounds like an unfinished deal. Could be intentional, but makes me wonder if Keith's claim in LIFE is true that Jagger would have liked to go "proper" studio to finish the album, but Keith and Don Was vetoed, that it was a track like this one Jagger had in mind. The other issue is that could they have made any better of this mediocre track by polishing, of which I'm rather skeptical.
A typical Stones-by-numbers tune, the band so much in their safe zone that is no wonder if not any creative spark is to be heard. Like noted above, the "energy" in delivery is rather illusional - a bit like a make up thing to hide the other weaknesses, and the track don't stand many (two?) listenings.
- Doxa
Well put Doxa. I think this was one of those songs where they decided to do a rocker but it ended up sounded completely phoned in. I think what they had in mind was to create another Where The Boys Go or Summer Romance but it's no where nearly as good as those.
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I think LMDS was one of the best crafted songs on ABB and is very under rated.
I loved it on first hearing and still do.
The descending lines on the chorus are beautiful.
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I think LMDS was one of the best crafted songs on ABB and is very under rated.
I loved it on first hearing and still do.
The descending lines on the chorus are beautiful.
For all you people (99% of you IORR:ans) who haven't listened to ABB for about seven years, LMDS means Let Me Down Slow.
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Many late-day Stones tunes sound somehow under-worked, but this one, as noted, really sounds like an unfinished deal. Could be intentional, but makes me wonder if Keith's claim in LIFE is true that Jagger would have liked to go "proper" studio to finish the album, but Keith and Don Was vetoed, that it was a track like this one Jagger had in mind. The other issue is that could they have made any better of this mediocre track by polishing, of which I'm rather skeptical.
A typical Stones-by-numbers tune, the band so much in their safe zone that is no wonder if not any creative spark is to be heard. Like noted above, the "energy" in delivery is rather illusional - a bit like a make up thing to hide the other weaknesses, and the track don't stand many (two?) listenings.
- Doxa
Well put Doxa. I think this was one of those songs where they decided to do a rocker but it ended up sounded completely phoned in. I think what they had in mind was to create another Where The Boys Go or Summer Romance but it's no where nearly as good as those.
Agreed, but they did choose to make this the first new song from A Bigger Bang that they played for a public audience, in their surprise performance at the Juilliard School in New York City, which would suggest they had a certain amount of pride in this one. You don't trot something out to perform at the Juilliard if you recognize that it's mediocre. Or do you? Perhaps they knew but wanted to test the public's reception anyway.
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Many late-day Stones tunes sound somehow under-worked, but this one, as noted, really sounds like an unfinished deal. Could be intentional, but makes me wonder if Keith's claim in LIFE is true that Jagger would have liked to go "proper" studio to finish the album, but Keith and Don Was vetoed, that it was a track like this one Jagger had in mind. The other issue is that could they have made any better of this mediocre track by polishing, of which I'm rather skeptical.
A typical Stones-by-numbers tune, the band so much in their safe zone that is no wonder if not any creative spark is to be heard. Like noted above, the "energy" in delivery is rather illusional - a bit like a make up thing to hide the other weaknesses, and the track don't stand many (two?) listenings.
- Doxa
Well put Doxa. I think this was one of those songs where they decided to do a rocker but it ended up sounded completely phoned in. I think what they had in mind was to create another Where The Boys Go or Summer Romance but it's no where nearly as good as those.
Agreed, but they did choose to make this the first new song from A Bigger Bang that they played for a public audience, in their surprise performance at the Juilliard School in New York City, which would suggest they had a certain amount of pride in this one. You don't trot something out to perform at the Juilliard if you recognize that it's mediocre. Or do you? Perhaps they knew but wanted to test the public's reception anyway.
Drew
Good point. I guess it was a case of them believing it was one of the best new songs they had which doesn't really say much for the rest of the album. I was lucky enough to see them perform Back Of My Hand at MSG that September (2005) and for me that was the highlight of the new material. Don't know why they didn't play that one more often.
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My fault...my mind evidenttly wandered .
Am I excused ?
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Many late-day Stones tunes sound somehow under-worked, but this one, as noted, really sounds like an unfinished deal. Could be intentional, but makes me wonder if Keith's claim in LIFE is true that Jagger would have liked to go "proper" studio to finish the album, but Keith and Don Was vetoed, that it was a track like this one Jagger had in mind. The other issue is that could they have made any better of this mediocre track by polishing, of which I'm rather skeptical.
A typical Stones-by-numbers tune, the band so much in their safe zone that is no wonder if not any creative spark is to be heard. Like noted above, the "energy" in delivery is rather illusional - a bit like a make up thing to hide the other weaknesses, and the track don't stand many (two?) listenings.
- Doxa
Well put Doxa. I think this was one of those songs where they decided to do a rocker but it ended up sounded completely phoned in. I think what they had in mind was to create another Where The Boys Go or Summer Romance but it's no where nearly as good as those.
Agreed, but they did choose to make this the first new song from A Bigger Bang that they played for a public audience, in their surprise performance at the Juilliard School in New York City, which would suggest they had a certain amount of pride in this one. You don't trot something out to perform at the Juilliard if you recognize that it's mediocre. Or do you? Perhaps they knew but wanted to test the public's reception anyway.
Drew
Good point. I guess it was a case of them believing it was one of the best new songs they had which doesn't really say much for the rest of the album. I was lucky enough to see them perform Back Of My Hand at MSG that September (2005) and for me that was the highlight of the new material. Don't know why they didn't play that one more often.
Yes. To me, this actually speaks to a larger point: do the Stones understand, anymore, what really good music is? In other words, even as their creative fires have dimmed, has their aesthetic judgment remained, or has it disappeared too?
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Many late-day Stones tunes sound somehow under-worked, but this one, as noted, really sounds like an unfinished deal. Could be intentional, but makes me wonder if Keith's claim in LIFE is true that Jagger would have liked to go "proper" studio to finish the album, but Keith and Don Was vetoed, that it was a track like this one Jagger had in mind. The other issue is that could they have made any better of this mediocre track by polishing, of which I'm rather skeptical.
A typical Stones-by-numbers tune, the band so much in their safe zone that is no wonder if not any creative spark is to be heard. Like noted above, the "energy" in delivery is rather illusional - a bit like a make up thing to hide the other weaknesses, and the track don't stand many (two?) listenings.
- Doxa
Well put Doxa. I think this was one of those songs where they decided to do a rocker but it ended up sounded completely phoned in. I think what they had in mind was to create another Where The Boys Go or Summer Romance but it's no where nearly as good as those.
Agreed, but they did choose to make this the first new song from A Bigger Bang that they played for a public audience, in their surprise performance at the Juilliard School in New York City, which would suggest they had a certain amount of pride in this one. You don't trot something out to perform at the Juilliard if you recognize that it's mediocre. Or do you? Perhaps they knew but wanted to test the public's reception anyway.
Drew
Good point. I guess it was a case of them believing it was one of the best new songs they had which doesn't really say much for the rest of the album. I was lucky enough to see them perform Back Of My Hand at MSG that September (2005) and for me that was the highlight of the new material. Don't know why they didn't play that one more often.
Yes. To me, this actually speaks to a larger point: do the Stones understand, anymore, what really good music is? In other words, even as their creative fires have dimmed, has their aesthetic judgment remained, or has it disappeared too?
Drew
No, I don't think they know any more. I'd like to think it would be pretty easy for them to put together an album of authentic sounding country rock, reggae and blues and really clean up with it - a move which would re-ignite their critical acclaim and prove the nay-sayers wrong. Mick and Keith generally stopped writing classics when they moved to different continents.