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bye bye johnny
" it was also an interesting experiment to go back and finish something about 40 years old. No one had ever done that, as far as I know"

Hmmm... Isn't "Free as a Bird" and "Real Love" just that? Ok, not 40 years old, and not that I care, but still...

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bye bye johnny
From an interview with Yahoo! Music's Craig Rosen, published October 22:

Don Was on Producing the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan


Photo: Michael Bezjian

And then of course, there's the Rolling Stones, who Was has worked with since 1994's Voodoo Lounge. "It's great working with the Rolling Stones," he says. "It's not hard. It's a thrill and they really are the greatest band in the world. When you hear them play in a room, it's f**king incredible. There's this chemistry thing that happens. I was fortunate to have played bass with them on a number of occasions and the level of communication that goes on in the band is really deep. They're very much like a jazz group with a different groove underneath. It's really fulfilling to be in the studio with them."

Aside from producing new material such as 1997's Bridges to Babylon and 2005's A Bigger Bang, Was also had the task of going through the vaults and unearthing demos for inclusion on the reissues of the Stones' classics Exile on Main St. and Some Girls as bonus tracks.

"I saw them for the first time in 1964," he says, "so as a Stones fan, it was a real thrill for me to go through these things." It turned out to be quite an arduous task. The two-inch tapes and four-tracks had all been transferred to hard drives, "but they weren't particularly well marked, so it was a bit of a surprise. You just didn't know what you were going to find. There were some jaw-dropping things that came up."

Under the guidance of Was, the Stones engaged in the somewhat controversial practice of finishing songs they started decades ago, but never properly released. "They were enthusiastic about it," Was explained. "Everybody agreed [we should try] to preserve the integrity of what they did, but it was also an interesting experiment to go back and finish something about 40 years old. No one had ever done that, as far as I know, and we tried to tread very lightly, not redo anything, just finish it off."

During the process, especially while working on the Some Girls-era material, Was was impressed by Mick Jagger's memory. "There were songs where there wasn't a vocal and Mick remembered how the song went," Was says. "He remembered it. He just never got around to singing it. He hadn't forgotten what the lyrics were."

As for the future, Was says, "I don't think they ever stopped being the Rolling Stones. They love being the Rolling Stones. It's not like it's something they have to work to go back to doing. They like doing it a lot. I think they enjoyed this last tour a lot and it was pretty evident if you were in the audience watching them. I don't see any reason why they should stop, but you have to ask them what their plans are."

Full interview: [music.yahoo.com]

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Hmmm... Isn't "Free as a Bird" and "Real Love" just that? Ok, not 40 years old, and not that I care, but still...

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Hmmm... Isn't "Free as a Bird" and "Real Love" just that? Ok, not 40 years old, and not that I care, but still...

I'm guessing the time span was exactly what he was talking about, not that they were the first to finish an old song, he only needs to look as far as the Stones and Tattoo You to find an example of that. Free As A Bird was finished 17 years later, Real Love 15 years later. 40 years is a bit different. Also, those songs the remaining Beatles went and finished weren't theirs, they were John's. So it's a different situation, they weren't finishing something they started years later. There may be such an example out there, I'm betting somebody has done it, I'm sure that's why he said "as far as I know".

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The cynic in me suspects he's hoping to work with them again ;^)

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During the process, especially while working on the Some Girls-era material, Was was impressed by Mick Jagger's memory. "There were songs where there wasn't a vocal and Mick remembered how the song went," Was says. "He remembered it. He just never got around to singing it. He hadn't forgotten what the lyrics were."

And this is the same Mick Jagger we're supposed to believe doesn't remember the what songs were on what albums.

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bye bye johnny
Was is president of Blue Note Records, and has produced numerous artists besides the Stones.

Might the Stones take precedent over other artists? Perhaps.

Full time job? No.

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He is faking on stage when he supposedly doesn't remember which album Let It Bleed was on, no doubt about that

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It would be interesting to see how many he would get right if we would ask on which albums the following tracks are from: "Let It Bleed", "It's Only Rock'n'Roll" and "Dirty Work"...

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It would be interesting to see how many he would get right if we would ask on which albums the following tracks are from: "Let It Bleed", "It's Only Rock'n'Roll" and "Dirty Work"...

He'd probably say they're all on the next compilation album.

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Hmmm... Isn't "Free as a Bird" and "Real Love" just that? Ok, not 40 years old, and not that I care, but still...

I'm guessing the time span was exactly what he was talking about, not that they were the first to finish an old song, he only needs to look as far as the Stones and Tattoo You to find an example of that. Free As A Bird was finished 17 years later, Real Love 15 years later. 40 years is a bit different. Also, those songs the remaining Beatles went and finished weren't theirs, they were John's. So it's a different situation, they weren't finishing something they started years later. There may be such an example out there, I'm betting somebody has done it, I'm sure that's why he said "as far as I know".

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He is faking on stage when he supposedly doesn't remember which album Let It Bleed was on, no doubt about that

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bye bye johnny
Was is president of Blue Note Records, and has produced numerous artists besides the Stones.

Might the Stones take precedent over other artists? Perhaps.

Full time job? No.

I'm aware that he doesn't exclusively produce The Stones, I listen to a few other bands he's produced over the years. "Taking precedent over other artists" was essentially what I meant, though maybe I worded it wrong. And I just wonder, since they like him a lot, if they've worked out a deal that he be their guy whenever they decide to record something. Like Daryl, who gets (at least how I understand it) a salary/retainer and can go play with other bands when they don't need him, but when it's time for The Stones to do something, he gets his ass back.

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bye bye johnny
Was is president of Blue Note Records, and has produced numerous artists besides the Stones.

Might the Stones take precedent over other artists? Perhaps.

Full time job? No.

I'm aware that he doesn't exclusively produce The Stones, I listen to a few other bands he's produced over the years. "Taking precedent over other artists" was essentially what I meant, though maybe I worded it wrong. And I just wonder, since they like him a lot, if they've worked out a deal that he be their guy whenever they decide to record something. Like Daryl, who gets (at least how I understand it) a salary/retainer and can go play with other bands when they don't need him, but when it's time for The Stones to do something, he gets his ass back.

you did word it wrong, you meant taking "precedence" over other jobs, which may well be the case, but it's not like dropping everything to work on a new Stones project has cut into his time too much over the past decade or so. And it's not like Darryl; Was is and was a huge producer onhis own and would be just as big in the music world without the Stones.

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During the process, especially while working on the Some Girls-era material, Was was impressed by Mick Jagger's memory. "There were songs where there wasn't a vocal and Mick remembered how the song went," Was says. "He remembered it. He just never got around to singing it. He hadn't forgotten what the lyrics were."

And this is the same Mick Jagger we're supposed to believe doesn't remember the what songs were on what albums.

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During the process, especially while working on the Some Girls-era material, Was was impressed by Mick Jagger's memory. "There were songs where there wasn't a vocal and Mick remembered how the song went," Was says. "He remembered it. He just never got around to singing it. He hadn't forgotten what the lyrics were."

And this is the same Mick Jagger we're supposed to believe doesn't remember the what songs were on what albums.

He's said he hates talking about the past, so I suspect poor memory is his excuse to avoid doing it.

I'm pretty sure there's a Rolling Stone interview where he cuts off a line of questioning with something like "You're not going to make me talk about Swinging London, are you?"

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Interesting but it doesn't look like there are any plans for anything at this point...sucks...

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During the process, especially while working on the Some Girls-era material, Was was impressed by Mick Jagger's memory. "There were songs where there wasn't a vocal and Mick remembered how the song went," Was says. "He remembered it. He just never got around to singing it. He hadn't forgotten what the lyrics were."

And this is the same Mick Jagger we're supposed to believe doesn't remember the what songs were on what albums.

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bye bye johnny
From an interview with Yahoo! Music's Craig Rosen, published October 22:

Don Was on Producing the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan


Photo: Michael Bezjian

And then of course, there's the Rolling Stones, who Was has worked with since 1994's Voodoo Lounge. "It's great working with the Rolling Stones," he says. "It's not hard. It's a thrill and they really are the greatest band in the world. When you hear them play in a room, it's f**king incredible. There's this chemistry thing that happens. I was fortunate to have played bass with them on a number of occasions and the level of communication that goes on in the band is really deep. They're very much like a jazz group with a different groove underneath. It's really fulfilling to be in the studio with them."

Aside from producing new material such as 1997's Bridges to Babylon and 2005's A Bigger Bang, Was also had the task of going through the vaults and unearthing demos for inclusion on the reissues of the Stones' classics Exile on Main St. and Some Girls as bonus tracks.

"I saw them for the first time in 1964," he says, "so as a Stones fan, it was a real thrill for me to go through these things." It turned out to be quite an arduous task. The two-inch tapes and four-tracks had all been transferred to hard drives, "but they weren't particularly well marked, so it was a bit of a surprise. You just didn't know what you were going to find. There were some jaw-dropping things that came up."

Under the guidance of Was, the Stones engaged in the somewhat controversial practice of finishing songs they started decades ago, but never properly released. "They were enthusiastic about it," Was explained. "Everybody agreed [we should try] to preserve the integrity of what they did, but it was also an interesting experiment to go back and finish something about 40 years old. No one had ever done that, as far as I know, and we tried to tread very lightly, not redo anything, just finish it off."

During the process, especially while working on the Some Girls-era material, Was was impressed by Mick Jagger's memory. "There were songs where there wasn't a vocal and Mick remembered how the song went," Was says. "He remembered it. He just never got around to singing it. He hadn't forgotten what the lyrics were."

As for the future, Was says, "I don't think they ever stopped being the Rolling Stones. They love being the Rolling Stones. It's not like it's something they have to work to go back to doing. They like doing it a lot. I think they enjoyed this last tour a lot and it was pretty evident if you were in the audience watching them. I don't see any reason why they should stop, but you have to ask them what their plans are."

Full interview: [music.yahoo.com]

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bye bye johnny
From an interview with Yahoo! Music's Craig Rosen, published October 22:

Don Was on Producing the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan


Photo: Michael Bezjian

And then of course, there's the Rolling Stones, who Was has worked with since 1994's Voodoo Lounge. "It's great working with the Rolling Stones," he says. "It's not hard. It's a thrill and they really are the greatest band in the world. When you hear them play in a room, it's f**king incredible. There's this chemistry thing that happens. I was fortunate to have played bass with them on a number of occasions and the level of communication that goes on in the band is really deep. They're very much like a jazz group with a different groove underneath. It's really fulfilling to be in the studio with them."

Aside from producing new material such as 1997's Bridges to Babylon and 2005's A Bigger Bang, Was also had the task of going through the vaults and unearthing demos for inclusion on the reissues of the Stones' classics Exile on Main St. and Some Girls as bonus tracks.

"I saw them for the first time in 1964," he says, "so as a Stones fan, it was a real thrill for me to go through these things." It turned out to be quite an arduous task. The two-inch tapes and four-tracks had all been transferred to hard drives, "but they weren't particularly well marked, so it was a bit of a surprise. You just didn't know what you were going to find. There were some jaw-dropping things that came up."

Under the guidance of Was, the Stones engaged in the somewhat controversial practice of finishing songs they started decades ago, but never properly released. "They were enthusiastic about it," Was explained. "Everybody agreed [we should try] to preserve the integrity of what they did, but it was also an interesting experiment to go back and finish something about 40 years old. No one had ever done that, as far as I know, and we tried to tread very lightly, not redo anything, just finish it off."

During the process, especially while working on the Some Girls-era material, Was was impressed by Mick Jagger's memory. "There were songs where there wasn't a vocal and Mick remembered how the song went," Was says. "He remembered it. He just never got around to singing it. He hadn't forgotten what the lyrics were."

As for the future, Was says, "I don't think they ever stopped being the Rolling Stones. They love being the Rolling Stones. It's not like it's something they have to work to go back to doing. They like doing it a lot. I think they enjoyed this last tour a lot and it was pretty evident if you were in the audience watching them. I don't see any reason why they should stop, but you have to ask them what their plans are."

Full interview: [music.yahoo.com]

He was a disaster. Please..not again!