I always loved the studio version...especially when it's loud on a good stereo....very loud.
Never cared much for most live versions I've heard - none compare or come close to the original imo.

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That's a great version, really dig the horns!

For songs like Hot Stuff, and many other particular Stones songs, I have to be in the right mood, to really get me out of my head.But then they hit me 100 %.

Exept, for Rocks Off and Tumblin Dice, I'm always in the right mood for these 2

Sara loves Hot Stuff .....
Makes her dance like a crazy gal .......



ROCKMAN

I've always been a little lukewarm towards Hot Stuff. I know it's - at least! - a very good song, but there's something holding me back from really loving it. I do like the chorus and the guitar-work is very impressive. I chalk my, somewhat, indifference down to this era not being my favourite of the Stones' phases.

I like it but I don't think it's really a song

It’s just ok. SOUNDS wonderful on Black & Blue, the best sounding Stones record by quite a distance. But it never really goes anywhere.

El Mocambo is a great version of a good song.

Rod

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It’s just ok. SOUNDS wonderful on Black & Blue, the best sounding Stones record by quite a distance. But it never really goes anywhere.

El Mocambo is a great version of a good song.

Now that, I can get behind, definitely. Black & Blue certainly has a terrific sound. However, unlike their other truly superb-sounding record, Tattoo You, the former is lacking the songs to back-up the magnificent production. For me, anyway.

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Hairball
I always loved the studio version...especially when it's loud on a good stereo....very loud.
Never cared much for most live versions I've heard - none compare or come close to the original imo.

I agree 100%

When "Hot Stuff" came out in 1976, a lot of people said it showed the Stones were through. Disco was already three or four years old by then. Why were the Stones playing this old-hat music?

I think it's the weakest song on "Black and Blue," weaker even than "Crazy Mama."

I found Hot Stuff rather boring when the album came out, the song never really takes off (despite the nobel-prize-worthy lyrics). Hasn't changed much since.

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I found Hot Stuff rather boring when the album came out, the song never really takes off (despite the nobel-prize-worthy lyrics). Hasn't changed much since.

The song takes off with a big bass drum at 0:03 minutes.

Mathijs

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Pietro
When "Hot Stuff" came out in 1976, a lot of people said it showed the Stones were through. Disco was already three or four years old by then. Why were the Stones playing this old-hat music?

The first real disco song is from 1973, and the popularity was at its highest between 1977 and mid 1979.

The Stones recorded Hott Stuff in March 1975, so they were quite on time.

An uncle of mine was a police officer in Amsterdam in the summer of 1976 -he says there wasn't a bar, club or coffeeshop that wasn't blasting the track.

Mathijs