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I think that it was a wise move to not stay on the guitar. Brian couldn't write songs so he had to compete for the limelight in other ways as his ego wasn't any less than Mick's or Keith's. Brian was a musician in the first place and used his skills in that department to get attention from the fans and to have a voice in the band. It worked good then and still works since people remember him for the multi-instrumentalism today.Quote
Amsterdamned
Sure he was good on other instruments, but the Stones where a 2 guitar band basically, and Keith didn't want to do it on his own. Using huge amounts of dope didn't make it any better.
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DiscoVolante
what did he do? Why do so many fans still adore him?
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DiscoVolante
a band which became so much better when he wasn't in the band
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24FPS
Enough. Louis Armstrong said, "If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know." If you ask what Brian Jones was to the Rolling Stones.............
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courtfieldroad
I agree with His Majesty, if you don't appreciate the 1960s era Stones, you just will not get why Brian Jones truly matters.
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cookwazzahoe
No Jones=No Stones
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Wry Cooter
I'd say he was an adequate to pretty good harp player -- I think Jagger is better.
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Wry Cooter
I'd say he was an adequate to pretty good harp player -- I think Jagger is better.
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Wry Cooter
I'd say he was an adequate to pretty good harp player -- I think Jagger is better.
Jagger was nowhere near as good as Jones on harp. Not even close.
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Kingbeebuzz
It would not have hurt the Stones to issue an album of early unreleased tracks and clearly promote it as a dedication to Brian. Rock history is in danger of forgetting his contribution. "DiscoVolante's" comments would not have been made had Jagger & Richards dealt with Brian's contribution differently in passed years and it would be nice to think they were big enough to read his comments now, recognise how sad they are, and act to officially place Brian more centrally to their early history.
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DiscoVolante
Apart from being a well dressed icon of the 60's and a founding member of a band which became so much better when he wasn't in the band, what did he do?
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Kingbeebuzz
As "withsssoul" says..........."DiscoVolante" you must be young.
Unfortunately anyone who did not live in the UK between 1961 and 1969 cannot possibly imagine the impact both the Stones and Beatles had within the UK.
It was not just music and fashion, it included their attitude, what they said in the media, their accents on the BBC, their humour, their unwillingness to conform in what now appear trivial ways. The Stones by 1967 were truely seen as a risk by the UK government.......unbelievable in todays society. Stones records were banned on the BBC, their images were censored on BBC television, the police targeted them, a leading UK newspaper entrapped them.
Brian Jones was central to all this and together with Lennon was responsible to a great extent for unknowingly changing UK society. True there were others but Brian and Lennon were in at the start. It was who they were.
And also for what its worth, when Brian was in the Stones it was him and Jagger that the cameras lingered on, who were interviewed and whose pictures were on a 1000 bedroom walls. Keith was shy and quiet and very rarely interviewed in the sixties when Brian was in the band (which was called a group then). It was only after Brian died that Keith emerged into the media spotlight and became more central.
It would not have hurt the Stones to issue an album of early unreleased tracks and clearly promote it as a dedication to Brian. Rock history is in danger of forgetting his contribution. "DiscoVolante's" comments would not have been made had Jagger & Richards dealt with Brian's contribution differently in passed years and it would be nice to think they were big enough to read his comments now, recognise how sad they are, and act to officially place Brian more centrally to their early history.
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Elmo
. The music played by the band with his replacement, Mick Taylor, is the best the band has ever produced
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DiscoVolanteDidn't Ron Wood play a sitar guitar live on some numbers? Anyway, it's just a matter of taste. The Open G-straight forward rock n roll-guitar weaving sound is the Stones sound I love and that sound has been working for the past 40 years. And except from Under My Thumb, all those tracks belongs to the psychedelic era. Yuck, I'd rather listen to Dirty Work than that Satanic Majesties crap...Quote
Sleepy City
I have an even harder time picturing Mick Taylor (or Ronnie Wood) playing a sitar on Paint It Black / a recorder on Ruby Tuesday / marimbas on Under My Thumb / mellotron on 2000 Light Years From Home / oboe on Dandelion...
Wouldn't y'all agree?
The guy was a musical genius, & the only person with the onstage charisma to rival Jagger.
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Wry Cooter
I'd say he was an adequate to pretty good harp player -- I think Jagger is better.
Jagger was nowhere near as good as Jones on harp. Not even close.
Mick was rather weak to begin with, but he did develop in to a great player with unique feel. For me Mick's best harmonica playing came during the time Brian was leaving/after he died.