i just watched the video for the 1st time i love it really catchy song

Feel The Fear
And Do It Anyway

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Watching the video with the band on stage made me wonder what Superheavy's versions of Stones songs would sound like IF they tour. They would be bound to do at least a couple Stones songs for sure!

I'm still not excited about this supergroup, but the song is growing on me a bit. Not enough to make me pay money to download it though.

SuperHeavy Exclusive New Song: Mahiya [HD]
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Rahman Exclusive Interview on CNN - SuperHeavy: Satyameva Jayathe
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They can tour in India - a 1,2 billion people market.

SuperHeavy's Dave Stewart Is Feeling 'Possessed' These Days
by Gary Graff
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"The Blackbird Diaries," of course, is one of myriad projects that carry Stewart's name these days. He produced this year's albums by Stevie Nicks ("In Your Dreams" and Joss Stone ("LP1" and saw his musical adaptation of the movie "Ghost" open on London's West End in July. And SuperHeavy -- his all-star band with Stone, Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger, A.R. Rahman and Damian Marley -- has just released its first single, the reggae flavored "Miracle Worker," and releases its self-titled debut album on Sept. 20.
"It keeps me out of trouble, but it also leads to new dangers on the exciting horizon," Stewart says of his packed schedule. "I've always been a bit like this, but now I'm more near the front end of it, so I'm more visible. Usually I'm in the background, so it doesn't seem so ever-present. But actually I feel more comfortable being the person that's fronting or co-fronting things than I ever did before."
Stewart says that with SuperHeavy it's "very good fun" to be in a group again, and since it was started as an experiment rather than a defined band, he's anxious to see what transpires as the album is released.
"We just weren't quite sure how people will take the album or even the single," he explains, "but we started to get a lot of people around us who really like it. So we said we'll make a video...and I think when you see the video you'll be able to tell how this band would be great on stage together. We've talked about every idea from one-off things to special events to doing a festival, lots of different ways of playing."
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A brand new Twitter account for UMG on the Dutch SuperHeavy release: SuperHeavyNL. Catch up with the latest news, promotions, etc.

it is in Dutch!

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get the Stones on the road Jagger!!
bye
jeroen

Pre-sales are a little slow at the moment. The album currently is sitting at #351 on the Amazon.com chart. Granted, the album is still a month away, but you would like to see the album at least in the top 150...I'm sure sales will pick up as the album gets closer and the band does more press, but at the moment the general public doesn't seem to be aware of the album.

Super troopers: The rise of the Supergroup
Mick Jagger, Dave Stewart and Joss Stone have released an unlikely collaboration

By Andy Gill
Tuesday, 16 August 2011

The world is awash with supergroups. Barely an hour goes by without some new, unforeseen alliance of musical talent being announced. Unforeseen, in many cases, because so ridiculously improbable.

Take the new project SuperHeavy, featuring Mick Jagger, Dave Stewart, Joss Stone, Damian Marley and AR Rahman. What on earth is that going to sound like, once the competing forces of rock, reggae, soul, pop, psychedelia and Indian film music have fought their way to an acceptable rapprochement? It remains to be seen whether SuperHeavy amount to much more than a frisson of publicity, though the doughty Stewart has a better track record than most of bringing improbable projects to completion, and may be able to drive this weird wagon-train of disparate talent to market.

One problem for supergroups is reconciling the inevitable ego clashes between musicians who unsurprisingly consider themselves super. This is a conundrum that can be solved by the organisational abilities of a catalyst like Stewart. The Traveling Wilburys may have been a dream alliance of Beatle (George Harrison), Bob (Dylan) and Big "O" (Roy Orbison), as well as Tom Petty, but without Jeff Lynne to make everything sound right, would they have become anything more than a couch-bound jam session? Not that having a fixer/producer in the ranks guarantees success: the Thom Yorke/Flea project Atoms For Peace may have included the Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich, but we have yet to hear any actual music.

In some cases, what appears to be a supergroup may turn out simply to be a vehicle for the creative overspill of a single member, whose sheer determination drives the project along. Currently, two such notables are making their whims reality on a frequent basis.

Damon Albarn is an artistic gadfly seemingly able to turn his hand to any musical form, from Afro-pop crossover to Chinese opera, and he wields the persuasive power of success. When the Clash bassist Paul Simonon, Verve guitarist Simon Tong and Afrobeat legend Tony Allen joined him for The Good, The Bad & The Queen, they must have been reassured that however tentative it appeared in theory, the project would yield listenable results.

Likewise, when Jack White gets an idea – whether for neo-prog-rock combo The Raconteurs or neo-Goth-rockers The Dead Weather – it is going to bear fruit whoever else is involved, even if Jack ends up just stuck behind the drums.

Some supergroups exist more as occasional side projects, indulging the shared musical interests of their members. One thinks of the guitar virtuosi supergroup G3, which has involved Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen and Robert Fripp, among others; or the avant-guitar ensemble French, Frith, Kaiser, Thompson; or, most recently, Buddy Miller's Majestic Silver Strings, in which the country guitarist is joined by the pedal steel player Greg Leisz and the six-string polymaths Bill Frisell and Marc Ribot. For others, it is impossible to discern the attraction that brings the members together: what, one wonders, could various members of Hanson, Cheap Trick, Smashing Pumpkins and Fountains Of Wayne possibly have in common that might bring them together as Tinted Windows?

Sometimes, a supergroup arises from some ulterior motive: John Lennon's Plastic Ono Band was essentially a vehicle for his political activism, initially at least. More recently, the Mario Caldato-led Bottletop Band is intended to promote and help fund the Bottletop charity, promoting aid projects in the third world.

The more successful recent supergroups, though, have been those whose members fit together stylistically. The alliance of Josh Homme, John Paul Jones and Dave Grohl in Them Crooked Vultures resulted in an album of focused rock power, while the intentions of Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis, Jim James and M. Ward were well signalled in their chosen name, Monsters Of Folk. The Scottish folk-pop supergroup The Burns Unit grew out of a workshop and conference celebrating the poet Robert Burns – which may account for the low-key but artistically potent success of the band's work.

The roots of the supergroup as it is most commonly recognised derive from jazz, particularly after bebop introduced the notion of technical virtuosity as an end in itself. The very first supergroup was that which played the legendary Massey Hall Concert in 1953 – a mouth-watering line-up of Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus and Max Roach subsequently became known as The Quintet. Later aggregations of jazz players, notably Miles Davis's two great quintets and the fusion supergroup Weather Report, likewise relied on shared virtuosity, resulting in lengthy bouts of soloing.

The first rock supergroup (unless one counts Sun Records' Million Dollar Quartet of Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins, not a supergroup in the sense used here) was Cream, formed in 1966 by Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker as an improvising blues-rock trio of talents considered nonpareil.

The irony is that Cream's singles, such as "I Feel Free", "White Room" and "Badge", are their legacy, while the interminable workouts for which they were renowned at the time – such as the live disc of the double album Wheels Of Fire – have not aged well at all, presenting musicians seemingly battling for space rather than reacting to each other. But Cream were hugely successful, selling shedloads of albums in what had until then been a niche market.

As prog-rock began to dominate the music business, Emerson Lake & Palmer took the supergroup to grandiose levels, befitting their intention to fuse rock and classical music. (Interestingly, they might have been known as HELP rather than ELP, had Jimi Hendrix not died before the alliance could be consummated.)

The greatest American supergroup, however, placed no undue importance on solo-heavy improvisations. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's virtuosity resided primarily in their vocal talent, combined with all four members' abilities as songwriters. Unlike most supergroup recordings, CSNY's first couple of albums are eminently listenable four decades on, even inspiring a new generation of folk-rock close-harmony groups. The reason for their enduring quality is the exact opposite of that driving most supergroups: rather than jamming and releasing the occasional yard or two of improvisation as an album, CSNY paid painstaking attention to the writing of the songs, then to the arrangement of the cut-glass harmonies and finally to the recording. Their albums were exercises in meticulosity, rather than virtuosity.

This focus on excellence, combined with the collective talent involved, made CSNY, effectively, the American equivalent of The Beatles, just as that band was splitting apart. And like The Beatles, there was a certain amount of droit de seigneur involved in their position. CSNY became the social embodiment of a counter-cultural elite centred in the Laurel Canyon district of Los Angeles, living a life of good food, great drugs and gorgeous women. At an early series of shows at New York's Fillmore East, each member reportedly had to have a different cuisine catered in their dressing room each night. Crosby might have Chinese food, Stills Jewish, Nash Italian, and Young Japanese. The next night it would switch around. And if the wrong beer was placed in a member's cooler, they would go off in a hump.

At first, everything was hunky-dory between the members. Graham Nash was delighted to realise ambitions beyond those envisaged by the cabaret-bound Hollies; David Crosby was delighted that his songs were recorded, and beautifully so; Stephen Stills was delighted to be the undisputed musical prime-mover; and Neil Young was delighted to get a little commercial as well as critical success. And all of them were euphoric about the way their voices blended together.

But just as oil and vinegar make a nice French dressing when shaken together, after a while they separated out. The group became a revolving door of splits and reunions, with diminishing returns, although it was perhaps to their credit that they were more likely to fall out over musical differences than Crosby's well-documented personal indulgences. At one point, a studio argument about a single harmony resulted in Nash refusing to talk to Stills for two years. That is dedication to one's art.

What one wonders, when considering the prospects for SuperHeavy, is how much the project depends on the kind of social aspects which came to figure so heavily in CSNY. It is well-known that the new band came about largely through the geographical proximity of Jagger and Stewart's Jamaican residences, and Stewart's role as Stone's producer, with Marley drafted in to provide a touch of island spirit and Rahman involved for heaven only knows what reason. Maybe he was on holiday and bumped into Dave down the market. But what kind of supergroup is it where music seems to be a subsidiary consideration to socialising?

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WTF???

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Miracle Worker (Teaser)

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SuperHeavy's "Miracle Worker" Brings Music Genres Together

Jul 29, 2011
Andy Howells

SuperHeavy features Damien Marley, Dave Stewart, Mick Jagger, AR Raman and Joss Stone - Frank W. Ockenfels (Used with Permission: LD Communications)
Ahead of SuperHeavy's debut album, Suite101 looks at the supergroups debut single "Miracle Worker" and how the band came together.


Described by Dave Stewart as"A mad alchemist type experiment", SuperHeavy is an exciting new band cooperative bringing musicians of different genres together .

SuperHeavy consists of Eurythmics founder Dave Stewart, Rolling Stones front man Mick Jagger, Joss Stone, Damien Marley and AR Rahman, and is probably the most exciting combination of a super group since The Travelling Wilbury’s were formed in the 1980s.


SuperHeavy - A Collaborative of Musical Genres

The band came together after Jagger and Stewart considered what a band comprising of different genres would sound like.

Soul artist, Joss Stone came on board for the project following Stewart’s collaboration with her on 2004’s Alfie soundtrack. Dave described Joss as "an obvious choice for us. She’s such an incredible singer and spirit."

The dream team took further shape when Jagger and Stewart invited Jamaican artist Damian Marley – whom Jagger has long admired - to join the band. Fresh from a recent collaboration with American Rapper Nas, Marley brought with him a rhythm section consisting of bassist and composer Shiah Coore and Courtney Diedrick on drums. To compliment this Stewart brought in his long-term collaborator, rock violinist Ann Marie Calhoun.

Legendary Indian composer AR Raman noted for his Oscar winning work on Slumdog Millionaire joined when the band started laying down tracks in Los Angeles.
The Origins Of The Name 'SuperHeavy'

The projects name SuperHeavy was derived from a term used by Marley and inspired by legendary super heavy weight champion boxer Muhammad Ali. As the five artists featured in SuperHeavy are all major heavy weights in their own genres of music, the name seems highly appropriate.

Despite their different musical backgrounds the collaborative got straight into action, writing no less than twenty-two songs in the first week. Getting the band all together at one time did prove chaotic however with different recording sessions taking place in Turkey, the Caribbean and India.

SuperHeavy 's First Single Is Miracle Worker

Miracle Worker is the first single to be taken from SuperHeavy’s debut album.

With Indian-influenced production from AR Rahman and Dave Stewart on guitar providing sturdy support to Mick Jagger, Joss Stone and Damian Marley on vocals the result is a catchy fusion of rock, reggae and soul.

Carrying a positive message of finding love and harmony through repairing broken relationships, Miracle Worker features inspiring lyrics from Mick Jagger’s swaggering vocal. Jagger's vocal fits neatly between Damien Marley and Joss Stone reggae/soul fuelled duet which displays how well different genres can work together in close harmony.

The release will no doubt have great appeal to fans of all artists involved and is likely to open doors into fan appreciation of different musical genres.

Miracle Worker is available to buy as a CD Single or digital download since July 7th 2011 while SuperHeavy’s debut album is scheduled for release in September.


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Too much ???

Too much Jagger with the bad influence of Dave Pooart. And to think that I was dumb enough to believe that Jagger understood that the hat HAD to go after his horrible look at the Licks Tour (Specifically "Love Train"). I really hate Jagger when he's like that. He's almost bubbling over with his self belief. When you start believing your own bullshit, you really gotta think things over. Mick Jagger needs Keith Richards and vice versa. Truer words were never spoken.

Whenever Jagger is like that, I feel exactly like this:





JumpingKentFlash

"Mick Jagger needs Keith Richards and vice versa"

You can say that again.

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Mick Jagger needs Keith Richards and vice versa. Truer words were never spoken.

Hall of Fame career, legend, happy personal life, great kids, $300M in the bank... he doesn't need anybody or anything.

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Too much Jagger with the bad influence of Dave Pooart. And to think that I was dumb enough to believe that Jagger understood that the hat HAD to go after his horrible look at the Licks Tour (Specifically "Love Train"). I really hate Jagger when he's like that.

... would you like Mick wearing a cap like this



instead that kind of hats



...?

The superheavy web site is now a little bit more formal.

IORR............but I like it!

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I really hate Jagger

Exactly!
Here is an honest and truthful account of what Richards' fans actually feel.

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I really hate Jagger

Exactly!
Here is an honest and truthful account of what Richards' fans actually feel.

Oh, what a load of crock. I am a Keith fan, and you know that I admire Mick very much. Your post is just as silly as the one you are replying to.

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I really hate Jagger

Exactly!
Here is an honest and truthful account of what Richards' fans actually feel.

Oh, what a load of crock. I am a Keith fan, and you know that I admire Mick very much. Your post is just as silly as the one you are replying to.

I thought you're Stones fan.
Anyone who hates Jagger (or Richards on this matter) can not be the Stones fan - in my opinion this is obvious. And yet this board is full of such people, especially Mick's haters. Why? I can not explain

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I really hate Jagger

Exactly!
Here is an honest and truthful account of what Richards' fans actually feel.

Oh, what a load of crock. I am a Keith fan, and you know that I admire Mick very much. Your post is just as silly as the one you are replying to.

I thought you're Stones fan.
Anyone who hates Jagger (or Richards on this matter) can not be the Stones fan - in my opinion this is obvious. And yet this board is full of such people, especially Mick's haters. Why? I can not explain

Some fans are real "fanatic", they "love" their idol, but they can't reach him. They are so much "in" the person they are fixed at, they can tell him what to do, what is the best, what he should do or what he has not to do.

But their idol shows no respect to those fans, he makes things the fans never thought of.

So much fans become desperately disappointed, they start to hate their idol.

And sometimes those frustrated people turn in to assassins, at the best only with offensive words ...


And some fans, especially stonesfans, are celebrating their everlasting youth and neverending age of puberty.


Ask your psycho ...



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How can anybody who likes the stones hate Mick Jagger? Well its rather strange that that emotion is expressed considering probably everybody commenting on this thread doesn't even KNOW him. Fanatical I guess. Mick has done SOOO much more for American and English music than can be put in 100 years of these forums. Check out his friggin harmonica playing on a couple of the cuts from Rarities. He could stand tall on that alone. But his greatest gift, which I hope you haters will eventually see is that he is a kick ass songwriter. Some of his simpler stuff is divine, like 100 years ago and moonlight mile. His dedication to making sloppy vocals with lots of prethought and hard work (hours and hours alone with those early albums) , imperfect harmonies and such has opened the doors of business and creativity for alot of artists, guitar players, drummers, you name it. He deserves our respect if nothing else. I personally like Keith's bohemian approach to life love and music a bit more than Micks but hate? wow. no wonder people are getting paranoid again. Long live both those cats, judge their records , one by one if you have to but leave the souls alone please. peace.

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I thought you're Stones fan.

Of course I am. But I can have a favorite within the Stones.

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Long live both those cats

Cheers mate

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Anyone who hates Jagger (or Richards on this matter) can not be the Stones fan

... says the one who spent the last year on this board expressing how much she hates Keith ... really

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OK . I and I can now comment on Super Heavy after watching the clips and just listening to the music a few times. It's probably NOT because of Mick's contribution, he's ok , trying to stretch out a little artistically it seems (Go Boy) , but the only thing HEAVY about Super Heavy is that I AM NOT BLOWN AWAY. Mick I love most of your songs. Share them with the Stones and you will have my ear again. Or go out truly solo with just an acoustic guitar let people see who you really are, alone. Then go join the Stones again, soon. Thanks. peace.

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Anyone who hates Jagger (or Richards on this matter) can not be the Stones fan

... says the one who spent the last year on this board expressing how much she hates Keith ... really

I never said I hate him(or love Mick) - I leave such strong feelings for my family. Yes, I don't like Life and I think this book and his undisguised hostility to Jagger are the reasons that the Stones will hardly play together. But I'm not the only one who think so.
In addition, there was a clear bias against Jagger, I thought it unfair. But lately this has changed - and I flatter myself that not without my help. Everyone can have a favorite within the Stones and mine isn't KR.