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microvibe
great song!great solo from m.taylor
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with sssoul
i am always charmed when the Glimmer Twins sing love songs to one another
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stupidguy2
Always loved it. Its Jagger broadening his musical scope.....the background vocals, the organ, leslie-style effect on guitar.
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LeonidP
These were the days of the great ballads, imo. Far superior to Streets of Love and/or Following the River. I always loved this one, great build-up vocally, with the background singers, well done!
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Palace Revolution 2000
Love, love this song.
Love how it slides into the bridge "I know you think life is a thriller..", and then later the second bridge, that kind of ends with Jagger going "Now you got a little charm around ya". That one line always grabs me like the magical lines in "Winter".
Like someone said - these were the days of the great soul ballads.
The ending with Jagger building it up in between the Blue Magic vocals is classic. IMO this is the essence of Jagger's singing. The way he took it higher in "Let it Loose"; these ad libs to build and close out a song.
had they included "Through the Lonely Nights" and "Drift Away" instead of maybe "Short and Curlies"; done "Luxury" a little better - whew. Amazing how strong, and how close to a classic even the weaker albums are.
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LeonidP
These were the days of the great ballads, imo. Far superior to Streets of Love and/or Following the River. I always loved this one, great build-up vocally, with the background singers, well done!
Yeah, those albums from GOATS HEAD SOAP to BLACK&BLUE contain many reflective ballads that are quite unique in the Stones catalog. Lyricwise Jagger is touching there grounds that show maturity and even deepness and sincerity that very mmuch vanished during the SOME GIRLS sessions. Think of "100 Years Ago", "Angie", "Winter", "Time Waits For No one", "If You Really Want To Be My Friend", "'Till The Next Time We Say Goodbye", "Through The Lonely Nights", "Memory Motel", "Fool to Cry"... not to forget "Waitin' On A Friend", "Worried About You" and "Tops".
I think ever since only in PRIMITIVE COOL that kind of Jagger showed his head again. Any cliche-full and generic post-STEEL WHEELS stuff is a far cry from those mid-70's ballads.
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LeonidP
These were the days of the great ballads, imo. Far superior to Streets of Love and/or Following the River. I always loved this one, great build-up vocally, with the background singers, well done!
Yeah, those albums from GOATS HEAD SOAP to BLACK&BLUE contain many reflective ballads that are quite unique in the Stones catalog. Lyricwise Jagger is touching there grounds that show maturity and even deepness and sincerity that very mmuch vanished during the SOME GIRLS sessions. Think of "100 Years Ago", "Angie", "Winter", "Time Waits For No one", "If You Really Want To Be My Friend", "'Till The Next Time We Say Goodbye", "Through The Lonely Nights", "Memory Motel", "Fool to Cry"... not to forget "Waitin' On A Friend", "Worried About You" and "Tops".
I think ever since only in PRIMITIVE COOL that kind of Jagger showed his head again. Any cliche-full and generic post-STEEL WHEELS stuff is a far cry from those mid-70's ballads.
- Doxa
This period was so different from any other and one of the reasons was songs like the ones you mentioned. They seem to be a precursor to Jagger's solo work....in a good way, but Jagger's voice had become more mannered by 84....
Big4 mentioned that IYRWTBMF sounds like a Mick/Keith collaboration, I disagree, sounds like all Mick/Mick/Preston etc....
This is what Mick sounded like without Keith, IMO. Jagger seemed to be liberating himself from the expectations of the 'rockin stones' and seemed to be relishing it.
By this point, I don't know if Keith was barely there.
I remember reading in some old music mag from the early 70s about Jagger's solo album possibilities. He had been playing with Lennon, Dr. John etc and hinted at a solo album....Never happened. But I always imagined songs like this would have been the final product. It's not "Let It Loose", but its human.
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big4
I think as on Let It Loose the guitar through Leslie is probably keith and maybe that was the foundation of the song and everything else added is built upon that.
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Doxa
I don't like Jagger's vocal delivery either. There is just something so cheesy in it.