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Doxa
Actually, they have released quite a lot of cover songs during the last decade: "Can't Turn You Loose", "Love Train", "The Nearness of You", "Rock Me Baby", "Bob Wills Is Still King", "Learning The Game", "Night Time Is Right time", "Get Up, Stand Up", "Mr Pitiful", "Champagne & Reefer"...
I need to say of those are any indication, the album of covers is not a very good idea.
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tomcasagranda
whitem8,
True: the trouble is that Buddy Guy is great live, but album wise he has released stuff that has, quite honestly, never fulfilled his live potential, apart from Sweet Tea.
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tomcasagranda
whitem8,
True: the trouble is that Buddy Guy is great live, but album wise he has released stuff that has, quite honestly, never fulfilled his live potential, apart from Sweet Tea.
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donvis
So maybe Stones fans are too fussy. So you all didn't like You Win Again, Talahassee Lasse, We Had It All, I Ain't Signifying, Little Baby, etc? All covers, all great.
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donvis
What would the Stones have to lose if they put out a quickie record of mostly cover songs to commemorate their 50th anniversary? It could be similar to their first several records which were all quite good. One idea would be to recreate their set list of the very first show on July 12 1962. Or they could re-record their first two demo sessions You Can't Judge A Book, et al. Other major artists have done cover albums or revisited their past and their reputations didn't suffer. Likewise, I wouldn't mind another record similar to Stripped's studio remakes. I thought those were all great. And without the burden of coming up with new songs, they could bang it out in 2 or 3 weeks. Well Stones, what better way to celebrate your 50th whether you tour or not????
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whitem8
Actually, Raising Sand did quite well as an album of covers. Won a grammy too, not that means anything about quality, but liked the album.
Also Mighty Rearranger is quite good, but Plant is adept at picking obscure stuff to cover.
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donvis
What would the Stones have to lose if they put out a quickie record of mostly cover songs to commemorate their 50th anniversary? It could be similar to their first several records which were all quite good. One idea would be to recreate their set list of the very first show on July 12 1962. Or they could re-record their first two demo sessions You Can't Judge A Book, et al. Other major artists have done cover albums or revisited their past and their reputations didn't suffer. Likewise, I wouldn't mind another record similar to Stripped's studio remakes. I thought those were all great. And without the burden of coming up with new songs, they could bang it out in 2 or 3 weeks. Well Stones, what better way to celebrate your 50th whether you tour or not????
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Gazza
Nice ideas in theory, but there's no money in publishing royalties in it. Which,as we're talking about the Stones, is a big deal.