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The Stones, of course. We're talking of working together for years. With Mick and Keith, we often talk about production. But who knows if it would click. Because I don't want to just 'do' the Stones. For example I love Michael Jackson and I've been offered to work on some of his unfinished songs ; they wanted me to play some guitar on a couple of tracks. But even if I love him like no one else, I couldn't do it, I wasn't feeling it. I wouldn't have done it just to see my name on a Michael Jackson album.
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billwebster
Re: Jack White says he would like to work with the Stones
Well, who wouldn't.
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flilflam
I heard Jack White at a Stones concert once, and he and his wife/sister (whoever she is) were terrible. I got up and wandered the lobby to get away from all the noise. Jack may be a nice guy, but what I heard that night, several years ago, was pure crap.
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Stones62
Jack White would be a shot in the arm for the Stones. Some new blood in the studio would be great and I think Jack gets what they are (were) about.
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Doxa
Just thinking further this (im)possible scenario... just think of Keith Richards strumming guitar in the studio, trying to make some kind of sensible sounds out of his instrument with his broken hands, having some kind of sketch of a song in his mind. Charlie, Ronnie, Chuck Leavell, and D. Jones (Wyman in this fantasy) following his instincts and backing him up.... who is the damn person in the whole world saying anything there - "no no Keith, that's not good. Why don't you give more push to riff there there... hmm we need some more structure in the chorus...." Only probably Mick Jagger. If he bothers to be present.
And I don't think the case is being afraid of the blade. It is simply respecting the guy so much that no one has heart to really intervent. By now Keith and his pals are beyond the normal discourses. To say it more harshly (sorry): there are moments when you don't teach your old man how to screw, especially when he can't have his 'rocks off' any longer...
I mean, these guys are about 70 years old - you don't teach for old dogs like them any new tricks, and even trying to teach them their own old tricks is a mark of hybris... Just let them be what they are and hope for the best...
- Doxa
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Stoneage
This poor work ethics through the last decades is really down to Sir Michael. In some way I can understand why Keith was pissed off. The vagabonding billionaire Sir Michael seems to have time for everything but working with the Stones. How productive can a band be that spends two weeks in a studio every sixth years?
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Lorenz
Well, it worked with Dr. John, Johnny Cash, Solomon Burke, etc... it just needs the Stones to accept help
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Stones62
Jack White would be a shot in the arm for the Stones. Some new blood in the studio would be great and I think Jack gets what they are (were) about.
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Doxa
At this stage of events, it doesn't matter be there be any jackwhites or not in the studio. There is no hope that anyone could say anything to these 95% pensioners if they 'suddenly' decide to bring their asses to the studio together, and do there something. Maybe some 10-15 yaers ago that kind of 'outsider producer' would have made some kind of difference. But now it is naive romanticism and idealism to even think that The Stones would actually bother to make such an artistic driven effort, and listen someone guiding them - the biggest egos in the whole business - in their own game (regads to that I think swiss makes a good point about Keith Richards).
Of course, ideally that would make sense (good music?), but in practice it sounds impossible. The band haven't been for years a "living and breathing band" to make such artistic choices. They don't need to, and they seemingly are not interested.
- Doxa