Re: Goats Head Soup - Stones classic
Posted by:
bassplayer617
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Date: January 15, 2005 02:35
OK, let's jump in the "wayback machine". zzzzzzzzzppp---ping! It's 1973, and I'm 16 years old. I had yet to become a big-time Stones fan, which happened after the in-the-future radio broadcasts of the European Tour.
This was the year I got turned on to glam-rock and my faves were the NY Dolls, Lou Reed (in the midst of re-inventing himself), and Alice Cooper (Billion Dollar Babies had just come out).
To my young ears, the Stones sounded, um, complacent, maybe even tired. My instant favorite was "Star Star", which was, in a way, a catalyst, because I had yet to "discover" the Stones and all of their roots. I loved that chugga-chugga rhythm right away, even if it was too slow (they rectified the speed issue in live performance). Chuck Berry-inspired? Who the f*ck was Chuck Berry? Oh, yeah, that dirty old man that had a hit with "My Ding-A-Ling". A novelty act. Yuck.
Ok--back to the present---zzzzzzzppp--ping! (Yikes, my back hurts, and--my hair is gray! AAAGHH!)
I still don't have GHS on CD, so maybe it's time I did so and re-evaluated it.
(This is the best part of being a baby-boomer who hasn't completely disavowed his earlier life and become a puffed-up old fart. I suppose my 23-year musician life, which started when I was 17, has much to do with that LOL. )
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2005-01-15 02:37 by bassplayer617.