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if i could whine for a minute - and i rarely do...
i didn't understand it or like it when mick started adding "'cos" to the refrain on these past shows. there is no cause and effect here, mick. stop saying "'cos" - it doesn't work. stop it.
i do like the song alot, though, "'cos" or no "'cos."
This is a 'singer thing', and it's a crutch actually. Instead of hitting the "Wiiiiiiild" part off the bat, the 'cos' gives Mick the millisecond of sound he needs as a reference (pitch and rhythm-wise) for the same note.
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StonesTod
if i could whine for a minute - and i rarely do...
i didn't understand it or like it when mick started adding "'cos" to the refrain on these past shows. there is no cause and effect here, mick. stop saying "'cos" - it doesn't work. stop it.
i do like the song alot, though, "'cos" or no "'cos."
This is a 'singer thing', and it's a crutch actually. Instead of hitting the "Wiiiiiiild" part off the bat, the 'cos' gives Mick the millisecond of sound he needs as a reference (pitch and rhythm-wise) for the same note.
i know, but it reduces the power of the lyric. mick can be so maddening.
but i give him props for lady jane - the singular highlight of the mini-tour for me.
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the late, great jim dickinson tickling the ivories...why stu couldn't just not play on the minor chords i never understood - but can't imagine him out-doing what jim laid down...
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the late, great jim dickinson tickling the ivories...why stu couldn't just not play on the minor chords i never understood - but can't imagine him out-doing what jim laid down...
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StonesTod
if i could whine for a minute - and i rarely do...
i didn't understand it or like it when mick started adding "'cos" to the refrain on these past shows. there is no cause and effect here, mick. stop saying "'cos" - it doesn't work. stop it.
i do like the song alot, though, "'cos" or no "'cos."
This is a 'singer thing', and it's a crutch actually. Instead of hitting the "Wiiiiiiild" part off the bat, the 'cos' gives Mick the millisecond of sound he needs as a reference (pitch and rhythm-wise) for the same note.
i know, but it reduces the power of the lyric. mick can be so maddening.
but i give him props for lady jane - the singular highlight of the mini-tour for me.
Dude, I wasn't disagreeing at all. You're 100%, it DOES take away from it. And yeah, Lady Jane sounded pretty amazing from the videos I've seen.
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Silver Dagger
It is more of a lament than a ballad.
It doesn't try to be sacharrine, schmaltzy or even a chart-topping hit. It is a plaintive lament, pure and simple. Ballads are usually more up tempo and narrative in informing the listener of an event. This is, in the words of Mick at Knebworth, "a sad, sad song." Written straight from the heart as a carthartic release.
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Silver Dagger
It is more of a lament than a ballad.
It doesn't try to be sacharrine, schmaltzy or even a chart-topping hit. It is a plaintive lament, pure and simple. Ballads are usually more up tempo and narrative in informing the listener of an event. This is, in the words of Mick at Knebworth, "a sad, sad song." Written straight from the heart as a carthartic release.
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Silver Dagger
It is more of a lament than a ballad.
It doesn't try to be sacharrine, schmaltzy or even a chart-topping hit. It is a plaintive lament, pure and simple. Ballads are usually more up tempo and narrative in informing the listener of an event. This is, in the words of Mick at Knebworth, "a sad, sad song." Written straight from the heart as a carthartic release.
Mick called Angie and YCAGWYW also sad songs. The latter doesn't 'deserve' that qualification. Because of the but if..
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I was just surprised to see so many versions on youtube. I knew about The Sundays, Alicia Keys and Susan Boyle because they had been released as singles. I just didn't realize that so many artists have covered the song in concert recently. It'll be ironic if a single that was a relative failure on the charts ends up being their most covered song.
Which brings up another random thought - Brown Sugar, Sway, Wild Horses and Can't You Hear Me Knocking are the first four tracks on Sticky Fingers - in retrospect, that's just mind blowing.
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Silver Dagger
It is more of a lament than a ballad.
It doesn't try to be sacharrine, schmaltzy or even a chart-topping hit. It is a plaintive lament, pure and simple. Ballads are usually more up tempo and narrative in informing the listener of an event. This is, in the words of Mick at Knebworth, "a sad, sad song." Written straight from the heart as a carthartic release.
Mick called Angie and YCAGWYW also sad songs. The latter doesn't 'deserve' that qualification. Because of the but if..
yeah, but what if you don't? hmmm? pretty sad, then, right? see? don't assume...
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StonesTod
yesterday is the most covered song of all-time...folks are still covering it...a folk did just yesterday, in fact.
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mstmst
My read is that this is primarily Keith's - written for Marlon as he left to tour - I know MJ claimed this for Marianne - but based on Stan Booth's recounting, it was Keith who brought this into the session, and finished it right in the studio.
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It is more of a lament than a ballad.
It doesn't try to be sacharrine, schmaltzy or even a chart-topping hit. It is a plaintive lament, pure and simple. Ballads are usually more up tempo and narrative in informing the listener of an event. This is, in the words of Mick at Knebworth, "a sad, sad song." Written straight from the heart as a carthartic release.
Mick called Angie and YCAGWYW also sad songs. The latter doesn't 'deserve' that qualification. Because of the but if..
yeah, but what if you don't? hmmm? pretty sad, then, right? see? don't assume...
Mick assures us that we will succeed then. Don't you believe him? Or is getting what you need not enough for you?
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My read is that this is primarily Keith's - written for Marlon as he left to tour - I know MJ claimed this for Marianne - but based on Stan Booth's recounting, it was Keith who brought this into the session, and finished it right in the studio.
Keith explains in Life that he did write it for Marlon, but then Mick took it and made it about Marianne, which was fine with Keith. He's complimentary about what Mick did with the song. What I've always wondered is whether Mick had any musical imput on the song, or was it Keith/music, Mick/lyrics.
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It is more of a lament than a ballad.
It doesn't try to be sacharrine, schmaltzy or even a chart-topping hit. It is a plaintive lament, pure and simple. Ballads are usually more up tempo and narrative in informing the listener of an event. This is, in the words of Mick at Knebworth, "a sad, sad song." Written straight from the heart as a carthartic release.
Mick called Angie and YCAGWYW also sad songs. The latter doesn't 'deserve' that qualification. Because of the but if..
yeah, but what if you don't? hmmm? pretty sad, then, right? see? don't assume...
Mick assures us that we will succeed then. Don't you believe him? Or is getting what you need not enough for you?
you don't understand!!! what if we don't fukking try sometime??? what then? are we doomed to fukking misery then????
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Redhotcarpet
It's not terribly bad but too vulgar.
How so?