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drewmaster
Mixed Emotions was like a gust of fresh, bracing ocean air after the lull the band experienced in the mid-80's. It shouted "Hey, we're back!!" .. and it did so with style and aplomb. I can remember hearing this one for the first time and being so excited that my favorite band was once again creating great rock and roll. That driving rhythm, those soaring harmonies, and Mick's plaintive cries to bury the hatchet and wipe out the past, all told the listener that the Stones were back with a vengeance.
One of the best tracks on Steel Wheels and still sounding very good today. Excellent video, too.
Drew
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drewmaster
Mixed Emotions was like a gust of fresh, bracing ocean air after the lull the band experienced in the mid-80's. It shouted "Hey, we're back!!" .. and it did so with style and aplomb. I can remember hearing this one for the first time and being so excited that my favorite band was once again creating great rock and roll. That driving rhythm, those soaring harmonies, and Mick's plaintive cries to bury the hatchet and wipe out the past, all told the listener that the Stones were back with a vengeance.
One of the best tracks on Steel Wheels and still sounding very good today. Excellent video, too.
Drew
aplomb? seriously? i don't think the stones have ever seriously dabbled in aplomb.
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drewmaster
Mixed Emotions was like a gust of fresh, bracing ocean air after the lull the band experienced in the mid-80's. It shouted "Hey, we're back!!" .. and it did so with style and aplomb. I can remember hearing this one for the first time and being so excited that my favorite band was once again creating great rock and roll. That driving rhythm, those soaring harmonies, and Mick's plaintive cries to bury the hatchet and wipe out the past, all told the listener that the Stones were back with a vengeance.
One of the best tracks on Steel Wheels and still sounding very good today. Excellent video, too.
Drew
aplomb? seriously? i don't think the stones have ever seriously dabbled in aplomb.
The first six chords on their version of 'Not Fade Away' are high aplomb.
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drewmaster
Mixed Emotions was like a gust of fresh, bracing ocean air after the lull the band experienced in the mid-80's. It shouted "Hey, we're back!!" .. and it did so with style and aplomb. I can remember hearing this one for the first time and being so excited that my favorite band was once again creating great rock and roll. That driving rhythm, those soaring harmonies, and Mick's plaintive cries to bury the hatchet and wipe out the past, all told the listener that the Stones were back with a vengeance.
One of the best tracks on Steel Wheels and still sounding very good today. Excellent video, too.
Drew
aplomb? seriously? i don't think the stones have ever seriously dabbled in aplomb.
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drewmaster
Mixed Emotions was like a gust of fresh, bracing ocean air after the lull the band experienced in the mid-80's. It shouted "Hey, we're back!!" .. and it did so with style and aplomb. I can remember hearing this one for the first time and being so excited that my favorite band was once again creating great rock and roll. That driving rhythm, those soaring harmonies, and Mick's plaintive cries to bury the hatchet and wipe out the past, all told the listener that the Stones were back with a vengeance.
One of the best tracks on Steel Wheels and still sounding very good today. Excellent video, too.
Drew
aplomb? seriously? i don't think the stones have ever seriously dabbled in aplomb.
I for one stay away from aplomb type of work. If the toilet needs fixing, I use aplomber.
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drewmaster
Mixed Emotions was like a gust of fresh, bracing ocean air after the lull the band experienced in the mid-80's. It shouted "Hey, we're back!!" .. and it did so with style and aplomb. I can remember hearing this one for the first time and being so excited that my favorite band was once again creating great rock and roll. That driving rhythm, those soaring harmonies, and Mick's plaintive cries to bury the hatchet and wipe out the past, all told the listener that the Stones were back with a vengeance.
One of the best tracks on Steel Wheels and still sounding very good today. Excellent video, too.
Drew
aplomb? seriously? i don't think the stones have ever seriously dabbled in aplomb.
I for one stay away from aplomb type of work. If the toilet needs fixing, I use aplomber.
didn't he play bass on turd on the run? it's all making sense now...
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drewmaster
Mixed Emotions was like a gust of fresh, bracing ocean air after the lull the band experienced in the mid-80's. It shouted "Hey, we're back!!" .. and it did so with style and aplomb. I can remember hearing this one for the first time and being so excited that my favorite band was once again creating great rock and roll. That driving rhythm, those soaring harmonies, and Mick's plaintive cries to bury the hatchet and wipe out the past, all told the listener that the Stones were back with a vengeance.
One of the best tracks on Steel Wheels and still sounding very good today. Excellent video, too.
Drew
aplomb? seriously? i don't think the stones have ever seriously dabbled in aplomb.
I for one stay away from aplomb type of work. If the toilet needs fixing, I use aplomber.
didn't he play bass on turd on the run? it's all making sense now...
This will be the best post of the year!
In the same league of the best Marx bros.
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drewmaster
Mixed Emotions was like a gust of fresh, bracing ocean air after the lull the band experienced in the mid-80's. It shouted "Hey, we're back!!" .. and it did so with style and aplomb. I can remember hearing this one for the first time and being so excited that my favorite band was once again creating great rock and roll. That driving rhythm, those soaring harmonies, and Mick's plaintive cries to bury the hatchet and wipe out the past, all told the listener that the Stones were back with a vengeance.
One of the best tracks on Steel Wheels and still sounding very good today. Excellent video, too.
Drew
aplomb? seriously? i don't think the stones have ever seriously dabbled in aplomb.
I for one stay away from aplomb type of work. If the toilet needs fixing, I use aplomber.
didn't he play bass on turd on the run? it's all making sense now...
This will be the best post of the year!
In the same league of the best Marx bros.
C
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drewmaster
Mixed Emotions was like a gust of fresh, bracing ocean air after the lull the band experienced in the mid-80's. It shouted "Hey, we're back!!" .. and it did so with style and aplomb. I can remember hearing this one for the first time and being so excited that my favorite band was once again creating great rock and roll. That driving rhythm, those soaring harmonies, and Mick's plaintive cries to bury the hatchet and wipe out the past, all told the listener that the Stones were back with a vengeance.
One of the best tracks on Steel Wheels and still sounding very good today. Excellent video, too.
Drew
aplomb? seriously? i don't think the stones have ever seriously dabbled in aplomb.
I for one stay away from aplomb type of work. If the toilet needs fixing, I use aplomber.
didn't he play bass on turd on the run? it's all making sense now...
This will be the best post of the year!
In the same league of the best Marx bros.
C
While I'm in agreement I do feel I have to be given credit for the set up. A good straightman is hard to find, and often underregarded, or something.
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donvis
Whenever I hear a cover band play I Want To Hold Your Hand,the opening guitar riff always makes me think they are about to play Mixed Emotions!
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Tantekäthe
I still remember hearing the fake JJF intro and then Jagger's debile verses on the radio back in 1989, thinking: can it get any worse than that?
To me, they finally hit rock bottom with this one, going for the most obvious stadium rock clichés to please those beer-bellied babyboomers who do not want to be bothered with any kind of musical challenge
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billwebster
I got into the Stones by ways of Wandering Spirit. That was much later than when this song came out. Hence, my emotional attachment to it as being an event is absolutely nil. I'm just saying ...
Anyway, when I got Steel Wheels, it was already the early 00s. I had pre-listened to the album in a store in the 90s though, and nothing really grabbed my attention. Instead, the sound design rather put me off, so I postponed the album until later.
That's why "Mixed Emotions" to me is just a slightly above average song in their oeuvre, slightly above the average standard on "Steel Wheels", too. I prefer "Sad Sad Sad" and "Rock And A Hardplace" over this track. The former should have been the single, not this one.
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DandelionPowderman
A good single with a nice hook. It's different (at least the bridge and the choruses).
However, the sound of it is dull, very dull, imo. Could have used a rawer guitar sound and/or more prominent acoustic guitars.