Mr. Edward wrote:
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> But would you still have that feeling when B2B
> would have been the first Stones song you heard
> and didn't have any knowledge of their catalogue?
> When I bought VL and even B2B, I thought: "Hell
> yeah, they've added a few more great songs to
> their repertoire". The new album doesn't have to
> be great, but it would be nice if there were some
> songs that really stand on their own feet and
> deserve a place in the Stones song book. That's
> all for me and I'm sure that will get some of
> those.
Interesting point you make there. I don't know if I would have that feeling if Bridges To Babylon was the first I heard. But I know one thing though: The first full album that really hit me was Voodoo Lounge. It was also one of the first I bought. Exile On Main Street, Sticky Fingers and all the other great stuff from the early years, golden era etc. didn't get into my collection for the first few years of my fanhood. I think I bought all those in 2000 or 2001. It was quite the revelation to me. But the point is that Voodoo Lounge had the quality to really make me listen to The Rolling Stones. I thought, and still do, that Bridges To Babylon is an album just a great as Voodoo Lounge, only in a different way. See, if the first album I had really listened to was something like, say, Undercover, I'm not sure I would have liked The Stones' albums as much as I do. The starting point of fanhood is important I think. My first experience was a concert in Copenhagen in 1998. That was the point I became a fan. Just to pin-point that. So live-wise I was an instant fan. Album-wise it went slower. Voodoo Lounge was a great place to start. I sort of went backwards in time and got all the albums. And the more I discovered their stuff, the more fan I became. Now I'm at the point where I'm digging the albums and the roots all the time. The more i listen to the roots (Robert Johnson, Jimmy Reed, Muddy Waters etc.), the more I understand The Stones' music. And there's still nothing like it. It only gets better. That's why I can't agree to the point some people make when they say that they can't even listen to Tumbling Dice, Start Me Up, Brown Sugar etc. anymore. I've heard those songs litterally 2000 times at least. I never get tired of them. Sometimes I just think that it's enough of those songs for now. Not because I'm tired of them. More because I sometimes feel it's time to listen to something else. Then I go into the obscure stuff. For days on end I listen to Their Satanic Majesties Request, England's Newest Hitmakers or something similar. And when I feel it's time for something new, I throw something else (By The Rolling Stones) in the CD player. It's a circle I can't get out of. Actually I WON'T get out of it. 'Cause it's the best place to be.
Note: I sometimes find myself listening to the "bad" albums like Their Satanic Majesties Request or Dirty Work. The reason is that I would really like to understand what they were up to at the times when they made these. But the more I listen, the more evident it becomes that those albums are just bad (To me anyway), and doesn't really become better. They just stay the same. But it's part of The Rolling Stones' history, so I still listen. If you know the bad albums you understand and appreciate the good albums (They're all in high standard to me) more.
Mr. Edward wrote:
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> About Goddess: I think I expected more of a Stones
> like album, which is the reason I disliked it and
> why Wandering Spirit is my favourite solo album.
> Perhaps that's even the reason I didn't judge
> Alfie so harsh, because I was expecting a Jagger
> album this time, not an album by the singer of The
> Stones. Vague language, but after reading your
> "Russian" post, I'm pretty sure you know what I
> mean.
I feel exactly the same way. And I know what you mean. It's great to know that somebody else besides myself speaks and understands "Russian".
Rorty wrote:
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>So maybe Ronnie is referring more to the form, not to the quality of the song >by it? Are they really going to the sort of minimalism, back to those simple >basic elements where their true uniqueness rests?
>At least I want to share some of the optimism of JumpingKentFlash...
Yes. It seems like you're right, if the rumors and what Don Was and Ronnie Wood tells us is correct. I think you can just go ahead and share my optimism Rorty. It's gonna be great.
BTW: No matter how high I put my expectations, it will never be what I hoped and expected. It will be better and surprising no matter what. That's how everything should be.
JumpingKentFlash
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2005-03-16 18:06 by JumpingKentFlash.