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Substantial Damage is up on his site right now !

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is this a comment about that neighborhood??

btw: the song's crap. Maybe you can't even call it a song. A let down for sure

Ok, so it's not a "song" in the ordinary sense ... who cares? It's a raucous jammin' groove that slides and swings. I'll take this over "Trouble" any day of the week.

Drew

somebody said about "amnesia" that it's rather a sketch of a song, but this is more more true for "Substantial Damage" (I hate to say it – but it reminds me how important Jagger's role is…)

Oh jezz its relentless, the records got stuck
Can we just listen to it without Jagger getting in the way for 5 minutes

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Substantial Damage is up on his site right now !

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Thanks for the heads up! I like it!

Now that's great !
Substantial Damage !

Keith sounds angry and funky
This is again better than i expected
ITS ALIVE

Dont like it. its just a jam, not a song. Filler.
God knows i love Keef, but no, this does not do it for me.
Jeroen

Damn - now that's different!

The riff is quoting that "call & response" section in If You Can't Rock Me, isn't it.
I shall go to sleep now yearning for morning to give this a proper listen

That Keith Richards sure is a Wild and funky cat inne

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Substantial Damage is up on his site right now !

sc uk

is this a comment about that neighborhood??

btw: the song's crap. Maybe you can't even call it a song. A let down for sure

Ok, so it's not a "song" in the ordinary sense ... who cares? It's a raucous jammin' groove that slides and swings. I'll take this over "Trouble" any day of the week.

Drew

somebody said about "amnesia" that it's rather a sketch of a song, but this is more more true for "Substantial Damage" (I hate to say it – but it reminds me how important Jagger's role is…)

Oh jezz its relentless, the records got stuck
Can we just listen to it without Jagger getting in the way for 5 minutes

I was the "Amnesia" sketch poster. And, yes, "Substantial Damage" is even more so. These are grooves, sketches, jams, whatever you want to call them. They're cool, in my opinion, interesting, but they are incomplete and not memorable, in my opinion.

I have no idea what Jagger might have done with this--@#$%& it up, for all I know. All I know is that I'm pretty sure there is one group of people who are going to dig this: people who already love Keith Richards solo albums.

Thank you Matt Lee. That is one funky and angry song. there.

I'm with the negative crowd on that one.

Sounds like Steve Jordan's work with the Blues Explosion has seeped thru a lil' ........



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I'm not a musician and English is not my mothertongue so how to describe it properly? Substantial Damage is not my cup of tea, makes me put the volume down, sorry! It's too loud, nearly a bit annoying, some harmonies missing for my taste, maybe a bit too chaotic? For now a skip song for me.

"escapes to Suspicious"

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Matt Lee, you did the did your own self?! Thanks & praises! :E

Absolutely... Google maps and a fine British sporting machine.

The seven ballads more than weigh up for what some people are missing of melodies so far. Mark my words

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The seven ballads more than weigh up for what some people are missing of melodies so far. Mark my words

Well said!

Sounds like Keith is sick of paying the way for his inner circle just to be ignored by those damn cell phones...lol

Some of you on here remind me of the two old men in The Muppet Show
They used to see the show every week but always moan about how terrible it was
But still they would come along to watch it every week, just to moan

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Matt Lee, you did the did your own self?! Thanks & praises! :E

Absolutely... Google maps and a fine British sporting machine.

Well thanks for the rescue, Matt.
the wait was getting silly long.

Yeah, the song has a jam touch to it.
Keith on megaphone, channeling Tom Waits perhaps?
Waddy's slide guitar puts a nice wrap around it though.

not the best but ok.

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Matt Lee, you did the did your own self?! Thanks & praises! :E

Absolutely... Google maps and a fine British sporting machine.

Well thanks for the rescue, Matt.
the wait was getting silly long.

Yeah, the song has a jam touch to it.
Keith on megaphone, channeling Tom Waits perhaps?
Waddy's slide guitar puts a nice wrap around it though.

not the best but ok.

Stands to reason he's going to save the best till last. I hope

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Some of you on here remind me of the two old men in The Muppet Show
They used to see the show every week but always moan about how terrible it was
But still they would come along to watch it every week, just to moan

you can do better than this, young riffhards. remember: "serious adult conversation."

i was talking about my opinions of the music, not about what i think about people who might feel differently from me about the music. but you have to play the "moaner" card?

You can certainly tell Jordan was involved it the production, those drums are loud in the mix man!

It comes out of the gate at full speed, where ya gonna go from there? A very cool groove and I like it...but with the slide guitar the only real build in the tune it leaves me a bit hungry for more song structure.

Yeah it's fun, it's a funky jam, but a lazy attempt at songwriting. I can imagine this one if he would have started quieter and built it up to what it became, had a breakdown in there somewhere, more suspense and release...could have had everyone on board. As it is I like it, but my expectation of more of a song leave me slightly disappointed overall.

Raucous, funky, jammin' brilliance - what's not to like?
Crank up the bass, loosen up, get in the groove, and turn it up!

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Rip this joint, gonna save your soul, round and round and round we go......

The jams (Cross Eyed Heart, Amnesia and Substantial Damage) are very strategically placed on the album.

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The jams (Cross Eyed Heart, Amnesia and Substantial Damage) are very strategically placed on the album.

That's interesting ... but who listens to albums as "albums" anymore? It's about songs, no? Individual tracks? I guess, though, that Keith at this stage is not trying to hook new listeners; he's more about selling to people who've already been sold on his solo career. And maybe those people still, by and large, still sit down and listen to entire albums in a particular order.

Substantial Damage is one of the tracks that didn't fare too well on the bootleg in terms of sound quality, so I was hoping it would be selected for this campaign.

It's also one that stood out on first listen, reminding me of how Isaac Hayes used to take a funky groove and just jam on it for the entire song. Along with Lover's Plea and Something For Nothing, it adds a hint of Memphis Soul by way of the blues to the album.

And as I mentioned in an earlier post, Substantial Damage is what I always imagined Keith's mix of Might As Well Get Juiced might've been like.

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Yeah, the song has a jam touch to it.
Keith on megaphone, channeling Tom Waits perhaps?
Waddy's slide guitar puts a nice wrap around it though.

not the best but ok.

Stands to reason he's going to save the best till last. I hope

This will make a great contrast. where there's light, there will be shadow.
other songs will shine more and the whole album will be interesting because of the variety. (I think / hope)

Great groove. But what does the intro riff remind me of? Midnight Rambler?

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Great groove. But what does the intro riff remind me of? Midnight Rambler?

IYCRM, minus one strum

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Great groove. But what does the intro riff remind me of? Midnight Rambler?

I'd say Monkey Man.

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The jams (Cross Eyed Heart, Amnesia and Substantial Damage) are very strategically placed on the album.

That's interesting ... but who listens to albums as "albums" anymore? It's about songs, no? Individual tracks? I guess, though, that Keith at this stage is not trying to hook new listeners; he's more about selling to people who've already been sold on his solo career. And maybe those people still, by and large, still sit down and listen to entire albums in a particular order.

This is an old school album, and deserves to be listened to as one, imo. It's a nice journey - at least for me

Midnight Rambler, the middle part where where Mick sings "Don't do that".