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Keith often uses a very American R when he sings - when an R doesn't precede a vowel sound
(like both Rs in that interfere) a British speaker would normally have a "silent" R ("intafea", sort of)
while Keith enjoys to pronounce them firmly, the American way. He's been doing that for decades.
Sometimes it sounds a bit odd, because it's not natural to him ... but I forgive him :E

No one is as good as Mick when it comes to mimicking an accent, but to these American ears Keith's accent when singing does not sound particularly odd, it sounds "country" often, I think that is what he is going for in the song in question. In "Lover's Plea", as a contrary example, he doesn't sound this way. Not too different from Mick sounding "country" on Sweet Virginia or Far Away Eyes, although Mick's 'country' accent comes off as a little exaggerated (one reason people hear Far Away Eyes as almost mocking). Keith's voice, to my ears, is best suited for country songs - the vocals on "Dead Flowers" are very authentic IMO. I think he realizes this and it's one reason he did those country covers like "We Had it All".



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I think Mick's country accent on Faraway Eyes was intentionally exaggerated in a stereotypical country way.
Not necessarily 'mocking' in a derogatory way, but making a bit fun of those backwards rednecks.
(no offense to country people)

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Keith often uses a very American R when he sings - when an R doesn't precede a vowel sound
(like both Rs in that interfere) a British speaker would normally have a "silent" R ("intafea", sort of)
while Keith enjoys to pronounce them firmly, the American way. He's been doing that for decades.
Sometimes it sounds a bit odd, because it's not natural to him ... but I forgive him :E

No one is as good as Mick when it comes to mimicking an accent, but to these American ears Keith's accent when singing does not sound particularly odd

His accent doesn't sound odd to me either - I just mean the way he enunciates certain Rs.
(And I wasn't talking about CrossEyed Heart in particular - that "interfere" was just a handy example.)

Yes the timbre of Keith's voice is wonderful for country songs, and I agree that he no doubt realizes it.
Mick has said the same thing, so that makes [calculating quickly] four of us :E

Ask Keith: What was the inspiration for 'Trouble'?

[www.youtube.com]

LOL see, that's what happens when Keith doesn't make up tall tales... the truth is usually not that exciting ;-)

thank you for posting.

i still like the track.

Here's the Everly Brothers' Poor Jenny: [www.youtube.com]

Ahhh that's cool!
Hope we get more video clip insights into the inspiration for other songs - not just Crosseyed Heart tunes, but other solo tunes as well as Stones tunes.

Listening to Poor Jenny now - thanks with sssoul, never heard it before!
It's rockin'!

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I don't know what you were imagining, Turner dear, but that Ask Keith clip was great!
I'd love to hear more just like that.

Listening to Heartstopper.

Just a thought: those drum breaks really sound like something Charlie would do.

And Amnesia is a Modern Times era Dylan Song minus complicated lyrics. Nice groove, but why choose to end the song so rudely?

Finally heard the CD last night, on loan from the local library. For this we have 232 pages? It sounds just like those Expensive Winos CDs from the late 80s, early 90s. No real stand out cut. (I like Bill Wyman's 'What & How & If & Where & Why single better). Keith can still play an impressive acoustic, and his bass playing is better than Darryl.

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And Amnesia is a Modern Times era Dylan Song minus complicated lyrics. Nice groove,
but why choose to end the song so rudely?

Maybe for the same reason the world sometimes chooses
to bang you on the head so rudely that everything goes blank

Keith seems to have some kind of bent about cell phones on this record ha ha. In two songs he comments on them!

He said he had one in one of the interviews. Bye bye fax...

It took me about five years after the fact when cell phones became a "requirement" to have - finally got one in '99.
Needless to say, alot of positives came with it, but also the negatives (always expected to answer, being tracked down, etc.)
Still have an old school flip phone though.

Same with when cd's came out - finally bought a boom box/cd player probably 10 years after they were common only because
a particular new album I wanted only came out in that format about '95-ish. And again, definitely some positives, but also all the negatives.

Still no mp3 and/or no downloading (that's what friends are for) - just crates upon crates of vinyl, boxes upon boxes of cassettes, and stacks upon stack of cd's.

"What's that thing attached to your ear
I'm talking to you but you don't seem to hear"



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Finally heard the CD last night, on loan from the local library. For this we have 232 pages? It sounds just like those Expensive Winos CDs from the late 80s, early 90s. No real stand out cut. (I like Bill Wyman's 'What & How & If & Where & Why single better). Keith can still play an impressive acoustic, and his bass playing is better than Darryl.

That's what the 232 pages are for. It reflects how the albums grows on a lot of people. I agree that there's no real standout cut, it's one of those albums (the Stones have made a few, I won't say names) which doesn't appeal so much for its hits but rather for an overall atmoshpere, where each song begs for the next one, and it's full of moments, little frases or lines or licks here and there that stick out and suddenly you wake up one morning, or you're having a shower or you sit down in a bus, and you realise one of those moments popped up in your head.

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Finally heard the CD last night, on loan from the local library. For this we have 232 pages? It sounds just like those Expensive Winos CDs from the late 80s, early 90s. No real stand out cut. (I like Bill Wyman's 'What & How & If & Where & Why single better). Keith can still play an impressive acoustic, and his bass playing is better than Darryl.

You say you finally heard the LP last night and then you say 232 pages for this?

Go smoke something and come back in a month after listening to it more than once.

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Finally heard the CD last night, on loan from the local library. For this we have 232 pages? It sounds just like those Expensive Winos CDs from the late 80s, early 90s. No real stand out cut. (I like Bill Wyman's 'What & How & If & Where & Why single better). Keith can still play an impressive acoustic, and his bass playing is better than Darryl.

That's what the 232 pages are for. It reflects how the albums grows on a lot of people. I agree that there's no real standout cut, it's one of those albums (the Stones have made a few, I won't say names) which doesn't appeal so much for its hits but rather for an overall atmoshpere, where each song begs for the next one, and it's full of moments, little frases or lines or licks here and there that stick out and suddenly you wake up one morning, or you're having a shower or you sit down in a bus, and you realise one of those moments popped up in your head.

Well said! ... although i disagree on the "no real standout cut" , there are many for me. Robbed Blind, CrossEyed Heart, Amnesia, Love Overdue, Goodnight Irene, Something For Nothing, as a start. Trouble too, I've come to love, the guitars are fantastic! And moreover, every track is minimally very good. It's zoomed by Wandering Spirit as my favorite solo release.

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Ask Keith: What was the inspiration for 'Trouble'?

[www.youtube.com]

Thanks much Cristiano, inteesting little Trouble tid bits and Keith looks great!


Per the 232 pages comment - to be fair, the first almost 100 pages are from before the album came out. Yap Yap...

Ask Keith: How was Substantial Damage recorded?

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Ask Keith: How was Substantial Damage recorded?

[www.youtube.com]

Thanks Cristiano.

"Not originally intended for the record..."

But glad it made it - a nice sonic 'detour' amidst the overall vibe.

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Love Overdue video:

[www.youtube.com]

not available in US :-(

I'm in the US and got it. very cool!!!

I'm in the US and get it as well -and yes very cool!!!

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i got it now. thanks for posting christiano. this is awesome.

While the animation might give it a lighthearted feel upon first glance, beneath it all is a wave of foreboding darkness.
Sneaky Keith - luring you into a fun adventure, and then smacking you hard in the head.



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really loved the video - definitely improved the song....made the song better to me

Cool video 'Love Overdue'
the animation reminded me of the movie 'Despicable Me'
Still grooving to Crosseyed Heart thank you
Mr. Keith Richards,
the King of Rock,
per the record company.

Thanks for posting Cristiano, no problems viewing from my US location either, try again Turner.

As far as the video...meh, didn't do much for me but to each their own. I would have preferred Keith in the studio or even better a montage of Keith home videos!