<what I dislike : flourish, pretention, flakes, marketing inflation and obvious fashion following.>

Hm, those are both positive and negative words, Mark. Are you sure you dislike a band that flourishes?

It's a good word, though, because that's exactly what they did after Dirty Work - flourished!

They wrote lots of different music: African-inspired (Continental Drift), jazzy stuff (Terrifying), tex/mex (Blinded By Love), blues (Break The Spell), rock (Sad Sad Sad, Hold Onto Your Hat), pop (Can't Be Seen/Rock And A Hard Place, ballads (Almost Hear You Sigh/Slipping Away) - all to be featured on Steel Wheels.

Which other band did release a jazzy rock single like Terrifying in 1989?

Fashion following? That's exactly what they always have done - and why they are so good! They could spot something, grind it through their mill and make it their own. Exile is rooted in the Americana rock wave that was so popular at the time. Dancing With Mr. D. captures the glam wave. Hot Stuff and Miss You are right on the same funk and disco paths that were so popular at the time.

Pretentiousness? Try Time Waits For No One (And I don't mean that in a bad way - I love the pretentious Mick)

Marketing inflation? I don't know what that has to do with the music. It usually happens afterwards... Do you mean market-friendly music? It was single number four off that album...

Flakes? Corn flakes?



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 2014-05-13 15:00 by DandelionPowderman.

Quote
24FPS

Quote
His Majesty

Quote
24FPS

I just saw as one more notch on their belt, jazz. They'd successfully conquered so many genres and it was good to hear them go in a new direction. TO me it added to the depth and variety of Steel Wheels.

Erm, that is not jazz. fookin' ell!!!

Well, it ain't rock. It certainly has jazz overtones. Funk? It ain't that funky. What the hell is it then?

A dance/pop song with a slight jazzy feel? But yeah, actually one of the very last times the Stones did something 'out of the box'. It doesn't sound like anything they had done before. What I find in "Terrifying" notable is that unlike the recipe of success had been usually that of integrating a new territory to their traditional sound, this time they sound like being in a new territory altogether. That is to say that it doesn't sound very 'Stonesy' from the constitution, but different, surprisingly light-weight and 'easy-listening', be that good or not. A bit like "Too Much Blood". So 80's.

- Doxa



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2014-05-13 15:41 by Doxa.

That's the production, not the writing or the performance from Stones members. Sometimes, it's good trying to look past dated production techniques, imo.

The monitor mixes or the early versions, for instance

Quote
MarkSchneider

Quote
DandelionPowderman
Didn't he?

This is a joke !

Quite. As are the comments that it's jazz.

It's late night radio wishy washy driving music previously put out by the likes of Chris Rea etc.

Quote
DandelionPowderman
<what I dislike : flourish, pretention, flakes, marketing inflation and obvious fashion following.>

Hm, those are both positive and negative words, Mark. Are you sure you dislike a band that flourishes? I meant pompousness, style inflation

It's a good word, though, because that's exactly what they did after Dirty Work - flourished! off topic

They wrote lots of different music: African-inspired (Continental Drift), jazzy stuff (Terrifying), tex/mex (Blinded By Love), blues (Break The Spell), rock (Sad Sad Sad, Hold Onto Your Hat), pop (Can't Be Seen/Rock And A Hard Place, ballads (Almost Hear You Sigh/Slipping Away) - all to be featured on Steel Wheels. Good for you

Which other band did release a jazzy rock single like Terrifying in 1989? They had better to do

Fashion following? That's exactly what they always have done - and why they are so good! They could spot something, grind it through their mill and make it their own. Exile is rooted in the Americana rock wave that was so popular at the time. Dancing With Mr. D. captures the glam wave. Hot Stuff and Miss You are right on the same funk and disco paths that were so popular at the time. Hot Stuff and Miss You are typical of what I dislike in the RS production

Pretentiousness? Try Time Waits For No One (And I don't mean that in a bad way - I love the pretentious Mick) as long as pretention doesn't interfere with the music

Marketing inflation? I don't know what that has to do with the music. It usually happens afterwards... Do you mean market-friendly music? It was single number four off that album... Lack of taste seems to be widely spread

Flakes? Corn flakes? easy fun. Actually I meant sequins and glitter dust (I'm french)

You remain ineffable, Dandy



Edited 8 time(s). Last edit at 2014-05-13 22:09 by MarkSchneider.

Quote
His Majesty

Quote
MarkSchneider

Quote
DandelionPowderman
Didn't he?

This is a joke !

Quite. As are the comments that it's jazz.

It's late night radio wishy washy driving music previously put out by the likes of Chris Rea etc.

It's terrifying.

Quote
MarkSchneider

Quote
DandelionPowderman
<what I dislike : flourish, pretention, flakes, marketing inflation and obvious fashion following.>

Hm, those are both positive and negative words, Mark. Are you sure you dislike a band that flourishes? I meant pompousness, style inflation

It's a good word, though, because that's exactly what they did after Dirty Work - flourished! off topic

They wrote lots of different music: African-inspired (Continental Drift), jazzy stuff (Terrifying), tex/mex (Blinded By Love), blues (Break The Spell), rock (Sad Sad Sad, Hold Onto Your Hat), pop (Can't Be Seen/Rock And A Hard Place, ballads (Almost Hear You Sigh/Slipping Away) - all to be featured on Steel Wheels. Good for you

Which other band did release a jazzy rock single like Terrifying in 1989? They had better to do

Fashion following? That's exactly what they always have done - and why they are so good! They could spot something, grind it through their mill and make it their own. Exile is rooted in the Americana rock wave that was so popular at the time. Dancing With Mr. D. captures the glam wave. Hot Stuff and Miss You are right on the same funk and disco paths that were so popular at the time. Hot Stuff and Miss You are typical of what I dislike in the RS production

Pretentiousness? Try Time Waits For No One (And I don't mean that in a bad way - I love the pretentious Mick) as long as pretention doesn't interfere with the music

Marketing inflation? I don't know what that has to do with the music. It usually happens afterwards... Do you mean market-friendly music? It was single number four off that album... Lack of taste seems to be widely spread

Flakes? Corn flakes? easy fun. Actually I meant sequins and glitter dust (I'm french)

You remain ineffable, Dandy

Ca va, Mark

They are always the Greatest. Nobody close to them.

Absolutely! On fire in a blaze of glory!

Hey Richard from Canada I'm Rob also from Canada. 1975 was the first time I got to see the band live so to me that was the best most exciting Stones tour ever. I wanted to see them in 72 but I was 15 and no way were my parents about to let their little boy anywhere near a Rolling Stones concert. People died there afterall and other people blew up their equipment vans. By 75 I was legal though so there wasn't much they could do.
If I had got to see them earlier maybe then 75 wouldn't have seemed so great. Never forget the thrill of the first chord by Keith (Honky Tonk) and the first glimps of Mick come running towards us and the entire show was just heaven to an 18 yr old kid crazy about this band almost since birth. Wrote a small story about it and it was published in Mariloo Rentons Love You Live. Cheers!

I like the Rolling Stones of the last 15 years or so better than the late sixties to early seventies version. At least performance wise. I never liked the hyper version of the Stones during that time span. The songs were always played way to fast. I did however, like the Rolling Stones of the mid sixties when they first appeared in the States. Mick proved he could be just as effective working a small area in those days.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2014-05-23 04:41 by ThickerThanThieves.

Quote
laertisflash
2014. The band is still excellent on stage.

Absolutely! On Fire In A Blaze Of Glory