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Wow, now I'm conflicted. I parachute into this thread and what's this I read about riff songs being boring? I love fighting the good fight for MT but good lord, Keith's riffs are everything to me. Oh my word, I think I have a touch of the vapours...I need to sit down.
triumph of deconstructivism
Dictionary.com doesn't have this as a word... it has "constructivism", so I'm guessing you mean the opposite of constructivism, which would basically be defined as unorganized chaos in every aspect... so I'm guessing that this involves the unsystematic destruction of Keith's riffs??? Finally, our moment of glory has arrived... Taylorites, emerge from your homes, and take your rightful places as Lords of Stones Fandom!!!
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DandelionPowderman
Kleerie is not very fond of horns.
Had there been Mozart-esque woodwinds on LIB, perhaps he'd have approved the album, though
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Kleerie is not very fond of horns.
Had there been Mozart-esque woodwinds on LIB, perhaps he'd have approved the album, though
;-)
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DandelionPowderman
Kleerie is not very fond of horns.
Had there been Mozart-esque woodwinds on LIB, perhaps he'd have approved the album, though
;-)
There's a lack of good guitar work on LIB, showing Keith's limited guitar qualities (he could camouflage that partly by using overdubs, f.i. on the beginning of GS), which isn't compensated by Brian's instrumental input.
LWM is definitely not my song, Country Honk is a filler, YGTS is so so, and so is the title song. But GS, LIV, MR and YCAGWYW are all very great songs that are performed poorly on LIB (except the already mentioned exception), but are performed very well during the Taylor-era, because the guitars were excellent in that period.
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DandelionPowderman
Kleerie is not very fond of horns.
Had there been Mozart-esque woodwinds on LIB, perhaps he'd have approved the album, though
;-)
There's a lack of good guitar work on LIB, showing Keith's limited guitar qualities (he could camouflage that partly by using overdubs, f.i. on the beginning of GS), which isn't compensated by Brian's instrumental input.
LWM is definitely not my song, Country Honk is a filler, YGTS is so so, and so is the title song. But GS, LIV, MR and YCAGWYW are all very great songs that are performed poorly on LIB (except the already mentioned exception), but are performed very well during the Taylor-era, because the guitars were excellent in that period.
BB, LIB and EOMS are some of the best albums of all time. All known for great guitar playing, and they're all dominated by Keith's excellent guitar playing.
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LuxuryStones
I always liked Keith's playing Kleer, and I think together with Taylor they were about the best guitar duo in rock history.
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DandelionPowderman
Kleerie is not very fond of horns.
Had there been Mozart-esque woodwinds on LIB, perhaps he'd have approved the album, though
;-)
There's a lack of good guitar work on LIB, showing Keith's limited guitar qualities (he could camouflage that partly by using overdubs, f.i. on the beginning of GS), which isn't compensated by Brian's instrumental input.
LWM is definitely not my song, Country Honk is a filler, YGTS is so so, and so is the title song. But GS, LIV, MR and YCAGWYW are all very great songs that are performed poorly on LIB (except the already mentioned exception), but are performed very well during the Taylor-era, because the guitars were excellent in that period.
BB, LIB and EOMS are some of the best albums of all time. All known for great guitar playing, and they're all dominated by Keith's excellent guitar playing.
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DandelionPowderman
Kleerie is not very fond of horns.
Had there been Mozart-esque woodwinds on LIB, perhaps he'd have approved the album, though
;-)
There's a lack of good guitar work on LIB, showing Keith's limited guitar qualities (he could camouflage that partly by using overdubs, f.i. on the beginning of GS), which isn't compensated by Brian's instrumental input.
LWM is definitely not my song, Country Honk is a filler, YGTS is so so, and so is the title song. But GS, LIV, MR and YCAGWYW are all very great songs that are performed poorly on LIB (except the already mentioned exception), but are performed very well during the Taylor-era, because the guitars were excellent in that period.
BB, LIB and EOMS are some of the best albums of all time. All known for great guitar playing, and they're all dominated by Keith's excellent guitar playing.
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LuxuryStones
I always liked Keith's playing Kleer, and I think together with Taylor they were about the best guitar duo in rock history.
But do you find Keith playing alone satisfying? No doubt that together with Taylor they were the best duo I know.
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LuxuryStones
I always liked Keith's playing Kleer, and I think together with Taylor they were about the best guitar duo in rock history.
But do you find Keith playing alone satisfying? No doubt that together with Taylor they were the best duo I know.
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LuxuryStones
I always liked Keith's playing Kleer, and I think together with Taylor they were about the best guitar duo in rock history.
But do you find Keith playing alone satisfying? No doubt that together with Taylor they were the best duo I know.
On BB and LIB he's doing a great job, great songs, but he [Keith] definitely could have used a second player, on LIB in particular.
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DandelionPowderman
Kleerie is not very fond of horns.
Had there been Mozart-esque woodwinds on LIB, perhaps he'd have approved the album, though
;-)
There's a lack of good guitar work on LIB, showing Keith's limited guitar qualities (he could camouflage that partly by using overdubs, f.i. on the beginning of GS), which isn't compensated by Brian's instrumental input.
LWM is definitely not my song, Country Honk is a filler, YGTS is so so, and so is the title song. But GS, LIV, MR and YCAGWYW are all very great songs that are performed poorly on LIB (except the already mentioned exception), but are performed very well during the Taylor-era, because the guitars were excellent in that period.
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71Tele
I love the murky mash of Exile. LIB is a bit clinical sounding to me, almost as if solid state amps were being used (although I know that wasn't the case).
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I am not a musician and will defer to my betters
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Kleerie is not very fond of horns.
Had there been Mozart-esque woodwinds on LIB, perhaps he'd have approved the album, though
;-)
There's a lack of good guitar work on LIB, showing Keith's limited guitar qualities (he could camouflage that partly by using overdubs, f.i. on the beginning of GS), which isn't compensated by Brian's instrumental input.
LWM is definitely not my song, Country Honk is a filler, YGTS is so so, and so is the title song. But GS, LIV, MR and YCAGWYW are all very great songs that are performed poorly on LIB (except the already mentioned exception), but are performed very well during the Taylor-era, because the guitars were excellent in that period.
I don't know, man. I believe the band's greatest years were during Mick Taylor's tenure and that he added a HUGE amount to their sound, helping to take marvelous songs into the rock stratosphere.
But I don't see how anyone can listen to "Gimme Shelter" on LIB and claim that it is an example of a lack of "good guitar work."
I am not a musician and will defer to my betters regarding whether it is difficult to PLAY "Gimme Shelter." I actually couldn't care less whether it is hard or easy. I do have a fairly sophisticated pair of ears, though. I cross all genres of pop, rock, and jazz, and am now deeply into a 22-cd box of Bach's cantatas, which I find mindblowing.
And I will go to my grave feeling that NO GUITARIST IN THE HISTORY OF ROCK'N'ROLL delivered a more perfect performance (for the song, for the times) than did Keith Richards on the studio version of "Gimme Shelter."
He may have become a ridiculous piratic charlatan going through the motions in his dotage ... but once upon a time he was a killer and delivered "good guitar work" on a regular basis.
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71Tele
I love the murky mash of Exile. LIB is a bit clinical sounding to me, almost as if solid state amps were being used (although I know that wasn't the case).
I think that actually WAS the case. Lots of solid state Voxes and Triumph amps all over Beggars and LIB. Brittle, bright, and unforgiving.
From Muscle Shoals on, it's a mix of Fenders and Ampegs. Pretty much all "tube" for SF and Exile.
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Naturalust
You guys are probably right on about the LIB electric guitar sounds, but they sure nailed the acoustic sounds and percussion, imo. They were a huge part of the LIB experience for me.
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DandelionPowderman
Monkey Man, anyone?
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Kleerie is not very fond of horns.
Had there been Mozart-esque woodwinds on LIB, perhaps he'd have approved the album, though
;-)
There's a lack of good guitar work on LIB, showing Keith's limited guitar qualities (he could camouflage that partly by using overdubs, f.i. on the beginning of GS), which isn't compensated by Brian's instrumental input.
LWM is definitely not my song, Country Honk is a filler, YGTS is so so, and so is the title song. But GS, LIV, MR and YCAGWYW are all very great songs that are performed poorly on LIB (except the already mentioned exception), but are performed very well during the Taylor-era, because the guitars were excellent in that period.
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DandelionPowderman
Kleerie is not very fond of horns.
Had there been Mozart-esque woodwinds on LIB, perhaps he'd have approved the album, though
;-)
There's a lack of good guitar work on LIB, showing Keith's limited guitar qualities (he could camouflage that partly by using overdubs, f.i. on the beginning of GS), which isn't compensated by Brian's instrumental input.
LWM is definitely not my song, Country Honk is a filler, YGTS is so so, and so is the title song. But GS, LIV, MR and YCAGWYW are all very great songs that are performed poorly on LIB (except the already mentioned exception), but are performed very well during the Taylor-era, because the guitars were excellent in that period.
Utterly perplexed - Gimme Shelter is not only debatably the best Stones track of all time, it's among the greatest rock tracks in history. And frankly, YCAGWYW isn't far behind. Monkey Man?