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Stoneage
Why not just close this thread since no one seems to know the real reasons behind this except for Lisa's short statement? Otherwise this thread will be ten pages of pure speculation. Do we need that?
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PhillyFAN
Lisa Fisher is a very talented singer that also sings other genres of music beautifully. She is regulated to what Mick Jagger and Keith Richards want her to sing and how. Obviously they like it, no matter what people criticizing her think. It only matters to the Stones ears. She was not able to select her own material, even from the Stones catalogue. She was trotted for decades to duet on " Gimme Shelter". As hardcore Rolling Stones fans that scurtize every aspect of their lives and music people were tired of her singing Gimme Shelter. I am sure she was bored with it as well. But, their are thousands of fans that never heard her live are impressed with her voice. It's obvious from the You Tubes I've watched. She is incredibly talented with a five octave range that no doubt wants to do different things. In the end it only mattered what Mick Jagger and Keith Ricards wanted. It's their music and they trusted her with their music for over 2 decades. Like Liza, its time to move on.I wish her the best in whatever she does!
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Cristiano Radtke
Sad news. Lisa is a great singer and a very lovely lady, very friendly with the fans. I wonder who can replace her.
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LeonidP
Not reading thru the entire thread. I am guessing many are sad about this. Not me. First, as much as I love Gimme Shelter, I don't need to hear it every single show. 2nd, as stated many times, I much prefer just Stones themselves on all the other songs ... I want to hear Keith singing backup, or even Ronnie. Not Lisa or Bernard. I don't care if they have nice voices. I don't like the Stones for "nice" voices. I like my Stones for not singing with perfection. I like the gruffness, etc.
Great news for me.
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Cristiano Radtke
Sad news. Lisa is a great singer and a very lovely lady, very friendly with the fans. I wonder who can replace her.
Mick Taylor can do it on Gimme Shelter...
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thecitadel
Cindy Mizelle?
suddenly being tweeted by Bernard.
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thecitadel
Cindy Mizelle?
suddenly being tweeted by Bernard.
With the question mark?
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TornAndFried
I texted Lisa the other day and asked if the decision not to go on the Latin American tour was her's or the band's and last night she replied with a one-word answer: "mine." So, there is the definitive answer and you can now all end the speculation that it was because of money, her age or the quality of her singing, etc.
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1969Fan
When I heard Lisa sing on Twenty Feet From Stardom, I turned to my wife and said, "What the hell is she doing singing with the Rolling Stone?" To which my wife, who is a very good singer, replied, "She got a set of pipes on her."
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When I heard Lisa sing on Twenty Feet From Stardom, I turned to my wife and said, "What the hell is she doing singing with the Rolling Stone?" To which my wife, who is a very good singer, replied, "She got a set of pipes on her."
Maybe LF pulled a "Wyman" on the band : she realized she had sucked everything she could from the band ($$$ + fame) and she picked the best time to say "goodbye".
Can't really blame her : she's 56. Like any person with an artistic talent she's dying to have her own independant career. The movie "Twenty Feet From Stardom" probably gave her the final motivation to leave the Stones circus.
Maybe one morning she looked at herself in the mirror and said to herself "girl you'll soon be 60 and you'll still be hooting behind Mick on GS. Time to move on girl!"
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1969Fan
When I heard Lisa sing on Twenty Feet From Stardom, I turned to my wife and said, "What the hell is she doing singing with the Rolling Stone?" To which my wife, who is a very good singer, replied, "She got a set of pipes on her."
Maybe LF pulled a "Wyman" on the band : she realized she had sucked everything she could from the band ($$$ + fame) and she picked the best time to say "goodbye".
Can't really blame her : she's 56. Like any person with an artistic talent she's dying to have her own independant career. The movie "Twenty Feet From Stardom" probably gave her the final motivation to leave the Stones circus.
Maybe one morning she looked at herself in the mirror and said to herself "girl you'll soon be 60 and you'll still be hooting behind Mick on GS. Time to move on girl!"
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GAFF
Bring in Sarah Dash. She's got the pipes for Gimme Shelter and anything else they could throw at her. She did an amazing Time Is On My Side when Keith toured in '88.
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Did the Stones really work 365 days a year in the past decade
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GAFF
Bring in Sarah Dash. She's got the pipes for Gimme Shelter and anything else they could throw at her. She did an amazing Time Is On My Side when Keith toured in '88.
Wow, that was 27 years ago. Hopefully time is really on her side....
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alimente
Did the Stones really work 365 days a year in the past decade
More like 365 days in the past decade...
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alimente
Did the Stones really work 365 days a year in the past decade
More like 365 days in the past decade...
Or in a past decade...
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1969Fan
When I heard Lisa sing on Twenty Feet From Stardom, I turned to my wife and said, "What the hell is she doing singing with the Rolling Stone?" To which my wife, who is a very good singer, replied, "She got a set of pipes on her."
Maybe LF pulled a "Wyman" on the band : she realized she had sucked everything she could from the band ($$$ + fame) and she picked the best time to say "goodbye".
Can't really blame her : she's 56. Like any person with an artistic talent she's dying to have her own independant career. The movie "Twenty Feet From Stardom" probably gave her the final motivation to leave the Stones circus.
Maybe one morning she looked at herself in the mirror and said to herself "girl you'll soon be 60 and you'll still be hooting behind Mick on GS. Time to move on girl!"
Did the Stones really work 365 days a year in the past decade or were there other factors that prevented her from pursuing a solo career?
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GAFF
Bring in Sarah Dash. She's got the pipes for Gimme Shelter and anything else they could throw at her. She did an amazing Time Is On My Side when Keith toured in '88.