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Turner68
on what live album do you feel there is a better version of:
- any chuck berry cover
- SFTD
- Rambler
- SFM
- HTW
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Turner68
on what live album do you feel there is a better version of:
- any chuck berry cover
- SFTD
- Rambler
- SFM
- HTW
?
Updated answer:
HTW - better version on Love You Live
SFM - better version on Sweet Summer Sun
Stray Cat Blues, Love In Vain, Midnight Rambler, Live With Me - better versions on Live At The Roundhouse (Sticky-Fingers-Bonus-CD)
Rambler also better on L.A. Friday and later recordings. Live With Me also better on Stripped-Single-B-side.
SFTD - better versions on DVD´s of the so-called "Vegas-years". The original samba-intro is essential, imo. Keith´s solos are better because of the more chopping & cutting guitar sound.
There´s a better version of Little Queenie on official Disc/DVD, but I just cant remember it´s title at the moment. The YaYa´s version is a bit sleepy, imo.
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"GOT LIVE IF YOU WANT IT" 3/10
"GET YER YA-YA'S OUT!" 10/10
"LOVE YOU LIVE" 4/10 (very bad Mick's singing on some tracks...)
STILL LIFE 7/10
FLASHPOINT 7/10
NO SECURITY 9/10 (I really love it!)
LIVE LICKS 7/10
SHINE A LIGHT 6/10
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laertisflash
"GOT LIVE IF YOU WANT IT" 3/10
"GET YER YA-YA'S OUT!" 10/10
"LOVE YOU LIVE" 4/10 (very bad Mick's singing on some tracks...)
STILL LIFE 7/10
FLASHPOINT 7/10
NO SECURITY 9/10 (I really love it!)
LIVE LICKS 7/10
SHINE A LIGHT 6/10
I guess it is a matter of age....
"GOT LIVE IF YOU WANT IT" 7/10
"GET YER YA-YA'S OUT!" 10/10
"LOVE YOU LIVE" 7/10 (very bad Mick's singing on some tracks...)
STILL LIFE 6/10
FLASHPOINT 7/10
NO SECURITY 3/10 (I really love it!)
LIVE LICKS 3/10
SHINE A LIGHT 3/10
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HMS
Ya Ya´s was a huge disappointment for me some thirty years ago as I first listened to it. The expanded edition could not change my mind. I still dont dig what is so special about this record/these performances. Most songs are available in better live versions.
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HMS
No Security is a good one, although it is partly ruined because of Taj Mahal and Dave Matthews and the inclusion of tracks like Saint Of Me, Out Of Control and Thief In The Night. The rest of the programm is highly enjoyable.
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HMS
Shine A Light seems to be a very underrated gem amongst fans, I can honestly say I enjoy it very very much from start to finish. But on top of it all sits L.A. Friday, it´s pure pleasure and delight.
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Turner68
Flashpoint I agree is not particularly good for anyone but a collector/fanatic, it does have the best versions of PIB and SMU and the factory girl, ruby tuesday, and 2000 light years from home are very nice to have. But if a new Stones fan was considering starting off with it, I'd strongly push them in a different direction.
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HMS
A better JJF than the YaY´s version can be very easily found, imo. There are excellent and very powerful versions recorded in 1994-2015. Compared to these the YaYa´s version is almost boring.
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HMS
IORRanians, please help me in my search for a better JJF-version than the one on GYYY at least to prove that GLS is wrong for just one single time.
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IORRanians, please help me in my search for a better JJF-version than the one on GYYY at least to prove that GLS is wrong for just one single time.
Rock'n'Roll Circus. There Mick sings the real melody, at least for a while.
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Doxa
I need to say that GasLightStreet's and HMS's correspondence is one of the funniest things happened here lately. IORR would be much funnier place if many others with such differing or even drastically conflicting opinions would have such a good humor as these two gentlemen do.
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HMS
IORRanians, please help me in my search for a better JJF-version than the one on GYYY at least to prove that GLS is wrong for just one single time.
Rock'n'Roll Circus. There Mick sings the real melody, at least for a while.
Brussels
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Hampton
1969 version too slow, too bluesy, too Heavy .....for me
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HMS
IORRanians, please help me in my search for a better JJF-version than the one on GYYY at least to prove that GLS is wrong for just one single time.
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IORRanians, please help me in my search for a better JJF-version than the one on GYYY at least to prove that GLS is wrong for just one single time.
Rock'n'Roll Circus. There Mick sings the real melody, at least for a while.
Brussels
Texas 78
Hampton
1969 version too slow, too bluesy, too Heavy .....for me
Those are all decent, and at times, like Texas and Hampton, entertaining. But not as good as GYYYO.
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Amost all of them are GREAT. 10/10 for (almost) all of them. Nothing can beat The Rolling Stones live.
Good but not really great are:
Ya Ya´s - 4/10
Flashpoint - 7/10
Live In Tokyo 5/10
The greatest of all is:
L.A. Friday - 11/10
I like Live Licks & Shine A Light very much too.
Sometimes, I have the serious impression you love to go against the general grain.
Anyone that thinks DIRTY WORK is a classic album isn't going against the grain - there is no grain, just a constant drain. FLASHPOINT better than GYYYO?
No serious true Stones fan thinks that way. It's one thing to love Indian Girl and say it's a great track, it's knowledgeable to admit that it doesn't hold a candle to great Stones songs and therefor is not a great track.
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Of course Flashpoint is better than Ya Ya´s imo, because it has all the massive hits and a couple of deep cuts that Ya Ya´s hasnt.
Nope. You think DIRTY WORK is a classic album and FLASHPOINT is better than GYYYO because it has more hits on it!!!??
That's nothing but pure kook.
The playing and singing on Flashpoint is top notch and you can find some of their greatest songs ever on the album. Yes, it´s true there are a bit too much horns and keys, that´s the main reason I gave it only a 7-star-rating. But overall I do indeed think it´s a better live album than Ya Ya´s. To a Stones-newbie I´d rather recommend Flashpoint than Ya Ya´s.
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HMS
The playing and singing on Flashpoint is top notch and you can find some of their greatest songs ever on the album.
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GasLightStreet
Charlie's POUNDING kick pedal on JJF and SFM on GYYYO is outstanding. Never again would he sound that fluid or powerful. Just one more reason why GYYYO is the supreme live Stones album.
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Doxa
I need to say that GasLightStreet's and HMS's correspondence is one of the funniest things happened here lately. IORR would be much funnier place if many others with such differing or even drastically conflicting opinions would have such a good humor as these two gentlemen do.
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GasLightStreet
Never again would he sound that fluid or powerful. Just one more reason why GYYYO is the supreme live Stones album.
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HMS
The playing and singing on Flashpoint is top notch and you can find some of their greatest songs ever on the album.
Eh, if you like clean strings and grunting. Greatest songs? So what. That's no automatic reason it's a good album - otherwise LIVE LICKS would be rated 11.
Start Me Up is stellar, even with the heavy Ronnie overdub; a few others are pretty good but overall it's bland. Very sterile sounding, very average, too clean. There's nothing loose, nothing a big wonky, no movement. It's The Corporate Stones. FLASHPOINT was heavily overdubbed, unlike GYYYO.
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GasLightStreet
Never again would he sound that fluid or powerful. Just one more reason why GYYYO is the supreme live Stones album.
I'm a bit surprised - but I probobly shouldn't - too see GYYO being so heavily praised. It's not in the same League as Brussels or Hampton IMO.
Being a great fan of the JJF studio version I rembember being extremely surprised and dissapointed when I first Heard GYYO. It wasnt the same song. 25 years later I can appreciate the GYYO version but can't say I'm a fan of it.
Great to see so many people being enthusistiatic about it. A good album.