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Sure, Dandy. But it was the closest thing to a current political issue then.
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Sure, Dandy. But it was the closest thing to a current political issue then.
?! What was going on in South America at the time was plenty current for the people affected by it.
Mick's got broader horizons than some of us, and a good thing too.
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Sure, Dandy. But it was the closest thing to a current political issue then.
?! What was going on in South America at the time was plenty current for the people affected by it.
Mick's got broader horizons than some of us, and a good thing too.
Bollocks. The big political issue in Great Britain back in 1982-83 was, of course, the Falklands War. If Jagger were to comment the general political situation in South America he should have done that in the seventies when the Chilean military coup was effected. Or the one in Argentina in 1976. He never did that. Apparently you don't know what you are talking about here.
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Sure, Dandy. But it was the closest thing to a current political issue then.
?! What was going on in South America at the time was plenty current for the people affected by it.
Mick's got broader horizons than some of us, and a good thing too.
Bollocks. The big political issue in Great Britain back in 1982-83 was, of course, the Falklands War.
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Sure, Dandy. But it was the closest thing to a current political issue then.
?! What was going on in South America at the time was plenty current for the people affected by it.
Mick's got broader horizons than some of us, and a good thing too.
Bollocks. The big political issue in Great Britain back in 1982-83 was, of course, the Falklands War.
The world is bigger than just Great Britain, dear....
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Sure, Dandy. But it was the closest thing to a current political issue then.
?! What was going on in South America at the time was plenty current for the people affected by it.
Mick's got broader horizons than some of us, and a good thing too.
Bollocks. The big political issue in Great Britain back in 1982-83 was, of course, the Falklands War. If Jagger were to comment the general political situation in South America he should have done that in the seventies when the Chilean military coup was effected. Or the one in Argentina in 1976. He never did that. Apparently you don't know what you are talking about here.
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Sure, Dandy. But it was the closest thing to a current political issue then.
?! What was going on in South America at the time was plenty current for the people affected by it.
Mick's got broader horizons than some of us, and a good thing too.
Bollocks. The big political issue in Great Britain back in 1982-83 was, of course, the Falklands War. If Jagger were to comment the general political situation in South America he should have done that in the seventies when the Chilean military coup was effected. Or the one in Argentina in 1976. He never did that. Apparently you don't know what you are talking about here.
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SAL version is beautifully sloppy! Great job by darryl Jones too!
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They really had balls releasing this. It was SO different from anything before or since. It's just STONES music. And Mick knew it wouldn't be super popular, with it's political overtones (which were spot on to the current situation). It just roars out of the speakers and slashes and clicks. Too bad this monumental single got associated with perhaps the crappiest album of their career.
The "current situation" in 1983 was the Falklands War. Which Jagger didn't dare to touch. Of course....
That war was over when they released it. The violence in South America was more of an on-going thing.
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Sure, Dandy. But it was the closest thing to a current political issue then.
?! What was going on in South America at the time was plenty current for the people affected by it.
Mick's got broader horizons than some of us, and a good thing too.
Bollocks. The big political issue in Great Britain back in 1982-83 was, of course, the Falklands War. If Jagger were to comment the general political situation in South America he should have done that in the seventies when the Chilean military coup was effected. Or the one in Argentina in 1976. He never did that. Apparently you don't know what you are talking about here.
You are ignoring the fact that the violence in this region escalated rapidly round this time. It affected so many more people than that of the Falkland's War that a comparison should be unnecessary.
Talking about Chile and Argentina, here's some words from the author's mouth about that:
«It combines a number of different references to what was going down in Argentina and Chile. I think it's really good but it wasn't particularly successful at the time because songs that deal overtly with politics never are that successful, for some reason».
- Mick Jagger, 1993
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The Falklands war had a huge impact on other Southamerican regiimes. The war affected European inner relations and was a possible start of a wider conflict. Had Mick written a song about this he'd risk his career. Hence the bland Miami vice dance pop.
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The Falklands war had a huge impact on other Southamerican regiimes. The war affected European inner relations and was a possible start of a wider conflict. Had Mick written a song about this he'd risk his career. Hence the bland Miami vice dance pop.
Well, The Kinks and Pink Floyd did write songs about it...
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The Falklands war had a huge impact on other Southamerican regiimes. The war affected European inner relations and was a possible start of a wider conflict. Had Mick written a song about this he'd risk his career. Hence the bland Miami vice dance pop.
Well, The Kinks and Pink Floyd did write songs about it...
...and Dylan already 1965 when he didn't want to work at Maggie's Farm...
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Sure, Dandy. But it was the closest thing to a current political issue then.
?! What was going on in South America at the time was plenty current for the people affected by it.
Mick's got broader horizons than some of us, and a good thing too.
Bollocks. The big political issue in Great Britain back in 1982-83 was, of course, the Falklands War. If Jagger were to comment the general political situation in South America he should have done that in the seventies when the Chilean military coup was effected. Or the one in Argentina in 1976. He never did that. Apparently you don't know what you are talking about here.
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Stoneage
Of course this song was impossible to play live. Even though they tried....
And succeeded, imo. This is an excellent live version.
[www.youtube.com]
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The last time they did something really new and it still worked. (Unless you count One Hit.)
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I only like the song live. It sounds decidedly different to me live. Real, uncomputerized, raw, funk, jam, great for me while I'm cruising (exercise) outside.
Do not like recorded track.
Give it to me live!
If you're a fan of pre-recorded percussion, drum-loops and click-tracks this is the one for you. Basically, they play over a pre-recorded track.
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The political allusion in that song was so vague it was almost non-existent. Typically Sir Michael. "Highwire" on the other hand was more straightforward. A very much forgotten song though.
Unfortunately. Highwire belongs to their greatest songs ever. I remember very well the immense excitement I felt when I first listened to it. What a great, great song! The guitars, the drums, the vocals - what a treat!
I almost choked on my morning banana when I read this.
And thank God Mick didnt go down that road. Undercover is the Stones. But, I dont care for the lyrics or the stupid video. Either you go political or you dont. Or you at least take politics and turn an issue into art. Gimme shelter is a great example. It's not about a war but the feeling you're own your own in some private hell, or possibly a war maybe a personal war with a friend, looking for shelter, be it heroin, a woman or a man, or a guitar. Shelter is not - like Undercover - trying to paint a vague picture of one of the many ongoing 70s/80s conflicts within a South American country. (conflicts that the outcome of the Falkland wars actually affected deeply)Quote
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The Falklands war had a huge impact on other Southamerican regiimes. The war affected European inner relations and was a possible start of a wider conflict. Had Mick written a song about this he'd risk his career. Hence the bland Miami vice dance pop.
Well, The Kinks and Pink Floyd did write songs about it...
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Glad to know I'm not the only one who can put one and one together here, Redhotcarpet!