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exilestones
Love Still Life. I can't wait for a deluxe version.
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ChrisL
I found this review in the Times-News of Twin Falls Idaho from Friday, July 30, 1982.
By RICK SHEFCHIK
Knight-Ridder Newspapers
ROLLING STONES, "Still Life"
{Rolling Stones Records) — The
profit-taking continues; If you weren't
there, this extremely brief version of
their 1981 concert tour won't serve as
an adequate substitute, since several
of these songs ("Shattered" "Let Me
Go") were merely excuses for Jagger
to run around the arenas. The ????* of
Jagger sprinting through a crowd or
riding around on a cherry picker was
of dubious worth, and as the
soundtrack to those adventures, many
of these songs could just as well have
gone unrecorded.
If you were there, you'll probably
appreciate how much better the
guitars and drums sound on record —
almost as though the band members
weren't separated by 50 feet or so,
thanks to their wireless amps. "Just
My Imagination" is the strongest cut,
the lone rave-up from the band which
practically invented the term;
"Twenty Flight Rock" and "Going To
A Go Go," two uninspired covers, are
the only songs they haven't recorded
elsewhere. As Jagger says at the end
of the record, "We'll see you next
year." I'd wait until then.
* It looks like it says "shift" but could be a typo and supposed to be "sight"
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exilestones
Love Still Life. I can't wait for a deluxe version.
Wouldn't that be Hampton?
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24FPS
If it wasn't for Twenty Flight Rock, and Going to a Go Go, I wouldn't listen to Still Life at all.
You don't like Time Is On My Side? That version is stellar.
Twenty Flight is awesome.
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ryanpow
Still life is an odd live album. It sounds very sterile and commercial while at the same time there is still something raw about it. It captures aspects of the 81 tour, but it's not representative of the show they put on. It's a sampler. It's not bad to listen to, it's just strange. LYL is kind of like this too.
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ryanpow
Still life is an odd live album. It sounds very sterile and commercial while at the same time there is still something raw about it. It captures aspects of the 81 tour, but it's not representative of the show they put on. It's a sampler. It's not bad to listen to, it's just strange. LYL is kind of like this too.
LOVE YOU LIVE certainly captures the sloppiness, and based on bootlegs etc, the sound of that tour - and, ha ha, does nothing to hide, for the most part, Jagger's grunting.
STILL LIFE sounds nothing like they do in the movie or bootlegs, official or not - it is certainly polished.
At the time, on vinyl, compared to GET YER YA-YA'S OUT! and LOVE YOU LIVE it was a refreshing sound - it's bright and clear but has some oomph to it that FLASHPOINT is missing (talk about sterile) that they managed to somewhat recover with NO SECURITY and LIVE LICKS.
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JordyLicks96
I'll be honest, I'm not a fan of STILL LIFE b/c it's so short. It's not a good representation of the '81 tour imo b/c there's only 10 songs of the 25 songs usually performed. It should have been a double album. Here's how I would have made the album better...
Side 1:
Intro: Take the 'A' Train
Under My Thumb
When the Whip Comes Down
Let's Spend the Night Together
Shattered
Neighbors
Side 2:
Twenty Flight Rock
Going to a Go-Go
Let Me Go
Time Is On My Side
Beast Of Burden
Side 3:
Let It Bleed
Little T&A
Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
She's So Cold
Side 4:
Hang Fire
Miss You
Start Me Up
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
Outro: Star Spangled Banner
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jbwelda
That was one thing I noticed too: a distinct lack of bass or at least bass clarity. That leads to a sterile sound which I remember this album seemed to have in spades. Clean, but boring and lacking presence.
jb
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ryanpow
The Stones official live releases (pre-vault series) are tricky. You have to take the good with the bad. Except for Ya Ya's of course.
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ryanpow
The Stones official live releases (pre-vault series) are tricky. You have to take the good with the bad. Except for Ya Ya's of course.
Except for Ya Yas, a few insane moments on Got Live If You Want It, Factory Girl off Flashpoint, the aforementioned Going to a Go Go/20 Flight Rock/Time off of Still Life, and the Toronto side of Love You Live, the rest of their live output is pretty forgettable. I don't even know how many there are at this point. They've become so redundant, and moved to DVDs.
Wait, Marquee is live, Brussels, oh hell, and some of the BBC stuff is great.
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masseywinos
I really liked No Security. Besides having the best cover ever, the newer material better than studio versions. And I like all the others even the Dave Mathews guest spot.