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Bills LAST album, from a few months ago, is his best. It's certainly better than Keith's. It even has a single which is quite good.
The single sounds John Cooper Clark reciting in front of a backing band
I don't even know who John Cooper Clark is, so I totally enjoyed it. And so do some people I've turned on to it who don't know who Bill Wyman is.
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One can only speculate but had Mick and Keith taken him full on seriously, and looked upon his song ideas as equals...
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One can only speculate but had Mick and Keith taken him full on seriously, and looked upon his song ideas as equals...
Equals? Not even close! Again, as stated over & over, whenever this debate comes up -- Bill didn't care one bit about songwriting, not until he saw what Mick and Keith were making extra for it. He states in his own words, Mick and Keith would hole up in a room writing, while he and Brian would go scouting for chicks.
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Call it like it is. Mick and Keith had a gift as brilliant writers. Bill...maybe a little but, but if he had not been in The Rolling Stones nobody would've bought his solo albums. Love him as a bass player but as a solo act, ehhh....
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Call it like it is. Mick and Keith had a gift as brilliant writers. Bill...maybe a little but, but if he had not been in The Rolling Stones nobody would've bought his solo albums. Love him as a bass player but as a solo act, ehhh....
Would you say the same about Woody? And Charlie...though of course his solo work has not required him to compose, as such.
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One can only speculate but had Mick and Keith taken him full on seriously, and looked upon his song ideas as equals...
Equals? Not even close! Again, as stated over & over, whenever this debate comes up -- Bill didn't care one bit about songwriting, not until he saw what Mick and Keith were making extra for it. He states in his own words, Mick and Keith would hole up in a room writing, while he and Brian would go scouting for chicks.
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Call it like it is. Mick and Keith had a gift as brilliant writers. Bill...maybe a little but, but if he had not been in The Rolling Stones nobody would've bought his solo albums. Love him as a bass player but as a solo act, ehhh....
Would you say the same about Woody? And Charlie...though of course his solo work has not required him to compose, as such.
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Call it like it is. Mick and Keith had a gift as brilliant writers. Bill...maybe a little but, but if he had not been in The Rolling Stones nobody would've bought his solo albums. Love him as a bass player but as a solo act, ehhh....
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Call it like it is. Mick and Keith had a gift as brilliant writers. Bill...maybe a little but, but if he had not been in The Rolling Stones nobody would've bought his solo albums. Love him as a bass player but as a solo act, ehhh....
Would you say the same about Woody? And Charlie...though of course his solo work has not required him to compose, as such.
Wood's most successful solo album was released before he joined the Stones, though...
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Poor Bill. The poor gets blasted for his supposedly bad cup of tea in Keith's book. Is it just me but this seem a very petty criticism of Bill? Make no mistake that I love Keith and his book. I just felt like he got the short end of the stick from Keith. By Keith's account, Bill was just lucky to be with them and was only with them because of his top equipment. As the only Rolling Stone who I ever met, I feel badly for Bill. He deserved better than what Keith slopped on his plate.
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...By Keith's account, Bill was just lucky to be with them and was only with them because of his top equipment...
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...By Keith's account, Bill was just lucky to be with them and was only with them because of his top equipment...
Actually that is by Bill's account. Bill always said that was why the Stones brought him on board, Keith was likely just repeating it.
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...By Keith's account, Bill was just lucky to be with them and was only with them because of his top equipment...
Actually that is by Bill's account. Bill always said that was why the Stones brought him on board, Keith was likely just repeating it.
But that's such B.S. They certainly became tight after 1965, with Bill moving over to Keith's side of the stage permanently. And there's plenty of instances on the DVD from back then of Keith and Bill smiling at one another and having a joke.
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According to the story, Bill also had cigarettes and didn't mind sharing them. I think LeonidP may be right, that we are taking an inside joke among the band members too seriously.