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Green Lady

I know the old nested nested nested quote boxes could get abused... but it would be nice to see them come back. It take a lot of looking these days to see who said exactly said what part of post. A lot of posts these days look more like a schizophrenic arguing with them self than a back and forth discussion

When did it change? It wasn't broke, so why fix it?

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DandelionPowderman



The funny thing is that some of the thinking out loud-stuff Ronnie has done in the press in recent years actually have materialised. It happened!

It's an old politician's trick. Say the unthinkable every now again and (amid the outrage) see what actually sticks.

Sorry I think I mentioned politics there. Naughty me.

An old trick indeed, but the news is that it is Ronnie doing it on behalf of the Glimmers

On behalf of the Glimmer Twins? No, he certainly has not. He's been telling the press this for nearly a month now. As a bloody joke. But album sales have surprised and energized all. If they do decide to tour next year, perhaps a warm up gig playing BL is possible? Similar to the Stcky Fingers show in the States last year.

He was the first to tell us about the comeback and the tours, wasn't he? He broke other news as well. We laughed, but it did happen

Just trying to present a dose of realty. Believe as you wish.

I don't believe anything. I observe.

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Socrates1
Can you ask Keith if he still uses a 24w string for his g-string on Micawber? I've been curious about how that guitar is setup.

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mpj200




The funny thing is that some of the thinking out loud-stuff Ronnie has done in the press in recent years actually have materialised. It happened!

It's an old politician's trick. Say the unthinkable every now again and (amid the outrage) see what actually sticks.

Sorry I think I mentioned politics there. Naughty me.

An old trick indeed, but the news is that it is Ronnie doing it on behalf of the Glimmers

On behalf of the Glimmer Twins? No, he certainly has not. He's been telling the press this for nearly a month now. As a bloody joke. But album sales have surprised and energized all. If they do decide to tour next year, perhaps a warm up gig playing BL is possible? Similar to the Stcky Fingers show in the States last year.

He was the first to tell us about the comeback and the tours, wasn't he? He broke other news as well. We laughed, but it did happen

Just trying to present a dose of realty. Believe as you wish.

I don't believe anything. I observe.

I listen to the band. They haven't lied to me yet At least as of last week, things are in discussion. But a club tour is not one of them.

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Socrates1
Can you ask Keith if he still uses a 24w string for his g-string on Micawber? I've been curious about how that guitar is setup.

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Socrates1
@Spud and Powderman: Cool, and I didn't know Ernie Ball made a custom set like that. I remember reading an old interview - from the Some Girls era, maybe - where Keith used a 24w string for the G. Probably his strings have gotten lighter over the years.

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drbryant
Terrible idea. Fans will get shut out.

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Palace Revolution 2000
I'm not basing this on the statement of this thread alone, but....could it be that slowly, very slowly, Ronnie is moving more towards the front of the ruling class within the Stones?

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mpj200

I'm not basing this on the statement of this thread alone, but....could it be that slowly, very slowly, Ronnie is moving more towards the front of the ruling class within the Stones?

No. The king still wears the crown.

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Palace Revolution 2000


I'm not basing this on the statement of this thread alone, but....could it be that slowly, very slowly, Ronnie is moving more towards the front of the ruling class within the Stones?

No. The king still wears the crown.
No doubt; Mick is the undisputed leader. I was more thinking about Ron taking on that No 2 slot. I suspect that Jagger, nowadays listen to Leavell and even Matt Clifford more seriously, than to his bandmates. But Ronnie has been showing himself to be a serious player. His art-world, his radio-show, his family life, and of course his playing. Is it possible that at this very, very late stage my take on Ron, as guitarist could be revolutionized? Once again? His playing was superb on B&L.

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mailexile67
It's simply impossible today for the Band a series of small club dates...How many dates they must book to satisfy fans?!How much a ticket must cost?!Naaaa...Much better a big stadiums Tour with a couple of little venues!

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DandelionPowderman



I'm not basing this on the statement of this thread alone, but....could it be that slowly, very slowly, Ronnie is moving more towards the front of the ruling class within the Stones?

No. The king still wears the crown.
No doubt; Mick is the undisputed leader. I was more thinking about Ron taking on that No 2 slot. I suspect that Jagger, nowadays listen to Leavell and even Matt Clifford more seriously, than to his bandmates. But Ronnie has been showing himself to be a serious player. His art-world, his radio-show, his family life, and of course his playing. Is it possible that at this very, very late stage my take on Ron, as guitarist could be revolutionized? Once again? His playing was superb on B&L.

Not to mention that he actually breaks real news (as the first stone) about the band these days.

- the rehearsals
- the tours¨
- the blues album
- how the blues album sounded
- the band commenting on Ronnie not being able to «keep a secret» in ole ole ole

etc, etc.

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Palace Revolution 2000


I'm not basing this on the statement of this thread alone, but....could it be that slowly, very slowly, Ronnie is moving more towards the front of the ruling class within the Stones?

No. The king still wears the crown.
No doubt; Mick is the undisputed leader. I was more thinking about Ron taking on that No 2 slot. I suspect that Jagger, nowadays listen to Leavell and even Matt Clifford more seriously, than to his bandmates. But Ronnie has been showing himself to be a serious player. His art-world, his radio-show, his family life, and of course his playing. Is it possible that at this very, very late stage my take on Ron, as guitarist could be revolutionized? Once again? His playing was superb on B&L.

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1962

It's simply impossible today for the Band a series of small club dates...How many dates they must book to satisfy fans?!How much a ticket must cost?!Naaaa...Much better a big stadiums Tour with a couple of little venues!

or with the use of a "B stage" for performing B & L numbers

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mpj200




I'm not basing this on the statement of this thread alone, but....could it be that slowly, very slowly, Ronnie is moving more towards the front of the ruling class within the Stones?

No. The king still wears the crown.
No doubt; Mick is the undisputed leader. I was more thinking about Ron taking on that No 2 slot. I suspect that Jagger, nowadays listen to Leavell and even Matt Clifford more seriously, than to his bandmates. But Ronnie has been showing himself to be a serious player. His art-world, his radio-show, his family life, and of course his playing. Is it possible that at this very, very late stage my take on Ron, as guitarist could be revolutionized? Once again? His playing was superb on B&L.

Not to mention that he actually breaks real news (as the first stone) about the band these days.

- the rehearsals
- the tours¨
- the blues album
- how the blues album sounded
- the band commenting on Ronnie not being able to «keep a secret» in ole ole ole

etc, etc.

Ronnie has always talked a lot to the press. No doubt about that. But it's still Mick driving the band. And then Keith. Chuck and Matt are not consulted on decisions on tours or recordings. Whatever ever they do next year, will be down to Mick. Because even Keith knows if your singer isn't happy, the band isn't firing on all cylinders.

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DandelionPowderman





I'm not basing this on the statement of this thread alone, but....could it be that slowly, very slowly, Ronnie is moving more towards the front of the ruling class within the Stones?

No. The king still wears the crown.
No doubt; Mick is the undisputed leader. I was more thinking about Ron taking on that No 2 slot. I suspect that Jagger, nowadays listen to Leavell and even Matt Clifford more seriously, than to his bandmates. But Ronnie has been showing himself to be a serious player. His art-world, his radio-show, his family life, and of course his playing. Is it possible that at this very, very late stage my take on Ron, as guitarist could be revolutionized? Once again? His playing was superb on B&L.

Not to mention that he actually breaks real news (as the first stone) about the band these days.

- the rehearsals
- the tours¨
- the blues album
- how the blues album sounded
- the band commenting on Ronnie not being able to «keep a secret» in ole ole ole

etc, etc.

Ronnie has always talked a lot to the press. No doubt about that. But it's still Mick driving the band. And then Keith. Chuck and Matt are not consulted on decisions on tours or recordings. Whatever ever they do next year, will be down to Mick. Because even Keith knows if your singer isn't happy, the band isn't firing on all cylinders.

I don't kow why you keep saying that, like there is anyone on here who doesn't know it?

The new thing with the Ronnie-talking is that the stuff he talked about actually happened. He never gave a detailed report from the Pathe Marconi-sessions in 1977, for instance, saying that «this time we're going back to the roots, to show the punks how it's supposed to be done».

This time he revealed that they did an album of blues covers, and that the songs sounded very authentic. Mick didn't say anything about that before it was close to the release date. That's new.