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Be hilarious if they went into a filthy funked out Gotta Get A Grip ....
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Rocky Dijon
As for remarks like "it's unlikely there'll be a new album, let alone a good one," what can you say if someone hasn't liked an artist's work in decades? Chances are good they won't think any future releases are "good" either. Fans who liked their work in the last 30 years or so will probably enjoy it. If you haven't liked them since TATTOO YOU, why even think about a new album? You stopped liking them over 35 years ago.
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As for remarks like "it's unlikely there'll be a new album, let alone a good one," what can you say if someone hasn't liked an artist's work in decades? Chances are good they won't think any future releases are "good" either. Fans who liked their work in the last 30 years or so will probably enjoy it. If you haven't liked them since TATTOO YOU, why even think about a new album? You stopped liking them over 35 years ago.
Yeah, I wish it were that easy. I wish I could dismiss the Stones like I’ve dismissed Steven Seagal. I enjoyed a few of his movies in the late eighties but you won’t find me on Steven Seagal message boards harping on about his bloated waistline or his cheap shake-on wig or the neverending straight-to-video slapping contests which the Great Pissed Off One invariably wins. You won’t find me there cuz Seagal never meant fahk-all to me.
The Stones, on the other hand, are in my blood and bones as surely as they were in my 78 Gremlin. I got rear-ended by a streetcar while delivering pizza in 1984 – I survived but the car didn’t. All that’s left of that 78 Gremlin is me and the Stones and I thank God that my car never had to endure third-rate crap like Voodoo Lounge and etc. blasting out of its speakers. That tinbox of memories contains only the very best of the Stones. It wasn’t a jalopy with Mick in the passenger seat and Keith singing harmony in the back.
But yeah I can’t find much to like in their music for the last 35 years. I am tormented by songs like Blinded By Rainbows. Wtf? Jagger used to be deep but now it’s all fluff, no depth. ‘Rainbows?!’ Dylan would at least write about rainbow trout..I feel betrayed, I have been bleeding all this time but I can’t let them go. I envy those of you who enjoy their post 90s output even while admitting it’s inferior to the golden period – to me it’s like comparing rock gods with a competent cover band. No I absolutely won’t like the new record but I won’t be able to stop myself from listening to it and bleeding some more either.
Instead of berating people like me you should show us a little sympathy.
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Rocky Dijon
As for remarks like "it's unlikely there'll be a new album, let alone a good one," what can you say if someone hasn't liked an artist's work in decades? Chances are good they won't think any future releases are "good" either. Fans who liked their work in the last 30 years or so will probably enjoy it. If you haven't liked them since TATTOO YOU, why even think about a new album? You stopped liking them over 35 years ago.
Yeah, I wish it were that easy. I wish I could dismiss the Stones like I’ve dismissed Steven Seagal. I enjoyed a few of his movies in the late eighties but you won’t find me on Steven Seagal message boards harping on about his bloated waistline or his cheap shake-on wig or the neverending straight-to-video slapping contests which the Great Pissed Off One invariably wins. You won’t find me there cuz Seagal never meant fahk-all to me.
The Stones, on the other hand, are in my blood and bones as surely as they were in my 78 Gremlin. I got rear-ended by a streetcar while delivering pizza in 1984 – I survived but the car didn’t. All that’s left of that 78 Gremlin is me and the Stones and I thank God that my car never had to endure third-rate crap like Voodoo Lounge and etc. blasting out of its speakers. That tinbox of memories contains only the very best of the Stones. It wasn’t a jalopy with Mick in the passenger seat and Keith singing harmony in the back.
But yeah I can’t find much to like in their music for the last 35 years. I am tormented by songs like Blinded By Rainbows. Wtf? Jagger used to be deep but now it’s all fluff, no depth. ‘Rainbows?!’ Dylan would at least write about rainbow trout..I feel betrayed, I have been bleeding all this time but I can’t let them go. I envy those of you who enjoy their post 90s output even while admitting it’s inferior to the golden period – to me it’s like comparing rock gods with a competent cover band. No I absolutely won’t like the new record but I won’t be able to stop myself from listening to it and bleeding some more either.
Instead of berating people like me you should show us a little sympathy.
I have no problem with any new album, although everybody knows they won't release another Exile. I just doubt they will come to an end.
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Maybe their ears haven't failed them yet. Maybe every new track they cut is just a weak echo of something they've already done. Maybe it's impossible for the Stones to be 'new' in this day and age, and ridiculous to sound like a slowed down version of what they already were.
Even if that's the case, new albums of previously unreleased and "only recently rediscovered, thought to have been lost" masterial will arrive in the years to come...
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Rocky Dijon
Saying the album will "never be made" is foolish considering they were specifically given a contract extension by their label for a new studio album after listening to the work-in-progress tracks. Fans being impatient that's it's been nearly nine months since the last album was released ignores the fact that the band made it clear earlier this year that the album schedule had moved out to 2018. Holding your breath won't make it happen any more than daring them by saying it will never happen.
Even if something happened to one of them, that would just mean the end of concerts as we knew them. The album releases would keep coming. Universal has already heard rough mixes of material Don Was has identified as worthy of release. No matter what, the sessions that started in December 2015 will see fruition as will other unreleased material from the band from the Virgin Records era. There will be more Jagger solo music as well. Either something Mick finishes himself after next year or something that is put together for him. The legacy goes on. More albums. More songs you've never heard.
As for remarks like "it's unlikely there'll be a new album, let alone a good one," what can you say if someone hasn't liked an artist's work in decades? Chances are good they won't think any future releases are "good" either. Fans who liked their work in the last 30 years or so will probably enjoy it. If you haven't liked them since TATTOO YOU, why even think about a new album? You stopped liking them over 35 years ago.
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If Don Was (whose been at the helm for some of the worst material in their entire history) has "identified some of the material as worthy of release", then it must be really great!
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If Don Was (whose been at the helm for some of the worst material in their entire history) has "identified some of the material as worthy of release", then it must be really great!
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So you are a Stones purist more over? I personally found Don Was doing a fine job with them .. I don't think anyone else could do better at these stages. Just my opinion Mr. Hairball
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Rocky Dijon
As for remarks like "it's unlikely there'll be a new album, let alone a good one," what can you say if someone hasn't liked an artist's work in decades? Chances are good they won't think any future releases are "good" either. Fans who liked their work in the last 30 years or so will probably enjoy it. If you haven't liked them since TATTOO YOU, why even think about a new album? You stopped liking them over 35 years ago.
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If Don Was (whose been at the helm for some of the worst material in their entire history) has "identified some of the material as worthy of release", then it must be really great!
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So you are a Stones purist more over? I personally found Don Was doing a fine job with them .. I don't think anyone else could do better at these stages. Just my opinion Mr. Hairball
Stones purist?
Not sure what you mean...diehard maybe, but I know what I like (and what I don't like).
For the most part Don Was has not been very helpful to the Stones imo - give or take some tunes here and there.
Blue and Lonesome as a whole may be an exception if you can get past it being a covers album.
Would have been nice to see the Stones try something different.
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I am really looking forward to new Stones music, it is like like looking forward to getting and opening a present.
And like all presents only bratty children whine and cry about these things- "THIS PRESENT BETTER BE AS GOOD AS THAT LAST PRESENT OR I AM GOING WHINE, CRY AND POUT"... as the gift giver/parents of that whiny brat reply "All you ever do is whine and cry, it is why you do not get as many presents as you used to, you ungrateful brat" and/or "Hell these days you start whining and crying even before the present gets here you pathetic child".... as the ungrateful brats siblings look on and just shake their heads, knowing the ungrateful brat makes for less presents for everyone.
I remember opening so many cool presents from the Stones.. IT IS AWESOME!!!
Presents for my ears!!! Not knowing what is coming up next but knowing it will be Keef and Ronnie riffing... and Charlies cool drumming style... and Mick's unique singing... It is great.
And it is the best kind of present, because they didn't just go out and buy it, they made it themselves.
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If Don Was (whose been at the helm for some of the worst material in their entire history) has "identified some of the material as worthy of release", then it must be really great!
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So you are a Stones purist more over? I personally found Don Was doing a fine job with them .. I don't think anyone else could do better at these stages. Just my opinion Mr. Hairball
Stones purist?
Not sure what you mean...diehard maybe, but I know what I like (and what I don't like).
For the most part Don Was has not been very helpful to the Stones imo - give or take some tunes here and there.
Blue and Lonesome as a whole may be an exception if you can get past it being a covers album.
Would have been nice to see the Stones try something different.
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Stones 'purist' as in preferring only thinking their work TY (81) and before was really good or strong. Or even a lighter version of a Stones purist as someone who enjoyed stuff from the eighties and before but nothing after Undercover or Steel Wheels or something like that.
A 'Stones purist' in listening to their golden era (or at least their classic stuff) 10 times as much as you would ever think to spin Voodoo Lounge or say A Bigger Bang etc. etc....
That is a 'Stones purist'. Not an .. An 'extreme Stones purist' would be someone who only liked / enjoyed of gave credit to their stuff say up to 72 or perhaps 75.
I am a Rolling Stones fan ... a very big one .. (have been for 35 years or so) but I am not a Stones 'purist'. I find some of their later albums strong and I spin them as much ...or even more than their others. I grew up listening to their classic stuff...I heard those albums 10,000 times .. I also often enjoy their fresh stuff (8 times out of ten).
However I dont enjoy 'everything' they do. For example ...Not a huge Steel Wheels fan .. Not a big Forty Licks singles fan minus two tracks. Not a big 'One More Shot' fan (it's 'ok') So I dont like everything they do new ..but I do really enjoy some of it - Voodoo Lounge... A Bigger Bang ... B&L (simply wonderful albums IMO...great releases). BridgesTB was strong too .. but not in my top 'personal favs'.
You don't feel anything they have done ...in 25 - 30 years is really note worthy or strong .. You are a Stones 'purist', my friend..
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YES!!! and on that note TIME TO GET THIS ROCK AND ROLL WEEKEND STARTED!!! YES!!!!!
STONES!!!
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If Don Was (whose been at the helm for some of the worst material in their entire history) has "identified some of the material as worthy of release", then it must be really great!
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So you are a Stones purist more over? I personally found Don Was doing a fine job with them .. I don't think anyone else could do better at these stages. Just my opinion Mr. Hairball
Stones purist?
Not sure what you mean...diehard maybe, but I know what I like (and what I don't like).
For the most part Don Was has not been very helpful to the Stones imo - give or take some tunes here and there.
Blue and Lonesome as a whole may be an exception if you can get past it being a covers album.
Would have been nice to see the Stones try something different.
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Stones 'purist' as in preferring only thinking their work TY (81) and before was really good or strong. Or even a lighter version of a Stones purist as someone who enjoyed stuff from the eighties and before but nothing after Undercover or Steel Wheels or something like that.
A 'Stones purist' in listening to their golden era (or at least their classic stuff) 10 times as much as you would ever think to spin Voodoo Lounge or say A Bigger Bang etc. etc....
That is a 'Stones purist'. Not an .. An 'extreme Stones purist' would be someone who only liked / enjoyed of gave credit to their stuff say up to 72 or perhaps 75.
I am a Rolling Stones fan ... a very big one .. (have been for 35 years or so) but I am not a Stones 'purist'. I find some of their later albums strong and I spin them as much ...or even more than their others. I grew up listening to their classic stuff...I heard those albums 10,000 times .. I also often enjoy their fresh stuff (8 times out of ten).
However I dont enjoy 'everything' they do. For example ...Not a huge Steel Wheels fan .. Not a big Forty Licks singles fan minus two tracks. Not a big 'One More Shot' fan (it's 'ok') So I dont like everything they do new ..but I do really enjoy some of it - Voodoo Lounge... A Bigger Bang ... B&L (simply wonderful albums IMO...great releases). BridgesTB was strong too .. but not in my top 'personal favs'.
You don't feel anything they have done ...in 25 - 30 years is really note worthy or strong .. You are a Stones 'purist', my friend..
I am a Rolling Stones fan, simple as that.
Attempting to define sub-categories of fans and label people as such seems silly.
I've seen them live many times since 1981, and have enjoyed most of them - including the most recent ones I saw at Desert Trip.
Having favorite era's of their studio output, or enjoying something old vs. something new, does not mean one is more or less of a Stones fan imo.
Same with the Beatles music, some people prefer certain albums over others, but the bottom line is they are Beatles fans - simple as that.
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If Don Was (whose been at the helm for some of the worst material in their entire history) has "identified some of the material as worthy of release", then it must be really great!
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So you are a Stones purist more over? I personally found Don Was doing a fine job with them .. I don't think anyone else could do better at these stages. Just my opinion Mr. Hairball
Stones purist?
Not sure what you mean...diehard maybe, but I know what I like (and what I don't like).
For the most part Don Was has not been very helpful to the Stones imo - give or take some tunes here and there.
Blue and Lonesome as a whole may be an exception if you can get past it being a covers album.
Would have been nice to see the Stones try something different.
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Stones 'purist' as in preferring only thinking their work TY (81) and before was really good or strong. Or even a lighter version of a Stones purist as someone who enjoyed stuff from the eighties and before but nothing after Undercover or Steel Wheels or something like that.
A 'Stones purist' in listening to their golden era (or at least their classic stuff) 10 times as much as you would ever think to spin Voodoo Lounge or say A Bigger Bang etc. etc....
That is a 'Stones purist'. Not an .. An 'extreme Stones purist' would be someone who only liked / enjoyed of gave credit to their stuff say up to 72 or perhaps 75.
I am a Rolling Stones fan ... a very big one .. (have been for 35 years or so) but I am not a Stones 'purist'. I find some of their later albums strong and I spin them as much ...or even more than their others. I grew up listening to their classic stuff...I heard those albums 10,000 times .. I also often enjoy their fresh stuff (8 times out of ten).
However I dont enjoy 'everything' they do. For example ...Not a huge Steel Wheels fan .. Not a big Forty Licks singles fan minus two tracks. Not a big 'One More Shot' fan (it's 'ok') So I dont like everything they do new ..but I do really enjoy some of it - Voodoo Lounge... A Bigger Bang ... B&L (simply wonderful albums IMO...great releases). BridgesTB was strong too .. but not in my top 'personal favs'.
You don't feel anything they have done ...in 25 - 30 years is really note worthy or strong .. You are a Stones 'purist', my friend..
I am a Rolling Stones fan, simple as that.
Attempting to define sub-categories of fans and label people as such seems silly.
I've seen them live many times since 1981, and have enjoyed most of them - including the most recent ones I saw at Desert Trip.
Having favorite era's of their studio output, or enjoying something old vs. something new, does not mean one is more or less of a Stones fan imo.
Same with the Beatles music, some people prefer certain albums over others, but the bottom line is they are Beatles fans - simple as that.
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How much philosophy for a Rock'n roll album...Is it really so difficult make 10/12 simply rock'n roll tunes for "The Rolling Stones"?!?
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