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NilsHolgersson
I hope they don't tour in 2023 and spend a year in the studio recording
So, recording a new album a whole year in a studio to sell maybe 1 million copies worldwide at best.
- $10 per album average - $10 million of gross to split in 3-4 plus producer and back up musicians
Gross form 1 show on tour: $9-11 million
That's part of the answer of no new studio album in 17 years.
You left out the loan - UMe paying whatever for them to record print etc - and the hype, which basically eliminates any profit from what dismal sales there could possibly be.
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I think any new Stones record would have trouble keeping up with the energy of Mick and Dave Grohl's collaboration. (I'm still unclear if you can buy Easy Sleazy, or not, and why/why not?)
The energy level can't possibly be what you would expect from a Rolling Stones record. The drums might be good but the bass still sounds like he's playing along to a completely different song.
I rarely think about a new Stones album at this point. Just want more from the vault, or Blue and Lonesome part deux.
I think I'm the only one on here who wasn't so enamored with B&L. I've tried. I really have. I listen to it over and over and hope to hear different. They even won a damn Grammy for it. But to me, IMHO, I think it sounds somewhat forced. Not like the old days when they covered the blues. It's more like Oh yeah, look what we can do. I like the way they came full circle with it all, the Blues I mean, but it just doesn't Rock Me Baby. Pun intended.
I bought B&L when it came out. But I still haven't listened to it except for bits and pieces and I just haven't felt like listening to it. I know some of the songs already from listening to blues and just couldn't get into them like the originals. One day I will get around to listening to it again. But what I really want are some original songs. I am sure there are great ones in the can already but they never get released. I wish they had taken some of the songs from Keith's last solo album and used them as Stones songs with Mick's input on lyrics. Anyway, every time I come back to the forum I end up saying the same thing and no album ever materializes. I wish we could get one more great album out of them. I also wish they would have recorded something with Mick Taylor. Wishful thinking...there probably will never be a last studio album.
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I think any new Stones record would have trouble keeping up with the energy of Mick and Dave Grohl's collaboration. (I'm still unclear if you can buy Easy Sleazy, or not, and why/why not?)
The energy level can't possibly be what you would expect from a Rolling Stones record. The drums might be good but the bass still sounds like he's playing along to a completely different song.
I rarely think about a new Stones album at this point. Just want more from the vault, or Blue and Lonesome part deux.
I think I'm the only one on here who wasn't so enamored with B&L. I've tried. I really have. I listen to it over and over and hope to hear different. They even won a damn Grammy for it. But to me, IMHO, I think it sounds somewhat forced. Not like the old days when they covered the blues. It's more like Oh yeah, look what we can do. I like the way they came full circle with it all, the Blues I mean, but it just doesn't Rock Me Baby. Pun intended.
I bought B&L when it came out. But I still haven't listened to it except for bits and pieces and I just haven't felt like listening to it. I know some of the songs already from listening to blues and just couldn't get into them like the originals. One day I will get around to listening to it again. But what I really want are some original songs. I am sure there are great ones in the can already but they never get released. I wish they had taken some of the songs from Keith's last solo album and used them as Stones songs with Mick's input on lyrics. Anyway, every time I come back to the forum I end up saying the same thing and no album ever materializes. I wish we could get one more great album out of them. I also wish they would have recorded something with Mick Taylor. Wishful thinking...there probably will never be a last studio album.
Blue and Lonesome just might be their last great album. The last gasp of the Stones. I think it sounds great. Ronnie, Mick, and Clapton are wonderful on it. I think they're a little nervous about releasing new material. They've gone on so long about it, that it can't possibly live up to the Stones of the past. Maybe not even as good as ABB.
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Stoneage
People actually want a new boring blues cover album?
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GasLightStreet
Living In A Ghost Town was better than anything on A BIGGER BANG.
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gotdablouse
What really didn't help ABB is that it sounds like a demo, which it was as Mick had planned to record it proper in a real studio, likely with extra musicians to add some flavor, something that had worked well for B2B. It was apparently Keith's idea to release it like that...
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NilsHolgersson
New album confirmed!
[www.universal-music.co.jp]
Well actually it's HONK with a new cover but I need it
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NilsHolgersson
New album confirmed!
[www.universal-music.co.jp]
Well actually it's HONK with a new cover but I need it
I guess it's a fraction better than nothing.
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Stoneage
People actually want a new boring blues cover album?
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People actually want a new boring blues cover album?
Don't think so. It was OK once but won't work a second time, I believe.
None of us knows what state the album is in (or the respective recordings). The statement from the boys are rather contradictory here, as pointed out many times in this thread. What shocked me a bit in a way was Keith's latest statement about the recordings with Charly (as opposed to you haven't heard the last of Charly yet). All in all I get the impression of a lot of sketches or half-finished songs recorded over the years with only a few songs in such a state that they would need only a few overdubs (apparently, LIAGT was one such song). But what do I know.
I am not really confident that once the European tour is done they would take, say, two weeks off and then immediately carry on with the album. Maybe a day or two here or there before the year is over but I cannot really believe that now they will concentrate on the album and finish it.
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treaclefingers
Obviously there's no monetary incentive, so it has to be about proving they still have it in the studio. Does that matter enough I guess is the question at this point.
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Doxa
I guess in the end the reason is that they really need not to do any another album or more music. They are doing just fine without it. Actually, incredibly fine. I mean, look at them. Every gig is about worth of 10 milloin bucks and five stars. No one else can do that. And everybody is happy. I guess they understand their cultural function. Many here simply don't understand or want to accept it.
It is not 1966, 1972, 1983 or even 2005 no more.
- Doxa
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Stoneage
People actually want a new boring blues cover album?