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powerage78
Great album, great band, great Mick Taylor as always.
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Great album, great band, great Mick Taylor as always.
Seriously, there is a lot of sadness and wistfulness to GHS. Even in songs like 100 Years Ago, Heartbreaker and Can You Hear The Music. Add the ballads (Angie, Coming Down Again and Winter) + the blues (Hide Your Love) and there's not really a party going on here. Star Star kinda tries to wake us up in the end there, but it's too late. The after party died down.
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powerage78
Great album, great band, great Mick Taylor as always.
So you have a soft spot for wistfulness and ballads, after all? A nice counter-balance to your AC/DC-stuff
Seriously, there is a lot of sadness and wistfulness to GHS. Even in songs like 100 Years Ago, Heartbreaker and Can You Hear The Music. Add the ballads (Angie, Coming Down Again and Winter) + the blues (Hide Your Love) and there's not really a party going on here. Star Star kinda tries to wake us up in the end there, but it's too late. The after party died down.
That said, and in retrospect, I think the Stones needed to put out a record like that (after Exile), and I've learned to appreciate the mood(s) of GHS a lot more through the years.
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DandelionPowderman
It's the ballads that are the really strong tracks on GHS, imo. Angie and Coming Down Again in particular. Excellent songs.
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It's the ballads that are the really strong tracks on GHS, imo. Angie and Coming Down Again in particular. Excellent songs.
WINTER.
Yes I yelled it. ;-)
I don’t care for’Angie’ never have. Except when I heard it live in Nanterre France. There, I was wowed by the execution. Otherwise, no.
GHS has never been my album
‘Dancing with Mr D’ incredible live, never listen to recorded track.
‘100 years’ is dated and depressing.
‘Heartbreaker’ Yes, it is very good.
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It's the ballads that are the really strong tracks on GHS, imo. Angie and Coming Down Again in particular. Excellent songs.
WINTER.
Yes I yelled it. ;-)
I don’t care for’Angie’ never have. Except when I heard it live in Nanterre France. There, I was wowed by the execution. Otherwise, no.
GHS has never been my album
‘Dancing with Mr D’ incredible live, never listen to recorded track.
‘100 years’ is dated and depressing.
‘Heartbreaker’ Yes, it is very good.
100 Years is dated? How the hell is it dated? That makes zero sense.
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TravelinMan
Whatever that effect is on Taylor’s guitar gives it an eerie feeling. Could have been a pedal at the studio, it sounds like a phaser maybe? Any thoughts?
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OpenG
Some of my thoughts over the years :
After Exile, the glimmer boys put out a different sounding record with Goats Head Soup. The Album is dominated by crafty ballads, the theme of the album.
'100 Years Ago', a mystical type of feel has Jagger singing from his heart and Mick Taylor's blistering wah wah guitar kicks the song into another gear. Keith's 'Coming Down Again', dives into his personal issues with drugs and his singing is great. One of Keith's best moments singing on record. 'Angie', the classic rock ballad has Jagger singing great with fantastic lyrics played against Keith's acoustic guitar. 'Winter is a Jagger/Taylor song which has great lyrics and vocals by Jagger.'Winter' is a treasure and has Jagger playing guitar against Taylor's brilliant solo and is one of the finest moments on any Stones record. Mick Taylor should of received some song credit. 'Star Star' is a rocker and has Taylor and Richards interplaying against each other. 'Dancing With Mr. D', is the second coming of 'Sympathy For the Devil', but a weaker effort. 'Silver Train', has Keith's driving rhythm and Taylor laying down his signature ringing slide which is awesome.'Hide Your Love', and 'Can't You Hear The Music', are different and add to the diversity of the album. 'Heartbreaker', has the signature sound of the Stones with Keith's driving rhythm and MT pLaying that wonderful solo.GHS grows on you over the years and is truly one of my top five Stones records.
Jagger's awesome vocals set up MT's brilliant melodic wonder to the heavens
Sometimes I wanna wrap my coat around you
Sometimes I wanna but I can't afford you
Guess I wanna keep you warm, warm, warm
Sometimes I wanna wrap my coat around you, Lord I cry
Sometimes if feels like
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I know timeisonourside credits Keith on guitar on those tracks, but I can't hear him at all. On Heartbreaker I only hear one guitar - Taylor's.
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It's the ballads that are the really strong tracks on GHS, imo. Angie and Coming Down Again in particular. Excellent songs.
WINTER.
Yes I yelled it. ;-)
I don’t care for’Angie’ never have. Except when I heard it live in Nanterre France. There, I was wowed by the execution. Otherwise, no.
GHS has never been my album
‘Dancing with Mr D’ incredible live, never listen to recorded track.
‘100 years’ is dated and depressing.
‘Heartbreaker’ Yes, it is very good.
100 Years is dated? How the hell is it dated? That makes zero sense.
It sounds ‘folk-sy’ to me. Inauthentic. Depressing. Better? I don’t like it.
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OpenG
Some of my thoughts over the years :
After Exile, the glimmer boys put out a different sounding record with Goats Head Soup. The Album is dominated by crafty ballads, the theme of the album.
'100 Years Ago', a mystical type of feel has Jagger singing from his heart and Mick Taylor's blistering wah wah guitar kicks the song into another gear. Keith's 'Coming Down Again', dives into his personal issues with drugs and his singing is great. One of Keith's best moments singing on record. 'Angie', the classic rock ballad has Jagger singing great with fantastic lyrics played against Keith's acoustic guitar. 'Winter is a Jagger/Taylor song which has great lyrics and vocals by Jagger.'Winter' is a treasure and has Jagger playing guitar against Taylor's brilliant solo and is one of the finest moments on any Stones record. Mick Taylor should of received some song credit. 'Star Star' is a rocker and has Taylor and Richards interplaying against each other. 'Dancing With Mr. D', is the second coming of 'Sympathy For the Devil', but a weaker effort. 'Silver Train', has Keith's driving rhythm and Taylor laying down his signature ringing slide which is awesome.'Hide Your Love', and 'Can't You Hear The Music', are different and add to the diversity of the album. 'Heartbreaker', has the signature sound of the Stones with Keith's driving rhythm and MT pLaying that wonderful solo.GHS grows on you over the years and is truly one of my top five Stones records.
Jagger's awesome vocals set up MT's brilliant melodic wonder to the heavens
Sometimes I wanna wrap my coat around you
Sometimes I wanna but I can't afford you
Guess I wanna keep you warm, warm, warm
Sometimes I wanna wrap my coat around you, Lord I cry
Sometimes if feels like
As far as I know Keith is only playing bass on Silver Train and Heartbreaker.
I know timeisonourside credits Keith on guitar on those tracks, but I can't hear him at all. On Heartbreaker I only hear one guitar - Taylor's. On Silver Train I'm pretty sure Jagger is playing the quite rudimentary open G-guitar.
And let's not forget Taylor's 12 string acoustic guitar on Angie. It adds a lot to the soundscape.
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It's the ballads that are the really strong tracks on GHS, imo. Angie and Coming Down Again in particular. Excellent songs.
WINTER.
Yes I yelled it. ;-)
I don’t care for’Angie’ never have. Except when I heard it live in Nanterre France. There, I was wowed by the execution. Otherwise, no.
GHS has never been my album
‘Dancing with Mr D’ incredible live, never listen to recorded track.
‘100 years’ is dated and depressing.
‘Heartbreaker’ Yes, it is very good.
100 Years is dated? How the hell is it dated? That makes zero sense.
It sounds ‘folk-sy’ to me. Inauthentic. Depressing. Better? I don’t like it.
Folk-sy? That's ridiculous! It's more rumble funk than anything. "Inauthentic"? It's not a Thai restaurant in Iowa. I could see calling it inauthentic if it was labeled as a blues song...
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It's the ballads that are the really strong tracks on GHS, imo. Angie and Coming Down Again in particular. Excellent songs.
WINTER.
Yes I yelled it. ;-)
I don’t care for’Angie’ never have. Except when I heard it live in Nanterre France. There, I was wowed by the execution. Otherwise, no.
GHS has never been my album
‘Dancing with Mr D’ incredible live, never listen to recorded track.
‘100 years’ is dated and depressing.
‘Heartbreaker’ Yes, it is very good.
100 Years is dated? How the hell is it dated? That makes zero sense.
It sounds ‘folk-sy’ to me. Inauthentic. Depressing. Better? I don’t like it.
Folk-sy? That's ridiculous! It's more rumble funk than anything. "Inauthentic"? It's not a Thai restaurant in Iowa. I could see calling it inauthentic if it was labeled as a blues song...
The verses on 100 Years Ago are folksy. Play it with an acoustic round the campfire and you'll see
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DandelionPowderman
I know timeisonourside credits Keith on guitar on those tracks, but I can't hear him at all. On Heartbreaker I only hear one guitar - Taylor's.
Preston on the left channel, and Keith on the right channel. He's playing a bit similar like he does it on the '73 Brussels version,- at least the fills during the verses if I'm not mistaken. Taylor does the noodling.
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I know timeisonourside credits Keith on guitar on those tracks, but I can't hear him at all. On Heartbreaker I only hear one guitar - Taylor's.
Preston on the left channel, and Keith on the right channel. He's playing a bit similar like he does it on the '73 Brussels version,- at least the fills during the verses if I'm not mistaken. Taylor does the noodling.
No, Taylor plays the Em7/Em/Am-licks during the verses. It's the same guitar track.
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35love
GLS Folk-sy? That's ridiculous! It's more rumble funk than anything. "Inauthentic"? It's not a Thai restaurant in Iowa. I could see calling it inauthentic if it was labeled as a blues song...
There can be excellent Thai restaurants in Iowa.
Where was it ‘labeled’ as anything?
I would prefer to listen to B&B album or IORR album over GHS album.
‘100 years’ doesn't move me.