Re: Ron Wood out after A Bigger Bang tour?
Date: September 21, 2005 06:21
ohnonotyouagain Wrote:
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> JamesBurton Wrote:
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> > The key
> > difference, however, is Keith played
> tremendously
> > well outside of the pure lead, keeping the
> band
> > together, and occasionally covering for
> Ronnie
> > playing "Popeye the Sailor Man" over in the
> > corner.
> >
> > But once again, if I were Ronnie, I'd be
> bitter as
> > hell and I'd just show up, collect my
> paycheck,
> > and play about as bad as I could until
> things
> > started changing. Besides as bad as ABB is,
> maybe
> > they should start letting Ronnie and Charlie
> write
> > the songs...couldn't get much worse!!!
>
> LOL about Popeye the Sailor Man, Brian Jones' old
> standby when he was pissed. Don't agree tht ABB is
> bad, though. Great album and great playing by
> Ronnie, on his 10 tracks. He can cut it in the
> stuido but is quickly reaching the point where he
> can't cut it live. He has been treated badly but
> he deserves it. He is lucky to stil be in the
> band, and a full financial partner at that. He
> ought to be playing his ass off and trying to keep
> his job instead of dogging it because his feelings
> are hurt, if that is what he's doing. I think he
> is not dogging it, he is doing his best, he just
> has lost a lot of his ability.
>
I agree, he just sucks now. I've never been a huge fan, but when I compare his current stuff to, say, anything he did on Some Girls, he's worse than ever.