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Spud
I've never understood the need to compare Ronnie with MT in a "better or worse" sense.
Different times, different players and different personalities.
Just enjoy the best of what they've each given us...
...and forgive them the worst .
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Spud
I've never understood the need to compare Ronnie with MT in a "better or worse" sense.
Different times, different players and different personalities.
Just enjoy the best of what they've each given us...
...and forgive them the worst .
hopefully this rational adult stage of development will be limited to only a core number of deep fans.
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Gaetzi
That 1978 JFF posted earlier made my palms sweaty. You can feel the blow pulsing across the stage. It was too much (no knock on Ronny)- Mick's just screaming the lyrics, out of control tempo. I went back and listened to the live '72 version. That's where it's at.
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His Majesty
One made the band sound more like everyone else[, the other made them sound like one dimension of itself.
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Stoneage
Sure, one can argue which is best, Taylor or Wood. Strawberry or banana. Goes on forever. But the one replacement that really was a miss was the replacement of Bill.
Since then it's The Rolling Stones x 0.8.
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Stoneage
Sure, one can argue which is best, Taylor or Wood. Strawberry or banana. Goes on forever. But the one replacement that really was a miss was the replacement of Bill.
Since then it's The Rolling Stones x 0.8.
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TheflyingDutchman
Why do you guys always leave Richards and Jones out in such cases ? Peaches and Apples are fruit as well.
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24FPS
Forget Taylor. Forget who is a 'real fan'. I really can't think of someone better to have stepped into the Jones/Taylor guitar slot, visually, aurally, and English-y. He has done his job. And what's this about him not being a lead guitar player? Keith can't play a lead for beans now. The only lead guitarist in the group is Ron Wood. And yet he can blend in with Keith when called upon. Hail, hail, Ron Wood!
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Midnight Toker
The Stomes best records were with MT.
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Midnight Toker
The Stomes best records were with MT.
No they weren't.
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Midnight Toker
The Stomes best records were with MT.
No they weren't.
Sticky Fingers
Exile
GHS
IORR
not the Stones best records surely these four in a row were their peak, four of the best in a row in 4 years.
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His Majesty
GHS and IORR are far from great.
Sticky and Exile are obviously full of amazing music.
But...
The Rolling Stones, ie Brian, Mick and Keith in a band together, ended on 8th June 1969.
According to Taylor, he felt his 'joining' was effectivley the beginning of a new band. He was right.
Thus, those are not really Rolling Stones albums.
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24FPS
Sure they are. They are the BEST version of the Rolling Stones.
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His Majesty
One made the band sound more like everyone else, the other made them sound like one dimension of itself.
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Midnight Toker
The Stomes best records were with MT.
No they weren't.
Sticky Fingers
Exile
GHS
IORR
not the Stones best records surely these four in a row were their peak, four of the best in a row in 4 years.
Beggars Banquet (sans Taylor) is arguably better than all of those - definitely far better than the latter two imo.
And while I would currently name Exile as the best, Beggars, Let it Bleed, and Sticky Fingers sometimes get the nod.
As great as MT was, not everything recorded in the studio from his era can be considered "the best".
Live performances are another story though - everything he touched turned into GOLD... ... (including the 50 and Counting shows)!
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Meise
Unlike Mick Taylor, Ronnie is able to play various instruments. Moreover, whereby MT has always stuck to his playing and sound style, RW supports several styles using a multitude of guitars.
But he's far more than a supporting guitarist to Keith on stage. During the Bigger Bang tour concert in Frankfurt, Keith was partly unable to play the guitar at all. There were several moments where he just stood there doing nothing but holding his guitar. In these cases, Ronnie took over Keith's parts which convinced me about his importance to the band.
Of course, Ronnie's personality have been the glue between Keith and Mick particularly in the 1980s