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... with songs like Gimme Shelter, i mean that track is all Keith at his peak with layers and layers of guitar work...
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I find it painful to watch San Jose 99. It really does highlight how poor and out of it Ronnie got. He cleaned up just in time to cover for a fading Keith ( due to Arthritis, Accidents and drinking ). Both guitarists appeared sober last year and it was a major improvement .
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comparisons are silly...Liddas has it right...there is a genius to RW that is his own....maybe not the best ever performance...but damn if this gun slinging RW isn't thrilling I don't know what is....its like he's "made" for the Stones..sends me every time i hear it....
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His Majesty
I used to love Exile, but in time I just got bored with it and blues rock in general. A too easily boring and overly glorified genre.
Funny, I never got bored with EOMS. And probably never will. But I got bored with blues epigonism.
That's why I never bought "Blue & Lonesome". I was bored with it even before listening to it...
I got bored with it after one play.
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His Majesty
I used to love Exile, but in time I just got bored with it and blues rock in general. A too easily boring and overly glorified genre.
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comparisons are silly...Liddas has it right...there is a genius to RW that is his own....maybe not the best ever performance...but damn if this gun slinging RW isn't thrilling I don't know what is....its like he's "made" for the Stones..sends me every time i hear it....
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His Majesty
I used to love Exile, but in time I just got bored with it and blues rock in general. A too easily boring and overly glorified genre.
Funny, I never got bored with EOMS. And probably never will. But I got bored with blues epigonism.
That's why I never bought "Blue & Lonesome". I was bored with it even before listening to it...
I got bored with it after one play.
I gave it a week or two, but that was all I could handle. The first couple of single/video teasers were promising probably due to the excitement of having anything new from the Stones, but the album as a whole became a chore to get through in a matter of days. If nothing else, it inspired me to dig out the originals and/or previously recorded versions which were all far superior IMO. That said, to see them play a couple of those covers live was great where they truly shined amidst the warhorses - seeing the band let it all hang out - they should have played a full mini set. I did notice some casual fans in attendance at the Desert Trip and *Vegas 16 shows bored with them, but can't please all the people all the time. And while I wouldn't go so far as to call it "Boring and Lonesome" or "Blue and Boring" as some called it here, I wouldn't rate it amongst their best albums by a long shot.
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keithsman
... with songs like Gimme Shelter, i mean that track is all Keith at his peak with layers and layers of guitar work...
Just two.
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Stoneage
But I got bored with blues epigonism.
That's why I never bought "Blue & Lonesome". I was bored with it even before listening to it...
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But I got bored with blues epigonism.
That's why I never bought "Blue & Lonesome". I was bored with it even before listening to it...
"Epigonism" That's the word I was looking for. Another disappointment was the lack of a decent guitar solo- well Clapton was ok. Jagger's idea to make money, this album I guess.. smart guy.
One of the occasions were the Stones didn't try to get the dust off a musical genre they have copied a zillion times before, and better.
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Kurt
God Bless Ron Wood...
without him The Rolling Stones would have ended decades ago.
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keithsman
Three, possibly four.
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OpenG
I thought I was nuts way back I complied all Taylor's solo on YGAGWYW from 72-73 Tours and put them all on a CD - I would listen to the solos all day long .
The 72 tour started in Vancouver if I remember and by the time the tour hit NYC they were rocking and the solos and the band got better as they hit NYC.
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keithsman
Three, possibly four.
No, just two.
The tremolo rhythm and the lead guitar.
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Stoneage
Epigonism (noun): an artistic or literary imitation of an artist by a later generation. A detour from this word is perhaps the phrase "white man's blues".
Or a modern detour: Cultural appropriation. Common among the identity left. Hence the slang term "wigger". Mostly linked to hip hop and reggae though.
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keithsman
Sounds like there's more going on in there to me on the original recording, like layers of guitar, you try to make that sound with two guitars, impossible.
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Epigonism (noun): an artistic or literary imitation of an artist by a later generation. A detour from this word is perhaps the phrase "white man's blues".
Or a modern detour: Cultural appropriation. Common among the identity left. Hence the slang term "wigger". Mostly linked to hip hop and reggae though.
My problem with that is it’s like saying only white Europeans can write for symphony and orchestra. Very narrow minded thinking when applied across the board.
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keithsman
Sounds like there's more going on in there to me on the original recording, like layers of guitar, you try to make that sound with two guitars, impossible.
Only one rhythm with tremolo. Easy and far from impossible.
The production, ie changing the depth of the reverb on the intro gives the impression there's more going on.
But, there is just the tremolo rhythm and the lead guitar. No other guitars.
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TheflyingDutchman
Two guitars only I hear. Keiths intro guitar and onwards, the reverb or whatever effect is bouncing to the other channel. And the lead guitar. Don't get misled by the piano.
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Two guitars only I hear. Keiths intro guitar and onwards, the reverb or whatever effect is bouncing to the other channel. And the lead guitar. Don't get misled by the piano.
Yes and both quite scrappy when heard in isolation.