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SomeGuy
Interesting matter for Taylorologists but a bit above my head, I'm afraid. What I would like to say is that I never understood why Goat's Head Soup and especially It's Only Rock n Roll don't seem to get the credit they deserve, being the last two records that Mick Taylor played on (and did some more than just performing, according to some). For me the huge drop in quality from Black And Blue onwards in the immediate years after Taylor left, only served to accentuate the fact that those albums belong to the big four as it were (the big six), more so than in any other period.
IORR for me is the weakest album of the 70's. Poor songwriting, drug burnout and self conscious parodies of what they had been. BAB at least is sonically fantastic, especially compared to the muddy and weak sound of IORR. I love Taylor's playing but I think the relationship had run its course, shown by his over playing twiddly diddly lead parts over live cuts from this era.
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TravelinMan
I read the “noodle” and “twiddle” comments all the time and I don’t understand it. Taylor is playing razor sharp counter melodies in time and in the key of the song with dedicated phrases and purpose. The endless and pointless meandering that Richards and Wood “performed” so often over the years is what I can’t listen to. They’re literally playing over the top of Jagger the whole song, yet Taylor is the “twiddler”? Makes no sense.
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OpenG
MT did elevate the stones live songs to greatness, that's the real difference as others could only embellish the material live. MT also took some of Dylan songs live to another level.