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Kingbeebuzz
Mathijs.......anyone who could doubt who played the intro to The Last Time is showing their age imho because if you were there in the 60s and saw the Stones live you would know it was Brian through and through and Keith was rhythm plus the solo lead in the middle. I am sorry you missed that, they were great concerts where the Stones were right in your face.
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Parts you previously thought were by Keith and never criticised suddenly become mediocre when you find out it's played by Brian.
You really have to remind me on this, as far as I remember there are no parts played by Brian that I thought was Keith. If I recall well, I only doubted the intro to The Last Time, as this is unlike Brian in my opinion.
Mathijs
This thread and your web site are really good His Majesty. Thank you for all hard work.
Mathijs.......anyone who could doubt who played the intro to The Last Time is showing their age imho because if you were there in the 60s and saw the Stones live you would know it was Brian through and through and Keith was rhythm plus the solo lead in the middle. I am sorry you missed that, they were great concerts where the Stones were right in your face.
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Parts you previously thought were by Keith and never criticised suddenly become mediocre when you find out it's played by Brian.
You really have to remind me on this, as far as I remember there are no parts played by Brian that I thought was Keith. If I recall well, I only doubted the intro to The Last Time, as this is unlike Brian in my opinion.
Mathijs
This thread and your web site are really good His Majesty. Thank you for all hard work.
Mathijs.......anyone who could doubt who played the intro to The Last Time is showing their age imho because if you were there in the 60s and saw the Stones live you would know it was Brian through and through and Keith was rhythm plus the solo lead in the middle. I am sorry you missed that, they were great concerts where the Stones were right in your face.
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His Majesty
Hi-Heel Sneakers - guitar (demonstration): [youtu.be]
A demonstration showing the essentials of what Brian Jones played. Recorded to allow for Brian's guitar idea to be heard without backing.
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rootsman
Keep up your superb work, His Majesty!
Many of us here love it.
Thanks, but I'm done here.
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His Majesty
I don't like the new single at all. It's just being an arsehole posting that every time people discuss it.
There is a guitarist on YouTube that, aside from about 7 or so songs, dislikes the Brian era Rolling Stones. For what ever reason every few months he feels the need to tell people on my channel how bad he thinks the Stones were then. He'll use things like isolation of Paint It Black as proof of how bad they are rhythmically. He'll use the soloing on various recordings like Off The Hook to show how technically inept Keith was. "A 12 year could play this!!" Or how comical Brian's mellotron playing is.
He is free to think what he thinks. I think he should maybe just move on from something he obviously doesn't like. Thankfully, on YouTube I can moderate the comments. I'm fine with criticism of myself, Brian and the rest of the band, but the same person just saying the same negative things over and over is tedious and pointless.
There's a really weird person who uses Williard Billmore as user name. For him, Brian is the worst musician. This guy's entire mindset is that anything remotely good can't be Brian or originate from Brian. He gives the occasional kudos for playing such and such, but always in context of 'yeah, but I think he's mostly terrible'.
My experience of Mathis over many years is similar, with some extra bullshit I can't be arsed going in to. In time he turns just about every Brian thread or posting on Facebook etc in to a debate about whether Brian was mediocre or not. No different to the guy that tries to make my YouTube comments in to a debate about how crap the Stones were before Mick Taylor joined.
I have no interest in it because there is little fair minded intent regarding the thing they obviously mostly dislike. It's weird to need to make sure that dislike is voiced. It's a destructive way of going about things.
I can't do anything about it here except remove myself.
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I can't do anything about it here except remove myself.
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Our loss if you leave IORR.
It's not just Brian. There are always fans with agendas. Down with Mick. Down with Keith (rare, but it's around all the same). Down with Ronnie because he's not Taylor. Down with Darryl because he's not Bill. Down with Chuck because he plinks. Down with Matt because of the tambourine close-up during "Brown Sugar" (okay, that's just me). Down with Don Was because he's not Rick Rubin. Down with Andrew Watt because he's Flavor of the Month. Down with back-up singers. On it goes.
At the end of the day, if you can't ignore a heckler, it's our loss more than yours.
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His Majesty
Demonstration: [youtu.be]
A demonstration showing the essentials of what Brian Jones played. Recorded to allow for Brian's guitar idea to be heard without backing.
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I can't do anything about it here except remove myself.
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His Majesty
I don't like the new single at all. It's just being an arsehole posting that every time people discuss it.
There is a guitarist on YouTube that, aside from about 7 or so songs, dislikes the Brian era Rolling Stones. For what ever reason every few months he feels the need to tell people on my channel how bad he thinks the Stones were then. He'll use things like isolation of Paint It Black as proof of how bad they are rhythmically. He'll use the soloing on various recordings like Off The Hook to show how technically inept Keith was. "A 12 year could play this!!" Or how comical Brian's mellotron playing is.
He is free to think what he thinks. I think he should maybe just move on from something he obviously doesn't like. Thankfully, on YouTube I can moderate the comments. I'm fine with criticism of myself, Brian and the rest of the band, but the same person just saying the same negative things over and over is tedious and pointless.
There's a really weird person who uses Williard Billmore as user name. For him, Brian is the worst musician. This guy's entire mindset is that anything remotely good can't be Brian or originate from Brian. He gives the occasional kudos for playing such and such, but always in context of 'yeah, but I think he's mostly terrible'.
My experience of Mathijs over many years is similar, with some extra bullshit I can't be arsed going in to. In time he turns just about every Brian thread or posting on Facebook etc in to a debate about whether Brian was mediocre or not. No different to the guy that tries to make my YouTube comments in to a debate about how crap the Stones were before Mick Taylor joined.
I have no interest in it because there is little fair minded intent, just a weird need to make sure that dislike is voiced. It's a destructive way of going about things.
I can't do anything about it here except remove myself.
Ps: I am very aware of the fact I have done similar in the past. But, nothing good comes from repeating a negative opinion for years and years about something as subjective as music and a musician's playing. This thread was not intended as a vehicle for someone who mostly has an extremely negative opinion about Brian's musicianship to once again voice it.
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Mathijs , What is your opinion of George Harrison’s guitar playing on the early Beatles songs, 1963-1965? Like Hard Days Night or She Loves You in terms of simplicity or level of technical prowess.To me as a non musician they are great and perfectly fit the song , but deceptively,sound pretty easy to play .
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