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OpenG
No that's not true - If I remember correctly Mick Jagger called MT after a few months to reconsider?
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OpenG
No that's not true - If I remember correctly Mick Jagger called MT after a few months to reconsider?
I don't believe Keith wanted Taylor to reconsider.
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TravelinMan
Richards too “a guitarist should play more than the top three strings”.
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TravelinMan
I don’t think anybody wanted Taylor or Wyman to quit. Jagger bitterly internalized it, but it came out a little bit “we can just get another tall blonde guitarist”. Richards too “a guitarist should play more than the top three strings”. I don’t know the comments about Wyman off hand. It definitely hurt their pride, but they’re “too proud to beg”.
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The Joker
Allegedly, the Stones fought hard to keep Wyman, but the Taylor case seems to have been closed in a matter of minutes...
Seniority matters?
Of course, Wyman was a founding member, and in the band for 32 years in 1994 (or 29 years in 1991 depends what moment one picks for his resignation).
Taylor was a member for five years and half, but almost did'nt stop playing during his stint.
So the difference of treatment was huge.
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OpenG
No that's not true - If I remember correctly Mick Jagger called MT after a few months to reconsider?
I don't believe Keith wanted Taylor to reconsider.
Keith was the only one in the band who sent Taylor a card, saying he was sorry he quit and thanked him for all the turn-ons. According to Rose it made Taylor cry.
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TravelinMan
Richards too “a guitarist should play more than the top three strings”.
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Nikkei
The Stones of 1994 were not the Stones of 1974. If someone were to quit today, it wouldn't work anymore at all
If you're dismissing songs after '91, then you have to go back further ... It wasn't working with Bill either anymore, as the 2 previous albums were clearly their worst ones - Dirty Work by a landslide, and more debatable with Steel Wheels (which i'd put as 2nd worst).Quote
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Nikkei
The Stones of 1994 were not the Stones of 1974. If someone were to quit today, it wouldn't work anymore at all
It hasn't really worked since 1991. It's not the same level as the group before it...
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LeonidP
** edit ... oh, and to the point of the thread, nothing to it, just the Joker stirring up trouble where there is none.
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LeonidP
** edit ... oh, and to the point of the thread, nothing to it, just the Joker stirring up trouble where there is none.
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Not true.
Ronnie Wood, Mick Jagger and maybe Mick Taylor himself reported that Taylor said he was leaving when all three were in a party. And it was done in a matter of minutes..
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LeonidPIf you're dismissing songs after '91, then you have to go back further ... It wasn't working with Bill either anymore, as the 2 previous albums were clearly their worst ones - Dirty Work by a landslide, and more debatable with Steel Wheels (which i'd put as 2nd worst).Quote
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Nikkei
The Stones of 1994 were not the Stones of 1974. If someone were to quit today, it wouldn't work anymore at all
It hasn't really worked since 1991. It's not the same level as the group before it...
** edit ... oh, and to the point of the thread, nothing to it, just the Joker stirring up trouble where there is none.
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Mathijs
As I understand it, the Stones weren't all that unhappy about Taylor leaving but they were mad at him for his timing -right before they would announce the Tour of the America's starting in May 1975.
Taylor wasn't the most likeable or easy to work with person in 1973 and 1974. He was addicted, unhappy, moody, depressed, and constantly expressing his unhappiness with the way things worked with the band, which in the end simply is Mick's and Keith's band.
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jbwelda
The Rolling Stones lost a lot when they lost Bill Wyman. He was one of the foundation stones they all depended on. Those were his bass notes. He was part of the stage personality, the anti-personality actually. And from what I have heard, he smoked weed non-stop, like any good bass player should.
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