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JordyLicks96
Living In A Ghost Town

Released: 23 April, 2020
Recording date: Late January-February 2019, mid-2019 & March-April 2020
Recording locations: Henson Recording Studios, Los Angeles, USA / British Grove Studios, London, England / La Fourchette (Mick Jagger's home studio), Pocé sur Cisse, France

Lead Vocals: Mick Jagger
Background Vocals: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ron Wood
Guitars: Keith Richards, Ron Wood, Mick Jagger
Drums: Charlie Watts
Bass: Darryl Jones
Keyboards: Matt Clifford
Saxophone: Matt Clifford
French Horn: Matt Clifford
Flugelhorn: Matt Clifford

Composers: Jagger/Richards
Producers: Don Was, Matt Clifford & The Glimmer Twins
Engineers: Krishna Sharma, Matt Clifford
Mixer: Cenzo Townshend

Where is this from? Obv Mick on harp I would think.

I love it! Can't wait for the new album...

Got quite excited at the prospect of something new...sadly having heard it a few times, I'm decidedly uninspired.

I wanted to like it, I really did, but it sounds like so many of those dull filler songs from many recordings through the years from Dirty work on.

I'm probably not the best person to review new Stones material since I don't rate much since Tattoo You.

Many of you seem to really like it so it's likely I'm in a minority and I am glad so many are enjoying it.

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JordyLicks96
Living In A Ghost Town

Released: 23 April, 2020
Recording date: Late January-February 2019, mid-2019 & March-April 2020
Recording locations: Henson Recording Studios, Los Angeles, USA / British Grove Studios, London, England / La Fourchette (Mick Jagger's home studio), Pocé sur Cisse, France

Lead Vocals: Mick Jagger
Background Vocals: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ron Wood
Guitars: Keith Richards, Ron Wood, Mick Jagger
Drums: Charlie Watts
Bass: Darryl Jones
Keyboards: Matt Clifford
Saxophone: Matt Clifford
French Horn: Matt Clifford
Flugelhorn: Matt Clifford

Composers: Jagger/Richards
Producers: Don Was, Matt Clifford & The Glimmer Twins
Engineers: Krishna Sharma, Matt Clifford
Mixer: Cenzo Townshend

Where is this from? Obv Mick on harp I would think.

The recording dates and locations I gathered from info I could find on IORR, timeisonourside. The personnel and everything is in the description of the YouTube video.

Like in the official video for the song, you can see Mick recording the lead vocals for the song at his house in his home studio.

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Maybe BV can name the spots from Oslo shown in the video...

Great track, love it. Will go down well Live, audience participation!

Life was so beautiful then we all got locked down ......


Slinky ... native .... up the jungle ...... Love It



ROCKMAN

What the @#$%&?! Well this is a nice surprise!

Just a cool, laid-back song that feels like a natural progression from the Blue & Lonesome sessions. I love how the harp solo leads into the spooky little breakdown.

Great timing to do this right after their standout One World performance, and the video is a deft reminder that the Stones are still capable of capturing little moments in time.

It’s a good one!

JumpingKentFlash

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What did everyone think?

I think it is great! I rank it about equally w/ Doom & Gloom, which I also love...

And how about a 'thumbs up' for Darryl Jones!

Hey, guys. I made a quickie video about the new track. Special analysis of the bridge, with its Fm6 and G#dim!

[youtu.be]

This song really does have a mix of other Stones material while sounding like something they haven't done before:

The funkiness of Miss You
The slinkiness of Love Is Strong
The bluesy harmonica on BLUE & LONESOME
A splash of reggae


It took a few listens for me get into it, but now I can't stop listening to it!!

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nonfilter
I can’t say buy it enough! I want this song to go number one! I’ve message links to all my friends and shared it on Facebook. I always share the hell out of anything new by The Stones cause I want people to hear why I love them so much. But please buy it somewhere. If this song goes number one, we’ll get the whole album really soon!

Maybe I'm a dope...but where can I buy it?

I went to iTUnes and I couldn't buy the single...it wanted me to sign up for Apple Music (or whatever it is called that is $9.99 a month)....

am I missing something?

Anybody? Anybody? Bueller?

SOLID!

DIG IT!

stonesstein

Kick me like you did before
I can't even feel the pain no more
Rocks Off, 1972

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Rocky Dijon
Thank you to Deathgod.

Also, noting that Mick and Keith's PR indicates the 6 or 7 tracks worked on last year that Soldatti mentioned is 100% correct.

The whole Covid-19 thing changed things, it all changed during the last 30-40 days, no new material was in sight until late 2020 at least, but the band can't tour this year and who knows in 2021, so we can't be surprised if a new album is released before their next tour, it's all they can do now and the band had 6-7 songs more or less complete back in March 2019 and this new tune must be one of this songs.

Also my source in Universal is not working since early March, and we're out of touch since then, this new release was very well hidden and completed in less than a month.

I bought the mp3 from Amazon.

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jahisnotdead
I bought the mp3 from Amazon.

I'll try that....thanks!!

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MelBelli
Hey, guys. I made a quickie video about the new track. Special analysis of the bridge, with its Fm6 and G#dim!

[youtu.be]

Excellent analysis! Thanks for doing this!

Gawd, I just love it when Mick does his sexy harp thing. Oh boy, did this song me smile.

Woo, Woohoo!!...LOVE the STONES!!

Would you love this song as much if it was written and performed by someone else?

I love Charlie's statement on song versus others videos.

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Bastion
Would you love this song as much if it was written and performed by someone else?

moronic question ... it wasn't.

I love it on its own, if it were by someone else, i probably wouldn't have known about it. If you're implying Stones fans just blindly love all they do, you don't pay attention much.

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Bastion
Would you love this song as much if it was written and performed by someone else?

Maybe not

If it was done by anyone else we'd be saying it was a decent song with a Stonesy vibe. But no-one could do it like Mick, Keith, Ronnie and Charlie.

Good song, and clearly timely. Look at these guys! I absolutely enjoyed it even if I wouldn't call it overly memorable. Though, it's definitely growing on me through repeated listens...It's got a good groove!

I love that it sounds inspired but not forced, gives me optimism for other content from the presumed upcoming album. I suppose if I had to be picky I would have killed for an even more extended version of Mick on Harmonica (that was a highlight) and perhaps another layer of Ronnie adding further bluesy licks as the song progresses as that "live jam" sound on an album cut is what made me fall in love with the band in the first place.They've always known how to have a song "build" as it goes along. And I think this will play well live, especially with world events. Certainly has a little "Miss You" and other past tracks in it without being a copy, you can just see Mick having fun with the crowd during that quieter breakdown.

This is an awesome surprise and I can't wait for (hopefully) what is to come with a new album...hoping this isn't just going to be a "one off" for now due to the topic relevancy to the crisis!

Big thumbs up for Deathgod who got it right,when myself and probably many others thought this may be quite hard to believe at such short notice.
Gonna listen to it myself for first time now.

My brother mentioned that, lyrically, it bears a resemblance to Rocks by Primal Scream... Oh the irony!

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Bastion
Would you love this song as much if it was written and performed by someone else?

like who?

probably not...b/c it wouldn't sound the same.

but, then again...maybe somebody like Jimi Hendrix could make it sound better?

who knows?

I think this goes for a lot of music.

Great video man! Keep it up!

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Topi
Not impressed on the first listen. Maybe it needs to grow on me.

It does … and it will !

2nd listen after my 2nd glass of wine went much better!