Re: Taylor's Soaring Guitar Lines To Fast For The Glimmers
Date: December 3, 2005 06:03
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> keith also plays most of the leads in the early
> days, if my ears are correct.
He was the lead guitarist. Brian generally played leads on slide only.
> taylor did play with dylan in the studio - the
> Infidels album - and on tour in '84. A pretty hot
> band, but he doesn't sound quite the same.
Yes, he developed as an artist since he left the Stones.
> dylan
> did not ask him back. I'm not sure exactly why he
> wasn't satisfied. On the bootlegs of dylan
> rehearsing for live aid with keith and ron, they
> briefly talk about him, but it's hard to grasp
> exactly what they mean, as it's a bit awkward for
> all involved (esp ron, I guess).
In the conversation, Dylan says that Taylor was inconsistent, which is not borne out by the record, and that Taylor generally does not follow up on Dylan's entreaties (blowing off meetings, etc.). But you need not listen to the tape to understand why Taylor didn't play with Dylan again. Dylan spent time trying to hide in plain sight behind personas, face paint, hockey masks and, in 1984, a superband that would play with identifiable virtuosity (rather than the wall of sound he'd worked with previously). After that, Dylan went on to play with celebrities in another failed attempt to humble himself. I am not surprised he did not look back.
> It's odd that so many people are fond of "Time
> Waits for No One." They must be disappointed by
> the rest of the stones' output, which doesn't
> sound anything like it.
In music, TWFNO has an obvious predecessor in WOAF, which was written earlier and released later. Lyrically, it seems to me that Jagger was reaching for a Beggars Banquet-type "statement" rather than the drugs and sex stuff that appeared on the 70s albums to date. I think you're missing that the Stones tastes and output are fairly broad. The band that recorded Stray Cat Blues or GOMC should not have been expected to record treacly versions of Under the Boardwalk or My Girl. But there obviously is a connection between the band that recorded those treacly things and the band that recorded If You Really Want to Be My Friend. Aren't those the Stones too?