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powerage78
Perhaps the first real classic -Stones hit since 1981's Start Me Up.
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MadMax
Great tune! Best along with Angry, Live By The Sword and Mess It Up.
Maybe someone has already mentioned it but y'all surely aware this is I Got Dreams To Remember from the leaked stuff we got 2 years ago?
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Turd On The Run
Lady Gaga might not be your cup of tea, (she is not someone that I would go see in concert or an artist that I would listen to) but talent she has in spades. I did not think so until I heard her sing with Tony Bennet. That gentleman would NEVER come together with anyone who was not an elite-level talent.
Her vocals on Sweet Sound of Heaven lift that song - much like Mary Clayton did for Gimme Shelter 54 years ago - to mythic status. That song is the glittering jewel of Hackney Diamonds, and - truly and for the first time in many years - provides the Stones with a new song that will have to be played live as one of their canon of unforgettable classics. Lady Gaga is partly responsible for that... and bless her for it...
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powerage78
Perhaps the first real classic -Stones hit since 1981's Start Me Up.
Agreed, it just has the 'instant classic' vibe to it.
It is the same take but different mix minus jam at the end and a few minor edits.Quote
noughties
I`ve always liked the 5 minutes edit version best, but I don`t know if that is just the long version minus the extended jam at the end.
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ironbellyIt is the same take but different mix minus jam at the end and a few minor edits.Quote
noughties
I`ve always liked the 5 minutes edit version best, but I don`t know if that is just the long version minus the extended jam at the end.
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Turd On The Run
Lady Gaga might not be your cup of tea, (she is not someone that I would go see in concert or an artist that I would listen to) but talent she has in spades. I did not think so until I heard her sing with Tony Bennet. That gentleman would NEVER come together with anyone who was not an elite-level talent.
Her vocals on Sweet Sound of Heaven lift that song - much like Mary Clayton did for Gimme Shelter 54 years ago - to mythic status. That song is the glittering jewel of Hackney Diamonds, and - truly and for the first time in many years - provides the Stones with a new song that will have to be played live as one of their canon of unforgettable classics. Lady Gaga is partly responsible for that... and bless her for it...
This is what is called different mix. The vocal take is the same. But for album version Mick is upfront and Lady Gaga is buried in the mix in that part of the track. For 'Radio Edit' vocals are reversed on the scene = Mick is buried and Lady Gaga is upfront. Also, there are some differences the way they mixed guitars during solo and an obvious edit for drums in the beginning of the track. You can catch those differences in Audacity clearly.Quote
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ironbellyIt is the same take but different mix minus jam at the end and a few minor edits.Quote
noughties
I`ve always liked the 5 minutes edit version best, but I don`t know if that is just the long version minus the extended jam at the end.
The main difference is that in the edit version the third verse is sang by Lady Gaga:
I smell the sweet scents, the sweet scents of heaven (sweet - of heaven)
Tumbling down, tumbling down to the earth (tumbling down - oh)
I hear the sweet sounds, sweet sounds of children (sweet sound - ooh the sweet sounds)
And they're praising the land of their birth (praising)
In the extended versión is Jagger who sings
That was discussed briefly when the single came out. There is some resemblance in chord progression for sure.Quote
Whale
il sole 24 ore, an Italian newspaper, writes that the song is basically "i've got dreams to remember" by Otis redding.
and we know it was on the 3cd bootleg we got some time ago.
what do people think?
(the review they have is like that of pitchfork acidic at best)
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Turd On The Run
Lady Gaga might not be your cup of tea, (she is not someone that I would go see in concert or an artist that I would listen to) but talent she has in spades. I did not think so until I heard her sing with Tony Bennet. That gentleman would NEVER come together with anyone who was not an elite-level talent.
Her vocals on Sweet Sound of Heaven lift that song - much like Mary Clayton did for Gimme Shelter 54 years ago - to mythic status. That song is the glittering jewel of Hackney Diamonds, and - truly and for the first time in many years - provides the Stones with a new song that will have to be played live as one of their canon of unforgettable classics. Lady Gaga is partly responsible for that... and bless her for it...
I am sorry, you're not the first to make that comparison and most likely not the last, but comparing "Sweet Sounds of Heaven" to "Gimme Shelter", or the performance of Lady Gaga to Mary Clayton, just rubs me the wrong way.
Lady Gaga sings very well, and SSOH is a good song, and I certainly don't think the Stones should sound like the 60s (but I do wish they would be less of a pop band) or re-do Let It Bleed. In short, there's nothing wrong with SSOH, but it's not Gimme Shelter, for many reasons.
I think Gimme Shelter is one of the rare occasions where the Stones really touched something (and I hesitate to use this word) "spiritual". The guitar, the drums, the drive, the whole sense of doom and threat, the poignant lyrics full of terribly violent images, somehow sounding sincere, and then Mary Clayton giving it all, singing those utterly devastating lyrics..., I think it's otherwordly and at the same utterly about the misery of this world, and - judging by human nature - its message will (unfortunately) still strike after 500 years.
I don't mean to put down SSOH in some nasty way, but it just doesn't reach that same level.
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DandelionPowderman
The same resemblance as 12 bar blues-chords have for different songs. This is pretty standard soul chords - apart from that the songs aren't alike at all.
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RobertJohnson
This is not my thing at all. The worst track from the whole album. Apart from the cheesy lyrics, another negative point is that essentially 3 chords are tortured over 7 minutes. I find this unimaginative and boring. The song comes across as if it was tailored to the needs of the Bible Belt. Okay, MJ sings about the gods and says goodbye to monotheism (small mistake, the marketing people weren't paying attention there), but the Bible-believing people won't even notice that.
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DandelionPowderman
There are minor chords, too
Just a reminder, Gimme Shelter has only three chords. Does that matter? I have the audacity to answer myself: No!
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DandelionPowderman
Making the video visible for you, liddas. Incredible version!