Tell Me :
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I was trying to understand what you meant here, but failed.
His voice certainly isn't mixed in the background at all. And I thought he sang this one really well.
To me it's more a mash up of The Faces' Debris and Thru and Thru, but the lyrics directed to the Man upstairs. Can't see the similarities with All About You at all
I agree 100 %
A great song and it really hits home
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That's a pretty good description.
Top 5 track of the album, and for certain days, for me, numero uno. The pair of Driving Me Too Hard followed by Tell Me Straight... followed with Sweet Sounds Of Heaven: excellent sequencing.
Also with the Winos:
I Wanna Be Your Man
Aren't there also a live version with the Stones of "Connection" without Jagger, a pure Richards lead vocal, that is.
- Doxa
I think it's on the Shine A Light soundtrack.
I agree, great vocal.
It's one of those "lesser" songs the Stones do that is made up by a fantastic performance. I'm not deriding it...they have so many well written songs, but also less well-written that are nonetheless made fantastic by an amazing in-studio performance.
Ben Waters, Worried Life Blues? ... Ron & Keith share vocals, Charlie on drums, I believe.
Keith's best vocal performance (IMO) - 'We Had It All.'
'Tell Me Straight' is a decent little song but would seem more at home on a Keith solo album, Mick's backing vocals notwithstanding. Dreamy Skies and maybe Angry sound like my Stones while the rest is (mostly) Mick or Keith solo - a fact that Andrew Watt was paid handsomely to conceal.
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Tell Me Straight is perfect with The Rolling Stones.
It couldn't be any better as a Keith solo song.
Andrew Watt did a fantastic job. He served the purpose of each song regardless of who was singing.
It's easy to say, Oh this would've been better on a solo album.
Bullshit.
Keith's solo songs - and Mick's - are good out of necessity.
Sweet Thing wouldn't've been any better as a Stones song - in regard to how it was done. Charlie couldn't've done any better, overall.
Take It So Hard couldn't've been any better as a Stones song in regard to its origin. "Oh it sounds like a Stones demo."
No it doesn't.
People need to get over the solo album aspect. It's 2023, not 1993.
Tell Me Straight is magnificent, period.
There's nothing about HACKNEY DIAMONDS that suggests it's a Mick album done by The Rolling Stones.
That's complete bunk.
Talk about your favorite band.
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Re: Tell Me Straight - Track Talk
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DandelionPowderman
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Date: November 1, 2023 15:42
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Dorn
good song but what happened to Keith´s voice ? after quitting smoking it should be strong but here it sounds rather thin, almost eunuchical
and it is mixed too far in the background
I was trying to understand what you meant here, but failed.
His voice certainly isn't mixed in the background at all. And I thought he sang this one really well.
Re: Tell Me Straight - Track Talk
Posted by:
peoplewitheyes
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Date: November 1, 2023 19:56
love this track - even though (or maybe because) it's basically a re-write of All About You.
Re: Tell Me Straight - Track Talk
Posted by:
MadMax
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Date: November 2, 2023 11:13
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peoplewitheyes
love this track - even though (or maybe because) it's basically a re-write of All About You.
To me it's more a mash up of The Faces' Debris and Thru and Thru, but the lyrics directed to the Man upstairs. Can't see the similarities with All About You at all
Re: Tell Me Straight - Track Talk
Posted by:
DandelionPowderman
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Date: November 2, 2023 11:57
The riff is a part of the WH-chord. Classic Keith, teasing a groove out of a couple of strings when finding a sound he likes.
I don't think TMS resembles any of the songs mentioned here.
The track suits like a glove on HD, because of its self-reflection lyrically and poignancy musically. A welcome lyrical break from Mick's girl problems
A very nice tune, imo.
I don't think TMS resembles any of the songs mentioned here.
The track suits like a glove on HD, because of its self-reflection lyrically and poignancy musically. A welcome lyrical break from Mick's girl problems
A very nice tune, imo.
Re: Tell Me Straight - Track Talk
Posted by:
Doxa
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Date: November 2, 2023 12:22
There have been so many slow ballads by Keith by now, and I have grown tired of them ages ago, but still I think "Tell Me Straight" has some kind of freshness in it. It is just so simple, straight-forward and sincere. No bull-shitting, no over-interpretation. No crooning, but real singing. The endless 'oh baby, baby, baby' and its variants are gone nor any sort of cliche-like over-acted Keef role playing of, say, "Robbed Blind" or "The Worst", him knowing and making it too clear who he is. Of any of his old slow numbers, I think I need to go back to "You Got the Silver" or "Coming Down Again" to find something similar.
Besides, I think the number works very well in the context of the album. Short and sweet, but distinctive, supporting the whole. Like Keith solo spots once were (before they grew out of context to some sort of side shows of their own).
- Doxa
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Besides, I think the number works very well in the context of the album. Short and sweet, but distinctive, supporting the whole. Like Keith solo spots once were (before they grew out of context to some sort of side shows of their own).
- Doxa
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Re: Tell Me Straight - Track Talk
Posted by:
peoplewitheyes
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Date: November 2, 2023 12:36
The verses are definitely reminiscent of Thru and Thru, but the chorus is very very close to All About You - the chord progression, the melody, hell even the lyrics:
Everyone is asking questions, yeah
I got one or two
Just need a little time just to clear the mind
And find out if it's true
Who'll tell me those lies?
Let me think they're true, yeah
I heard one or two
They weren't about me...
They were all about you
You can sing each over each other!
Hey, not that I'm complaining. Still a great tune.
Everyone is asking questions, yeah
I got one or two
Just need a little time just to clear the mind
And find out if it's true
Who'll tell me those lies?
Let me think they're true, yeah
I heard one or two
They weren't about me...
They were all about you
You can sing each over each other!
Hey, not that I'm complaining. Still a great tune.
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peoplewitheyes
love this track - even though (or maybe because) it's basically a re-write of All About You.
To me it's more a mash up of The Faces' Debris and Thru and Thru, but the lyrics directed to the Man upstairs. Can't see the similarities with All About You at all
Re: Tell Me Straight - Track Talk
Posted by:
Doxa
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Date: November 2, 2023 13:16
Yeah, you are right there, peoplewitheyes (you do have them indeed), there is a clear resemblance between the choruses of "Tell Me Straight" and "All About You". I didn't notice this before.
But to me "All About You" is like a cornerstone Keef 'jazz ballad' , and a blueprint for all those sleeptonights, slippingaways, howcanistops, losingmytouchs and thisplaceisemptys to come - using the idea of its in many, finally cliche-like variants, but never hitting the nail again. I think "All About You" is a masterpiece, Keith giving there all he got, all of his soul, a kind of once-in-a-life time EXILE experience of its own. It was a daring, a novel thing to do then, growing simply out of muse hitting him hard. Since then, he had tried to discover the winning recipe again, but with no such success again (some very nice tries, though).
To me, as a song and as a performance, "Tell Me Straight" reaches out (or back) to the times prior "All About You", like that song never happened, you know, to the innocent landscapes of "You Got the Silver" and "Coming Down Again". Surely, there are some technical features from it - and some of its variants along the years (like any 'new' Stones song cannot be free of references) - but as a statement of its own, as a whole (the structure, the arrangement, Keith's singing), I think it is, freshly, something else.
I am pretty sure that Andrew Watt had a role why the song turned out to be like it is, escaping some sort of cliches and formulas we have used to for so long. I like the kid.
- Doxa
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), there is a clear resemblance between the choruses of "Tell Me Straight" and "All About You". I didn't notice this before.But to me "All About You" is like a cornerstone Keef 'jazz ballad' , and a blueprint for all those sleeptonights, slippingaways, howcanistops, losingmytouchs and thisplaceisemptys to come - using the idea of its in many, finally cliche-like variants, but never hitting the nail again. I think "All About You" is a masterpiece, Keith giving there all he got, all of his soul, a kind of once-in-a-life time EXILE experience of its own. It was a daring, a novel thing to do then, growing simply out of muse hitting him hard. Since then, he had tried to discover the winning recipe again, but with no such success again (some very nice tries, though).
To me, as a song and as a performance, "Tell Me Straight" reaches out (or back) to the times prior "All About You", like that song never happened, you know, to the innocent landscapes of "You Got the Silver" and "Coming Down Again". Surely, there are some technical features from it - and some of its variants along the years (like any 'new' Stones song cannot be free of references) - but as a statement of its own, as a whole (the structure, the arrangement, Keith's singing), I think it is, freshly, something else.
I am pretty sure that Andrew Watt had a role why the song turned out to be like it is, escaping some sort of cliches and formulas we have used to for so long. I like the kid.
- Doxa
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Re: Tell Me Straight - Track Talk
Posted by:
MadMax
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Date: November 2, 2023 14:12
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peoplewitheyes
The verses are definitely reminiscent of Thru and Thru, but the chorus is very very close to All About You - the chord progression, the melody, hell even the lyrics:
Everyone is asking questions, yeah
I got one or two
Just need a little time just to clear the mind
And find out if it's true
Who'll tell me those lies?
Let me think they're true, yeah
I heard one or two
They weren't about me...
They were all about you
You can sing each over each other!
Hey, not that I'm complaining. Still a great tune.
The lyrics might be similar but I found the melody, chords and decorations during the chorus (Faces' Debris) more similar to those mentioned.
And Keith adresses Jagger in All About You whereas he sings to God in Tell Me Straight.
Now, for some people those two might be the same cat but I doubt it is like that for our Keith...
Re: Tell Me Straight - Track Talk
Posted by:
MadMax
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Date: November 2, 2023 14:13
The lyrics might be similar but I found the melody, chords and decorations during the chorus (Faces' Debris) more similar to those mentioned.
And Keith adresses Jagger in All About You whereas he sings to God in Tell Me Straight.
Now, for some people those two might be the same cat but I doubt it is like that for our Keith...
And Keith adresses Jagger in All About You whereas he sings to God in Tell Me Straight.
Now, for some people those two might be the same cat but I doubt it is like that for our Keith...
Re: Tell Me Straight - Track Talk
Posted by:
peoplewitheyes
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Date: November 3, 2023 19:09
I agree, Doxa, All About You is a stone cold classic. I absolutely love that tune - and the icing on the cake for me are the subtle but creative (almost avant guard) backing vocals ("want it want it want it want it...'').
Just absolutely brilliant.
(and this is coming from someone who has never managed to get all the way through Keith's Bridges ballads)
Just absolutely brilliant.
(and this is coming from someone who has never managed to get all the way through Keith's Bridges ballads)
Re: Tell Me Straight - Track Talk
Posted by:
keefriffhards
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Date: November 3, 2023 19:43
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DandelionPowderman
The riff is a part of the WH-chord. Classic Keith, teasing a groove out of a couple of strings when finding a sound he likes.
I don't think TMS resembles any of the songs mentioned here.
The track suits like a glove on HD, because of its self-reflection lyrically and poignancy musically. A welcome lyrical break from Mick's girl problems
A very nice tune, imo.
Re: Tell Me Straight - Track Talk
Posted by:
harlem shuffle
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Date: November 4, 2023 00:04
Boring song ,not a bad song,but as usual for the last albums.We need a rocker for Keith,not these same ballads all the time.Before they make me run,Little TA,Happy,Wanna hold you,songs like these
Re: Tell Me Straight - Track Talk
Posted by:
beachbreak
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Date: November 4, 2023 04:33
Best song on the LP for me.
Re: Tell Me Straight - Track Talk
Posted by:
GasLightStreet
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Date: November 4, 2023 04:56
It's a beautiful song. It truly captures Keith's truths. It's magnificent. I love what he did on BRIDGES (and FORTY LICKS) but this is a whole other level.
There appears to be some ageism going on, not necessarily here, about the Stones. That's rather odd considering population.
A song saying something with or even about the artist in general as well as specifically within - especially with an artist/band - that challenges. Some are not up for it.
We're granted the ability to recognize.
If something in YOUR life doesn't match what's going on then the song won't take on, retain, and carry, that.
One day, some day, it might.
Otherwise it speaks. I appreciate what they say. It rings true.
There appears to be some ageism going on, not necessarily here, about the Stones. That's rather odd considering population.
A song saying something with or even about the artist in general as well as specifically within - especially with an artist/band - that challenges. Some are not up for it.
We're granted the ability to recognize.
If something in YOUR life doesn't match what's going on then the song won't take on, retain, and carry, that.
One day, some day, it might.
Otherwise it speaks. I appreciate what they say. It rings true.
Re: Tell Me Straight - Track Talk
Posted by:
MadMax
()
Date: November 4, 2023 17:06
Quote
GasLightStreet
It's a beautiful song. It truly captures Keith's truths. It's magnificent. I love what he did on BRIDGES (and FORTY LICKS) but this is a whole other level.
There appears to be some ageism going on, not necessarily here, about the Stones. That's rather odd considering population.
A song saying something with or even about the artist in general as well as specifically within - especially with an artist/band - that challenges. Some are not up for it.
We're granted the ability to recognize.
If something in YOUR life doesn't match what's going on then the song won't take on, retain, and carry, that.
One day, some day, it might.
Otherwise it speaks. I appreciate what they say. It rings true.
I agree 100 %
A great song and it really hits home
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Re: Tell Me Straight - Track Talk
Posted by:
donvis
()
Date: November 16, 2023 22:35
Anybody else heard squeaking noise in the background? Drum pedal?
Re: Tell Me Straight - Track Talk
Posted by:
stargroover
()
Date: November 17, 2023 01:56
A perfect song for a perfect live debut next year.
It is even better than all the tracks on Cross eyed heart,and that was a belter of an album.
It is even better than all the tracks on Cross eyed heart,and that was a belter of an album.
Re: Tell Me Straight - Track Talk
Posted by:
MrForeverMusicFan
()
Date: November 17, 2023 04:18
Here's the Rolling Stones songs Keith Richard sings lead or shared vocals on.
‘Something Happened to Me Yesterday’ (with Jagger)
‘Connection’ (with Jagger)
‘Salt Of The Earth’ (with Jagger)
‘You Got The Silver’
‘Happy’
‘Coming Down Again’
‘Memory Motel’ (with Jagger)
‘Before They Make Me Run’
‘All About You’
‘Little T & A’
‘Wanna Hold You’
‘Too Rude’
‘Sleep Tonight’
‘Can’t Be Seen’
‘Slipping Away’
‘The Worst’
‘Thru & Thru’
‘You Don’t Have To Mean It’
‘Thief in the Night’
‘How Can I Stop’
‘Losing My Touch’
‘The Nearness of You’ (live)
‘This Place Is Empty’
‘Infamy’
‘Tell Me Straight’
Live with the X-Pensive Winos
'Gimme Shelter' (lead vocal)
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‘Something Happened to Me Yesterday’ (with Jagger)
‘Connection’ (with Jagger)
‘Salt Of The Earth’ (with Jagger)
‘You Got The Silver’
‘Happy’
‘Coming Down Again’
‘Memory Motel’ (with Jagger)
‘Before They Make Me Run’
‘All About You’
‘Little T & A’
‘Wanna Hold You’
‘Too Rude’
‘Sleep Tonight’
‘Can’t Be Seen’
‘Slipping Away’
‘The Worst’
‘Thru & Thru’
‘You Don’t Have To Mean It’
‘Thief in the Night’
‘How Can I Stop’
‘Losing My Touch’
‘The Nearness of You’ (live)
‘This Place Is Empty’
‘Infamy’
‘Tell Me Straight’
Live with the X-Pensive Winos
'Gimme Shelter' (lead vocal)
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Re: Tell Me Straight - Track Talk
Posted by:
GasLightStreet
()
Date: November 17, 2023 06:35
Quote
Doxa
There have been so many slow ballads by Keith by now, and I have grown tired of them ages ago, but still I think "Tell Me Straight" has some kind of freshness in it. It is just so simple, straight-forward and sincere. No bull-shitting, no over-interpretation. No crooning, but real singing. The endless 'oh baby, baby, baby' and its variants are gone nor any sort of cliche-like over-acted Keef role playing of, say, "Robbed Blind" or "The Worst", him knowing and making it too clear who he is. Of any of his old slow numbers, I think I need to go back to "You Got the Silver" or "Coming Down Again" to find something similar.
Besides, I think the number works very well in the context of the album. Short and sweet, but distinctive, supporting the whole. Like Keith solo spots once were (before they grew out of context to some sort of side shows of their own).
- Doxa
That's a pretty good description.
Top 5 track of the album, and for certain days, for me, numero uno. The pair of Driving Me Too Hard followed by Tell Me Straight... followed with Sweet Sounds Of Heaven: excellent sequencing.
Re: Tell Me Straight - Track Talk
Posted by:
DandelionPowderman
()
Date: November 17, 2023 08:50
Quote
MrForeverMusicFan
Here's the Rolling Stones songs Keith Richard sings lead or shared vocals on.
‘Something Happened to Me Yesterday’ (with Jagger)
‘Connection’ (with Jagger)
‘Salt Of The Earth’ (with Jagger)
‘You Got The Silver’
‘Happy’
‘Coming Down Again’
‘Memory Motel’ (with Jagger)
‘Before They Make Me Run’
‘All About You’
‘Little T & A’
‘Wanna Hold You’
‘Too Rude’
‘Sleep Tonight’
‘Can’t Be Seen’
‘Slipping Away’
‘The Worst’
‘Thru & Thru’
‘You Don’t Have To Mean It’
‘Thief in the Night’
‘How Can I Stop’
‘Losing My Touch’
‘The Nearness of You’ (live)
‘This Place Is Empty’
‘Infamy’
‘Tell Me Straight’
Live with the X-Pensive Winos
'Gimme Shelter' (lead vocal)
Also with the Winos:
I Wanna Be Your Man
Re: Tell Me Straight - Track Talk
Posted by:
Doxa
()
Date: November 17, 2023 09:34
Quote
DandelionPowdermanQuote
MrForeverMusicFan
Here's the Rolling Stones songs Keith Richard sings lead or shared vocals on.
‘Something Happened to Me Yesterday’ (with Jagger)
‘Connection’ (with Jagger)
‘Salt Of The Earth’ (with Jagger)
‘You Got The Silver’
‘Happy’
‘Coming Down Again’
‘Memory Motel’ (with Jagger)
‘Before They Make Me Run’
‘All About You’
‘Little T & A’
‘Wanna Hold You’
‘Too Rude’
‘Sleep Tonight’
‘Can’t Be Seen’
‘Slipping Away’
‘The Worst’
‘Thru & Thru’
‘You Don’t Have To Mean It’
‘Thief in the Night’
‘How Can I Stop’
‘Losing My Touch’
‘The Nearness of You’ (live)
‘This Place Is Empty’
‘Infamy’
‘Tell Me Straight’
Live with the X-Pensive Winos
'Gimme Shelter' (lead vocal)
Also with the Winos:
I Wanna Be Your Man
Aren't there also a live version with the Stones of "Connection" without Jagger, a pure Richards lead vocal, that is.
- Doxa
Re: Tell Me Straight - Track Talk
Posted by:
Rockman
()
Date: November 17, 2023 09:41
Keith has performed
Gimmie Shelter & Wild Horses live...
ROCKMAN
Gimmie Shelter & Wild Horses live...
ROCKMAN
Re: Tell Me Straight - Track Talk
Posted by:
jahisnotdead
()
Date: November 17, 2023 09:47
Quote
DoxaQuote
DandelionPowdermanQuote
MrForeverMusicFan
Here's the Rolling Stones songs Keith Richard sings lead or shared vocals on.
‘Something Happened to Me Yesterday’ (with Jagger)
‘Connection’ (with Jagger)
‘Salt Of The Earth’ (with Jagger)
‘You Got The Silver’
‘Happy’
‘Coming Down Again’
‘Memory Motel’ (with Jagger)
‘Before They Make Me Run’
‘All About You’
‘Little T & A’
‘Wanna Hold You’
‘Too Rude’
‘Sleep Tonight’
‘Can’t Be Seen’
‘Slipping Away’
‘The Worst’
‘Thru & Thru’
‘You Don’t Have To Mean It’
‘Thief in the Night’
‘How Can I Stop’
‘Losing My Touch’
‘The Nearness of You’ (live)
‘This Place Is Empty’
‘Infamy’
‘Tell Me Straight’
Live with the X-Pensive Winos
'Gimme Shelter' (lead vocal)
Also with the Winos:
I Wanna Be Your Man
Aren't there also a live version with the Stones of "Connection" without Jagger, a pure Richards lead vocal, that is.
- Doxa
I think it's on the Shine A Light soundtrack.
Re: Tell Me Straight - Track Talk
Posted by:
GetYerAngie
()
Date: November 17, 2023 10:00
It's the best vocal delievery from Keith since Before They Make Me Run. It is not a highligt on the album, but it's not a track I'm gonna skip (none on the album are). I'm not a fan of Keith's Tom Waits mannerisms, and I'm relieved that he has grown out of those, maybe due to quitting cigarettes.
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Re: Tell Me Straight - Track Talk
Posted by:
treaclefingers
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Date: November 17, 2023 16:03
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GetYerAngie
It's the best vocal delievery from Keith since Before They Make Me Run. It is not a highligt on the album, but it's not a track I'm gonna skip (none on the album are). I'm not a fan Keith's Tom Waits mannerisms, and I'm relieved that he has grown out of those, maybe due to quitting cigarettes.
I agree, great vocal.
It's one of those "lesser" songs the Stones do that is made up by a fantastic performance. I'm not deriding it...they have so many well written songs, but also less well-written that are nonetheless made fantastic by an amazing in-studio performance.
Re: Tell Me Straight - Track Talk
Posted by:
LeonidP
()
Date: November 17, 2023 18:18
Quote
MrForeverMusicFan
Here's the Rolling Stones songs Keith Richard sings lead or shared vocals on.
‘Something Happened to Me Yesterday’ (with Jagger)
‘Connection’ (with Jagger)
‘Salt Of The Earth’ (with Jagger)
‘You Got The Silver’
‘Happy’
‘Coming Down Again’
‘Memory Motel’ (with Jagger)
‘Before They Make Me Run’
‘All About You’
‘Little T & A’
‘Wanna Hold You’
‘Too Rude’
‘Sleep Tonight’
‘Can’t Be Seen’
‘Slipping Away’
‘The Worst’
‘Thru & Thru’
‘You Don’t Have To Mean It’
‘Thief in the Night’
‘How Can I Stop’
‘Losing My Touch’
‘The Nearness of You’ (live)
‘This Place Is Empty’
‘Infamy’
‘Tell Me Straight’
Live with the X-Pensive Winos
'Gimme Shelter' (lead vocal)
Ben Waters, Worried Life Blues? ... Ron & Keith share vocals, Charlie on drums, I believe.
Re: Tell Me Straight - Track Talk
Posted by:
Swayed1967
()
Date: November 18, 2023 03:11
Quote
LeonidPQuote
MrForeverMusicFan
Here's the Rolling Stones songs Keith Richard sings lead or shared vocals on.
‘Something Happened to Me Yesterday’ (with Jagger)
‘Connection’ (with Jagger)
‘Salt Of The Earth’ (with Jagger)
‘You Got The Silver’
‘Happy’
‘Coming Down Again’
‘Memory Motel’ (with Jagger)
‘Before They Make Me Run’
‘All About You’
‘Little T & A’
‘Wanna Hold You’
‘Too Rude’
‘Sleep Tonight’
‘Can’t Be Seen’
‘Slipping Away’
‘The Worst’
‘Thru & Thru’
‘You Don’t Have To Mean It’
‘Thief in the Night’
‘How Can I Stop’
‘Losing My Touch’
‘The Nearness of You’ (live)
‘This Place Is Empty’
‘Infamy’
‘Tell Me Straight’
Live with the X-Pensive Winos
'Gimme Shelter' (lead vocal)
Ben Waters, Worried Life Blues? ... Ron & Keith share vocals, Charlie on drums, I believe.
Keith's best vocal performance (IMO) - 'We Had It All.'
'Tell Me Straight' is a decent little song but would seem more at home on a Keith solo album, Mick's backing vocals notwithstanding. Dreamy Skies and maybe Angry sound like my Stones while the rest is (mostly) Mick or Keith solo - a fact that Andrew Watt was paid handsomely to conceal.
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Re: Tell Me Straight - Track Talk
Posted by:
GasLightStreet
()
Date: November 18, 2023 04:42
Quote
Swayed1967Quote
LeonidPQuote
MrForeverMusicFan
Here's the Rolling Stones songs Keith Richard sings lead or shared vocals on.
‘Something Happened to Me Yesterday’ (with Jagger)
‘Connection’ (with Jagger)
‘Salt Of The Earth’ (with Jagger)
‘You Got The Silver’
‘Happy’
‘Coming Down Again’
‘Memory Motel’ (with Jagger)
‘Before They Make Me Run’
‘All About You’
‘Little T & A’
‘Wanna Hold You’
‘Too Rude’
‘Sleep Tonight’
‘Can’t Be Seen’
‘Slipping Away’
‘The Worst’
‘Thru & Thru’
‘You Don’t Have To Mean It’
‘Thief in the Night’
‘How Can I Stop’
‘Losing My Touch’
‘The Nearness of You’ (live)
‘This Place Is Empty’
‘Infamy’
‘Tell Me Straight’
Live with the X-Pensive Winos
'Gimme Shelter' (lead vocal)
Ben Waters, Worried Life Blues? ... Ron & Keith share vocals, Charlie on drums, I believe.
Keith's best vocal performance (IMO) - 'We Had It All.'
'Tell Me Straight' is a decent little song but would seem more at home on a Keith solo album, Mick's backing vocals notwithstanding. Dreamy Skies and maybe Angry sound like my Stones while the rest is (mostly) Mick or Keith solo - a fact that Andrew Watt was paid handsomely to conceal.
Tell Me Straight is perfect with The Rolling Stones.
It couldn't be any better as a Keith solo song.
Andrew Watt did a fantastic job. He served the purpose of each song regardless of who was singing.
It's easy to say, Oh this would've been better on a solo album.
Bullshit.
Keith's solo songs - and Mick's - are good out of necessity.
Sweet Thing wouldn't've been any better as a Stones song - in regard to how it was done. Charlie couldn't've done any better, overall.
Take It So Hard couldn't've been any better as a Stones song in regard to its origin. "Oh it sounds like a Stones demo."
No it doesn't.
People need to get over the solo album aspect. It's 2023, not 1993.
Tell Me Straight is magnificent, period.
There's nothing about HACKNEY DIAMONDS that suggests it's a Mick album done by The Rolling Stones.
That's complete bunk.
Re: Tell Me Straight - Track Talk
Posted by:
drewmaster
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Date: January 17, 2024 18:25
There seems to be a lot more love on this board for Tell Me Straight than for what I consider to be its closest cousin - Losing My Touch.
Maybe I'm missing something, but they seem awfully similar to me, melodically and overall-quality-wise.
Can someone tell me straight why TMS is superior (if it is), before I lose my touch completely?
Drew
Maybe I'm missing something, but they seem awfully similar to me, melodically and overall-quality-wise.
Can someone tell me straight why TMS is superior (if it is), before I lose my touch completely?
Drew
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