I read on this board about Mick Jagger clashing with Rick Rubin; does anybody know why they couldn't manage to get along after "Wandering Spirit"?
I think Rick Rubin would be the best choice as a producer for the Rolling Stones, he could push the sound of the band and make it freshier. Whenever I listen to BloodSugarSexMagic or Wandering Spirit (great job on that record!), I'm getting more and more convicted that he is definitely the right guy for the job...
So, why he had a fight with Mick (if he actually did)?

"got to be worked on
don't have no bark nor bite..."



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 2006-01-10 21:41 by Wild Slivovitz.

I agree. Rubin also did wonderful work with The Cult ("Electric" 1987) and Dan Baird from Georgia Satellites

Maybe he did exactly what needs to be done: he kicked that little British ass around the studio a bit LOL. I guess he actually wnated Jagger to make a good solo album; and he did. Jagger is a fool to not team up with him again.

"...no longer shall you trudge 'cross my peaceful mind."

Rubin has a word for being slightly excentric. One of the rumours is that he demanded The Red Hot Chili Peppers to listen to Zeppelin's Dazed & Confused for an entire day in the studio before they started recording

Maybe Mick didn't like a similar approach?

Listening to the Rubin-produced Johnny Cash "Unearthed" box right at this moment.

"T For Texas," "The Running Kind," "Brown-Eyed Handsome Man," etc. Tremendous stuff.

He would be just the force the Stones need.

Well, I can't imagine him making cash sit around and listen to led zep, so there's no reason he would do the same to the stones. Agreed - he'd be a good choice, musically. Though I wonder if they think they'd look like they need a career reboot, as he became renowned for doing for john. I don't think the first American Recordings had come out by the time of Wandering Spirit, or maybe just the first one.

the results speak for themselves: WS is a tremendous album. Nothing the Stones have done since then is as good, IMO. Rubin's credit? Was' fault? Hard to say....

<don't think the first American Recordings had come out by the time of Wandering Spirit, or maybe just the first one.<

Yes they did. Dan Baird´s brilliant album came out in 1992 (Love songs for the hearing impared),

I meant the johnny cash series.

I heard that Rick Rubin is currently producing Metallica.That is cool,maybe he'll find a right approach for this great band which has gone astray.

I am sure he'd do a bettr job with The Stones than Don Was.

Rick Rubin should produce and bring along his art director. I love the stark look of the Johnny Cash stuff.

DandelionPowderman Wrote:
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> Rubin has a word for being slightly excentric.

He looks very ordinary to me!

T&A Wrote:
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> the results speak for themselves: WS is a
> tremendous album. Nothing the Stones have done
> since then is as good, IMO.


I couldn't agree more T&A. WS ist the best Stones related output in I dunno how many many many many years. And Rubin...well, he is a genius on the board. One of the finest producers in the history of popular music.

It is very good. Too bad Santana had that big hit from his (first) "duets" style album. I imagine that gave mick the idea to go with the hodgepodge style of the last solo album.

The Cult's Electric was the one that got me to noticed Ric Rubin. It one of my top ten picks for a heavey metal disc ever...Incredible guitar drum and vocal sound. The Cult should have used him again also. Wander Spirt is Mick'c finest moment speaking of solo stuff. I have often wondered if He took some of those songs along with some of Keith's stuff from that time, got the Stones together with Rubin...talk about getting a classic disc...