Re: Bigger Bang vs. Steel Voodoo of Babylon
Date: September 9, 2006 11:35
I know I'm almost alone with my opinion, but my favorite era is the time after "world war III", beginning with "Steel Wheels" (great, rocking numbers!).
"Voodoo Lounge" has good ideas, but they aren't fullfilled in my ears; YOu Got Me Rocking for example has such a hot beginning, but in the end it gets just boring with these never-endling "hey-hey"s.
"Bridges To Babylon" is one of my favorite releases because it's a perfect mixture of Stones classics like Low Down ("Start Me Up" riff!) or Flip The Switch, modern Stones as Gunface or Out Of COntrol, but also interesting very new influences ("Might Well As Get...") or "You Don't Have To Mean It". "Anybody seen My Baby" fits into the same category as "Angie".
And finally, "A Bigger Bang", one of the best, if not THE best Stones album. I love "Let It Bleed" or "Sticky Fingers", but what shall I say? "Rough Justice", a traditional burner in the beginning, "Look What The Cat Dragged In" shows, that they still are the greatest, fastest and youngest band in the world. "It WOn't Take Long" is the new "Sway" (speed, category), "Streets Of Love" is one of the best ballads I've ever heraed (I didn't like it too much until I heared it live) and "Rain Fall Down" is once again a typical Jagger-influenced transformation of a real Stones-song into a modern style! Perfect.
Ahhh, the four new ones of "40Licks" are too underrated; "Don't Stop" belongs to the classic style of Jagger/Richards songwriting and it worked good on stage. "Stealing My Heart" remembers me to songs like "Stupid Girl" because it has not the typical nervousity in it, nice to hear; "Keys To YOur Love" would be fine to hear it live, "Lossing My Touch" is ...ahhhmmm...bullshit!